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Plot Summary:
When a much-publicized ice-skating scandal strips them of their gold medals, two world-class athletes skirt their way back onto the ice via a loophole that allows them to compete together as a pairs team.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 176000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, feel good, hilarious, inspirational, entertaining, light, not serious, realistic, parody
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Ready to Rumble (2000)
Plot Summary:
Two slacker wrestling fans are devastated by the ousting of their favorite character by an unscrupulous promoter.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, funny, intense, feel good, not serious, slapstick, realistic, crying, weeping
Similar in 76%
The Ringer (2005)
Plot Summary:
Pressured by a greedy uncle (Brian Cox) and a pile of debt, lovable loser Steve Barker (Knoxville) resorts to an unthinkable, contemptible, just-crazy-enough-to-work scheme. He pretends to be mentally challenged to rig the upcoming Special Olympics and bring home the gold. But when Steve's fellow competitors get wise to the con, they inspire him to rise to the greatest challenge of all: becoming a better person.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, hilarious, not serious, absurd, sexy, sentimental, realistic, hispanic
Similar in 76%
Semi-Pro (2008)
Plot Summary:
Jackie Moon is the owner, promoter, coach, and star player of the Flint Michigan Tropics of the American Basketball Association (ABA). In 1976 before the ABA collapses, the National Basketball Association (NBA) plans to merge with the best teams of the ABA at the end of the season. Only the top four teams will make the move and the worst teams will fold. The Tropics are the worst team in the league and if they want to make it to the NBA, Jackie Moon must rally his team and start winning. The only problem is the fact that Jackie Moon is not really the coach and star basketball player he thinks he is. To keep his team from oblivion and leave his mark in the city, Jackie Moon must inspire his team to win fourth place in the playoffs.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 85000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: funny, inspirational, entertaining, absurd, stylized, humorous, hilarious, feel good, suspense, philosophical
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Knucklehead (2010)
Plot Summary:
The film centers on a fight promoter (Mark Feuerstein) deeply in debt to his crooked rival. Desperate for a new fighter that will help him win back everything he owes, the promoter catches a break when a 450-pound church handyman (Paul "Big Show" Wight) who has spent his entire life in an orphanage agrees to wrestle on behalf of his fellow orphans.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, not serious, realistic, independent film, slapstick
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Beer League (2006)
Plot Summary:
An unemployed slacker (Lange) inspires his softball teammates to improve their game so they won't get kicked out of the local league.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, realistic, exciting, funny, captivating, teen, independent film
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School for Scoundrels (2006)
Plot Summary:
A young guy short on luck, enrolls in a class to build confidence to help win over the girl of his dreams, which becomes complicated when his teacher has the same agenda.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, absurd, light, hilarious, not serious, stylized, parody, entertaining, anamorphic
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Nacho Libre (2006)
Plot Summary:
Nacho Libre is loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta ("Friar Storm"), aka Rev. Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, a real-life Mexican Catholic priest who had a 23-year career as a masked luchador. He competed in order to support the orphanage he directed. The producers are Jack Black, David Klawans, Julia Pistor, and Mike White.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 93000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, ironic, light, not serious, stylized, entertaining, cult classic, hilarious, slapstick
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Slap Shot (1977)
Plot Summary:
To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, inspirational, cult classic, exciting, feel good, cynical, hilarious, clever, realistic
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Hot Rod (2007)
Plot Summary:
For Rod Kimball, performing stunts is a way of life, even though he is rather accident-prone. Poor Rod cannot even get any respect from his stepfather, Frank, who beats him up in weekly sparring matches. When Frank falls ill, Rod devises his most outrageous stunt yet to raise money for Frank's operation -- and then Rod will kick Frank's butt.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, witty, melancholic, stylized, grindhouse, cult classic, slapstick, spoof, epic
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Happy Gilmore (1996)
Plot Summary:
Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore -- whose unconventional approach and antics on the grass courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin -- is determined to win a PGA tournament so he can save his granny's house with the prize money. Meanwhile, an attractive tour publicist tries to soften Happy's image.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 242000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, hilarious, slapstick, entertaining, predictable, romantic, epic, novela, slapstick comedy
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Plot Summary:
It's the 1970s, and San Diego super-sexist anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Corningstone arrives as a new employee at his station.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 374000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, humorous, hilarious, absurd, witty, cynical, not serious, spoof, cult classic
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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
Plot Summary:
Lifelong friends and national idols Ricky Bobby and Cal Naughton Jr. have earned their NASCAR stripes with their uncanny knack of finishing races in the first and second slots, respectively, and slinging catchphrases like "Shake and bake!" But when a rival French driver coasts onto the track to challenge their records, they'll have to floor it to retain their top-dog status.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 196000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, slapstick, exciting, parody, spoof, cult classic, satirical, feel good, epic
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Major League (1989)
Plot Summary:
When Rachel Phelps inherits the Cleveland Indians from her deceased husband, she's determined to move the team to a warmer climate -- but only a losing season will make that possible, which should be easy given the misfits she's hired. Rachel is sure her dream will come true, but she underestimates their will to succeed!.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, talky, semi serious, realistic, cult classic, feel good, parody, satirical, slapstick comedy
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BASEketball (1998)
Plot Summary:
Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop & Remer, invent a new game playing basketball, using baseball rules. When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire's help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone gets the same pay and no team can change cities. Theirs is the only team standing in the way of major rule changes that the owner of a rival team wants to institute.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, absurd, spoof, feel good, not serious, slapstick, cult classic, hilarious, funny
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The Comebacks (2007)
Plot Summary:
