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The Great White Hype (1996)
 5.5
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The Great White Hype (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the only man to ever beat the champ. The problem is that he isn't a boxer anymore and he's white. However, once Rev. Sultan convinces him to fight, he goes into heavy training while the confident champ takes it easy and falls out of shape.
Style: humorous, clever, entertaining, stylized, light, inspirational, talky, semi serious, parody, black comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: boxing, boxer, satire, justice, adaptation, investigation, rivalry, contests and competitions, athlete's life, cons and scams, athlete and trainer, interracial relations, underdog, power relations, blaxploitation, honest, corruption, martial arts, fight, hip hop, competition, hip hop culture, discrimination, black, black girl ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, cleveland ohio, las vegas, california
Keyword: sport, gangsters

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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, contests and competitions, rivalry, athlete's life, underdog, power relations and lifestyle mostly in Comedy, Sport and Family genres. Some movies like The Great White Hype: Here Comes the Boom (2012), The Hammer (2007), Hot Rod (2007), Necessary Roughness (1991), Matilda (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Here Comes the Boom (2012)
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
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100%
 7.1
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The Hammer (2007)
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, light, sweet, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: underdog, olympics, mentor, ex athlete, ambition, contests and competitions, athlete's life, friends, couples, love affair, comeback, hopes ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, pasadena california, phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.7
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Hot Rod (2007)
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: year 2007, 21st century
Place: washington state, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Necessary Roughness (1991)
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%
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Matilda (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A small-time talent agent discovers an amazing boxing kangaroo and figures to use it as his stepping-stone into the big time.
Style: independent film, semi serious, humorous
Plot: boxing, boxer, kangaroo, gangster, human spirit, hopes, ambition, athlete's life, rivalry, lifestyle, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer ...
Time: year 1978, 70s
Place: new york, los angeles, manhattan new york city, reno nevada
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Play It to the Bone (1999)
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, intense, melancholic, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: boxing, friendship, boxer, unlikely friendships, contests and competitions, athlete's life, hopes, underdog, ambition, road trip, golf, love triangle ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, las vegas, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
White Men Can't Jump (1992)
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: light, entertaining, feel good, buddy comedy, talky ...
Plot: basketball, friendship, buddies, buddy, hip hop, black, con artists, ghetto, ambition, contests and competitions, blacks and whites, sex scene ...
Time: 90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, california, venice beach california
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Tired of the slave-like treatment of his team's owner, charismatic star Negro League pitcher Bingo Long takes to the road with his band of barnstormers through the small towns of the Midwest in the 1930's.
Style: road movie, black comedy, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot: baseball, blaxploitation, urban, black, african, power relations, sport team, athlete and trainer, underdog, contests and competitions, rivalry, follow your dream ...
Time: 1930s, year 1976
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Grudge Match (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout -- 30 years after their last match.
Style: emotional, inspirational, intense, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boxing, rivalry, aging, elderly, contests and competitions, fight scenes, mentor, honest, justice, uninhibited rivalry, athlete's life, comeback ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The Calcium Kid (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When milkman Jimmy Connelly accidentally puts Britain's contender for the World title out of action, he is propelled from amateur boxer to the world stage and announced as the replacement contender for the championship fight.
Style: mockumentary, semi serious, realistic, humorous, weird
Plot: boxing, fight, relationship vs career, athlete's life, ambition, rivalry, contests and competitions, lifestyle, boxer, fame, martial arts, food ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, usa, florida, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.2
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Eddie (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Eddie is a New York limo driver and a fanatical follower of the New York Knicks professional basketball team. The team is struggling with a mediocre record when, in mid-season, "Wild Bill" Burgess, the new owner, as a public relations ...
Style: inspirational, light, entertaining, feel good, black comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: basketball, female protagonist, basketball coach, life philosophy, follow your dream, hopes, friendship, ambition, rivalry, against the odds, lifestyle, fish out of water ...
