Movies like When Billie Beat Bobby

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When Billie Beat Bobby (2001)
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When Billie Beat Bobby (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: .The historic 1973 tennis match between middle-aged champion Bobby Riggs and young feminist Billie Jean King.
Style: uplifting, sincere, touching, semi serious, captivating, realistic, spoof, slapstick comedy, slapstick, freeze frame ...
Plot: battle of the sexes, rise to the top, fighting the system, ambition, athlete's life, rivalry, athlete and trainer, society, contests and competitions, underdog, ego clash, relationship vs career, cheerleader, feminism, tennis, tennis player, championship, defeat, media, couples, strong female presence, gender, hopes, celebrity culture, power relations ...
Time: 70s, year 1973, year 1972
Place: austin texas, texas, usa, new york, england, las vegas, hawaii ...
Keyword: sport, american, australian, poster, salute

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, serious and humorous films with plots about ambition, underdog, hopes, rivalry, power relations, athlete and trainer and athlete's life mostly in Sport, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like When Billie Beat Bobby: Battle of the Sexes (2017), Bleacher Bums (2001), Chicks With Sticks (2004), The Bad News Bears (1976), The Longshots (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Battle of the Sexes (2017)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.
Style: semi serious, captivating, uplifting, art house, retro ...
Audience: family friendly, chick flick
Plot: tennis, battle of the sexes, sexism, tennis player, gender equality, lesbian love, woman, lesbianism, lgbtq, hotel, winning, lgbt ...
Time: year 1973, year 1972, year 2017, 70s, 20th century
Place: los angeles
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100%
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Bleacher Bums (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, talky ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: baseball, friends, gambling, lifestyle, against the odds, follow your dream, rivalry, buddies, athlete's life, couple relations, ambition, hopes ...
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Chicks With Sticks (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, sentimental, humorous, touching ...
Plot: female athlete, hockey, battle of the sexes, against the odds, ambition, feminism, contests and competitions, fall in love, lifestyle, friendship, rivalry, sport team ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The Bad News Bears (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
Style: inspirational, intense, talky, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: baseball, underdog, youth, baseball coach, coach, childhood, competition, unlikely friendships, sport team, motorcycle, human spirit, contests and competitions ...
Time: 20th century, year 1976, 70s
Place: california, usa, san francisco, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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The Longshots (2008)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The true story of Jasmine Plummer who, at the age of eleven, became the first female to play in Pop Warner football tournament in its 56-year history.
Style: feel good, realistic, humorous, semi serious, touching ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: american football, human spirit, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, battle of the sexes, football, rivalry, youth, underdog, gender, black, hip hop ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Sports Pages (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: athlete's life, human spirit, journalism, lifestyle, contests and competitions, nothing goes right, hopes, athlete and trainer, farce, buddies, odd couple, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Iron Ladies (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Thailand
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The two main characters, Mon and Jung, play two gay transvestites, who had been constantly overlooked by volleyball coaches because of their appearance. However, when a local team changes coaches, the new coach holds tryouts for a new team. When Mon ...
Style: humorous, touching, light, inspirational, feel good ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: transvestite, gay, transsexual, underdog, lgbt, volleyball, transvestism, transgender, gender bending, against the odds, injustice, lifestyle ...
Time: 90s
Place: thailand, asia, bangkok thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Price of Glory (2000)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: An ex-boxer, living with the knowledge that his fight career was cut short by a crooked manager, channels his bitter disappointment in a single-minded quest for boxing championships for his three sons. We see them in pee-wee Silver Glove matches ...
