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Softball Boys (2010)
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Original name: ソフトボーイ
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
High school student Noguchi learns that there isn't a single male softball team in the nearby area. He figures if he starts up a softball team, they are sure thing to go to the national tournament. He then persuades his friend Onitsuka to help him start a softball club. Once Noguchi and Onitsuka rounds up enough players, they teams preps to win one all important game in the tournament.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, motivational, inspirational, feel good, exciting
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, youth, rivalry, teenage life, ambition, friends, sport team, contests and competitions, buddies, social relations, coming of age, competition, teamwork, tournament, high school sports, softball, underdog, friendship, aspiration, determination, perseverance, school club, youth culture, small town, slice of life ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
japan, asia
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Most similar movies to Softball Boys
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, captivating, emotional and inspirational films with plots about youth, friendship, high school, rivalry, coming of age, ambition and high school life mostly in Drama, Sport and Comedy genres. Some movies like Softball Boys: Dive!! (2008), Rebound (2023), The Kirishima Thing (2012), All You've Got (2006), The Phantoms (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Tomoki Sakai (Kento Hayashi) is your average junior-high student. Fascinated by the diving skills of Yoichi Fujitani (Sosuke Ikemaytsu), an elite athlete born into a family of former Olympic divers, Tomoki joins the Mizuki Diving Club (MDC) where ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, suspense, inspirational, motivational ...
Plot:
diving, swimmer, swimming, relationships, athlete's life, sport team, athlete and trainer, financial problem, academy, teamwork, ambition, perseverance ...
Time:
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576
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Joong-Ang High School was once renowned for its high ranked basketball team, but as the years pass and victories grow fewer, the school's social worker Kang Yang-hyun who was a former minor league baseball player, becomes the head coach. Left ...
Style:
realistic, inspirational, captivating, entertaining, motivational ...
Plot:
basketball, high school sports, rivalry, teamwork, underdog, high school, high school basketball, ambition, athlete and trainer, basketball player, basketball team, competitor ...
Time:
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Place:
busan
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Yoichi plays basketball at his junior high and is capable. He is granted a scholarship and attends a high school with a superlative basket team. Instead of welcoming the boy the students there decide to bully and harass the new player leading Yoichi ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, captivating, tense, contemplative, suspense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
basketball, high school, friendship, youth, school, teenager, japanese school, athlete, underdog, teenage life, rivalry, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A story about the disappearance of Kirishima, a star athlete of the volleyball club, and how his disappearance affects every person in school.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, semi serious, touching, psychological ...
Plot:
high school, disappearance, friendship, society, social relations, youth, high school student, rivalry, japanese schoolgirl, japanese teenager, great ending, asian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
74%
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two Southern California volleyball teams determined to prove their superiority on the court find out that they're not as different as they previously thought after tragedy strikes close to home in director Neema Barnette's affectionate ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, captivating
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
volleyball, high school, rivalry, teenage life, teenage love, athlete's life, lifestyle, youth, contests and competitions, underdog, high school sports, teenager ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The Phantoms is a television movie inspired by the heart-warming, real-life events surrounding the 2009 New Brunswick provincial championship victory by the Bathurst High School (BHS Phantoms) boys varsity basketball team, a year after a terrible ...
Style:
uplifting, inspirational, disturbing, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
basketball, high school basketball, perseverance, resilience, hopes, road accident, community, high school, determination, teamwork, sport team, direction and purpose ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Set in the mid-1970s, the film is based on the true story of Yoshiharu Yamaguchi, a teacher and former Japanese international rugby union player, who turned-around a failing high school in Kyoto, giving special attention to the rugby team, which ...
Style:
captivating, inspirational, emotional, realistic, period drama
Plot:
rugby, teacher, coach, rivalry, teachers and students, contests and competitions, coping, direction and purpose, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, rugby player, school ...
