Highest-Rated Movies about 'Marathon', Sort by Popularity
Run Fatboy Run (2007), Saint Ralph (2004), The Long Run (2000) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Marathon movies.
#1. Run Fatboy Run (2007)
Storyline: Dennis is a clueless and slightly overweight guy, who left his pregnant fiancée five years earlier. Every day, Dennis tries to persuade the woman he loves to accept him back into his life, but everyday he fails. When he discovers that Libby has found a partner in the form of American Whit, frustration grows, and Dennis vows, that for once in his life, he will finish something. This something ends up being a Nike River-run in London. With his friends Gordon and Mr. Ghoshdashtidar by his side, Dennis begins training for the marathon he must finish.
Plot Keywords: man, fiancée, boyfriend, coach, cousin, landlord, heartwarming ...
Movie Details Click Here!#2. Saint Ralph (2004)
Storyline: The year 1954 finds teen outcast Ralph Walker (Adam Butcher) getting in trouble at the Catholic school he attends in Ontario, Canada. When the headmaster (Gordon Pinsent) catches Ralph smoking, he puts the boy on the school's cross-county team to force him to put his time to better use. When Ralph discovers that his hospitalized mother has slipped into a coma, he decides to run in the Boston Marathon, hoping that, if he wins, God will grant him a miracle and make his mother well again.
Plot Keywords: teenager, outcast, classmate, headmaster, priest, coach, inspiring ...
Movie Details Click Here!#3. The Long Run (2000)
Storyline: The Comrades Marathon is a 90-k race in South Africa. An aging running coach, Barry, wants to field a winner; he's working with four men from a factory, but when he's fired to make way for a smooth, corporate type, he's at loose ends. Then he sees Christine, a Namibian immigrant who runs to forget her troubles. He offers to coach her and soon she's living at his house, following his diet and training regimen. But his single-mindedness gets to her: she wants a job and a place of her own. Plus, the man who replaced Barry likes her and wants her away from Barry. Can runner and coach (woman and man, African and European) sort out their complex relationship before the race?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: immigrant, coach, man, inspiring, engaging, south africa, factory ...
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