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Plot Summary:
Karen wants more action out of life and quits her job at the cannery to become a skater in the roller derby. She encounters friction from the other skaters - especially Mickey, the current number one star of the team. Karen proves herself a feisty competitor but refuses to be a team player. As she skates her way to roller stardom, she incurs the wrath of jealous team members and the owner of the team.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 748
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, psychotronic, grindhouse, independent film, sexy, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual
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Below the Belt (1980)
Plot Summary:
A close-up look at the turbulent world of women's professional wrestling as a New York City waitress decides to become a professional wrestler.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 86%
Dead Solid Perfect (1988)
Plot Summary:
A second-string pro golfer desprate for his shot at success tours the country.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 590
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 83%
Superchick (1973)
Plot Summary:
Tara B. True is a flight attendant who makes a weekly swing through New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. In each city, she has a man: Edward, older and wealthy; Johnny, a beach bum with gambling debts; and, Davey, a rock musician on the cusp of success. Tara is a free spirit, faithful to each man in her own way, and so stunning that she dresses in a wig and ill-fitting uniform while she's working so men won't harass her constantly. The low-life whom Johnny is in debt to figures out a way to use Tara to help him execute a daring in-flight robbery. But will Tara stand by helplessly, or is superchick ready for action?.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 625
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, sexy, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, psychotronic, independent film, campy, cult film
Similar in 81%
Skid Marks (2007)
Plot Summary:
Budget cuts force two rival ambulance companies and their misfit medics to go head-to-head to save their patients, their jobs and their beer money, all in the name of emergency medicine.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 664
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, light, independent film, sexual, sex comedy, sexy, teen comedy, cult film
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Kansas City Bomber (1972)
Plot Summary:
Roller-derby skater K. C. Carr tries to balance her desire for a happy personal life and her dreams of stardom.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, sexy, serious, realistic, cult film
Similar in 89%
C.C. & Company (1970)
Plot Summary:
Motorcycle mechanic C.C. Ryder joins "The Heads," an outlaw biker gang. Fellow gang members menace fashion journalist Ann when her limo breaks down in the desert, but C.C. comes to her rescue. The bikers disrupt a motorcross event tied in with a fashion shoot, but C.C. enters the competition under Ann's admiring eye. His win puts him at odds with Moon, leader of "The Heads." When C.C. leaves with his cut of the purse, the bikers kidnap Ann, and C.C. races Moon to win her freedom.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, grindhouse, independent film, exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
Similar in 76%
Hothead (1979)
Plot Summary:
Delightful French comedy about a talented soccer player whose foul temper causes him to be cut from the team, lose his job and even be banned from his favorite bar.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, biting, suspense
Similar in 89%
Battle B-Boy (2016)
Plot Summary:
Directed by Frank Lin this movie tells the story of a group of talented but financially struggling B-Boys that join an underground fighting ring in Downtown Los Angeles that uses Hip-Hop music and Break dancing to battle for money. To save the life of one of their friend's father, the B-Boys form a strong bond. They fight for each other, for their families and for a better future.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
Similar in 75%
The FP (2011)
Plot Summary:
Two rival gangs fight for control of Frazier Park -- a deadly arena in competitive dance-fight video game "Beat-Beat Revolution.".
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, retro, grindhouse, independent film, offbeat, futuristic, semi serious
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Golfballs! (1999)
Plot Summary:
Ah, the Pennytree Golf Club...lavish clubhouse, manicured greens, 18 holes of golfing paradise... NOT! Tattered and almost without any customers, Pennytree has become the target of a takeover by it's neighbor and competitor, Bentwood Country Club, owned and operated by the conniving Simon Roosevelt (Dan Barkley). Inspired by a freak accident, Liberty Pennytree (Christy Tummond) hatches a plan to bring in more golfers and crush Simon's takeover plans. Gorgeous ladies, hot bods and the fun filled "cart wash" are the attractions as busloads of new customers flock to the "new" Pennytree Golf Club. The ladies of Pennytree, led by "Barbara the Bod" (Amy Lynn Baxter), are a hit with the customers, money is rolling into Pennytree and Simon is steaming. Simon's not giving up and issues the ultimate challenge, a winner-take-all-match between Pennytree and Brentwood, "your pro against my pro." The winner.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 373
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, humorous, realistic, not serious, sexual
Similar in 82%
Coach (1978)
Plot Summary:
An Olympic Gold medalist is hired to coach the boys basketball team. But when Coach Randy Rawlings arrives, the school's sexist principal discovers he hired a woman. Blocked from firing her due to discrimination laws, he tries to make sure the team loses, so he can fire her for poor performance.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 640
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, sex comedy, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, teen sex comedy, cult film
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Unrivaled (2010)
Plot Summary:
On these streets everyone is fighting for a way out, but after a lifetime of hard knocks, a down-on-his-luck cage fighter gets the opportunity of a lifetime when he is chosen to compete against the MMA world champion during a massive competition. The stakes are high and the reward great...but should he lose, it will cost him his life.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 906
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, uplifting, serious, erotic, realistic
Similar in 82%
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
Similar in 87%
...All the Marbles (1981)
Plot Summary:
