Movies like The Comebacks
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The Comebacks (2007)
12K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A comedy that spoofs the inspirational sports movies, The Comebacks tells the story of an out-of-luck coach, Lambeau Fields, who takes a rag-tag bunch of college misfits and drives them towards the football championships. In the process, this life-long loser discovers that he is a winner after all by redeeming himself, saving his relationship with his family and friends, and finding that there is indeed, no "I" in "team"!
Style:
parody, humorous, spoof, funny, melancholic, not serious, hilarious, slapstick, satirical, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
baseball, american football, football, coach, college, rivalry, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, social relations, against the odds, ambition, athlete's life, dumb, satire, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, football team, breakup, student athlete, sport team, gymnast, youth, sexual content, campus, silly humor ...
Time:
future, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
Keyword:
sport, football movie, gangsters
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, funny and feel good films with plots about ambition, contests and competitions, rivalry, underdog, sport team, athlete and trainer and friends mostly in Comedy, Sport and Romance genres. Some movies like The Comebacks: Wildcats (1986), Fast Break (1979), Here Comes the Boom (2012), Necessary Roughness (1991), Knucklehead (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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15K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Molly is a high school track coach who knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite snickers from fellow staff members and her former husband.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, inspirational, light, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
american football, football, coach, high school football, high school, rivalry, sport team, ambition, athlete and trainer, mother daughter relationship, ex husband ex wife relationship, custody battle ...
Time:
80s
Place:
chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
David Greene is a New York basketball enthusiast, who wants to coach. He is then offered the coaching job at a small Nevada college. He brings along some players, who are a bit odd but good. Like Swish who unknown to the rest of the team is a girl. ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
teens
Plot:
basketball, student athlete, transsexual, teenager, culture clash, college, stoner, sport team, disorder, power relations, youth, ambition ...
Time:
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Place:
nevada, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A high school biology teacher moonlights as a mixed-martial arts fighter in an effort to raise money to save the school's music program.
Style:
inspirational, funny, entertaining, humorous, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
underdog, teacher, martial arts, contests and competitions, mixed martial arts, against the odds, dedicated educator, teachers and students, boxing, lifestyle change, ambition, coach ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When the Texas Southern Armadillos football team is disqualified for cheating and poor grades, the University is forced to pick from a team that actually goes to school. Will they even win a single game?
Style:
entertaining, inspirational, light, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids, boys' night
Plot:
american football, underdog, football team, sport team, college, football, happy ending, transformation, human spirit, rivalry, hopes, against the odds ...
Time:
90s, year 1991
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, semi serious, realistic, feel good
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
baseball, underdog, major league, racing, sport competition, contest, competition, tournament, sport team, rivalry, training, career ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
minnesota, usa, south carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When megalomaniacal White Goodman, the owner of a trendy, high-end fitness center, makes a move to take over the struggling local gym run by happy-go-lucky Pete La Fleur, there's only one way for La Fleur to fight back: dodgeball. Aided by a ...
Style:
humorous, funny, hilarious, slapstick, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
underdog, against the odds, dumb, coach, tournament, competition, cheerleader, pirate, redemption, rivalry, contests and competitions, gym ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
disorder, contests and competitions, friendship, athlete's life, buddies, ambition, against the odds, partner, misfit, lifestyle, wrestler, competition ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
10K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
To climb the corporate ladder to success, a guy agrees to coach the company's all girl soccer team with the help of his secret weapon: his fiancee's son.
Style:
humorous, feel good, sentimental, uplifting, offbeat ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
cross dressing, soccer, football, teenager, childhood, youth, farce, milf, women's football (soccer), american football, bike, underdog ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, teen ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
93K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
For Rod Kimball, performing stunts is a way of life, even though he is rather accident-prone. Poor Rod cannot even get any respect from his stepfather, Frank, who beats him up in weekly sparring matches. When Frank falls ill, Rod devises his most ...
Style:
funny, feel good, witty, stylized, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
small town, friendship, misfit, ambition, fund raising, obsessive quest, team, young man, contests and competitions, goofy hero, determination, parents and children ...
Time:
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Place:
washington state, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard little league squads.
Style:
humorous, light, entertaining, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
baseball, youth, mentor, contests and competitions, ambition, coming of age, bullying, group of friends, clumsiness, vengeance, millionaire, pizza ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 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:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Born in America and raised in an Indian ashram, Pitka returns to his native land to seek his fortune as a spiritualist and self-help expert. His skills are put to the test when he must get a brokenhearted hockey player's marriage back on track ...
Style:
funny, humorous, parody, slapstick, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
hockey, ice hockey, mentor, adaptation, sport team, couple relations, rivalry, contests and competitions, ambition, breakup, indians, bar fight ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
177K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Bobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose bone-crushing power might vault his team into the playoffs.
Style:
parody, funny, humorous, hilarious, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, manly, girls' night
Plot:
football, bullying, college, social outcast, underdog, american football, farce, rags to riches, mentor, ridicule, dumb, foul language ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop & Remer, invent a new game playing basketball, using baseball rules. When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire's help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone ...
Style:
parody, humorous, absurd, spoof, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
baseball, basketball, friends, farce, unlikely friendships, underdog, business, partner, rivalry, rise to the top, ambition, satire ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
This ensemble comedy follows the Pullham University Bluecocks, a small liberal arts college with a Division III football program (the lowest division in the NCAA). When the head coach unexpectedly dies, the future of the flailing football program is ...
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
american football, cheerleader, football, fight, sport team, power relations, contests and competitions, social relations, athlete and trainer, against the odds, championship, sportscaster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one of the many offers from college talent scouts or should he attend the local state college ...
Style:
independent film, teen sex comedy, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
american football, football, brat pack, cheerleader, college, high school, underdog, coming of age, teenager, revenge, student athlete, love ...
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Place:
texas, alabama, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Maverick old-guard coach Jimmy McGinty is hired in the wake of a players' strike to help the Washington Sentinels advance to the playoffs. But that impossible dream hinges on whether his replacements can hunker down and do the job. So, McGinty ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, inspirational, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
american football, underdog, football, cheerleading, transformation, adaptation, hopes, rivalry, contests and competitions, against the odds, athlete and trainer, ambition ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, y2k, 80s, 90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, exciting, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
baseball, stripper, bet, contests and competitions, buddies, partner, small town, against the odds, underdog, friendship, male female relationship, jail ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Sportswriter George Plimpton poses as a rookie quarterback for the Detroit Lions for a "Sports Illustrated" article.
Style:
slapstick, realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Plot:
american football, writers, football, sport team, power relations, underdog, hopes, human spirit, ego clash, ambition, lifestyle, athlete and trainer ...
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
22K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two years after a Super Bowl win when NFL head coach Sean Payton is suspended, he goes back to his hometown and finds himself reconnecting with his 12-year-old son by coaching his Pop Warner football team.
Style:
satirical, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, funny ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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not serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, mockumentary ...
Plot:
soccer, football, athlete's life, rise to the top, profanity, ambition, lifestyle, sport team, athlete and trainer, underdog, contests and competitions, rivalry ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
funny, feel good, captivating, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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40%
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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:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
2K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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40%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The National Basketball Association play-offs are taking place, and the Boston Celtics are facing the Utah Jazz in a crucial series. This is also the last year that any games will be played in the Boston Garden, which is going to be torn down after ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
86K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
funny, inspirational, entertaining, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
Story:
A fictional documentary-style expose on the rivalry between two tennis stars who battled it out in a 1999 match that lasted seven days.
Style:
parody, funny, stylized, light, not serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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