Highest-Rated Movies about 'National Pride'

The Game of Their Lives (2003), Spirit Game: Pride of a Nation (2017), Dangal Yuddham (2016), Apollo 11 (2019), The Chinese Connection (1972), Chak de! India (2007), On the Map (2016), The Right Stuff (1983) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best National Pride movies.

#17. Chariots of Fire (1981)

Storyline: It's the post-World War I era. Britons Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell are both naturally gifted fast sprinters, but approach running and how it fits into their respective lives differently. The son of a Lithuanian Jew, Harold, who lives a somewhat privileged life as a student at Cambridge, uses being the fastest to overcome what he sees as the obstacles he faces in life as a Jew despite that privilege. In his words to paraphrase an old adage, he is often invited to the trough, but isn't allowed to drink. His running prowess does earn him the respect of his classmates, especially his running teammates, and to some extent the school administration, if only he maintains what they consider proper gentlemanly decorum, which isn't always the case in their minds. Born in China, the son of Christian missionaries, Eric, a Scot, is a devout member of the Church of Scotland who eventually wants to return to that missionary work. He sees running as a win-win in that the notoriety of being fast ...

Plot Keywords: sports drama, historical drama, british film, olympics, running, biographical, inspirational ...

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#18. Vallinam (2014)

Storyline: Krishna (Nakul) is a good basketball player in Trichy. During a game an accident takes place and his best buddy Shiva (Krishna) dies. To get away from the past, Krishna leaves Trichy and moves to a Chennai college. He finds that cricket is the most favored game and given undue advantage in the college sports curriculum. Slowly, due to circumstances mainly due to the villainous cricket captain (Siddharth Jonnalagadda) he starts basketball team in college. How Krishna's determination and fierce dedication to triumph at all cost forms the rest of the story. He even wins over the rich heroine (Mridula) from the villainous cricket captain.—Ashok Kumar

Plot Keywords: sports drama, cricket, underdog story, teamwork, rivalry, inspirational, determination ...

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#19. The Dish (2000)

Storyline: In the days before the July 19, 1969 space mission that marked humankind's first steps on the moon, NASA was working with a group of Australian technicians who had agreed to rig up a satellite interface. That the Aussies placed the satellite dish smack dab in the middle of an Australian sheep farm in the boondocks town of Parkes was just one of the reasons that NASA was concerned. Based on a true story, The Dish takes a smart, witty, comical look at the differing cultural attitudes between Australia and the U.S. while revisiting one of the greatest events in history.

Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, historical, based on true events, australian film, space race, rural life ...

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#20. Cool Runnings (1993)

Storyline: Four Jamaicans form their countries first ever Bobsled team to compete in the upcoming 1988 Winter Olympics. They enlist the help of a disgraced former Olympic gold winner to reluctantly coach them. However, when they reach Canada they're treated as outsiders by the other teams, who fear they'll only succeed in embarrassing the sport.

Plot Keywords: sports, comedy, inspirational, olympics, based on a true story, teamwork, dream ...

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#22. Stone of Destiny (2008)

Storyline: The Stone of Destiny retells the fascinating and true story of four young Glaswegian students who, in 1951, outwitted the British authorities in their successful attempt to take back the Stone of Scone - a beloved symbol of Scottish pride, back to its country of origin.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: adventure, history, drama, scotland, true story, nationalism, cultural heritage ...

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#27. Tik Tik Tik (2018)

Storyline: To detonate the huge asteroid which is 7days away from earth with the help of nuclear missile set in space station, team of 6 members travel to space. The hurdles and consequences they faced in this operation will lead them to succeed in their mission is the rest of the story....—prem-koolalwayz

Plot Keywords: sci-fi, action, adventure, disaster, space, indian cinema, heroism ...

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#28. Vive la France (2013)

Storyline: Muzafar and Feruz are two good-hearted shepherds from Taboulistan... a tiny country in Central Asia that no one has ever heard of. In order to bring his country into the international limelight, the son of the Tabouli president decides to try terror "advertising" and entrusts the two shepherds, more naive than evil, with the mission of a lifetime: destroying the Eiffel Tower! To meet their objective, they have to move through the most hostile territory imaginable: France! A France far different from the West they had heard described: Corsican nationalists, over-zealous policemen, dishonest taxi drivers, violent sports fans, crabby employees, unfriendly waiters, Kafkaesque administrations and medical malpractice... they are spared nothing. Luckily they meet Marianne, a young and pretty reporter who mistakes them for illegal aliens and helps shows them another face of France... a hospitable, magnificent and generous land where the living is easy. Vive la France!—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: comedy, french film, political satire, humor, social commentary, cultural differences, satire ...

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#29. This Is the Army (1943)

Storyline: In WWI dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the war, he becomes a producer. In WWII his son Johnny Jones, who was before his father's assistant, gets the order to stage a new all-soldier show, called This is the Army. But in his personal life he has problems, because he refuses to marry his fiancée until the war is over.—Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>

Plot Keywords: war, musical, patriotic, world war ii, military, song and dance, comedy ...

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