Director: Ty Roberts
A ragtag Little League roster carries a grieving teammate's family through an improbable championship run in You Gotta Believe, a 2024 family sports drama built on a true story.
What is You Gotta Believe about?
When one of the players on a small-town Little League team learns that his father is dying, his coaches and teammates decide to dedicate their entire season to him rather than let the diagnosis define it. What starts as a gesture of loyalty turns into an unlikely streak of wins, pulling the team further than anyone expected and eventually toward the World Series stage that became a genuine ESPN moment. Along the way, the adults coaching the squad, played by Luke Wilson and Greg Kinnear, have to manage their own doubts about pushing a group of kids this far while keeping the emotional stakes for the sick father's family front and center. The film follows both the games themselves and the pressure building around a team that never expected to matter to anyone outside their hometown.
Cast & crew
Luke Wilson and Greg Kinnear anchor the adult side of the cast as the coaching duo steering the team, with Sarah Gadon, Molly Parker, and a roster of young actors including Etienne Kellici filling out the Little League squad. Director Ty Roberts keeps the focus on the family at the emotional center of the story rather than turning the games into pure spectacle.
Context & significance
Based on real events from a Little League World Series run that drew national attention in the United States, the film arrived in 2024 as part of a steady line of true-story sports dramas aimed at family audiences. It leans on the same underdog structure familiar from other baseball films but grounds it in the specific, well-documented story of one team's season dedicated to a dying parent.
Where & how to watch
You Gotta Believe streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, making the film accessible for viewers who prefer either option. Browsing this page is open to everyone, while watching the film itself requires logging into a K-Time account, with the full experience built around a Farsi-language interface for the Persian-speaking diaspora.