A two-bit promoter tries to take a women's wrestling team to the top.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychotronic, sex comedy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, road movie, crying, weeping, campy
Similar in 78%
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
Similar in 83%
The Bronze (2015)
Plot Summary:
In 2004, Hope Ann Greggory became an American hero after winning the bronze medal for the women's gymnastics team. Today, she's still living in her small hometown, washed-up and embittered. Stuck in the past, Hope must reassess her life when a promising young gymnast threatens her local celebrity status.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: semi serious, light, absurd, erotic, funny, freeze frame, colorful, sincere, clever, humorous
Similar in 81%
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
Similar in 86%
Cloud 9 (2006)
Plot Summary:
Has-been sports promoter Billy Cole gets a second shot at fame and fortune when he puts together a women's volleyball team, comprised of exotic dancers.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, offbeat, sexual, sexy
Similar in 75%
Bad Asses on the Bayou (2015)
Plot Summary:
The third installment in the successful Bad Ass action-comedy franchise. Bad Asses on the Bayou reunites the dynamic duo, Frank Vega (Danny Trejo) and Bernie Pope (Danny Glover), as they travel to Louisiana to attend the wedding of their dear friend Carmen Gutierrez (Loni Love). What was pictured as a wedding weekend escape to the south turns violently ugly as madness and mayhem ensue, pressing our senior heroes to once again serve justice.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, semi serious, action comedy, independent film
Similar in 79%
Angels' Wild Women (1971)
Plot Summary:
These angels don't wear halos. After stomping the lights out on a couple of racist rapists, some tough biker babes take refuge in a rural commune run by a peace-loving guru who's actually a drug kingpin with a vicious gang -- and who specializes in human sacrifices.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 481
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychotronic, grindhouse, independent film, exciting, rough, offbeat, serious, realistic, sexual
Similar in 81%
Shred (2008)
Plot Summary:
SHRED is a motion picture that tells the story of two washed up pro snowboarders from the 90s named Max (played by Dave England) and Eddie (played by Renee Renee) who attempt to cash in on the fantastic growth of the sport by starting their own snowboard camp. Hoping to recapture their former glory, they begin by sharing their wacky wisdom with a group of up and coming young snowboarders. The story takes them from the run down ski hill where they grew up to a major event at one of the biggest resorts in the west.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 90%
Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice (2002)
Plot Summary:
With the original Hanson Brothers still on the same minor league ice hockey team, the Chiefs are sold to a new owner who gives them a female coach and puts them in a league in which they are to be regularly humiliated by an opposing Harlem Globetrotters-like team.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick comedy, slapstick, teen comedy
Similar in 86%
Blackball (2003)
Plot Summary:
Blackball follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey, a working-class fine of lawn bowls with an exceptional talent. Wanting to take on the Aussies he manages to become regional champion, only to get banned. Sports agent Rich Schwartz picks him up and makes him so popular the Bowls Committee deem to lift the ban. Now the question is whether he can regain his form and his friends to beat the Aussies.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, realistic, sex comedy
Similar in 77%
The Sports Pages (2001)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Lionel Waddems (Bob Newhart), a golf fanatic. is put on trial for killing his golf partner (Played by Kelsey Grammer). The movie follows the trial in the news and features interviews by people who knew the men. It is based on 2 short stories "How Doc Waddems Finally Broke 100" and "The Heidi Bowl".
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 79%
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
Similar in 85%
Circle of Pain (2010)
Plot Summary:
Following a fighting accident, Dalton Hunt retired from the world of MMA at the top. Unable to outrun his guilt, he lost his family, his title, and his way. But when a crooked promoter lures him back into a fight against the current undefeated champ, Dalton must enlist the aid of an enigmatic trainer to turn him bck into a warrior so he can stand tall and do battle once again.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, tense, suspense, rough, realistic
Similar in 84%
Grudge Match (2013)
Plot Summary:
A pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout -- 30 years after their last match.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: emotional, inspirational, intense, humorous, realistic, parody, cult classic, semi serious, buddy comedy, funny
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Bleacher Bums (2001)
Plot Summary:
Adapted from a 1979 stage play written by Chicago's Organic Theater Company, BLEACHER BUMS details the exploits of a group of baseball fans as they sit in the bleachers of Lakeview Park watching a game between the hometown Bruins take on the St. Louis Eagles. Marvin (Brad Garrett) and Decker (Peter Riegert) gamble. So does Zig (Wayne Knight), even though his wife constantly nags him about the money he loses. Meanwhile, blind Greg (Matt Craven) enjoys the game through pretty Melody (Sarain Boylan), who describes it to him. A seasoned ensemble case of TV and film veterans create winning chemistry in this slice-of-life comedy.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 480
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good, offbeat, talky
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Bad Parents (2012)
Plot Summary:
A suburban mom relives her season with the soccer obsessed sports parents whose outrageous "win at all costs" behavior spirals out of control.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 573
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, dark comedy, exciting, realistic, witty, semi serious
Similar in 82%
Chicks With Sticks (2004)
Plot Summary:
The story takes the battle of the sexes into the hockey arena, as Paula Taymore - who almost once made the Olympic team - finds herself drawn into a challenge match against an irritating local men's squad. Fresh from a painful divorce, and doubting herself, Paula must make a winner out of an explosive, irreverent crew of women hockey players who flock to her town, Red Deer Alberta, to assemble the team.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 399
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic