Thelongestfilm.com – Volleyball Movies Recommendation. Although volleyball films rare compared to other sports films, Hollywood has produced many phenomenal volleyball films.
If you want to see dynamic volleyball games, you should definitely watch our picks for the best volleyball movies. Here are the 10 best films about volleyball, according to Thelongestfilm.com.
1. The Miracle Season (2018), Volleyball Movies Recommendation
This film inspired by a documentary about a tragedy in 2011. One of the volleyball captains from the Iowa City West team, Caroline Found, found dead in an accident. A story where a team loses a good friend and captain. As well as a journey of hope that the Iowa City West team will become the best volleyball team.
In America, this film released on April 13, 2018. Played by Helen Hunt, Wilian Hurt, Danika Yarosh, and Erin Moriarty. The film The Miracle Season produced by LD Entertainment, the same producer as the film RISEN.
2. The Iron Ladies (2000), Volleyball Movies Recommendation
This is a brief synopsis of the comedy film from Thailand, The Iron Ladies (2000), or Satree lek. Which inspired by a true story about a men’s volleyball team consisting of gay and transgender (transgender) athletes.
This 104-minute film stars Jesdaporn Pholdee, Sahaphap Tor, Ekachai Buranapanit, Giorgio Maiocchi, Chaicharn Nimpulsawasdi, Kokkorn Benjathikoon, and Shiriohana Hongsopon with director Youngyooth Thongkonthun. The screenwriters are Visuttchai Boonyakarnjawa and Jira Maligool. This film not only shows how transgender people can win sports competitions but also how they can socialize with the general public in Thailand.
3. The Iron Ladies 2 (2003), Volleyball Movies Recommendation
If you loved The Iron Ladies, then you’ll enjoy the sequel.
In the sequel to the Satree Lek movie, the story takes place after the Iron Ladies team wins the National Championships. The team is breaking apart due to the different thoughts and conflicts. Therefore, Nong and several fellow teammates decide to leave the team and join another team. Both teams meet again in the tournament, where the Iron Ladies lose. Disheartened by the situation, the Iron Ladies current members take off for China to seek advice. Later, Nong finds out the truth behind her new team, so she wants to rejoin the Iron Ladies. However, given the broken relationship, is it possible for the Iron Ladies to reunite again?
4. All You’ve Got (2006), Volleyball Movies Recommendation
All you’ve got is a film directed by longtime television director Neema Barnette. Who imbues the film with a good sense of visual style and energy that should go down well with the typical MTV crowd. The script is by Karol Ann Hoeffner, who has made a career writing screenplays mostly for a juvenile girl audience. And despite the clichéd sports film climax, she provides enough interesting new twists on the old genre to make the story not feel too derivative.
The cast is mostly cast on their looks or their association with the music industry. But given the fact that many in the movie aren’t professional actors, there are some difficult acting moments that are actually pulled off, with a strong, spunky performance by 3LW’s Adrienne Bailon, who also appeared in another MTV sports film.
5. Air Bud: Spikes Back (2003), Volleyball Movies Recommendation
The video opens with young Noah coaching Buddy, a beautiful Golden Retriever, through an obstacle course in preparation for an upcoming fair in Fernfield, the place “where everything is possible.” After racing through the obstacles in only 16 seconds, Buddy runs to school to fetch Andrea, Noah’s older sister. Buddy nearly gets run over by a truck driven by two losers posing as plumbers who plan to steal a famous jewel that’s briefly on display at the local museum.
As Buddy reaches Andrea and her best friend, Tammy, it becomes clear that Andrea is very sad because Tammy and her family are moving to San Diego, Calif. Andrea eventually decides to earn money to visit Tammy by babysitting other people’s pets. The dogs get loose one day, however, and end up smashing things up at the fair, so Andrea loses most of her money paying for the damages. Connor, the new boy next door, tells Andrea about an upcoming local volleyball tournament, where the prize is a trip to Malibu, Calif., just 90 minutes away from San Diego. The team is not very good, however, until Buddy shows up to play. The trip to California seems within reach, until the phony plumbers decide they need Buddy’s help in stealing the jewel.