A comedy that spoofs the inspirational sports movies, The Comebacks tells the story of an out-of-luck coach, Lambeau Fields, who takes a rag-tag bunch of college misfits and drives them towards the football championships. In the process, this life-long loser discovers that he is a winner after all by redeeming himself, saving his relationship with his family and friends, and finding that there is indeed, no "I" in "team"!.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, spoof, funny, melancholic, not serious, hilarious, slapstick, satirical, realistic
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On Edge (2001)
Plot Summary:
Wendy, Veda, and J.C. are part of Southern California's thriving figure skating community - the bottom part. Luckily this is America, the land of opportunity, where a dream in your heart and personal gain in your sights can propel almost anyone to stardom. With this in mind Wendy, Veda, and J.C. are fighting their way to Olympic glory. But first they have to win the Regional Competition - and there can only be ONE winner. Will it be Veda? The beautiful ice princess who responds to her over-bearing mother by routinely puking up her lunch. Or Wendy? The plus-size skater with the super-plus libido. And what about J.C.? The orphaned trailer park girl who'd gladly trade you a pack of smokes for a sequined thong. Under the watchful gaze of Zamboni Phil, the girls train, toil and plot their way to success. Let the Games begin!.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 308
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, realistic, mockumentary
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Here Comes the Boom (2012)
Plot Summary:
A high school biology teacher moonlights as a mixed-martial arts fighter in an effort to raise money to save the school's music program.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: inspirational, funny, entertaining, humorous, exciting, hilarious, light, feel good, absurd, not serious
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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)
Plot Summary:
After breaking up with his longtime stage partner, a famous but jaded Vegas magician fights for relevance when a new, "hip" street magician appears on the scene.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, entertaining, hilarious, light, intense, not serious, realistic, stylized, slapstick
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Eddie (1996)
Plot Summary:
Eddie is a New York limo driver and a fanatical follower of the New York Knicks professional basketball team. The team is struggling with a mediocre record when, in mid-season, "Wild Bill" Burgess, the new owner, as a public relations gimmick, stages an 'honorary coach' contest, which Eddie wins. The fans love it, so "Wild Bill" fires the coach and hires her. She takes the bunch of overpaid prima.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, inspirational, entertaining, feel good, retro, black comedy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, exciting
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Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Plot Summary:
When megalomaniacal White Goodman, the owner of a trendy, high-end fitness center, makes a move to take over the struggling local gym run by happy-go-lucky Pete La Fleur, there's only one way for La Fleur to fight back: dodgeball. Aided by a dodgeball guru and Goodman's attorney, La Fleur and his rag-tag team of underdogs launch a knock-down, drag-out battle in which the winner takes all.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 263000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, hilarious, slapstick, entertaining, light, absurd, spoof, realistic, not serious
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Bring It On: Fight to the Finish (2009)
Plot Summary:
Christina Milian stars as sassy cheer captain Lina Cruz, whose world is turned upside-down when her family moves from the urban streets of East Los Angeles to the sunny beach town of Malibu. At her new school, Lina clashes with Avery, the ultra-competitive all-star cheer captain, while also falling for Avery's super-cute brother, Evan.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, teen, hispanic
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Wake Up Ron Burgundy (2004)
Plot Summary:
While Ron Burgundy's rivalry with Veronica Corningstone escalates quickly, a group of unprofessional thieves better known as 'The Alarm Clock' try to make the truth known, whatever that may mean.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, parody, absurd, humorous, not serious, slapstick, exciting, realistic, sexy, clever
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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)
Plot Summary:
With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 190000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, parody, satirical, absurd, realistic, surreal, cynical, not serious, spoof
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Beerfest (2006)
Plot Summary:
During a trip to Germany to scatter their grandfather's ashes, German-American brothers Todd and Jan discover Beerfest, the secret Olympics of downing stout, and want to enter the contest to defend their family's beer-guzzling honor. Their Old Country cousins sneer at the Yanks' chances, prompting the siblings to return to America to prepare for a showdown the following year.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, not serious, realistic, grindhouse, hilarious, sex comedy, teen, parody
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I, Tonya (2017)
Plot Summary:
Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U. S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 237000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, black comedy, suspense, rough, humorous, twisted, ironic, absurd, motivational, retro
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Step Brothers (2008)
Plot Summary:
Brennan Huff and Dale Doback might be grown men. But that doesn't stop them from living at home and turning into jealous, competitive stepbrothers when their single parents marry. Brennan's constant competition with Dale strains his mom's marriage to Dale's dad, leaving everyone to wonder whether they'll ever see eye to eye.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 313000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, melancholic, hilarious, talky, stylized, not serious, funny, cult classic, feel good, slapstick
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Fired Up! (2009)
Plot Summary:
2 Guys. 300 Girls. You Do the Math. The two most popular guys in high school decide to ditch football camp for cheerleader camp. For the girls and for the glory.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, teen, light, humorous, funny, romantic, entertaining, absurd, feel good, not serious
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Old School (2003)
Plot Summary:
Three friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 241000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, sex comedy, hilarious, talky, not serious, cult classic, intense, romantic, philosophical
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The Cutting Edge (1992)
Plot Summary:
Two former Olympians, one a figure skater and the other a hockey player, pin their hopes of one last shot at Olympic glory on one another. That is, of course, if they can keep from killing each other in the process.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sweet, feel good, light, romantic comedy, teen, humorous, cute, sentimental, touching, romantic
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Bring It On: All or Nothing (2006)
Plot Summary:
A transfer student at a rough high school tries joining the cheer-leading squad and finds that she not only has to face off against the head cheerleader, but also against her former school in preparation for a cheer-off competition.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: teen, light, entertaining, feel good, humorous, semi serious, slang, sweet, romantic, realistic