Style: realistic, sincere, serious, tense
Plot: boxing, athlete's life, ambition, lifestyle, human spirit, follow your dream, ego clash, tough heroes, athlete and trainer, obsession, rivalry, contests and competitions ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Monday Night Mayhem (2002)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The early years of a television sports powerhouse are chronicled as ABC becomes a player in the NFL coverage by putting their full resources into a major showcase. Executive Roone Arledge (John Heard) recruits former Dallas Cowboys quarterback ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: american football, ambition, rise to the top, hopes, celebrity culture, rivalry, introspection, athlete's life, showbiz, contests and competitions, television, gambling ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Undefeated (2003)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Lex 'El Animal' Vargas is a promising Portorican boxer in Queens, but lacks ambition to aim for the big career. That changes after his brother Paulie is accidentally shot dead by a teenager in an amateur hold-up on their late dad's ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, suspense
Plot: athlete's life, human spirit, lifestyle, against the odds, social differences, tough heroes, boxing, rise to the top, ambition, rivalry, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Green Flash (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: At the ripe old age of 30, Cameron Day has given up his chances at pro-basketball fame and settled into an aimless life. A chance encounter with a beautiful woman lands him smack in the middle of Southern California's pro beach volleyball ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, inspirational
Plot: teenage love, self discovery, beach volleyball, ambition, rivalry, sport team, ego clash, athlete's life, youth, prodigy, contests and competitions, underdog ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, new york, southern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Final Season (2007)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: True story of Kent Stock, who in the early 90's, gives up a job and ditches his wedding plans to take over as head coach as the Norway High School baseball team. Kent must win over his players and convince them and himself that he can fill ...
Style: realistic, sincere, touching, sentimental, historical drama ...
Audience: kids
Plot: baseball, coach, sport team, small town, ambition, against the odds, rivalry, human spirit, athlete's life, youth, contests and competitions, hopes ...
Time: year 2007, 90s
Place: iowa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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The Rocket (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story: In the late 1930s, a young machinist named Maurice Richard distinguished himself as a ice hockey player of preternatural talent. Although that was enough to get him into the Montreal Canadiens, his frequent injuries cost him the confidence of his ...
Style: serious, sincere, touching, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot: ice hockey, hockey player, hockey, factory, discrimination, athlete's life, protest, follow your dream, contests and competitions, human spirit, rise to the top, hopes ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1955, year 1937 ...
Place: quebec, montreal, toronto ontario canada, new york, boston ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Major League: Back to the Minors (1998)
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
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: baseball, underdog, major league, racing, sport competition, contest, competition, tournament, sport team, rivalry, training, career ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: minnesota, usa, south carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
A League of Their Own (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey (Garry Marshall). Competitive sisters Dottie ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, touching, sweet, witty ...
Audience: family outing, kids, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: baseball, world war two, sister sister relationship, friendship, female friendship, female athlete, alcoholic, feminist, female protagonist, sibling rivalry, underdog, coach ...
Time: 1940s, year 1943, 20th century, 90s
Place: oregon, chicago, indiana, usa, midwest ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
From the Rough (2013)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The coach of a women's swim team parlays her success into an opportunity to build her school's men's golf team.
Style: captivating, uplifting, serious, touching, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, teens, boys' night
Plot: golf, against the odds, human spirit, athlete's life, follow your dream, athlete and trainer, once in a lifetime opportunity, lifestyle, social misfits, hopes, ambition, teacher ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: tennessee, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.3
 66K
Wimbledon (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A pro tennis player has lost his ambition and has fallen in rank to 119. Fortunately for him, he meets a young player on the women's circuit who helps him recapture his focus for Wimbledon.
Style: feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, inspirational, light ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot: tennis, tennis player, underdog, ambition, love, competition, love story, couple relations, motivation, secret relationship, career, fall in love ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, london, big ben london, new york, brighton ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
A Gentleman's Game (2002)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A drama revolving around characters whose lives are transformed one summer at an exclusive East Coast country club.
Style: sentimental, sincere, serious, scenic, independent film ...
Plot: golf, youth, human spirit, lifestyle, ambition, prodigy, athlete's life, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, social differences, teachers and students, single parent ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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The Squeeze (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A humble young man with uncommon skills from a small southern town gets caught up in high stakes golf matches between big-time gamblers until the game becomes life and death.
