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Plot Summary:
While the soccer World Cup is being played in France, two young Tibetan refugees arrive at a monastery/boarding school in exile in India. Its atmosphere of serene contemplation is disrupted by soccer fever, the chief instigator being a young student, the soccer enthusiast Orgyen who desperately seeks a TV to watch the final.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: Bhutan, Australia
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, witty, thinking, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, light, inspirational
Best tv shows and movies like The Cup (1999):
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Shooting Stars (2002)
Plot Summary:
A Fleury-Mérogis, un match de foot a lieu dans la cour de prison. Tibor Kovacs, un jeune Hongrois, fait des prodiges avec le ballon. Véritable virtuose du football, il rêve de jouer en équipe de France. Pour Manu, son compagnon de cellule, Tibor est un cadeau du ciel. A la veille de leur sortie de prison, les deux compères décident d'unir leurs destins : Tibor deviendra le plus grand joueur du mon.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, witty, realistic, semi serious
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The Devil's Kickers (2010)
Plot Summary:
After his parents separate and he loses his place on the soccer team, Moritz must put together a new team against incredible odds.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 418
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, exciting, teen comedy
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Slap Shot 3: The Junior League (2008)
Plot Summary:
Get ready for a rough-and-tumble comedy that knows how to kick some serious puck!.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, realistic, humorous, semi serious, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Trainer on the Beach (1984)
Plot Summary:
Trainer Oronzo Canà is called to manage Longobarda, the team of a small town of Northern Italy, when it's promoted to the First Division. His only task is not to go back to the Second Division, but even the team's owner plays against Longobarda since the First Division is too expensive, and the young Brazilian player bought for the team is affected by deep 'saudade'. Written by Alessio F. Bragadini.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: cult classic, humorous, realistic, not serious, surprise ending, cult film
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One Night in Istanbul (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two down on their luck Liverpool cabbies, Tommy and Gerry, strike an unusual deal with a local gangster to take their sons on a trip of a lifetime, to watch their beloved football team play in the European Cup Final in Istanbul. Hoping to use the trip as a chance to bond with their sons, big trouble awaits them in the form of a sexy hotel chambermaid, two ruthless crooks on a mission and a bag of counterfeit cash. It is 3-0 down at half time and things could not be more desperate both on and off the pitch. Stevie G and the boys in red are trying to launch the most amazing football comeback in history, and Tommy is in deep water, being held hostage. With the clock ticking and time running out, a miracle is needed fast. In the end a bit of faith, and Gerry’s lucky underpants may be the only thing that can get them and the cup back home in one piece.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, realistic, tense, melancholic, light, captivating, suspenseful
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Save Your Legs! (2012)
Plot Summary:
When cricket obsessed Teddy Brown realizes his mates are growing up and moving on, he leads them and his D-Grade team on an audacious tour of India, where stumps fly, friendships fray and Ted learns that it's time to start playing shots for himself.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 544
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Home Team (1998)
Plot Summary:
Henry Butler (Steve Guttenberg) is a professional athlete with a little Pete Rose in him. His athletic interests go beyond the playing field and into the gambling dens. Convicted for his addiction, the soccer player is assigned to community service at a children's home as a condition of his parole. The home attempts to exploit his soccer skills by forming a team. Butler takes no interest, though, until the home burns down and the team begins playing for their homes instead of personal pride or a payoff.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 369
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, family comedy
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Coach (2010)
Plot Summary:
A slacker trust-fund type finds the motivation to pick up a job as the coach of middle school soccer team.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, entertaining, romantic, feel good, realistic, independent film, romantic drama
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Crazy to Win (1983)
Plot Summary:
"Fun soccer action-comedy that's as messy and enjoyable as early eighties-Hong Kong Cinema gets. The Champions isn't a showstopper, but for fans of Yuen Biao, it's an absolute must." -lovehkfilm.com, http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews/champions.htm.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Soccer Dog: European Cup (2004)
Plot Summary:
Soccer Dog: European Cup opens with the titular hero, Kimble, escaping the clutches of an evil scientist, bent on performing animal experiments. Our plucky canine hero then falls into the hands of Zack (Jake Thomas), an American boy who's been brought to Scotland after the death of his mother to be reunited with the father he never knew, Brian (Nick Moran). After a bumpy introduction, father and son eventually connect by playing soccer together, and when the unusually nimble Kimble storms onto the field one day, their lives change forever.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 560
