Drama, Family, TV Movie
Raised in a poor Pennsylvania mining town by his immigrant parents, Pete Grey lost his right arm while still a young boy. But through the encouragement of his father and the constant coaching of his older brother, Pete never gives up on his dream of playing professional baseball. Driven by anger, he finally makes it to the big leagues. But it isn't until he agrees to meet a handicapped youngster who idolizes him that Pete finally becomes a genuine American hero.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Eight Men Out
Big
D-Day, Friday
Field of Dreams
The Machinist
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Reservation Road
The Primrose Ring
The Great Escape
Damn Yankees
History's Future
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
The Fugitive
Spaceman
The Man Who Died
One Touch of Nature
Freaks
Bangalore Naatkal
Rain Man
Stutterer
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Eight Men Out
IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 1988
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IMDB 7.2 | Jun , 1988
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.D-Day, Friday
IMDB 5.6 | May , 2024
Eunju, a teenage girl, wants to go to a high school baseball game where the boy she has a crush on will be playing.Field of Dreams
IMDB 7.1 | Apr , 1989
Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.The Machinist
IMDB 7.5 | Sep , 2004
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IMDB 7.5 | Mar , 2002
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IMDB 6.5 | Sep , 2007
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IMDB 0 | May , 1917
Margaret MacLean, who has been saved from life in a wheelchair by the miracle of medicine, vows to devote her life to caring for crippled children. She becomes a nurse in the children's ward of Dr. MacLean's hospital, but after the beloved doctor's death, his son Bob returns home from abroad and decrees that he is closing the ward and that Margaret's little charges must leave the hospital. Furious, Margaret quits her job and storms out, with Bob in pursuit. As he rushes across the street, Bob is struck by a car and must be hospitalized. During his convalescence, he realizes that he is in love with Margaret and decides to have a home built for her and her patients. Unable to locate Margaret, Bob hires detectives, who find her and bring her to the home. There Margaret finds that all her dreams have come true as she sees her little charges happily living in their new home and gladly accepts Bob's proposal of marriageThe Great Escape
IMDB 7.9 | Jul , 1963
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IMDB 4 | Apr , 1967
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IMDB 3.9 | Jan , 2016
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IMDB 5.5 | Sep , 1978
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IMDB 7.5 | Aug , 1993
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IMDB 5.8 | Aug , 2016
Story of former major league baseball pitcher Bill 'Spaceman' Lee following his release by the Montreal Expos.The Man Who Died
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2025
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IMDB 5.2 | Jul , 1917
Bill Cosgrove, a hot new rookie for the New York Giants, hits a cold streak during the deciding game of the World's Series.Freaks
IMDB 7.8 | Jan , 1932
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.Bangalore Naatkal
IMDB 5.6 | Feb , 2016
Three cousins, Arjun, Divya and Kannan, relocate to Bangalore for various reasons. However, they face many challenges which change their lives forever.Rain Man
IMDB 7.8 | Dec , 1988
When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.Stutterer
IMDB 7.4 | Jul , 2015
A lonely typographer with a cruel speech impediment but an eloquent inner voice must face his greatest fear.