Binge-watching movies are humans’ best and quick escapism every weekend or even sudden cinema day with friends. Films have that ideal world that keeps the movie-goers hooked and looking for more. The classic type of movie-goers is the ones who regularly go to the cinema theaters and are influential through words of mouth when the story is deeply relatable. That is why there are such Oscar awards to recognize the brightness of every film, director, writer, actor, and so on.
By just looking in the VCD rack at home, lots of different films have been produced over time. It’s also a small probability of humans today that haven’t remembered a single movie title. But if you are still looking for a different genre, sports-themed films are also one of the best choices, especially if you’re an athlete, sports enthusiast, or just a typical movie-goer that wants to experience something new. With that, here are the top five TV shows to binge-watch.
Spinning Out
If you have been experiencing difficulties on what should go first in the priority lane, then you might relate to this story, Spinning Out. It’s a rollercoaster of emotions for everyone who has a dream, is confused about what is going on, but deadly determined to reach for the stars.
It is a Netflix Original on 2020, with one season, created by Samantha Stratton. The other main characters are:
- Evan Roderick as Justin Davis
- Kaya Scodelario as Kat Baker
- Willow Shields as Serena Baker
- January Jones as Carol Baker
- Will Kemp as Mitch Saunders
- Svetlana Efremova as Dasha Fedorova
After the dismay of her bad fall, Kat decided to have a partner in figure skating, which happened to be with the free-spirited Justin. While catching her dream to be in Olympics, another battle within herself and to her mother is going on. It turns out both have bipolar disease. The young dream-chaser struggled to balance her love interest, family matters, and her passion for becoming an athlete.
Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo
Something fun but worth the emotions when it’s their times of downfalls, this k-drama won’t frustrate every college-aged and those who want to reminisce their days of the ’20s.
This is a story of a young woman, Bok-Joo, a college weightlifter and Joon-Hyung’s swimming athlete. Bok-Joo has this strong aura and looks stern on the outside but is actually adorable inside. Then there is this manly Joon-Hyung, who grew up with his relatives and has experienced struggles with his dreams.
The two are completely different except that they both go to the same school, then it turns out that they were actually childhood best friends in elementary. Romantic, annoying, fun, and nostalgic. Those are the expected vibes if you have ever planned to binge-watch it. Indeed, these actors were effortlessly swag and unforgettable.
The Korean TV series was directed by Oh Hyun-Jong, Nam Sung-Woo, and written by Yang Hee-Seung, and Kim Soo-Jin. Released in 2016, it has sixteen episodes and one season. The main characters are:
- Lee Sung-Kyung as Kim Bok-Joo
- Nam Joo-Hyuk as Jung Joon-Hyung
- Lee Joo-Young as Lee Sun-Ok
- Cho Hye-Jong as Jung Nan-Hee
- Kyung Soo-Jin as Song Shi-Ho
- Lee Jae Yoon as Jung Jae-Yi
The White Shadow
To the fans of retro films, it is a TV series from 1978 to 1981 produced by Bruce Paltrow aired on CBS with three seasons and a total of fifty-four episodes. It is about a former NBA professional who became a coach to high school in inner-city Los Angeles.
After his injury, there he became a coach of the young students with problematic characters and depicted social and racial matters. There, instead of becoming frustrated due to its retirement, Ken helped these boys to be a winning team inside and outside the court.
The main characters are:
- Ken Howard as Ken Reeves
- Joan Pringle as Sybil Buchanan
- Ed Bernard as Jim Willis
- Thomas Carter as James Hayward
- Kevin Hooks as Morris Thorpe
- Nathan Cook as Milton Reese
- Erik Kilpatrick as Curtis Jackson
- Byron Stewart as Warren Coolidge
- Ken Michelman as Abner Goldstein
- Timothy Van Patten as Mario Pettrino
- Ira Angustain as Ricky Gomez
- Jerry Fogel as Bill Donahue
Fight for My Way
Another k-drama in 2017, Fight for My Way, is a Romantic Comedy with one season and sixteen episodes in KBS2. The main leading stars are:
- Park Seo-Joon as Ko Dong-Man
- Kim Ji-Woon as Choi Ae-ra
- Ahn Jae-Hong as Kim Joo-Man
- Song Ha-Hyon as Baek Sol-Hee
- Lee Elijah as Park Hye-Ran
Dong-Man was in taekwondo in his youth days but became a contract employee. At the same time, Ae-Ra wanted to be an announcer but became an information desk at a department store. They were inseparable and knew everything about each other without any intimate relationship at first.
The tandem is low-key, but each has a strong characteristic and backstory. Both have started at the bottom but strive for their dreams despite the hamperings in their ways. The tandem was remarkable due to the humor and irresistible charm of the actors.
The Mighty Ducks
It was released last March 2021 with ten episodes on Disney. The production was a joint force of ABC Signature and Brillstein Entertainment. Emilio Estevez and Michael Alan Spiller were the producers of this comedy-drama series with the characters:
- Lauren Graham as Alex
- Brady Noon as Evan Morrow
- Emilio Estevez as Gordon Bombay
- Taegen Burns as Maya
- Julee Cerda as Stephanie
- Bella Higginbotham as Lauren
- Keifer O’Reilley as Logan
- Maxwell Simkins as Nick Gaines
- De’Jon Watts as Sam
- Luke Islam as Koob
The series was based on the 1992 film with the same title. Then in this remake, a twelve-year-old boy was abruptly kicked-out in the Duck’s team. Not giving up, he urged his mother to create a new hockey team with the help of former Duck’s coach, Gordon Bombay. The youngsters’ fighting spirit in their old but gold jerseys will keep every child and child at heart to guess the team’s next steps against the known Mighty Ducks.
Since the first season clicked and debuted, the second season will be released in 2022, with the co-creators Steve Brill, Cathy Yuspa, and Josh Goldsmith.