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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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Celtic Pride (1996)
Plot Summary:
The National Basketball Association play-offs are taking place, and the Boston Celtics are facing the Utah Jazz in a crucial series. This is also the last year that any games will be played in the Boston Garden, which is going to be torn down after the end of the season. Mike and Jimmy, two die-hard sports fans who will risk anything for the Celtics to win, are really getting into the games.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, satirical, light, entertaining, melancholic, not serious, funny, hilarious, realistic, parody
Similar in 79%
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 87%
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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7-10 Split (2007)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring actor whose career is in the dumps, exploits his amazing bowling skills to take the PBA by storm and becomes rich and famous, only to lose his best girl and best friend.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, parody, sex comedy
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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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Pucked (2006)
Plot Summary:
Frank Hopper is a former lawyer, long-term loser and constant dreamer - and frankly, probably just not all that bright. When he receives a credit card in the mail, he believes he's hit the jackpot. It's not long before he's working his way toward financing his dream - an all-woman hockey team. He's also put himself in debt to the tune of more than $300,000. Naturally, he winds up in court when his plan backfires.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, realistic, independent film
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Who's Your Caddy? (2007)
Plot Summary:
When "street smart" rapper Christopher "C-Note" Hawkins (Big Boi) applies for a membership to all-white Carolina Pines Country Club, the establishment's proprietors are hardly ready to oblige him.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, feel good, light, black comedy, exciting, realistic, black cinema, campy
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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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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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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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The Grand (2007)
Plot Summary:
The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story is set in the world of professional poker and follows six players who reach the final table of the world’s second most famous high stakes tournament, the Grand Championship of Poker.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, mockumentary, entertaining, clever, not serious, offbeat, realistic, independent film, fast
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Meatballs (1979)
Plot Summary:
Tripper is the head counselor at a budget summer camp called Camp Northstar. In truth, he's young at heart and only marginally more mature than the campers themselves. Tripper befriends Rudy, a loner camper who has trouble fitting in. As Tripper inspires his young charges to defeat rival Camp Mohawk in the annual Olympiad competition, Rudy plays matchmaker between Tripper and Roxanne, a female counselor at Northstar.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, entertaining, grindhouse, teen sex comedy, feel good, captivating, retro, 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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Billy Madison (1995)
Plot Summary:
Billy Madison is the 27 year-old son of Bryan Madison, a very rich man who has made his living in the hotel industry. Billy stands to inherit his father's empire but only if he can make it through all 12 grades, 2 weeks per grade, to prove that he has what it takes to run the family business.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 154000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, hilarious, talky, not serious, feel good, realistic, scary, epic, scenic
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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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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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Bad News Bears (2005)
Plot Summary:
Morris Buttermaker is a burned-out minor league baseball player who loves to drink and can't keep his hands to himself. His long-suffering lawyer arranges for him to manage a local Little League team, and Buttermaker soon finds himself the head of a rag-tag group of misfit players. Through unconventional team-building exercises and his offbeat coaching style, Buttermaker helps his hapless Bears prepare to meet their rivals, the Yankees.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: stylized, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, funny, clever, talky, hilarious, exciting
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Play It to the Bone (1999)
Plot Summary:
Two aging fighters in LA, friends, get a call from a Vegas promoter because his undercard fighters for a Mike Tyson bout that night are suddenly unavailable. He wants them to box each other. They agree as long as the winner gets a shot at the middleweight title. They enlist Grace, Cesar's current and Vinnie's ex girlfriend, to drive them to Vegas.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: road movie, inspirational, suspense, entertaining, melancholic, intense, semi serious, exciting, humorous, talky
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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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Dumb and Dumber To (2014)
Plot Summary:
20 years after the dimwits set out on their first adventure, they head out in search of one of their long lost children in the hope of gaining a new kidney.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 143000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: road movie, buddy comedy, humorous, hilarious, slapstick, stylized, not serious, funny, teen, disgusting
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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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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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Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach (2009)
Plot Summary:
An overenthusiastic high-school maintenance man attempts to lead an unlikely group of misfits to the Nebraska state tennis championship in Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story? director Danny Leiner's underdog sports comedy. American Pie star Seann William Scott stars as the ambitious janitor who believes he has what it takes to coach the winning team.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, sexy, entertaining, satirical, not serious, realistic, inspirational, clever, enigmatic
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Dumb and Dumber (1994)
Plot Summary:
Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she leaves for Aspen, the two friends (who have found the suitcase) decide to return it to her. After some "adventures" they finally get to Aspen where, using the lost money they live it up and fight for Mary's heart.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 405000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, absurd, funny, road movie, slapstick, hilarious, parody, cult classic, offbeat, feel good
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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