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Stick (2025)
18K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Pryce Cahill was headed for golf greatness when an on-course meltdown derailed his career. Now struggling to stay afloat, he goes all in to mentor Santi—a teenage phenom with immense potential—and maybe save himself.
Style:
inspirational, realistic
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
golf, mentor, second chance, redemption, midlife crisis, competition, ambition, perseverance, coming of age, underdog, father figure, hopes, family drama, mental breakdown, rivalry, intimate, small town, teenager, road trip, ex husband ex wife relationship, coach, male nudity, teenage boy, male protagonist, golf course ...
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out inspirational, realistic, humorous and feel good films and TV series with plots about ambition, redemption, underdog, rivalry, coming of age, competition and small town mostly in Comedy, Sport and Drama genres. Some movies like Stick: Chad Powers (2025), El Hareefa (2024), The Eagle and the Albatross (2020), The Winning Try (2025), Little Loopers (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
Eight years after an unforgivable mistake nukes his promising college football career, hotshot quarterback Russ Holliday tries to resurrect his dreams by disguising himself as Chad Powers - a talented oddball who walks on to the struggling South ...
Style:
inspirational
Plot:
protector, disguise, football, underdog, redemption, comeback, determination, competition, friendship, rivalry, scandal, retribution ...
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Egypt
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Uprooted from his old life when he transfers schools, a gifted footballer finds a second chance with a local team chasing a coveted championship.
Style:
inspirational, motivational, emotional, realistic
Plot:
second chance, football, underdog, friendship, determination, public school, youth, class differences, competition, coming of age, teamwork, championship ...
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84%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When an orphaned half Korean girl finds herself in small town America with her only living relative, she seeks out a mentor to help with the only things she loves - golf. The best player in town, the widowed optometrist, takes her under his wing, ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, semi serious, disturbing, inspirational ...
Plot:
golf, coming of age, golfer, golf club, ambition, teenage protagonist, lifestyle change, athlete and trainer, teenage life, satire, athlete's life, teenager ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A disgraced former rugby star returns as a coach to his high school’s struggling team, where he reunites with his ex-girlfriend and helps the determined captain lead the team to redemption.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, intense, realistic
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
rugby, coming of age, teamwork, high school, second chance, redemption, friendship, leadership, perseverance, resilience, competition, triumph ...
Similarity:
73%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Former golf pro directed to serve community service by teaching teenagers to play golf. A kind of "Bad News Bears" meets golf.
Style:
feel good, captivating, semi serious, entertaining, comedy drama ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
golf, community service, youth, teenager, team, teamwork, ambition, golfer, athlete's life, sport team, mentor protege relationship, coach ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A reformed party girl must prove herself as a businesswoman when she's unexpectedly put in charge of her family's pro basketball team.
Style:
uplifting, inspirational, emotional, tense, comedy drama
Plot:
female protagonist, basketball, self discovery, underdog, second chance, ambition, family business, personal growth, resilience, female empowerment, coming of age, women ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
64%
289
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A teenage tennis prodigy tries to balance a social life with her ambition for stardom, under constant pressure from her driven coach, but with lots of support from her mom.
Style:
realistic, emotional, uplifting, semi serious, sexual ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
tennis, ambition, female protagonist, teenager, single mother, youth, coming of age, female athlete, personal growth, aspiration, perseverance, sacrifice ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dennis Buckstead has the hardest calling in his church. Not only has he been asked to coach a group of non-basketball players in his church but the bishop has demanded that he lead the team to the Basketball Championship. Word from the top is that ...
Style:
feel good, light hearted, inspirational, slapstick, independent film
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
basketball, church, coach, teamwork, competition, community, championship, heartwarming, perseverance, second chance, redemption, brotherhood ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Bad News Bears is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from March 24, 1979 until July 26, 1980, consisting of 26 episodes. It was based on the 1976 hit movie of the same name, that was followed by two sequels in 1977 and 1978.
Style:
sitcom, feel good, inspirational, heartfelt, juvenile
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
baseball, teamwork, coaching, misfit, friendship, mentor, redemption, second chance, youth, outsider, small town, children ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
TV show
Story:
Comedy series set in the world of a collegiate Shakespeare competition. Hal, a Shakespeare-obsessed Midwesterner, makes it to the finals only to discover that the road to victory is often paved with douchebag-ery.
Style:
humorous, realistic, not serious, captivating, independent film
Plot:
underdog, shakespeare, theater, actor's life, rivalry, artists and showbiz, passionate interest, hopes, competition, actor, performance art, socially awkward ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, italy
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eddie is a down-on-his-luck bar pianist who has just been fired from another job. Desperate for work, he finds a school looking for a leader for its hopelessly incompetent marching band. Somehow, Eddie has to whip these kids into shape in time for ...
Style:
inspirational, feel good, uplifting, lighthearted, comedy drama ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
underdog, teamwork, school, rehearsal, motivation, leadership, perseverance, heartwarming, teacher student relationship, musical performance, competition, piano ...
Place:
georgia
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The play tells the story of a group of high school football teenagers who struggle all the way through the school football league under the guidance of "underdog coach" mooch.
Style:
captivating, humorous, motivational, feel good, lighthearted
Plot:
teenager, soccer, teamwork, football, aspiration, rivalry, high school football, football team, underdog, school, coach, ambition ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A hard-hitting, fast, sure-handed baseball player tries to break into the sport by applying for a spot on a minor-league team. The only problem is that the player is female, which engenders resistance and resentment among many players and officials.
