Movies Like Raising the Bar (2017)

Raising the Bar is a 2017 drama, family, tv movie film from Clay Glen with a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar and The Bronze.

Drama Family TV Movie

The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar

2018

Based on her book, this World Premiere film follows Simone Biles through the sacrifices and hard work that led her to win 19 Olympic and World Championship medals.

8.2

MagicScore

The Bronze

2016

In 2004, Hope Ann Greggory became an American hero after winning the bronze medal for the women's gymnastics team. Today, she's still living in her small hometown, washed-up and embittered. Stuck in the past, Hope must reassess her life when a promising young gymnast threatens her local celebrity status.

6.0

MagicScore

The Gabby Douglas Story

2014

The true story of Gabby Douglas who becomes the first African American to be named Individual All-Around Champion in artistic gymnastics at the Olympic Games.

7.3

MagicScore

Full Out

2015

Based on the true life story of California gymnast Ariana Berlin. As she zoned in on her Olympic goals, 14 year old Ariana Berlin's life took a sharp turn when she was involved in a debilitating car accident. Gaining her confidence and movement back through learning hip hop dance, she unexpectedly found herself called back to the gymnastics world thanks to world renowned UCLA Coach Valorie Kondos Field. With Val's help, Ariana was eventually able to secure a spot on the UCLA gymnastics team and win an NCAA championship, a lifelong goal that she had always dreamed of. This is a wonderfully inspiring story of persistence, confidence, and the heart and courage to make a somewhat impossible comeback in life.

7.2

MagicScore

An American Girl: McKenna Shoots for the Stars

2012

A young girl struggles to maintain her school grades while competing as a gymnast.

6.9

MagicScore

Olga

2021

2013. Exiled in Switzerland, Olga, a talented and passionate 15-year-old Ukrainian gymnast, is trying to secure a place in the National Sports Centre. But the Euromaidan revolt erupts in Kyiv, and suddenly her loved ones are involved. While the girl is adapting to her new country and preparing for the European Championships, the Ukrainian revolution makes its way into her life, and nothing will ever be the same again.

7.0

MagicScore

Stick It

2006

Haley is a naturally gifted athlete but, with her social behavior, the teen seems intent on squandering her abilities. After a final brush with the law, a judge sentences her to an elite gymnastics academy run by a legendary, hard-nosed coach. Once there, Haley's rebellious attitude wins her both friends and enemies.

6.8

MagicScore

Athlete A

2020

Follow the Indianapolis Star reporters that broke the story about USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse and hear from gymnasts.

7.5

MagicScore

At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal

2019

A look inside the USA gymnastics sexual abuse scandal that shook the sports world in 2017 depicting a landscape in which women spend their youth seeking victory on a world stage, juxtaposed against a culture where abuse prevails and lives are damaged forever.

7.2

MagicScore

#10

Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty

1938

Part two of Leni Riefenstahl's monumental examination of the 1938 Olympic Games, the cameras leave the main stadium and venture into the many halls and fields deployed for such sports as fencing, polo, cycling, and the modern pentathlon, which was won by American Glenn Morris.

6.7

MagicScore

#11

Gymkata

1985

U.S. agents send a gymnastic martial artist to secure a missile-base site in the savage country of Parmistan.

5.3

MagicScore

#12

A State of Mind

2005

Two young North Korean gymnasts prepare for an unprecedented competition in this documentary that offers a rare look into the communist society and the daily lives of North Korean families. For more than eight months, film crews follow 13-year-old Pak Hyon Sun and 11-year-old Kim Song Yun and their families as the girls train for the Mass Games, a spectacular nationalist celebration.

7.7

MagicScore

#13

A Second Chance: Rivals!

2019

As Maddy takes on coaching a team of young twelve-year-old gymnasts, she faces up to intense city versus country rivalry, racism, cyberbullying and her own self-doubt but eventually takes the challenge head on.

6.9

MagicScore

#14

A Second Chance

2011

A young girl and her coach overcome adversity to make their way into the National Australian Gymnastics Squad.

6.0

MagicScore

#15

Peaceful Warrior

2006

A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.

7.4

MagicScore

#16

Barbie: Spy Squad

2016

Barbie and her best friends Teresa and Renee transform from hard-working gymnasts to undercover secret agents. When their amazing gymnastics skills catch the eye of a top-secret spy agency, the girls are soon following clues to a gem-stealing cat burglar, using high-tech gadgets, glam disguises and cute robo-pets to save the day.

7.0

MagicScore

#17

Gibby

2016

A young teenage girl, Katie, can not snap out of her depression after losing her mother. Katie has lost interest in school, her friends, and gymnastics. All that changes in the summer when she is asked to monkeysit Gibby, her science teacher's Capuchin monkey. Taking care of the monkey changes her life in a big way. Gibby's happy-go-lucky personality renews Katie's zest for life. Gibby helps her with gymnastics, renewing friendships (including finding a potential boyfriend) and overcoming her nemesis, a mean girl who is out to beat Katie at everything.

6.8

MagicScore

#18

Hatching

2022

12 year old Tinja is desperate to please her mother, a woman obsessed with presenting the image of a perfect family. One night, Tinja finds a strange egg. What hatches is beyond belief.

6.3

MagicScore

#19

The Visitor

1979

An ancient intergalactic warrior arrives on Earth to put a stop to a demonic child's plot to reproduce Satan's next generation of evil.

5.2

MagicScore

#20

Chalk It Up

2016

When a super girly-girl is dumped by her boyfriend, she decides to do everything she can to get him back by building a college gymnastics team, quickly learning that she is capable of a lot more than just getting an MRS degree.

5.0

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Raising the Bar?

The top films similar to Raising the Bar by MovieMagicScore are The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar (8.2), The Bronze (6.0), The Gabby Douglas Story (7.3). Each shares drama/family/tv movie themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Raising the Bar worth watching?

Raising the Bar holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10 from 177 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Raising the Bar?

Raising the Bar (2017) is a drama, family, tv movie film directed by Clay Glen, starring Kelli Berglund, Emily Morris, Chris Koch.

Where can I find more recommendations like Raising the Bar?

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About movies like Raising the Bar

This ranked list pairs Raising the Bar (2017), a drama and family and tv movie film from Clay Glen, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Kelli Berglund take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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