Movies like Bull Durham
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Bull Durham (1988)
64K
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Veteran catcher Crash Davis is brought to the minor league Durham Bulls to help their up and coming pitching prospect, "Nuke" Laloosh. Their relationship gets off to a rocky start and is further complicated when baseball groupie Annie Savoy sets her sights on the two men.
Style:
sexy, inspirational, cult classic, funny, rom com, independent film, humorous, realistic, talky, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
baseball, small town, love triangle, relationships, mentor, baseball coach, age difference, baseball player, manic pixie dream girl, sexual content, nudity, older woman younger man relationship, summer, female nudity, billiards, athlete, redheaded woman, retirement, baseball team, male bonding, voice over narration, martial arts, village, motivation, nude girl ...
Time:
80s, year 1988, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
usa, north carolina, california
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Most similar movies to Bull Durham
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, feel good and semi serious films with plots about mentor, catastrophe, dialogue, culture clash, storytelling, happy ending and brutality mostly in Comedy, Romance and Sport genres. Some movies like Bull Durham: For Love of the Game (1999), Major League (1989), Tin Cup (1996), Playing for Keeps (2012), The Hammer (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A baseball legend almost finished with his distinguished career at the age of forty has one last chance to prove who he is, what he is capable of, and win the heart of the woman he has loved for the past four years.
Style:
sentimental, touching, inspirational, realistic, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
baseball, love story, baseball coach, loneliness, unlikely friendships, storytelling, looking for love, love and romance, athlete's life, training, hopes, major league ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
usa, detroit, new york, london, bronx new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
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, hot dog, major league, rivalry, professional sports, baseball coach, ambition, rise to the top, follow your dream, contests and competitions, against the odds ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
miami, ohio, florida, usa, new york ...
Similarity:
100%
56K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.
Style:
sexy, entertaining, light, sweet, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
golf, underdog, love, psychologist, happy ending, desert, competition, rivalry, redemption, multiple storylines, love and romance, suburbs ...
Time:
20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place:
texas, usa, north carolina, austin texas, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's soccer team in an attempt to get his life together.
Style:
romantic, sexy, funny, inspirational, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
soccer, father son relationship, football, soccer coach, single father, relationships, parents, temptation, eligible bachelor, ex husband ex wife relationship, divorced parents, football team ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, virginia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Approaching forty, Ferro is unsatisfied with his life as a construction worker and part-time boxing instructor in Los Angeles, CA. After a successful bout with a young pro boxer, Ferro decides to don the gloves one last time. The movie recounts his ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, sweet, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
underdog, olympics, mentor, ex athlete, athlete's life, contests and competitions, ambition, couples, friends, comeback, love affair, couple relations ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, pasadena california, phoenix arizona, usa, california ...
Similarity:
100%
16K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Aging baseball star who goes by the nickname, Mr. 3000, finds out many years after retirement that he didn't quite reach 3,000 hits. Now at age 47 he's back to try and reach that goal.
Style:
inspirational, humorous, stylized, touching, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
baseball, redemption, underdog, hopes, friendship, ambition, athlete's life, rivalry, contests and competitions, journalism, major league, racing ...
Time:
year 2004, 90s, 2000s
Place:
milwaukee wisconsin, wisconsin, new jersey, california, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Five years after jilting his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day, out-of-shape Dennis decides to run a marathon to win her back.
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, intense, not serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
loser, love triangle, running, sarcasm, underdog, wedding, marathon, coach, bet, rivalry, runner, farce ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
london, europe, tower bridge london, england
Similarity:
100%
304K
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, slapstick comedy ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
golf, dumb, underdog, rivalry, anger, hockey, sarcasm, jealousy, grandmother grandson relationship, stupidity, hotshot, happy ending ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1996
Place:
usa, north america, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Billy Hoyle and Sidney Deane are an unlikely pair of basketball hustlers. They team up to con their way across the courts of Los Angeles, playing a game that's fast dangerous - and funny.
Style:
entertaining, intense, buddy comedy, talky, funny ...
Plot:
basketball, friendship, buddy, female nudity, buddies, hip hop, black, ghetto, contests and competitions, ambition, rivalry, underdog ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, venice beach california, new jersey
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jack Elliot, a one-time MVP for the New York Yankees is now on the down side of his baseball career. With a falling batting average, does he have one good year left and can the manager of the Chunichi Dragons, a Japanese Central baseball league find ...
Style:
feel good, lighthearted, anamorphic, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
baseball, baseball coach, baseball player, male nudity, racing, foreigner in japan, abroad, sport team, fish out of water, culture clash, power relations, disorder ...
Time:
20th century, year 1992, 90s
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
road movie, inspirational, melancholic, intense, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
boxing, friendship, boxer, contests and competitions, athlete's life, underdog, hopes, ambition, road trip, sex scene, love triangle, on the road ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, usa, los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
27%
50K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Based on the play "Cyrano de Bergerac", large nosed C.D. Bales falls for the beautiful Roxanne while she falls for his personality but another man's looks.
Style:
sexy, humorous, funny, romantic comedy, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
unrequited love, love story, fall in love, public nudity, love triangle, small town, happy ending, female nudity, passion, rivalry, wooing, physical appearance ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
seattle, washington d.c., usa, washington state
Similarity:
27%
308K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what ...
Style:
inspirational, feel good, motivational, sentimental, rom com ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
american football, career, single mother, love story, football, passion, workplace romance, sex scene, wedding, starting over, selfishness, sports agent ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
usa, cuba
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.