Time:
70s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
TV show
Story:
This is a story of rivalry and friendship between two young swimmers; a tale of natural talent versus hard work. Talented swimmer Chung is a transfer student. In his new class, 4C, he meets a swim relay team led by Wing. Despite being proficient in ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, inspirational, intense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
swimming, friendship, rivalry, buddy, swimming pool, competition, teamwork, friends, sport team, ambition, athlete's life, athlete and trainer ...
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Ganbatte Ikimasshoi was a Japanese television drama for NTV about a girl who wants to start an all-girl rowing team. To do so she needs to find at least four other members. She is met with many challenges during each episode, e.g., finding enough ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, motivational, inspirational ...
Plot:
perseverance, determination, teamwork, direction and purpose, sport team, teenage life, athlete's life, ambition, schoolgirl, high school life, teenage girl, ambitious woman ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Transfer student Biito “Beat” Mizorogi, talented in fashion design, bring classmates together to stage a fashion show for the school's annual festival.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, feel good, lighthearted ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
student, fashion, fashion designer, friendship, ambition, school, fashion show, fashion industry, schoolboy, teenage protagonist, designer, teenager ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Thirteen year old Audrey Shaw is new to Bellweather, California and certain shell never fit in when she meets Krista Rich, the pretty, popular girl she aspires to be "or be with" shes just not sure. In a conservative California town, ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, sexual, mockumentary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friends, lifestyle, youth, society, friendship, teenage life, coming of age, innocence lost, high school life, teenager, drug, sexuality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Miyanaga Saki, a first-year student at Kiyosumi High School, lacks enthusiasm for mahjong and plays it so that it will end with neither a win nor a loss. One day, she is influenced by Haramura Nodoka’s genius mahjong tactics and decides to join ...
Style:
anime, captivating, thrilling, tense, dramatic ...
Plot:
mahjong, high school, high school life, school club, tournament, japanese girl, teenager, school, contest, japanese woman, teenage protagonist, ambition ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
50%
187
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Mac and his high school gangster buddies try to take over the world of sports betting in a city filled with crime, prostitution and gambling. When the Mafia gets involved, they do whatever it takes to keep these tough young-bloods off their turf.
Style:
captivating, psychological, suspense, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
gambling, casino, high school, gangster, ambition, sport team, buddies, football, rivalry, friendship, danger, mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
50%
932
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Gippi is a coming-of-age story of an ordinary, overweight girl, who, through the course of the film, learns to love herself for exactly who she is. It is also a tale of an underdog, who picks herself up from nothing and finds herself at the top of ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, inspirational, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
coming of age, popularity, underdog, rivalry, teenage life, social misfits, ambition, youth, misfit, social relations, friends, school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A high school girl, Man-bok, who has to walk for four hours every day back and forth between home and her school due to the congenital motion sickness disorder, happens to begin her training as a speed walking athlete unexpectedly. Through the ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, inspirational, realistic ...
Plot:
teenager, female protagonist, coming of age, walking, athlete's life, track and field, teenage girl, schoolgirl, teenage life, athlete, athlete and trainer, underdog ...
Place:
korea
Similarity:
48%
22
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Story:
A of two high school senior students who believes passing the UPCAT will help make their dreams of becoming successful come true.
Style:
inspirational, educational, realistic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
high school, teenager, student life, determination, ambition, friendship, coming of age, youth, dream, aspiration, motivation, perseverance ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Second year high school student Kodaka Hasegawa has transferred to his new school about a month ago, but he still hasn't made any friends. Kodaka Hasegawa was born from a Japanese father and a British mother. Because of his appearance, people ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, touching ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, friends, society, youth, teenage love, physical appearance, social misfits, self discovery, social relations, love and romance, teenage life, high school life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Norway
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, sincere, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
football, sport team, contests and competitions, fall in love, rivalry, social relations, ambition, youth, buddies, gain trust, village, friendship ...