Style:
inspirational, tense, independent film
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
baseball, female protagonist, sexism, discrimination, perseverance, competition, determination, conflict, trailblazer, resistance, coming of age, triumph ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Similarity:
50%
6K
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Dogu is a young man who is not successful in anything. The dream of Dogu, which is not supported by anyone, is to be a comedian. He strives to make his dream come true.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, feel good, independent film
Plot:
struggling artist, underdog, struggle, resilience, perseverance, rejection, personal growth, ambition, self discovery, youth, bittersweet, slice of life ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A debt collector becomes a major sensation when he takes on the rich man's sport of golfing.
Style:
feel good, captivating, humorous, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
golf, underdog, golfer, athlete's life, lifestyle change, changing lives, humour, debt, class differences, perseverance, ambition, rags to riches ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
48%
401
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Robbie’s life may not have panned out the way he thought, but this small-town ice cream store manager, church league basketball coach and unexpected father isn’t ready to give up on his dreams just yet.
Style:
semi serious, satirical, captivating, feel good, inspirational ...
Plot:
basketball, small town, basketball coach, baseball coach, direction and purpose, ambitious, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, satire, coach, professional sports, countryside ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An overenthusiastic high-school maintenance man attempts to lead an unlikely group of misfits to the Nebraska state tennis championship in Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story? director Danny Leiner's underdog sports comedy. American Pie star ...
Style:
sexy, funny, humorous, entertaining, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
tennis, teacher, mentor, stereotypes, athlete and trainer, ambition, rivalry, youth, misfit, lifestyle, school, underdog ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nebraska, usa, california
Similarity:
47%
645
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
1st & Ten is an American situation comedy that aired between December 1984 and January 1991 on the cable television network HBO. Featuring series regulars Delta Burke and veteran Reid Shelton, it was one of cable's first attempts to lure ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty
Plot:
american football, cheerleader, partner, realism, couples, friends, retirement home, power relations, sport team, ego clash, rivalry, athlete's life ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
california
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A comedy centered on a has-been coach who is given a shot at redemption when he's asked to run his local high school's girls basketball team
Style:
humorous, sincere, inspirational, captivating, light ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
basketball, high school, contests and competitions, ex athlete, misfit, youth, sport team, teenage life, hopes, ambition, friends, teenager ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
indiana, usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Family man François Nouel (Clovis Cornillac) is the number one fan of the Tour de France – an obsession that costs him his wife and his job. At a loose end, François meets a former sports manager, Rémi (Bouli Lanners) who encourages him to take ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, realistic, light, captivating ...
Plot:
cycling, ambition, contests and competitions, tour de france, human spirit, rivalry, hopes, escapades, underdog, determination, unlikely hero, race ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A team of misfit intramural baseball players become important to a player who was overlooked in the MLB draft, as he tries to come to grips with his dashed dream.
Style:
heartfelt, inspirational, realistic
Plot:
baseball, teamwork, friendship, perseverance, pride, redemption, coming of age, second chance, resilience, personal growth, nostalgia, coaching ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A film 35 years in the making. One man's journey to become a legend of the Boardwalk by claiming the title of World Champion in the fast paced sport of professional Skeeball.
Style:
inspirational, fast paced, independent film, suspenseful, semi serious ...
Plot:
ambition, championship, perseverance, determination, competition, passion, skill, underdog, tournament, legend, victory, legacy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
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:
42%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Mikhail Kovalev, the protagonist, is a talented and successful coach of a Super League men's volleyball team. He is pretty short but compensates it with bad temper and aggressive behavior. He lives large and often drops his girlfriends whom he ...
Style:
feel good, funny, light, entertaining, humorous ...
Plot:
volleyball, sexism, rivalry, redemption, coach, second chance, team building, toxic masculinity, women in sport, athlete and trainer, sport team, rivals ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A retired boxer will return to the ring to face his greatest rival, relying on his daughter, his friends and a famous trainer who will teach him to see the sport from new perspectives.
Style:
captivating, satirical, semi serious, dramatic, emotional ...
Plot:
rivalry, boxing, father and daughter, comeback, boxer, ambitious man, boxing match, problem, boxing trainer, battles, fight, ex boxer ...
Similarity:
38%
284
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
An unqualified teacher finds himself saddled with coaching duties after a small group of high school seniors form a wrestling team in a last ditch effort to end a 9-year losing streak against a rival school.
Style:
emotional, inspirational, realistic, period piece, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
wrestling, high school, small town, underdog, redemption, coming of age, teacher student relationship, teamwork, rivalry, mentor, blue collar, poverty ...
Time:
70s, year 1979
Similarity:
36%
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:
tense, serious, realistic, suspense, dark comedy ...
Plot:
golf, gambling, athlete's life, ambition, dishonesty, bet, money, casino, underdog, integrity, corruption, small town ...
Time:
1950s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, texas, usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Three incoming freshmen attending Midwestern college football powerhouse Blue Mountain State must quickly adapt to college life and juggle football, girls, classes and nonstop hazing.
Style:
humorous, sexy, not serious, light, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
college, american football, athlete's life, youth, friends, college life, cheerleading, sexual activity, university, teenage life, cheerleader, social relations ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
35%
109
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A new swimming coach is hired to break a team's seven-year losing streak.
Style:
uplifting, dramatic, grindhouse, retro, period piece ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
swimming, teamwork, underdog, team, coach, mentor, training, inspiration, perseverance, determination, competition, motivation ...
Time:
70s, year 1979
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Sweden, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
I bet anyone can get better at golf than you are in one week, a golfer says to her golfing businessman for a boyfriend in a quarrel. Unfortunately Stig-Helmer is standing nearby when the boyfriend accepts the bet, and he is chosen to be the ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat
Plot:
golf, bet, chosen one, buddies, rivalry, lifestyle, contests and competitions, ambition, nothing goes right, castle, pub, unemployment ...
Time:
90s
Place:
scotland, europe, stockholm sweden, eastern europe
Similarity:
34%
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