Style:
humorous, satirical, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
american football, satire, football player, football team, love triangle, book, hotel room, swimming pool, father daughter relationship, businessman, eccentricity, jealousy ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
miami, texas
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Sam Davis convinces his former best friend to spend a weekend with him to rekindle their friendship at an elegant beachside estate owned by a famous documentary filmmaker. However, it soon becomes clear that Sam is secretly infatuated with his ex, ...
Style:
sexy, semi serious, feel good, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
wedding, unfulfilled love, couple relations, lifestyle, buddies, unfulfillment, couples, thirtysomething life, wooing, adolescence vs adulthood, love triangle, male female relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A physical therapist falls for the basketball player she is helping recover from a career-threatening injury.
Style:
rom com, romantic, realistic, sentimental, sincere ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
basketball, black, love triangle, looking for love, couples, ambition, lifestyle, athlete's life, hopes, african american, father daughter relationship, black girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey, indiana, philadelphia
Similarity:
26%
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, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
manly, teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
baseball, voodoo, baseball coach, underdog, coach, baseball player, contest, radio, tournament, competition, sport competition, satire ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
cleveland ohio
Similarity:
26%
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, realistic, semi serious, feel good, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
baseball, baseball coach, underdog, major league, baseball player, sport competition, racing, competition, contest, tournament, sport team, rivalry ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
minnesota, south carolina, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The story of a 25 year old virgin girl, looking for the right boyfriend, not realizing that "the one" has been next to her for many years.
Style:
sexy, sexual, witty, independent film, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
virginity, relationships, betrayal, male nudity, friendship, first love, love triangle, looking for love, friends, couples, love and romance, best friend ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, sexy, funny, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
love story, battle of the sexes, relationships, opposites attract, love and romance, womanizer, enemies to lovers, workplace, looking for love, office romance, best friends in love, flirting ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, sacramento california, los angeles
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sandy, upon discovering her husband's infidelity while watching her son's birthday video, leaves the suburbs and moves into the city. She gets an apartment that's above a coffee house where she befriends one of the workers, Aram, a ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, sexy, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, teens, kids ...
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, single parent, love and romance, couples, age difference, parents and children, starting over, infidelity, sex, relationships, unfaithful husband, couple relations ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, istanbul turkey, new jersey
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Vivica A. Fox sizzles as a woman scorned who plans to get her man back by any means necessary. In this comedy about players and those who "get played." As corporate overachiever and all-around fly chick Shanté Smith, Fox thinks she's ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, satirical, humorous, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
battle of the sexes, black romance, dating, black, mentor, looking for love, cheating, buddies, contests and competitions, couple relations, lifestyle, guru ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
usa, san francisco, new jersey
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A romantic comedy about a mysterious love letter that turns a sleepy New England town upside down.
Style:
sexy, semi serious, humorous, feel good, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
small town, mistaken identity, love, misunderstanding, comedy of errors, looking for love, writers, lgbt, older woman younger man relationship, fall in love, male female relationship, unfulfilled love ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
usa, new england, england
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Having never fully recovered from a prom date that became a total disaster, a man finally gets a chance to reunite with his old prom date, only to run up against other suitors including the sleazy detective he hired to find her.
Style:
funny, humorous, sex comedy, rom com, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, date night, boys' night ...
Plot:
true love, dream girl, dumb, private detective, nothing goes right, ejaculation, sexual humor, wooing, hidden identity, high school, road trip, irreverent ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1998, year 1985
Place:
miami, rhode island, florida, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Three to one may sound like fairly good odds, but it depends on the game. When the "one" is one very irresistible woman and the "three" are three hopelessly smitten guys, the deck is pretty stacked. In the battle of the sexes, ...
Style:
sexy, humorous, sexual, funny, talky ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
couples, destiny, justice, vengeance, stereotypes, love triangle, friends, betrayal, twists and turns, femme fatale, sex, dating ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Nepal
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A modern reimagining of the classic romantic comedy, this contemporary version closely follows new love for two couples as they journey from the bar to the bedroom and are eventually put to the test in the real world.
Style:
sexy, realistic, talky, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
dating, black, love and romance, friendship, looking for love, couples, thirtysomething life, up and down relationship, battle of the sexes, couple relations, sexual relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Phillip Filmore is a naive, 15-year-old, preoccupied with sex, who develops a crush on Nicole Mallow, the new 30-something, French housekeeper and sitter to look after him when Phillip's father is out of town for the summer on a ...
Style:
sexy, sex comedy, erotic, humorous, teen sex comedy ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, sexual awakening, sexual attraction, blackmail, erotica, teenage love, sexual initiation, sexual relations, chauffeur, sex, couples, looking for sex ...
Time:
80s
Place:
philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
25%
400K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When a millionaire wheeler-dealer enters a business contract with a Hollywood sex worker Vivian Ward, he loses his heart in the bargain.
Style:
romantic, feel good, sweet, rom com, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
love story, love, love and romance, prostitute, fall in love, cinderella story, social differences, opposites attract, hooker, rich man poor woman, rags to riches, character change ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century, year 1990
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, usa, san francisco, california ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Ally Darling (Anna Faris) is realizing she's a little lost in life. Her latest romance has just fizzled out, and she's just been fired from her marketing job. Then she reads an eye-opening magazine article that warns that 96 percent of ...
Style:
sexy, feel good, romantic, rom com, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama ...
Plot:
happy ending, love and romance, true love, womanizer, couples, friendship, sex, wedding preparations and rituals, skinny dipping, destiny, high school, wedding ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
With baseball being the last thing on these player's minds, and dealing with one of the longest losing streaks in college history, the team of misfits comes to the realization that the school, led by the corrupt and unethical President of the ...
Style:
feel good, not serious, humorous, realistic, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
baseball, college, fraternity, mockery, disability, friends, youth, silly humor, disorder, sport team, buddies, college life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
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