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Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
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Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Original name: DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: 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.
Style: humorous, funny, hilarious, slapstick, entertaining, light, absurd, spoof, realistic, not serious ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: underdog, against the odds, dumb, coach, tournament, competition, pirate, cheerleader, redemption, rivalry, contests and competitions, gym, friends, financial problem, uninhibited rivalry, health situation, farce, buddies, male bonding, buddy, friendship between men, bisexual, beer, casino, satire ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century, contemporary
Place: las vegas, usa, nevada, los angeles, california, united states of america
Keyword: sport, challenge, take over, german, buddy movie

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, funny, realistic and feel good films with plots about contests and competitions, ambition, rivalry, underdog, silly humor, friends and friendship mostly in Comedy, Sport and Action genres. Some movies like Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story: Hot Rod (2007), Blades of Glory (2007), Zoolander (2001), Here Comes the Boom (2012), The Waterboy (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Hot Rod (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: funny, feel good, witty, stylized, melancholic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: small town, friendship, misfit, ambition, fund raising, obsessive quest, team, young man, contests and competitions, goofy hero, determination, parents and children ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: washington state, usa
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Blades of Glory (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: 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.
Style: funny, humorous, feel good, hilarious, inspirational ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: skating, competition, olympics, figure skating, farce, rivalry, championship, friendship, life philosophy, coach, satire, ambition ...
Time: year 2007, year 2013, 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: usa, detroit, montreal, north korea, ukraine
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Zoolander (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: funny, humorous, parody, light, stylized ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: conspiracy, fashion model, male model, brainwashing, satire, fashion, assassination, dumb, stoner, fame, president, comedy of errors ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, malaysia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Here Comes the Boom (2012)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: 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.
Style: inspirational, funny, entertaining, humorous, exciting ...
Audience: girls' night, kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: underdog, teacher, martial arts, contests and competitions, mixed martial arts, against the odds, dedicated educator, teachers and students, boxing, lifestyle change, ambition, coach ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: boston, massachusetts, usa, las vegas
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The Waterboy (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: 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.
Style: parody, funny, humorous, hilarious, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, manly, girls' night
Plot: football, bullying, college, social outcast, underdog, american football, farce, rags to riches, mentor, ridicule, dumb, foul language ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place: louisiana, usa, new orleans, southern usa
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Four skaters follow their idol on his summer tour in an attempt to get noticed, get sponsored, and become stars themselves.
Style: humorous, entertaining, funny, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: skateboard, road trip, friendship, underdog, high school, friendship between men, lifestyle, rivalry, ambition, partner, contests and competitions, college ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: parody, humorous, funny, stylized, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: rivalry, redemption, olympics, fbi, ping pong, prodigy, athlete and trainer, ambition, talent, contests and competitions, hopes, underdog ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: german democratic republic, latin america, central america, seoul, reno nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
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Happy Gilmore (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: funny, feel good, hilarious, slapstick, laugh out loud ...
Audience: teens, kids, date night, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: golf, dumb, underdog, rivalry, anger, hockey, eccentricity, ambition, stupidity, contests and competitions, against the odds, friends ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
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Style: teen, light, entertaining, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, cheerleader, cheerleading, dancing, high school life, hip hop, school, friendship, dance, teenage girl, sport team, teenager ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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The Benchwarmers (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: 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.
Style: humorous, light, entertaining, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: baseball, youth, mentor, contests and competitions, ambition, coming of age, bullying, group of friends, clumsiness, vengeance, millionaire, pizza ...
Time: 21st century
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Major League (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: 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. ...
Style: funny, humorous, talky, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, teens
Plot: baseball, underdog, rivalry, professional sports, ambition, major league, rise to the top, contests and competitions, follow your dream, against the odds, misfit, athlete and trainer ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: miami, ohio, florida, usa, new york ...
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Fired Up! (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
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Duration: 90 min.
Story: 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.
Style: sex comedy, teen, light, humorous, romantic ...
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Caddyshack (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
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Duration: 98 min.
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Style: funny, slapstick, light, intense, not serious ...
Audience: teens, family outing, adult
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Duration: 119 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: 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?
Style: entertaining, inspirational, light, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, manly, kids, boys' night
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Duration: 107 min.
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Audience: teens
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Story: 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 ...
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Time: 90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1969, year 1979 ...
Place: pennsylvania, pittsburgh, usa, nevada, reno nevada
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Duration: 91 min.
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Style: funny, inspirational, entertaining, stylized, humorous ...
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Duration: 94 min.
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
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100%
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good
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100%
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Major League II (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: 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, ...
Style: clever, funny, smart, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: manly, family outing, teens
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100%
Benchwarmers 2: Breaking Balls (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
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Style: funny, feel good, captivating, humorous, entertaining ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.1
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7 Days in Hell (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
Story: A fictional documentary-style expose on the rivalry between two tennis stars who battled it out in a 1999 match that lasted seven days.
Style: parody, funny, stylized, light, not serious ...
Plot: tennis, adaptation, redemption, storytelling, irreverent, technology, athlete's life, contests and competitions, rivalry, satire, tennis player, gay ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: 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!" ...
Style: funny, humorous, slapstick, exciting, parody ...
Audience: teens
Plot: car race, racing, farce, sport competition, stupidity, auto racing, betrayal, satire, competition, comeback, championship, teamwork ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: north carolina, alabama, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
The Longest Yard (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: entertaining, funny, inspirational, hilarious, humorous ...
Audience: kids, teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: prison, american football, underdog, prison life, prison guard, football, redemption, adaptation, betrayal, warden, ex athlete, jail ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: texas, austin texas, san diego california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 5.9
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Nacho Libre (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Nacho Libre is loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta ("Friar Storm"), aka Rev. Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, a real-life Mexican Catholic priest who had a 23-year career as a masked luchador. He competed in order to support the orphanage ...
Style: funny, humorous, ironic, light, not serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult
Plot: wrestling, follow your dream, nun, catholic, eccentricity, monastery, monk, fight scenes, contests and competitions, hopes, goofy hero, ambition ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
 88K
Shaolin Soccer (2001)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sport
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.
Style: absurd, humorous, feel good, witty, parody ...
Audience: kids, teens, boys' night
Plot: soccer, martial arts, kung fu, football, underdog, champion, silly humor, fight, love story, mentor, humiliation, coach ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s
Place: china, hong kong, east asia, asia
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