Movies like Happy Gilmore
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Happy Gilmore (1996)
232K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore -- whose unconventional approach and antics on the grass courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin -- is determined to win a PGA tournament so he can save his granny's house with the prize money. Meanwhile, an attractive tour publicist tries to soften Happy's image.
Style:
funny, feel good, entertaining, parody, light, inspirational, romantic, clever, epic, witty ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
golf, sport, rivalry, underdog, dumb, alligator, anger, sarcasm, eccentricity, ice hockey, ambition, stupidity, contests and competitions, against the odds, friends, misfit, championship, disorder, fish out of water, jealousy, arrogance, happy ending, mentor, fight, violence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996, 1990s
Place:
new jersey, usa, plymouth
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Most similar movies to Happy Gilmore
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, funny and feel good films with plots about storytelling, brutality, vengeance, adaptation, dialogue, catastrophe and mentor mostly in Comedy, Sport and Adventure genres. Some movies like Happy Gilmore: The Waterboy (1998), Grind (2003), Ladybugs (1992), Kingpin (1996), Billy Madison (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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169K
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:
funny, parody, humorous, feel good, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
sport, football, college, social outcast, american football, bullying, underdog, cheerleading, rags to riches, mentor, farce, ridicule ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
louisiana, usa, new jersey, new orleans, southern usa
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100%
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, entertaining, light, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
underdog, sport, against the odds, coach, competition, dumb, cheerleader, pirate, tournament, redemption, rivalry, contests and competitions ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
13K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Four skaters follow their idol on his summer tour in an attempt to get noticed, get sponsored, and become stars themselves.
Style:
humorous, funny, entertaining, not serious, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
road trip, friendship, underdog, skateboarder, cheerleading, sport, high school, skateboard, teenager, lifestyle, rivalry, ambition ...
Time:
2000s, 80s
Place:
england, london, europe, colorado, santa monica california ...
⇓ 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, sexy, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
soccer, cross dressing, sport, cheerleading, football, teenager, childhood, youth, farce, bullying, first contact, runaway ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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87K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After bowler Roy Munson swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish kid named Ishmael. So, the corrupt and the hopelessly naïve hit the ...
Style:
humorous, funny, light, feel good, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bowling, sport, buddies, road trip, on the road, older woman younger man, mentor, culture clash, fish out of water, against the odds, contests and competitions, prodigy ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1969, year 1979 ...
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, nevada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Lifelong friends and national idols Ricky Bobby and Cal Naughton Jr. have earned their NASCAR stripes with their uncanny knack of finishing races in the first and second slots, respectively, and slinging catchphrases like "Shake and bake!" ...
Style:
funny, humorous, exciting, feel good, parody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
car race, sport, farce, sport competition, stupidity, car, french, betrayal, satire, lifestyle, uninhibited rivalry, teamwork ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, alabama, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
148K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Billy Madison is the 27 year-old son of Bryan Madison, a very rich man who has made his living in the hotel industry. Billy stands to inherit his father's empire but only if he can make it through all 12 grades, 2 weeks per grade, to prove that ...
Style:
funny, feel good, humorous, talky, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
school, stupidity, teacher, teachers and students, graduation, high school, family business, bullying, happy ending, mentor, father son relationship, rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
usa
⇓ 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:
teens, girls' night, kids, boys' night
Plot:
sport, underdog, teacher, martial arts, contests and competitions, mixed martial arts, dedicated educator, teachers and students, boxing, lifestyle change, against the odds, ambition ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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89K
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, melancholic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
small town, friendship, motorcycle, misfit, ambition, fund raising, obsessive quest, young man, team, goofy hero, contests and competitions, parents and children ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
washington state, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, entertaining, light, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
basketball, kidnapping, sport, basketball player, obsession, justice, missing person, unlikely criminals, partners, african american, psychological manipulation, loyalty ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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:
feel good, humorous, entertaining, funny, intense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
wrestling, underdog, cheerleader, friendship, goofy hero, ambition, athlete's life, follow your dream, disorder, down on your luck, contests and competitions, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a much-publicized ice-skating scandal strips them of their gold medals, two world-class athletes skirt their way back onto the ice via a loophole that allows them to compete together as a pairs team.
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, ridiculous, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
skating, sport, figure skating, competition, farce, rivalry, olympics, friendship, championship, life philosophy, coach, satire ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, north korea, ukraine, montreal, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
159K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The all-star comedy cast from Grown Ups returns (with some exciting new additions) for more summertime laughs. Lenny (Adam Sandler) has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are ...
Style:
humorous, funny, feel good, buddy movie, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
friendship, farce, friends, adulthood, party, parenthood, unlikely friendships, stupidity, midlife crisis, family relations, social relations, grownups ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 ...