Style: realistic, serious, tense
Plot: golf, gambling, athlete's life, ambition, dishonesty, bet, money, power relations, twentysomething life, club, mob
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Road to Victory (2007)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A star athlete on the verge of turning pro must decide which dream to pursue while he battles his own body.
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, touching, independent film
Plot: infidelity, love affair, relationship vs career, rise to the top, athlete's life, ambition, breakup, couples, fall in love, doctors and patients, hopes, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 5.4
 257
The Opponent (2000)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Patty Sullivan (Erica Eleniak) is a battered woman who decides to take charge of her life by taking boxing lessons to better protect herself when her boyfriend becomes violent. Patty soon learns she has some talent for boxing and sets her sights on ...
Style: serious, rough, sincere, independent film, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: boxing, female boxer, against the odds, athlete's life, ambition, follow your dream, human spirit, rise to the top, lifestyle, life is a bitch, contests and competitions, rivalry ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
A Season on the Brink (2002)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: "A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers" is based on the best-selling book by John Feinstein. The movie chronicles Indiana's 1985-86 season, when Knight granted Feinstein unprecedented access to the ...
Style: uplifting, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot: basketball, rivalry, athlete's life, sport team, lifestyle, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, underdog, hopes, athlete, power relations, college ...
Time: 21st century
Place: indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 7.2
 76K
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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Movie in collections
 3.5
 468
She Ball (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: On a mission to save his Inglewood community center, Avery Watts enlists a talented basketball player, Shelby, to help him win the grand prize in a street ball tournament. Together, Avery and Shelby challenge local politicians, gangs and their own ...
Style: feel good, inspirational, touching, uplifting, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: believe in yourself, life philosophy, athlete and trainer, love story, strongman, name calling, independence, hopes, contests and competitions, life changing experience, sports man, lifestyle ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 5.3
 5K
Deal (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: As an ex-gambler teaches a hot-shot college kid some things about playing cards, he finds himself pulled into the world series of poker, where his protégé is his toughest competition.
Style: realistic, tense, psychological, semi serious, humorous
Audience: teens
Plot: poker, gambling, competition, human spirit, contests and competitions, lifestyle, follow your dream, friendship, underdog, downfall, casino, father son relationship ...
Time: year 2008
Place: las vegas, texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 6.4
 30K
Stick It (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Haley is a naturally gifted athlete but, with her social behavior, the teen seems intent on squandering her abilities. After a final brush with the law, a judge sentences her to an elite gymnastics academy run by a legendary, hard-nosed coach. Once ...
Style: feel good, teen, inspirational, funny, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: gymnastics, teenager, rebelliousness, athlete and trainer, rivalry, gymnast, friends, contests and competitions, high school, competition, fighting the system, adolescence ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: austin texas, texas, usa, houston texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his ...
Style: sincere, touching, uplifting, serious, cult classic ...
Plot: journalism, boxing, african american, ex athlete, human spirit, lifestyle, athlete's life, boxer, newspaper, introspection, parents and children, change of luck ...
Time: year 2007, 1950s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: colorado, usa, detroit, las vegas, denver colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 5.6
 4K
Blackball (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: semi serious, witty, humorous, realistic, sex comedy
Plot: athlete's life, love affair, social differences, against the rules, ambition, interracial relations, society, contests and competitions, hopes, lifestyle, family relations, racism ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 5.8
 23K
Bad News Bears (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: stylized, semi serious, feel good, humorous, touching ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: baseball, mentor, coming of age, human spirit, rivalry, against the odds, ambition, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, softball, parents and children, hopes ...
Time: year 2005, 20th century, 70s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Heart Like a Wheel (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Despite the high risks of this kind of racing and the burden it places on her family life, she perseveres in her dream.
Style: inspirational, touching, uplifting, serious, realistic
Plot: car race, racing, auto racing, motor racing, race, biopic, driving, car, auto mechanic, race car, car racing, women ...
Time: year 1983, 1950s, 70s, 60s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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