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating
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The Dream Team (2012)
Plot Summary:
A former footballer living in Brittany enlists his old teammates to help the local fisherman to win some games in order to raise money and save jobs.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, touching, realistic, funny, hilarious, happy, humorous
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The Match (1999)
Plot Summary:
The Match is a romantic comedy set against the story of a grudge football match between two pubs. The prize for the winner of the centenary match is the the closure of their opponent's bar. The Match was mainly filmed around Straiton in Ayrshire.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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The Footballest (2018)
Plot Summary:
Francisco and his closest friends play on a soccer team that has reached its lowest point. They’ve got to win one of the next three games to keep the school from cutting their team altogether. A series of strange events take place in the first two games. Coincidence? Conspiracy? Francisco and his friends decide to create The Footballest, an investigative team that will get them into all kinds of adventures, where their ingenuity and their friendships will be put to the test.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 400
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, exciting, captivating, semi serious
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All Stars (1997)
Plot Summary:
Leading up to their 500th match, the late twenty-something members of a Dutch amateur soccer team have their intimate bond put to the test as they each find themselves facing increasing responsibilities off the pitch.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, not serious
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Soccer Days (2003)
Plot Summary:
A comedic romp that celebrates the power of friendship to turn your life around, Dias de Futbol introduces us to Antonio, an ex-convict and amateur shrink who convinces his pals that the best way to overcome their midlife crises and lack of success with women is to reassemble their old soccer team and win something in life, even if only a local championship. Directed by David Serrano. Starring Alberto San Juan, Natalia Verbeke (Dot the I, Son of the Bride), Pere Ponce, and Fernando Tejero.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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Offside (2006)
Plot Summary:
In the sleepy town of Stensfors, the soccer team used to be something to be proud of , playing in the national league 30 years ago. Now the team will be dissolved if it can't win the rest of the games in the local league. Team member Kent goes on a business trip to Liverpool and meet Duncan Miller, the premier league football star of the 1980s who promises to come over to Sweden and play a few games just for fun. Unfortunately, when he arrives it is obvious that their saviour is both an alcoholic and very unfit to play. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Sweden
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Ladybugs (1992)
Plot Summary:
To climb the corporate ladder to success, a guy agrees to coach the company's all girl soccer team with the help of his secret weapon: his fiancee's son.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, sentimental, uplifting, offbeat, realistic, not serious, erotic, parody, funny
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Postmark Paradise (2000)
Plot Summary:
The Dirty Shame is the only bar in the small town of Paradise, Michigan. A burnt out, chain-smoking fortyish bar maid is the only waitress at The Dirty Shame. A group of local red necks conspiring to bring a mail order bride to their Midwest town for their ne'er-do-well leader set the story in motion.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, independent film, realistic
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Soccer Dog: The Movie (1999)
Plot Summary:
A heart-warming comedy about the friendship between the new kid in town and a soccer-playing dog on the lam from the dog-catcher. It's up to these two underdogs to win the PeeWee Soccer League championship game.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Carlitos and the Chance of a Lifetime (2008)
Plot Summary:
Carlitos is a heartfelt story about one young boy's fight for his right to play soccer, while keeping his very essence intact.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 250
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Spain
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: uplifting, touching, feel good, humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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The Big Green (1995)
Plot Summary:
In a depressed Texas town, British foreign exchange teacher Anna attempts to inject some life into her hopeless kids by introducing them to soccer. They're terrible at first, but Anna and her football-hero assistant whip them into shape. As they work overtime, the pair help kids build their self-esteem and also get involved in solving family squabbles.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, inspirational, melancholic, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, epic
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Never Too Young to Dream (2001)
Plot Summary:
A group of kids have a dream: to play a football championship and to win. Their dream is going to be fulfilled by Don Pepe, an old guy with lots of expectations for his kids.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 392
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Mexico
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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Frankie & Hazel (2000)
Plot Summary:
Actress JoBeth Williams directed this Showtime family feature starring The Sixth Sense's Mischa Barton for Barbra Streisand's Barwood Films. Barton is Frankie and Ingrid Uribe is Hazel, Frankie's neighbor and best friend. Frankie is an orphan who lives with her imperious grandmother, Phoebe (Joan Plowright), while Hazel lives with her father and older brother. Frankie's mother was a prima ballerina--killed in a car crash along with her father--and Frankie's been following in her toe shoes ever since. Although she's the best dancer in her class, she'd rather play baseball, whereas Hazel's a local activist who'd rather be mayor. The story strains credibility when 13-year-old Hazel runs for office against the middle-aged incumbent, but Frankie's goal is more understandable, and both actresses make their characters sympathetic and believable. It's as hard not to like them as it is not to root for them to succeed.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 430
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic
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Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001)
Plot Summary:
Mike Bassett: England Manager is an hilarious British Comedy that stars Ricky Thomlinson. Featuring Cameos from Barry Venison, Gabby Yorath, Atomic Kitten and Pele.When the England manager has a heart attack, footballs' top brass turn to Mike Bassett (basically no one else wanted the job). England lose Mike's first two games in charge. His team struggles to a goal-less draw in the final qualifying match but, thanks to a fluke result elsewhere, England qualify for the finals in Brazil.In South America things go from bad to worse. Pressure is mounting for Mike. An embarrassing drunken performance caught by a new photographer seals his fate as the most unpopular Englishman ever.However, Mike makes an impassioned plea for the country to get behind him - fans, press, players.... even his wife. Can Mike turn the tide and bring football home ?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, realistic, mockumentary, parody, funny, cult classic
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Soccer Mom (2008)
Plot Summary:
A warm-hearted comedy about a compulsive soccer mom who masquerades as a famous Italian soccer star hired to coach her daughter's floundering soccer team, then struggles frantically to keep her wacky charade going long enough to see the girls win their big tournament.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic
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There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (2000)
Plot Summary:
Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. At school he is constantly being bullied by the other kids, and at home he has to face his mother's new boyfriend. However, through football, and some special boots, he manages to gain the confidence to succeed and leads his school football team towards the final of the local schools cup.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, France
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: uplifting, touching, sentimental, feel good, humorous, offbeat, captivating, gloomy, semi serious
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Shooting for Socrates (2014)
Plot Summary:
SHOOTING FOR SOCRATES is a David Vs. Goliath set in Belfast against the backdrop of the 1986 World Cup. It tells the story of a momentous time in Northern Ireland's football history through the eyes of players, fans and the media. The film also follows the lives of passionate football supporter Arthur and his son Tommy from East Belfast. The lead up to a momentous day in the life of a young boy (his 10th birthday) mirrors the build up to the big day for the Northern Ireland football team as they play the greatest match of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, exciting, sentimental
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Cupid's Balls (2011)
Plot Summary:
Swedish Lucas moves from Stockholm to a small Norwegian town, and immediately falls in love with Susanne, the goal keeper of the local girls' soccer team. He becomes axquanted with the overweight, sex-fixated son of the coach. With him as a sparring partner, Lukas hatches a plan for winning Susanne's heart. But Susanne has a boyfriend, and Lucas soon comes to realize that the road to love may be paved with lies and animosity. Cupid's Balls is packed with humour, romantic summer nights and fervent conflicts both off an on the soccer field.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 973
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Norway
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, sincere, touching, realistic, semi serious
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The Liverpool Goalie (2010)
Plot Summary:
Thirteen year old Jo is a smart thinker of a guy, and has a very vivid imagination, but is bothered by his fellow classmates, and is a rather hopeless soccer goalie. Still he tries to cope with this difficult time in life. He's doing the homework of the "bad guy" in his class, son of a rich salesman of caravans. Jo's mother is seeing dangers all around, being overprotective, and trying to hide her affair with the psychologist neighbor. Every kid in the street is trying to get hold of a football-card with the goalie of Liverpool. This is to kill for.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 870
Genere: Comedy
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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The Utopian Society (2003)
Plot Summary:
6 college students from different backgrounds, are assigned to work together on a final project. These six students have so far spent no time together, can't stand each other and must pass this final assignment in order to pass the class. The assignment is to create a utopian society, on paper. They've had all semester to work on the project but in the tradition of most college group assignments, have opted to wait until the last minute to cram the entire semester's work into one night.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 232
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: semi serious, clever, touching, humorous, realistic, witty, mumblecore, talky