Time: year 1996, 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Major League II (1994)
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, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: manly, family outing, teens
Plot: baseball, voodoo, underdog, coach, sport competition, racing, exodus, guts, satire, tournament, competition, radio ...
Time: 90s
Place: cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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The Comebacks (2007)
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 ...
Style: parody, humorous, spoof, melancholic, funny ...
Audience: teens
Plot: baseball, american football, football, coach, rivalry, college, social relations, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, against the odds, athlete's life, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Semi-Pro (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Jackie Moon is the owner, promoter, coach, and star player of the Flint Michigan Tropics of the American Basketball Association (ABA). In 1976 before the ABA collapses, the National Basketball Association (NBA) plans to merge with the best teams of ...
Style: funny, inspirational, entertaining, stylized, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night
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Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: michigan, usa
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22%
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Celtic Pride (1996)
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: humorous, satirical, light, melancholic, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: basketball, kidnapping, basketball player, obsession, justice, missing person, unlikely criminals, partner, psychological manipulation, loyalty, african american, friends ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: boston, massachusetts, usa
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22%
Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice (2002)
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, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hockey, ice hockey, profanity, rivalry, ice skater, olympics, winter olympics, sport team, violent content, siblings relations, against the odds, nothing to lose ...
Time: 21st century
Place: nebraska, pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 7.1
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7 Days in Hell (2015)
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: tennis, adaptation, redemption, storytelling, irreverent, technology, athlete's life, contests and competitions, rivalry, satire, tennis player, gay ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Who's Your Caddy? (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When "street smart" rapper Christopher "C-Note" Hawkins (Big Boi) applies for a membership to all-white Carolina Pines Country Club, the establishment's proprietors are hardly ready to oblige him.
Style: humorous, not serious, feel good, light, black comedy ...
Plot: golf, rivalry, culture clash, society, contests and competitions, dishonesty, fish out of water, nothing goes right, resort, hip hop, cons and scams, rapper ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Shred (2008)
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: teens, boys' night
Plot: buddies, skiing, rivalry, friends, ambition, lifestyle, against the odds, uninhibited rivalry, underdog, hopes, athlete's life, human spirit ...
Time: 90s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Major League: Back to the Minors (1998)
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 ⇓
20%
The Sports Pages (2001)
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: athlete's life, human spirit, journalism, lifestyle, contests and competitions, nothing goes right, hopes, athlete and trainer, farce, buddies, odd couple, rivalry ...
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20%
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Bleacher Bums (2001)
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: humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, talky ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: baseball, friends, gambling, lifestyle, against the odds, follow your dream, rivalry, buddies, athlete's life, couple relations, ambition, hopes ...
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 2.6
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The Minis (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Dwarfs playing basketball... with Dennis Rodman.
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, realistic
Plot: basketball, friends, sport team, athlete and trainer, hopes, follow your dream, ambition, rivalry, hotshot hero, contests and competitions, lifestyle, athlete's life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, venice beach california
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Slap Shot 3: The Junior League (2008)
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, sport team, social relations, lifestyle, athlete and trainer, rivalry, underdog, hopes, orphan, against the odds, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Berlin Kaplani (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Turkey
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A boxer from berlin gets involved in several schemes. When trouble mounts, he relocates to Turkey.
Style: light, captivating, humorous, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: boxing, boxer, rivalry, ambition, lifestyle, social problems, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, humour, athlete's life, bodyguard, love ...
Place: turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach (2009)
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: funny, humorous, sexy, satirical, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: tennis, male nudity, teacher, mentor, stereotypes, athlete and trainer, ambition, rivalry, misfit, youth, lifestyle, school ...
Time: 21st century
Place: nebraska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 5.1
 3K
Knucklehead (2010)
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: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.2
 1K
Paper Lion (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
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 ...
Time: 60s
Place: usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Benchwarmers (2006)
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 ⇓
19%
Like Mike 2: Streetball (2006)
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: basketball, true love, friendship, hopes, rivalry, athlete's life, follow your dream, underdog, human spirit, athlete and trainer, buddies, ambition ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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