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Plot Summary:
A story of a boys' badminton team at a middle school in Haenam as they compete in a junior athletic competition. The 16 year old boys and girls in Haenam grow as people during this time.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: dorama, witty, entertaining, not serious, feel good, humorous, light, ironic
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Line (2017)
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, suspense, entertaining, dark comedy
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The Eccentric Daughter-in-Law (2015)
Plot Summary:
In an attempt to regain her popularity, former idol star In Young goes on a TV Show where she clashes with her on-screen mother-in-law, Yang Choon Ja. However, the tension is increasingly worse off-set when In Young starts dating Choon Ja's real son!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama
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Take My Brother Away (2018)
Plot Summary:
Bickering siblings Shi Miao and Shi Fen tackle friendship matters, school drama and the pitfalls of growing up with little parental supervision.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: captivating, dorama, entertaining
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Thumping Spike (2016)
Plot Summary:
A volleyball coach and his players aim for success during which they develop stronger bond and friendship for each other as well as teamwork. This youthful story shows sportsmanship and heart thumping romance.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Difficult teens (2019)
Plot Summary:
Popular footballer Anton Kovalev, after serving two years in prison for drunken debauchery in a cafe, is released. The misconduct cut off the successful career of Kovalev, who was previously the captain of the Russian national team. The reputation of a "downed pilot" does not allow him to continue his favorite business and get a prestigious job. The head of the center for difficult teenagers, Herman, who once raised Anton, offers him a place in the center to prepare difficult children for the local Olympics. Out of desperation, Kovalev agrees to the proposal, but he has no idea how difficult it will be to find a common language with the guys, and what an important place they can take in his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, sincere
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Big Shot (2021)
Plot Summary:
After getting ousted from his job in the NCAA for throwing a chair at a referee, a hothead men’s basketball coach Marvyn Korn must take a job at Westbrook School for Girls, a private all-girls high school, in an effort to redeem what's left of his career and reputation.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Stove League (2019)
Plot Summary:
Se Young is the youngest head of the management team of Dreams, a cellar-dwelling baseball team. She's highly recognized for her perseverance and intense passion for the team. One day, Seung Su is appointed as a general manager. Although he's been working in the sports field, the teams he led to the championship were unpopular, and some of them were even disbanded after winning the league due to the financial difficulties of their parent companies. Would this unlucky new general manager be able to steer Dreams to the championship with passionate Se Young?.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dorama, inspirational, clever, intellectual, feel good, realistic, witty
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Zero Chill (2021)
Plot Summary:
Talented teen figure skater Kayla is forced to leave everything behind when her family follows her twin brother, Mac, to a prestigious hockey academy.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Angry Mom (2015)
Plot Summary:
When Jo Gang-Ja attended high school, she was notorious for fighting. She gave birth to her daughter A-Ran in her late teens and became more responsible. Her daughter A-Ran is now a high school student, but A-Ran is bullied at school. Jo Gang-Ja decides to go back to high school to protect her daughter. Jo Gang-Ja becomes a high school student again.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 634
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: dorama, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Junior League (2013)
Plot Summary:
In the town of Podolsk, The Bears hockey club hires a new coach, Sergei Makeyev, a former National Hockey League player, who sets out to get the club to the Junior Hockey League and make The Bears a successful team.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 454
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, touching, exciting, entertaining, light, visually appealing, tense, feel good
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My Boss, My Hero (2006)
Plot Summary:
Sakaki Makio, also known as "Tornado" is a tough 27-year-old high school drop-out. By academic standards, he's pretty dumb. His father decides to force Makio to return to high school to receive his diploma and he asks an old friend who happens to be the principal of a nearby school to admit Makio. If Makio doesn't graduate, the position of boss will be given to his younger brother, Mikio. Furthermore, he must pose as a 17-year-old during school hours and in the presence of any classmates or teachers outside of school. If his cover is blown, it would be the end of his high school career as well as his hopes to become boss. Things start out rough and tough as Makio's violent temper is tested. As the lessons and days go by he learns there is much more to school than just tests and studying.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama, funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Goon (2011)
Plot Summary:
Doug Glatt, a slacker who discovers he has a talent for brawling is approached by a minor league hockey coach and invited to join the team as the "muscle." Despite the fact that Glatt can't skate his best friend, Pat, convinces him to give it a shot, and Glatt becomes a hero to the team and their fans, until the league's reigning goon becomes threatened by Glatt's success and decides to even the score.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, entertaining, humorous, witty, sweet, not serious, light, realistic, thought provoking
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Seven Days of a Daddy and a Daughter (2007)
Plot Summary:
This home comedy tells the story of Kyoichiro and his teenage daughter Koume. One day, the two ride a train together after visiting Kyoichiro's mother-in-law. He sees it as a chance to get to know his daughter better, but he ends up getting more than that - by some mysterious force, both Kyoichiro and Koume end up with their mind in the other's body! Unfortunately, they have no choice but to swap lives, pretending to be each other at school and work.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 314
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, entertaining, light, captivating, dorama
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High Kick (2006)
Plot Summary:
High Kick! was a popular South Korean situation comedy revolving around the life of the Lee family, taking place in Seoul at the same time as the broadcast. The title of the show "High Kick!" has several implications, one of which is the oft-depicted high kicks of Yoon-ho, one of the main characters. The show aired in South Korea from Monday to Friday in sitcom format. Due to its popularity, the show filmed more episodes than were initially planned. Many of the characters starred in commercials and advertisements in Korea. The show's popularity also led to High Kick Through the Roof, which aired in 2009-2010, and High Kick 3: The Counterattack of the Short Leg, which aired in 2011-2012.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 475
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, dorama, sitcom
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Breeders (2020)
Plot Summary:
Breeders exposes the parental-paradox that it is possible, in the very same moment, to love your child to the horizon of the universe, while being apoplectically angry enough to want to send them there.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, sweet, ironic, dark comedy
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Welcome to Waikiki (2018)
Plot Summary:
Kang Dong-Goo dreams of becoming a movie director, but he is cynical due to bad luck. Cheon Joon-Ki wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and become an actor, but he is now just a minor actor. Bong-Doo-Sik came to Seoul to become a scenario writer, but things have not been easy for him. These 3 men run the guest house Waikiki in Itaewon, South Korea. Their guest house is facing bankruptcy and then a mysterious baby and single mother appear at Waikiki.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, entertaining, sincere, captivating, dorama, romantic drama, sitcom
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Who Are You? (2008)
Plot Summary:
Cha Seung Hyo is an abandoned child who gets adopted in the United States and grows up to be a cold hearted person. Son Il Gun is a father who died, but he left things unfinished with his daughter. In order to make sure that his daughter is provided for he controls Seung Hyo's body for three hours a day for 49 days. He buys his daughter the things he couldn't do when he was alive with Seung Hyo's money. Il Gun's daughter, Young In, is a quick-tempered girl who meets Seung Hyo during her part-time job. At first she has a bad impression of him but she gradually starts to fall for the lonely Seung Hyo who is unable to open up to anyone else because of his bitter past.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, dorama
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Eagles (2019)
Plot Summary:
Eagles revolves around a few teenagers living in the Swedish ice hockey town Oskarshamn while experiencing friendship, love, and rivalry on the ice.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Sweden
Duration:
Plot tags: light, sincere, romantic, touching, captivating, sentimental
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The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers (2021)
Plot Summary:
In present day Minnesota, the Mighty Ducks have evolved from scrappy underdogs to an ultra-competitive, powerhouse youth hockey team. After 12-year-old Evan is unceremoniously cut from the Ducks, he and his mom Alex set out to build their own ragtag team of misfits to challenge the cutthroat, win-at-all-costs culture of competitive youth sports.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, uplifting, teen comedy
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Lanky Girls (2019)
Plot Summary:
Mikhail Kovalev, the protagonist, is a talented and successful coach of a Super League men's volleyball team. He is pretty short but compensates it with bad temper and aggressive behavior. He lives large and often drops his girlfriends whom he treats like sex objects. After his another escapade he is confronted by the new president of the Volleyball Federation, who is a woman. As a result, he is fired from the big sports. Now to have a chance to return, he has to make a university women's team the winner of a tournament in his provincial hometown. Such is a condition his mother set to him, a despotic and autocratic woman who used to be a famous volleyball player and the first coach of the current president of the Volleyball Federation. Mikhail has to change and learn to respect girls, accept their problems and stop treating them as sexual objects.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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The First Team (2020)
Plot Summary:
The misadventures of three young football players Mattie, Jack and Benji, at a fictional Premier League club with terrifying team hard-man Petey, mercurial Italian manager Cesare and eccentric chairman Mark Crane.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 915