Style:
humorous, clever, entertaining, stylized, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sport, boxing, satire, justice, boxer, adaptation, contests and competitions, athlete's life, rivalry, investigation, cons and scams, power relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa, cleveland ohio, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
84K
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, humorous, entertaining, inspirational, absurd ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
basketball, sport, championship, cheerleading, sport team, coach, mentor, competition, basketball team, adaptation, justice, athlete's life ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
michigan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Movies similar to Just Go with It
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:
teens, girls' night, kids
Plot:
sport, american football, underdog, cheerleading, football, transformation, adaptation, hopes, contests and competitions, rivalry, against the odds, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
usa, new jersey, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
11K
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:
feel good, light, inspirational, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
basketball, sport, female protagonist, basketball coach, life philosophy, follow your dream, hopes, rivalry, ambition, friendship, against the odds, lifestyle ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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:
feel good, humorous, entertaining, inspirational, light ...
Audience:
teens, kids, manly, boys' night
Plot:
american football, underdog, sport, sport team, college, football team, happy ending, transformation, football, against the odds, human spirit, rivalry ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
texas, usa, new jersey, austin texas, ireland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Pressured by a greedy uncle (Brian Cox) and a pile of debt, lovable loser Steve Barker (Knoxville) resorts to an unthinkable, contemptible, just-crazy-enough-to-work scheme. He pretends to be mentally challenged to rig the upcoming Special Olympics ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, not serious, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mentally challenged, sarcasm, rivalry, ambition, dishonesty, friendship, love and romance, lie, gambling, pretense, disability, down syndrome ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When Rachel Phelps inherits the Cleveland Indians from her deceased husband, she's determined to move the team to a warmer climate -- but only a losing season will make that possible, which should be easy given the misfits she's hired. ...
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, talky, semi serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
baseball, sport, underdog, rivalry, professional sports, ambition, rise to the top, contests and competitions, follow your dream, against the odds, athlete and trainer, misfit ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
miami, new york yankees, california, san francisco, florida ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 84 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, inspirational, funny, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sport, cheerleading, american football, coach, rivalry, college, baseball, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, social relations, against the odds, athlete's life ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After a small misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, timid businessman Dave Buznik is ordered by the court to undergo anger management therapy at the hands of specialist Dr. Buddy Rydell. But when Buddy steps up his aggressive ...
Style:
humorous, funny, entertaining, romantic, parody ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
twists and turns, psychology, bullying, rage, therapist, unconventional method, doctors and patients, life philosophy, psychiatrist, treatment, misfit partners, aggression ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey, brooklyn new york city, boston ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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, humorous, feel good, funny, visually appealing ...
Audience:
teens, kids, manly, family outing
Plot:
sport, baseball, voodoo, underdog, adaptation, justice, happy ending, gangsters, camp, kids and family, life philosophy, multiple storylines ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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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:
light, entertaining, feel good, intense, funny ...
Plot:
basketball, sport, friendship, african american, racism, buddies, gangsters, buddy, ambition, contests and competitions, blacks and whites, rivalry ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, new jersey, venice beach california
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Morris Buttermaker is a burned-out minor league baseball player who loves to drink and can't keep his hands to himself. His long-suffering lawyer arranges for him to manage a local Little League team, and Buttermaker soon finds himself the head ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
baseball, sport, mentor, coming of age, human spirit, rivalry, against the odds, ambition, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, softball, parents and children ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home movie. But Saleh is the ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, sexy, melancholic, intense ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, pre-teens, teens, family outing
Plot:
basketball, sport, culture clash, competition, college, golf, football, childhood, video game, mad scientist, nude, humour ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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, feel good, unusual plot structure, road movie, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
baseball, sport, underdog, major league, brutality, violence, vengeance, transformation, fantasy world, writers, multiple storylines, catastrophe ...
Time:
90s
Place:
minnesota, new jersey, usa, south carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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, humorous, absurd, stylized ...
Plot:
tennis, adaptation, technology, irreverent, redemption, contests and competitions, ambition, athlete's life, rivalry, satire, sport, nude ...
Time:
future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
england, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
52K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.
Style:
sexy, light, entertaining, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
golf, sport, love, underdog, fall in love, psychologist, competition, multiple storylines, redemption, happy ending, love and romance, desert ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
texas, usa, north carolina, california, austin texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
45K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
2 Guys. 300 Girls. You Do the Math. The two most popular guys in high school decide to ditch football camp for cheerleader camp. For the girls and for the glory.
Style:
light, humorous, sex comedy, romantic, funny ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
high school, cheerleading, cheerleader, teenager, college, football, youth, love and romance, fall in love, erotica, rivalry, sport team ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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