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Backyard Dogs (2000)
2K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two teenage boys aspire to win a backyard wrestling championship and a chance to appear on a national TV show.
Style:
witty, semi serious, realistic, independent film, feel good, humorous
Plot:
wrestling, ambition, rise to the top, rivalry, friendship, male bonding, small town, coming of age, life lesson, martial arts, teen angst, friends, wiretap, partner, computers and web, sibling rivalry, female nudity, wrestler
Time:
year 2016, turn of the century, 90s
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Most similar movies to Backyard Dogs
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and feel good films with plots about rivalry, ambition, contests and competitions, underdog, friends, friendship and wrestling mostly in Comedy, Sport and Action genres. Some movies like Backyard Dogs: Slammed (2004), Below the Belt (1980), The Foul King (2000), Body Slam (1986), Knucklehead (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
299
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Hilarity ensues when friends Jeff and Derek try to enter the world of back bar wrestling; where the most beautiful girls could beat the tar out of both of them without a second thought. Even with a little help from the notorious Buckle Girls, can ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating
Plot:
ambition, friendship, hotshot hero, love and romance, lifestyle, rivalry, contests and competitions, on the road, survival, wrestling, teenager, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A close-up look at the turbulent world of women's professional wrestling as a New York City waitress decides to become a professional wrestler.
Style:
independent film, period piece, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
women's wrestling, wrestling, ambition, professional wrestling, female protagonist, underdog, waitress, working class, character study, female friendship, urban, career change ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A timid and extravagant bank clerk, Dae-ho is considered inefficient at his workplace. As he tries to be recognized by his superior, his efforts only cause more bad situations. But he has an explosive energy that nobody knows about. One day, after ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, not serious, satirical, inspirational ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
wrestling, underdog, athlete's life, hidden identity, ambition, nothing goes right, down on your luck, contests and competitions, friends, rivalry, personal growth, male protagonist ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
korea, asia
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy, Music, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
M. Harry Smilac is a down-on-his-luck music manager who is having a hard time attracting talent and booking gigs for his band, Kicks (The most recent of the gigs is a Dairy Queen opening!!). When making arrangements for a campaign fund-raiser, he ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
wrestling, rock band, down on your luck, music band, artists and showbiz, rise to the top, desire for fame, ambition, showbiz, musician's life, performer's life, lifestyle ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The film centers on a fight promoter (Mark Feuerstein) deeply in debt to his crooked rival. Desperate for a new fighter that will help him win back everything he owes, the promoter catches a break when a 450-pound church handyman (Paul "Big ...
Style:
not serious, exciting, humorous, realistic, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
wrestler, disorder, athlete's life, ambition, contests and competitions, buddies, friendship, against the odds, partner, misfit, lifestyle, rivals ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
More than anything, 30-year-old Rose longs to be reunited with Mickaël, her estranged 11-year-old son who has been placed with a foster family and blames his mother for their long separation. When she discovers that Mickaël is crazy about ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, touching, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
women's wrestling, wrestling, contests and competitions, best friend, family problems, friends, parents and children, hopes, estrangement, redemption, rivalry, partner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Directed by Frank Lin this movie tells the story of a group of talented but financially struggling B-Boys that join an underground fighting ring in Downtown Los Angeles that uses Hip-Hop music and Break dancing to battle for money. To save the life ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
martial arts, underground fighting, follow your dream, ambition, rivalry, hip hop, underdog, hopes, breakdance, competition, friendship, determination ...
Time:
future
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
51%
525
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
SHRED is a motion picture that tells the story of two washed up pro snowboarders from the 90s named Max (played by Dave England) and Eddie (played by Renee Renee) who attempt to cash in on the fantastic growth of the sport by starting their own ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
buddies, skiing, rivalry, friends, ambition, lifestyle, against the odds, partner, uninhibited rivalry, hopes, human spirit, underdog ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
50%
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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:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A rag-tag bunch of seniors, complete outsiders at their surf-crazed Laguna Beach High School, decide to crash the biggest team surf contest. In order to prevail, however, they must do one important thing...learn to surf! We're taking your ...
Style:
teen sex comedy, witty, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surfing, lifeguard, sexual attraction, female nudity, high school, teenage love, teenage life, friendship, lifestyle, best friend, love affair, buddies ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
costa rica, california, usa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A comic tale of three would-be entrepreneurs who set out to invent a rocket belt. The clash of their mismatched personalities soon dissolves the business into a morass of recriminations and retaliations, kidnapping, and murder in this parable of ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, sentimental, feel good ...
Plot:
friendship, disorder, partner, desire for fame, dark humor, friends, unemployment, buddies, aviation, unfulfillment, obsessive quest, nasa ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An unlikely basketball team of unappreciated middle-aged Texas women, all former high school champs, challenge the current high school girls’ state champs to raise money for breast cancer prevention. Sparks fly as the women go to comic extremes to ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, captivating, funny ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
cheerleader, breast cancer, rivalry, basketball, contests and competitions, against the odds, friendship, strong female presence, sport team, underdog, ambition, menopause ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
austin texas, usa, texas
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Has-been sports promoter Billy Cole gets a second shot at fame and fortune when he puts together a women's volleyball team, comprised of exotic dancers...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, sexual ...
Plot:
beach volleyball, beach, womanizer, ambition, lifestyle, rivalry, against the odds, self discovery, partner, cons and scams, seduction, volleyball ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A two-bit promoter tries to take a women's wrestling team to the top.