Time:
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Place:
europe
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A group of youngsters, after failing their plus two exams, aims to join a common college through the sports quota. They choose boxing as their sport. By luck, they manage to survive the district-level competitions. But what will happen at the higher ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, inspirational, tense
Plot:
boxing, resilience, perseverance, determination, coming of age, competition, youth, aspiration, friends, tournament, small town, rivalry ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Soon after being named the new leader of his high school's gang system, Kujo grows bored with the violence and hatred that surround him. He wants desperately to abandon his post… but his once-enviable position of power has a strange way of ...
Style:
bleak, realistic, disturbing, serious, manga
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
high school life, society, juvenile delinquency, coming of age, high school, gang, friendship, life is a bitch, teenage life, youth, school, asian ...
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Nao Yoshino is a girl who fails the entrance exams of her target high school. She winds up enrolling in a technical high school called Kenritsu Asuka Kōgyō Kōkō, also known by the nickname "Asukō". Out of the 148 entering freshmen, ...
Style:
captivating, lighthearted
Plot:
high school life, classmate classmate relationship, high school, friendship, school, japanese high school, schoolgirl, teenage girl, teenager, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage life, male camaraderie ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Based on a true story set in Matsumoto city, Nagano, during 1960s. A stray dog wanders into a high school's grounds. The dog, named Kuro, stays at the school and becomes a special friend to everyone.
Style:
tear jerker, emotional, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
dog, friend, school, friendship, high school, loss, grief, bittersweet, animal, human dog relationship, problem, compassion ...
Time:
60s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Naomi, a seventeen year-old city brat from Nagoya, finds her world turned upside down after the breakup of her parents' marriage. Packed off to the country, she reluctantly works at her aunt's inn until being asked to care for Mrs. Koide, ...
Style:
touching, sincere, realistic, sentimental, humorous ...
Plot:
alzheimer's disease, elderly, teenage life, self discovery, friendship, human nature, youth, aging, bittersweet, hotel, dementia, teenage girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A native-American lacrosse team makes its way through a prep school league tournament.
Style:
feel good, exciting, uplifting, sincere, independent film ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
native american, lacrosse, hopes, high school, contests and competitions, ambition, rivalry, human spirit, social relations, against the odds, native, indians ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
What does it take to become the ultimate volleyball player? The smash hit manga spikes its way onto the TV screen for the first time!
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Style:
anime, psychological, captivating, thrilling, motivational ...
Plot:
volleyball, rivalry, ambition, high school, perseverance, determination, competition, female protagonist, teamwork, direction and purpose, aspiration, japanese woman ...
Place:
japan, mount fuji
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After the death of Raya Green's(Rutina Wesley) sister, she gets out from her classes at school, and sees a stomp crew practicing. She meets Bishop(Dwain Murphy) which is the dance crew leader. She then meets Michelle and does a stomp battle ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, exciting, independent film
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dancing, dance, coming of age, youth, contests and competitions, follow your dream, friendship, teenage life, lifestyle, ambition, hopes, dancer's life ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa, canada
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, clever, offbeat
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
teachers and students, high school, lifestyle, teenage life, social differences, dedicated educator, youth, contests and competitions, rivalry, society, fraud, teacher ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
35%
103
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
CUP - Love All Play follows the journey of Nidhin Babu, a teenager from Vellaramkunnu, Idukki, who dreams of becoming a badminton champion.
Style:
motivational, uplifting, feel good, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
badminton, teenage dreams, coming of age, perseverance, inspiration, ambition, aspiration, determination, village life, resilience, training, competition ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the schools brass band.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, uplifting, sad ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, jazz, hardcase students, weight loss, supermarket, summer school, friendship, against the odds, mischievous children, music band, rebellion, youth ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An overweight girl, Maggie Baker, is elected Homecoming queen by the mean girls in the high school.
Style:
feel good, humorous, touching, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
high school, rivalry, society, against the odds, best friend, follow your dream, ambition, lifestyle, hopes, family relations, underdog, overweight man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south carolina, usa
Similarity:
35%
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