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The Boys III (2001)
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Original name: Les Boys III
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Three years have passed. The Boys are still a great hockey team in a garage league. Their coach Stan, in France for three years, returns from his trip to the delight of his troops. However, a wealthy businessman appears in the background and the players feel drawn to the lure of profit until the point where the Boys will face... the Boys.
Style:
humorous, realistic, not serious, captivating, lighthearted, feel good, twisted
Plot:
hockey, friendship, rivalry, ice hockey, ambition, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, buddies, underdog, small town, team, competition, community, money, tournament, greed, nostalgia, machismo, blue collar, hockey player, betrayal, corruption, satire, celebration, revenge ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
quebec, canada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and feel good films with plots about ambition, rivalry, sport team, underdog, friends, contests and competitions and hockey mostly in Sport, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like The Boys III: When We Were Boys (2013), Chicks With Sticks (2004), Slap Shot 3: The Junior League (2008), Puck Hogs (2009), Natpe Thunai (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Every Monday night The Boys put on skates and leave their troubled lives behind.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, not serious, humorous, splatter ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hockey, ice hockey, friendship, gangster, hockey player, drug, drinking, lawyer, winter olympics, ice skater, olympics, gambling ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
canada, quebec, tokyo, new jersey, california
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Christmas 1967, when hockey was played on outdoor rinks. The Boys form the parish's second team and are guaranteed participation in the Holiday Tournament as they are the hosts. Despite limited talent, they dream of victory. Off the ice, they ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, realistic, period piece, sentimental ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
hockey, friendship, youth, small town, rivalry, coming of age, ice hockey, teenage life, ambition, contests and competitions, buddies, hopes ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
quebec, canada
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81%
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, humorous, feel good, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
female athlete, hockey, battle of the sexes, ambition, against the odds, hockey player, lifestyle, fall in love, feminism, rivalry, friendship, sport team ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Get ready for a rough-and-tumble comedy that knows how to kick some serious puck!
Style:
realistic, exciting, feel good, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hockey, ice hockey, profanity, sport team, social relations, rivalry, athlete and trainer, hopes, orphan, underdog, lifestyle, against the odds ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south carolina, usa
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Puck Hogs follows a men's recreational hockey team, The Puck Hogs, through a brutally hilarious weekend tournament. In the tradition of the cult classic This is Spinal Tap, Puck Hogs is a hocku-mentary comedy about ice-prone boys turning into ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, captivating, mockumentary ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
hockey, ice hockey, stripper, lifestyle, silly humor, rivalry, buddies, ambition, contests and competitions, sport team, nothing to lose, underdog ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Prabakaran, an international hockey player who choose to leave the sport picks it up again only to save the ground of a local team.
Style:
thrilling, entertaining, feel good, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
coach, sports hero, ice hockey, hockey, friendship, teamwork, athlete and trainer, ambitious man, lifestyle, athlete's life, problem, ambition ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, India, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A hockey enthusiast since 12 years of age, Toronto-based Rajvinder Singh, even went to the extent of trimming his hair, discarding his Pagri/turban, did not complete his education, incurred the wrath of his father, Darvesh, who wanted him to be ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, semi serious, realistic
Plot:
ice hockey, hockey, family in crisis, culture clash, follow your dream, sport team, family problems, friends, society, ambition, parents and children, hockey player ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
With the original Hanson Brothers still on the same minor league ice hockey team, the Chiefs are sold to a new owner who gives them a female coach and puts them in a league in which they are to be regularly humiliated by an opposing Harlem ...
Style:
sex comedy, exciting, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hockey, ice hockey, profanity, rivalry, hockey player, pun, olympics, winter olympics, ice skater, sport team, violent content, against the odds ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nebraska, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
During a pro lockout, Doug "The Thug" Glatt is injured and must choose whether to defend his team against a dangerous new enemy, or be there for his wife as she prepares to give birth to his daughter.
Style:
feel good, light, humorous, heartfelt, funny ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hockey, ice hockey, rivalry, comeback, hockey player, team, adult humor, friend, insurance, fight, career, tough guy ...
Place:
nova scotia, canada, nova scotia
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After Gordon Bombay's hockey comeback is cut short he is named coach of Team USA Hockey for the Junior Goodwill Games. Bombay reunites the Mighty Ducks and introduces a few new players, however, he finds himself distracted by his newfound fame ...
Style:
lighthearted, spectacular, epic, hilarious, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
ice hockey, hockey, childhood, hockey player, competition, olympics, underdog, youth, friendship, teenager, winter, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place:
minnesota, iceland, los angeles, europe, usa ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
When a young girl wants to join her high school's hockey team as goalie, she meets with resistence, but also gets support, especially from the star forward of the team.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
hockey, ice hockey, hockey player, underdog, rivalry, ambition, gender, lifestyle, youth, hopes, small town, teenage life ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Jack is a three-year-old chimpanzee who has been the subject of a long-term experiment by Dr. Kendall, a researcher who been teaching Jack to communicate through sign language. ack scrambles onto the ice in the midst of practice for Steven's ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, not serious, light, captivating
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
hockey, chimpanzee, youth, monkey, athlete's life, friendship, against the odds, ambition, disorder, sport team, underdog, contests and competitions ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
38%
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:
37%
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:
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Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
When his wife dies, Carl offers his only son, Janeau, 12, a fresh start. They move to Mont Saint-Hilaire, where Janeau makes friends with Julie, a talented Pee-Wee hockey goalie determined to compete in the annual World Tournament held in Quebec. ...