Style:
sexy, psychotronic, sex comedy, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
wrestling, women's wrestling, female nudity, profanity, african american, professional wrestling, female fight, martial arts, gangster, power relations, underdog, femme fatale ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
columbus ohio, reno nevada
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After discovering a magical mask, an 11-year-old aspiring wrestler enters a competition to become the next WWE superstar by using special powers from a magical mask.
Style:
exciting, entertaining, captivating, humorous, light ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
wrestling, friendship, contests and competitions, rivalry, family relations, underdog, children, inspiration, superpower, dream, believe in yourself, perseverance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The Match is a romantic comedy set against the story of a grudge football match between two pubs. The prize for the winner of the centenary match is the the closure of their opponent's bar. The Match was mainly filmed around Straiton in ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, independent film
Plot:
soccer, football, 007, british pub, family relations, friends, ambition, rivalry, underdog, good versus evil, contests and competitions, college ...
Time:
90s
Place:
scotland, europe
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When cricket obsessed Teddy Brown realizes his mates are growing up and moving on, he leads them and his D-Grade team on an audacious tour of India, where stumps fly, friendships fray and Ted learns that it's time to start playing shots for ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous
Plot:
ambition, follow your dream, rivalry, buddies, contests and competitions, society, hopes, sport team, culture clash, fish out of water, underdog, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, bombay india
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A pair of thrill-seeking nerds pioneer a new extreme craze that doesn't so much sweep the nation as portions of a small faction of their high school. The craze is 'boxboarding,' really just rolling down a hill with your vision ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
ambition, follow your dream, partner, friends, uninhibited rivalry, contests and competitions, high school life, celebrity culture, beach, rivalry, school, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Two brothers compete in their own private 25-event Olympics.
Style:
mumblecore, sincere, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
rivalry, farce, uninhibited rivalry, contests and competitions, siblings relations, family gatherings, family problems, family life, family relations, dysfunctional family, brother brother relationship, olympics ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, seattle
Similarity:
34%
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:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, talky ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
baseball, gambling, friends, rivalry, follow your dream, lifestyle, against the odds, buddies, ambition, couple relations, athlete's life, hopes ...
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An aspiring actor whose career is in the dumps, exploits his amazing bowling skills to take the PBA by storm and becomes rich and famous, only to lose his best girl and best friend...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, parody, sex comedy
Plot:
friendship, bowling, ambition, misfit, contests and competitions, farce, athlete's life, lifestyle, rivalry, friends, destiny, fired from the job ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
akron ohio, portland oregon
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A decade has passed in the small town where the original Sandlot gang banded together during the summer of ’62 to play baseball and battle the Beast. Now comes the sequel, a campy romp back to the dugout where nine new kids descend on the diamond ...
Style:
feel good, touching, semi serious, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
baseball, sport team, youth, friendship, vengeance, partner, friends, teenage life, contests and competitions, coming of age, buddies, rivalry ...
Time:
year 1972
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In the heart of Fort Kochi, three brothers and their crew of unlikely misfits stumble into the wild world of WWE-style costumed wrestling. What begins as a scrappy hustle soon explodes into a riot of masks, egos, and full-blown madness, all set ...
Style:
feel good, slapstick, tension
Plot:
wrestling, misfit, brotherhood, rivalry, friendship, spectacle, community, identity, streetwise, ambition, irreverent, rebellion ...
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The engaging story of an over-the-hill professional wrestler who's afraid of conflict in real life, but agrees to face "The Darkness" in the ring in an attempt to regain his former glory in the eyes of his one remaining fan - an eight ...
Style:
humorous, independent film, captivating, light, sincere ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
self discovery, rivalry, athlete's life, contests and competitions, ambition, friendship, hopes, wrestler, redemption, professional wrestling, society, wrestling ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jimmy Price is a reckless man-child on the last leg of his career as a doubles tennis player. When his latest partner drops him, he realizes he's officially burned all of his bridges on the pro circuit. He decides to make one last ditch effort ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
tennis, rivalry, ambition, odd couple, contests and competitions, athlete's life, family relations, coming of age, youth, underdog, verbal byplay, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
'Grand Champion' weaves the tale of a spunky young boy named Buddy and his prize-winning calf, Hokey, as they climb from the underdog position and up through the ranks of several Texas stock shows to ultimately win the coveted title of ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
small town, horse, underdog, rise to the top, rivalry, human spirit, ambition, redemption, buddies, hopes, family life, friendship ...
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
The Raw Superstars show each other, no mercy as they fight for the chance to lay claim to being the best in the industry.
Style:
entertaining, semi serious, tense, exciting, feel good ...
Plot:
wrestling, professional wrestling, rivalry, butcher, contests and competitions, wrestler, ambition, partner, hostility, society, misfit partners, championship ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
29%
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:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Two slacker wrestling fans are devastated by the ousting of their favorite character by an unscrupulous promoter.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, funny, intense, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
wrestling, gay subtext, cheerleader, homoeroticism, underdog, wrestler, homoerotic fight, friendship, loser, follow your dream, athlete's life, goofy hero ...
Time:
year 2016, y2k, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two door to door vaccuum cleaner salesmen hilariously compete against each other.
Style:
humorous, witty, semi serious, light, sex comedy
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rivalry, rise to the top, workplace, ambition, against the odds, workplace situations, workplace romance, uninhibited rivalry, obnoxious boss, boss and employee, farce, silly humor ...
Similarity:
28%
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