6. The Optimists (2013), Volleyball Movies Recommendation
The Optimists is a sunny (by Norwegian standards) documentary portrait of an amateur women’s volleyball team. The youngest athlete is 66, the eldest is 98, and it’s been decades since they’ve actually competed, instead enjoying weekly intramural games amongst themselves in Hamar, Norway. Gunhild Westhagen Magnor’s charming film tracks their progress as they take the big leap, setting up a match against a men’s team in Sweden. Two years after debuting on home turf, the engaging feature took its West Coast bow at the Scandinavian Film Festival L.A.
Goro’s ongoing struggle to master her volleyball serve culminates in a touching surprise, one that Magnor presents with deep feeling but no feel-good pandering. Throughout the documentary, she resists the “ain’t they something” brand of condescension that colors many film depictions of older people. Striking views of the women cross-country skiing for exercise speak volumes about their determination and grace.
7. Girls with Balls (2018)
All-girl volleyball team The Falcons end up stranded in the middle of nowhere after their minivan breaks down. Little do they know they landed in degenerate hunters’ territory, and the hunt is on. Thus begins a very long night where they must run for their lives and test their team spirit. But the girls are more resourceful than they appear. In the heart of the forest, the tables are about to turn between hunter and hunted.
8. Leap (2020)
Leap is a sports-themed movie chronicling the development of China’s ladies’ volleyball team, from its humble beginnings in the 1980s to its current status as one of the powerhouses in the international women’s game today. It is based on actual events and also serves as a biography for the legendary Lang Ping, a former member of the original 1980s team of rising stars who is now the head coach of the Chinese women’s team. The story spans nearly 40 years and unfolds from the perspective of Lang Ping.
With a lengthy running time of 2 hours and 15 minutes, watching the movie did not feel long at all. On the contrary, it felt shorter than it actually is and progresses at quite an engaging pace. When the storytelling is deeply compelling and evokes much excitement, as it is in most sports-themed shows that re-enact thrilling moments of competitive events, time passes you by without you even knowing. Four pivotal events incorporated into the story: the friendly/practice match between the women’s team and the Jiangsu men’s team in 1980; the World Cup finals in 1981 between China and Japan; the Beijing Olympic group game in 2008 between China and the USA; and finally the Rio Olympics quarterfinals in 2016 between China and the hosts Brazil. Watching these events felt like watching the real thing, with edge-of-the-seat thrills and a whirlwind of emotions as the games played out. It certainly helped with the suspense when I wasn’t aware of the actual results.
9. Haikyuu! (2014-2020)
It’s no secret that Japan known as an anime-making country, always releasing dozens of new titles every year. Every anime that is released must consist of many episodes, and some are divided into many series.
One of the anime that is currently popular among teenagers is ‘Haikyuu! This anime, which has a sports genre, originates from the manga by Haruichi Furudate. This anime tells the story of high school students who want to take part in the national inter-high school championship in Japan.
Like most sports anime, ‘Haikyuu! also displays the unyielding spirit of the characters.
10. Miles (2016)
The film, which we’re told is inspired by a true story, is about the title character (Tim Boardman), a gay high school boy in small-town Illinois in 1999, whose father dies as the movie opens. Miles and his mother (Molly Shannon) soon learn that the man had squandered Miles’s college money on an affair, which leaves Miles desperate: He had been counting on escaping to Chicago for college.
When he learns that Loyola University has a men’s volleyball scholarship available, he vows to impress the coach, which means that he has to join the girls’ volleyball team at his high school since it has no boys’ team.
The film, directed by Nathan Adloff, who wrote the script with Justin D. M. Palmer, tries to frame this as some kind of empowering step. But because Miles never does more than pay lip service to an interest in volleyball, his teammates, or the competitive imbalance his presence is perceived to create (opponents begin forfeiting). It’s hard to see his quest as anything but selfish.