Style:
inspirational, light, captivating, entertaining
Plot:
longing, ice hockey, teammate, championship, sport team, friendship, father son relationship, mother daughter relationship, rise to the top, rivalry, professional rivalry, contests and competitions ...
Place:
quebec
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Doug Glatt, a slacker who discovers he has a talent for brawling is approached by a minor league hockey coach and invited to join the team as the "muscle." Despite the fact that Glatt can't skate his best friend, Pat, convinces him to ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, humorous, sweet, witty ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
hockey, dimwit, success, ice hockey, gay brother, relationships, love story, underdog, fame, gay son, misfit, bouncer ...
Time:
y2k, 21st century
Place:
nova scotia, nova scotia, canada, canada, quebec, new jersey ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
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Story:
Mike Bassett: Manager is a British TV comedy series, which began transmitting from 29 September 2005 on ITV. It is a follow-up to the film Mike Bassett: England Manager, and stars Ricky Tomlinson in the title role, Steve Edge as his assistant, and ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, realistic, mockumentary
Plot:
soccer, football, ambition, rivalry, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, sport team, underdog, manager, british, satire, team building ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A witty and clever comedy that follows four longtime curling friends reunited by the last wishes of their recently deceased coach and set out to win the Golden Broom. Realising that the out of shape crew will be hard-pressed to win without a coach, ...
Style:
humorous, witty, funny, feel good, slapstick ...
Plot:
friendship, cheerleader, underdog, ambition, starting over, leadership, goofy hero, contests and competitions, lifestyle, sport team, haunted by the past, olympics ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After reckless young lawyer Gordon Bombay gets arrested for drunk driving, he must coach a kids hockey team for his community service. Gordon has experience on the ice, but isn't eager to return to hockey, a point hit home by his tense dealings ...
Style:
inspirational, sweet, humorous, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
hockey, happy ending, ice hockey, childhood, sport team, athlete and trainer, foe turned friend, competition, underdog, hockey player, youth, redemption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
minnesota, minneapolis minnesota, california
Similarity:
31%
458
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Shane Bradley, who is fixated on ideas of luck and destiny, tries to win the girl of his dreams. After their relationship falters, Shane begins to think he might be unlucky and turns to gambling as an outlet for his obsession.
Style:
humorous, captivating, touching, light, feel good ...
Plot:
hopes, hockey, obsession, ambition, unfulfillment, small town, gambling debt, fall in love, ice hockey, love, wooing, rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Scottish second division football team Kilnockie is taken over by American Pete Cameron. The new owner puts pressure on manager Gordon McLeod to improve the fortunes of the team, and hires first division player Jackie McQuillan.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, inspirational, captivating, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
soccer, athlete's life, follow your dream, underdog, ambition, lifestyle, friendship, against the odds, football, sport team, athlete and trainer, society ...
Place:
scotland, glasgow scotland, europe
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.
Style:
humorous, funny, inspirational, cult classic, cynical ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, manly
Plot:
ice hockey, hockey, underdog, sport team, competition, mentor, partner, adaptation, hockey player, athlete and trainer, rivalry, opponent ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, pittsburgh, canada, new jersey
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Frank Hopper is a former lawyer, long-term loser and constant dreamer - and frankly, probably just not all that bright. When he receives a credit card in the mail, he believes he's hit the jackpot. It's not long before he's working ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, feel good, entertaining, light ...
Plot:
hockey, hot dog, disorder, partner, against the odds, ambition, contests and competitions, nothing goes right, rivalry, buddies, goofy hero, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
29%
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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:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
Style:
laugh out loud, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
american football, football, high school football, football team, high school sports, american football player, sport team, small town, partner, friends, power relations, social relations ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Foul-mouthed, chirp-serving, mother-loving, fan favourite character, Shoresy, joins the Sudbury Bulldogs of the Northern Ontario Senior Hockey Organization (The NOSHO) on a quest to never lose again.
Style:
disturbing, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, satirical ...
Plot:
hockey player, hockey, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, sport team, ambition, satire, professional sports, small town, friendship, irreverent, machismo ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Once a great curling star, Truls Paulsen is diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder and banned from competition. But when he learns that his old friend and coach Gordon is on his deathbed, Truls, heavily-medicated decides to compete again, in ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, cult classic, offbeat
Plot:
goofy hero, ambition, partner, silly humor, disorder, obsession, ex athlete, buddies, rivalry, contests and competitions, athlete's life, money raising ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Ducks are offered scholarships at Eden Hall Academy but struggle with their new coach's methods and come under pressure from the board to retain their scholarships before their big game against the Varsity team.
Style:
epic, realistic, semi serious, feel good, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot:
ice hockey, hockey, hockey player, competition, olympics, high school, childhood, college, school, coming of age, underdog, winter ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
minnesota, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Another young boy with 'hoop dreams' finds an old pair of Michael Jordan's sneakers and can suddenly play ball like the greatest player in the world.
Style:
realistic, humorous, black comedy, semi serious
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
true love, basketball, hopes, young lovers, friendship, follow your dream, underdog, rivalry, athlete's life, contests and competitions, buddies, ambition ...
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%
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