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Ted Lasso (2020)
Plot Summary:
Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he’s hired to manage a soccer team—despite having no experience. With cynical players and a doubtful town, will he get them to see the Ted Lasso Way?.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 323000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 1453 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, humorous, sitcom, sincere, captivating, uplifting
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Friday Night Lights (2006)
Plot Summary:
Friday Night Lights is an American drama television series based around a high school football team situated in Texas. The series takes place in the fictional town of Dillon: a small, close-knit community in rural Texas. Particular focus is given to team coach Eric Taylor and his family, Tammy and Julie. The show uses this small town backdrop to address many issues facing contemporary American culture, including family values, child development, life lessons, school funding, racism, drugs, abortion and lack of economic opportunities.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: sincere, realistic, sentimental, serious, suspenseful, mysterious, dramatic, grindhouse, teen, light hearted
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Just for Kicks (2006)
Plot Summary:
Just for Kicks is an American comedy-drama series that aired on the Nickelodeon television network as a part of the channel's TEENick television lineup. The series about a group of girls in a soccer team set in New York City. This series is first called Head to Toe, then The Power Strikers, but is changed in 2005. Just for Kicks premiered in January 2006 on Nickelodeon UK and April 2006 on Nickelodeon in the US. The series is produced by Brookwell McNamara Entertainment.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic
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18 Again (2020)
Plot Summary:
Jung Da-Jung is married to 37-year-old Hong Dae-Young. They have an 18-year-old son and daughter. Jung Da-Jung works hard as a rookie announcer and she has a warm heart. She becomes completely fed up with her husband and is unable to deal with him anymore. Hong Dae-Young gets fired from his job and is looked down upon by his family. Jung Da-Jung hands him divorce papers.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, entertaining, semi serious, dorama
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See Dad Run (2012)
Plot Summary:
The story of David Hobbs, who has spent the last decade playing the perfect father on one of TV’s biggest sitcoms. But when the series ends and his wife resumes her own television career, he finds himself cast in his most challenging role to date: handling the day-to-day needs of three kids who've grown accustomed to not having him around. David soon learns that playing a dad on TV is child’s play compared to the real thing.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, sitcom, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, realistic
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Wagle Ki Duniya (2021)
Plot Summary:
Three generations of the family live together, who share all their happiness and sorrows. Follow the story of this family as they bring laughter to each other's lives and will make your heart melt. A new generation of the old critically acclaimed show is here to take you on a roller coaster ride of emotions.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Blue Mountain State (2010)
Plot Summary:
Three incoming freshmen attending Midwestern college football powerhouse Blue Mountain State must quickly adapt to college life and juggle football, girls, classes and nonstop hazing.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, sitcom, light, feel good, funny, erotic, parody, sexy, sensual
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Red Oaks (2014)
Plot Summary:
A coming-of-age comedy set in the "go-go" 80s that is equal parts hijinks and heartfelt about a college student enjoying a last hurrah before summer comes to an end--and the future begins. David Myers, an assistant tennis pro at the Red Oaks Country Club in suburban New Jersey in 1985, is both reeling from his father's heart attack and conflicted about what major to declare in the fall. While there, he meets a colorful cast of misfit co-workers and wealthy club members including an alluring art student named Skye and her corporate raider father Getty.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, semi serious, erotic, period piece, sensual, dark drama
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Mike Bassett: Manager (2005)
Plot Summary:
Mike Bassett: Manager is a British TV comedy series, which began transmitting from 29 September 2005 on ITV. It is a follow-up to the film Mike Bassett: England Manager, and stars Ricky Tomlinson in the title role, Steve Edge as his assistant, and Amanda Redman as his long-suffering wife, Karine. Neil Maskell, known from the Football Factory film, appears as a clubzine reporter. The series picks up some time after Mike took England to the semi-finals of the 2002 World Cup. The side's attempt at qualifying for the 2004 European Championships ended in disaster, resulting in Mike being sacked. Since then, a spell at Newcastle ended in similar fashion after getting them relegated two seasons in a row, while his returns to former clubs Norwich and then Colchester fared little better. Mike decides to retire, but at the last minute is offered the manager's job at Wirral County F.C., for whom his father was a player. They seem doomed to be relegated to the Football Conference. Not helping his job is the fact that the chairman is senile, the chief executive is eagerly awaiting relegation so that he can sell their ground and Karine isn't pleased with the idea of retiring in Ellesmere Port rather than Spain.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 557
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic