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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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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
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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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Benchwarmers 2: Breaking Balls (2019)
Plot Summary:
A washed-up baseball player becomes an attorney. He gets a chance at redemption when his boss asks him to manage the company softball team in hopes of winning a championship.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: absurd, funny, exciting, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Balls of Fury (2007)
Plot Summary:
Randy Daytona was a child ping pong prodigy who lost his chance at Olympic gold when his father is murdered by the mysterious Feng over a gambling debt. 15yrs later he's down on his luck and scraping a living doing seedy back room shows in Vegas; when the FBI turn up and ask for his help to take down Feng... who just happens to love Ping Pong.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, parody, funny, stylized, exciting, not serious, hilarious, spoof, confusing, spooky
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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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Major League: Back to the Minors (1998)
Plot Summary:
At the behest of Roger Dorn -- the Minnesota Twins' silver-tongued new owner -- washed-up minor league hurler Gus Cantrell steps up to the plate to take over as skipper of the club's hapless farm team. But little does he know that Dorn has an ulterior motive to generate publicity with a grudge match between the big leaguers and their ragtag Triple A affiliate.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious, road movie, unusual plot structure, entertaining, melancholic, splatter, idiotic
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Major League II (1994)
Plot Summary:
Those Cleveland Indians are at it again! After losing in the ALCS the year before, the Indians are determined to make it into the World Series this time! First, though, they have to contend with Rachel Phelps again when she buys back the team. Also, has Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn lost his edge? Are Jake's knees strong enough to make it as a catcher another year? These and other questions are answered as the Indians recapture the magic and win the championship "their way".
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: clever, funny, smart, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick comedy, inspirational, romantic
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White Men Can't Jump (1992)
Plot Summary:
Billy Hoyle and Sidney Deane are an unlikely pair of basketball hustlers. They team up to con their way across the courts of Los Angeles, playing a game that's fast dangerous - and funny.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: light, entertaining, feel good, buddy comedy, funny, talky, intense, hood, realistic, witty
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Shaolin Soccer (2001)
Plot Summary:
A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sport
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: absurd, humorous, feel good, parody, witty, light, surreal, not serious, slapstick, hilarious
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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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Blades of Glory (2007)
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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The Benchwarmers (2006)
Plot Summary:
A trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard little league squads.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, entertaining, absurd, not serious, funny, hilarious, exciting, realistic, black comedy
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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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Caddyshack (1980)
Plot Summary:
At an exclusive country club, an ambitious young caddy, Danny Noonan, eagerly pursues a caddy scholarship in hopes of attending college and, in turn, avoiding a job at the lumber yard. In order to succeed, he must first win the favour of the elitist Judge Smails, and then the caddy golf tournament which Smails sponsors.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 125000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: funny, slapstick, light, intense, not serious, parody, humorous, feel good, sex comedy, captivating
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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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Kingpin (1996)
Plot Summary:
After bowler Roy Munson swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish kid named Ishmael. So, the corrupt and the hopelessly naïve hit the circuit intent on settling an old score with Big Ern.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, feel good, melancholic, talky, not serious, cult classic, hilarious, dark comedy
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The Internship (2013)
Plot Summary:
Two recently laid-off men in their 40s try to make it as interns at a successful Internet company where their managers are in their 20s.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 213000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: funny, motivational, light, inspirational, humorous, entertaining, absurd, hilarious, teen, visually appealing
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Grind (2003)
Plot Summary:
Four skaters follow their idol on his summer tour in an attempt to get noticed, get sponsored, and become stars themselves.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, entertaining, not serious, hilarious, realistic, road movie, sexy, clever, surreal
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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
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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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7 Days in Hell (2015)
Plot Summary:
A fictional documentary-style expose on the rivalry between two tennis stars who battled it out in a 1999 match that lasted seven days.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, absurd, light, stylized, realistic, not serious, hilarious, mockumentary, independent film
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The Waterboy (1998)
Plot Summary:
Bobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose bone-crushing power might vault his team into the playoffs.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 175000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, parody, humorous, absurd, entertaining, hilarious, feel good, philosophical, romantic comedy, realistic
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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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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 Longest Yard (2005)
Plot Summary:
Pro quarter-back, Paul Crewe and former college champion and coach, Nate Scarboro are doing time in the same prison. Asked to put together a team of inmates to take on the guards, Crewe enlists the help of Scarboro to coach the inmates to victory in a football game 'fixed' to turn out quite another way.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 192000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: entertaining, funny, inspirational, humorous, hilarious, not serious, exciting, spectacular, anamorphic, light
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Duplex (2003)
Plot Summary:
When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, dark comedy, hilarious, black comedy, stylized, feel good, entertaining, funny, romantic comedy, slapstick
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Necessary Roughness (1991)
Plot Summary:
When the Texas Southern Armadillos football team is disqualified for cheating and poor grades, the University is forced to pick from a team that actually goes to school. Will they even win a single game?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: entertaining, light, inspirational, feel good, humorous, semi serious, funny, cult classic, exciting, realistic
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Zoolander (2001)
Plot Summary:
Clear the runway for Derek Zoolander, VH1's three-time male model of the year. His face falls when hippie-chic "he's so hot right now" Hansel scooters in to steal this year's award. The evil fashion guru Mugatu seizes the opportunity to turn Derek into a killing machine. Its a well-designed conspiracy and only with the help of Hansel and a few well-chosen accessories can Derek make the world safe.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 287000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany, USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, hilarious, parody, light, stylized, cult classic, realistic, not serious, absurd
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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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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