Movies like Happy Gilmore
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Happy Gilmore (1996)
304K
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, hilarious, slapstick, slapstick comedy, laugh out loud, entertaining, predictable, romantic, epic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, date night, boys' night
Plot:
golf, dumb, underdog, rivalry, anger, hockey, sarcasm, jealousy, grandmother grandson relationship, stupidity, hotshot, happy ending, eccentricity, funeral, arrogance, punched in the face, insecurity, contests and competitions, against the odds, friends, misfit, championship, disorder, fish out of water, stoner ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996, 1990s
Place:
usa, north america, new jersey
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Most similar movies to Happy Gilmore
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, feel good and funny films with plots about mentor, dialogue, storytelling, vengeance, catastrophe, brutality and culture clash mostly in Comedy, Sport and Drama genres. Some movies like Happy Gilmore: The Waterboy (1998), Kingpin (1996), Billy Madison (1995), Hot Rod (2007), Big Daddy (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
191K
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:
manly, girls' night, teens
Plot:
bullying, college, social outcast, football, underdog, american football, cheerleader, sarcasm, foul language, dumb, water, coach ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
louisiana, usa, new orleans, southern usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
96K
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, feel good, light, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bowling, road trip, buddies, on the road, older woman younger man, dark humor, dumb, culture clash, mentor, sexy woman, fish out of water, success ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1969, year 1979 ...
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, nevada, usa, reno nevada
Similarity:
100%
167K
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, humorous, hilarious, talky, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, manly
Plot:
stupidity, graduation, teacher, elementary school, prank, immaturity, bullying, happy ending, teachers and students, high school, dumb, party ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
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, spoof, parody ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
underdog, dumb, against the odds, cheerleader, tournament, cheerleading, competition, gym, homoeroticism, redemption, rivalry, contests and competitions ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada, los angeles, california
Similarity:
89%
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99K
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, misfit, ambition, fund raising, obsessive quest, young man, team, goofy hero, contests and competitions, determination, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2007, 70s, 21st century
Place:
washington state, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
250K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father.
Style:
sentimental, funny, feel good, light, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, family friendly
Plot:
adoption, child's point of view, immaturity, parenthood, single father, childhood, responsibility, orphan, adolescence, slacker, children, mentor ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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, talky, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
baseball, underdog, hot dog, major league, rivalry, professional sports, baseball coach, ambition, rise to the top, follow your dream, contests and competitions, against the odds ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
miami, ohio, florida, usa, new york ...
Similarity:
100%
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, spoof, cult classic, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
car race, betrayal, racing, stupidity, sport competition, farce, satire, car, auto racing, competition, championship, comeback ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa, alabama
Similarity:
100%
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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:
100%
12K
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:
light, inspirational, entertaining, feel good, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
basketball, female protagonist, basketball coach, fish out of water, limousine driver, life philosophy, follow your dream, hopes, rivalry, ambition, friendship, against the odds ...
Time:
year 1996, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, new jersey
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, entertaining, humorous, hilarious, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
underdog, teacher, contests and competitions, martial arts, against the odds, dedicated educator, hopes, teachers and students, mixed martial arts, boxing, brutality, lifestyle change ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
massachusetts, usa, north america, las vegas, boston
Similarity:
75%
14K
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:
entertaining, humorous, funny, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
skateboard, road trip, friendship, underdog, high school, friendship between men, lifestyle, rivalry, ambition, partner, contests and competitions, college ...
Time:
year 2003, y2k, 2000s, 80s
Place:
london, santa monica california, tucson arizona, europe, chicago ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Robbie, a local rock star turned wedding singer, is dumped on the day of his wedding. Meanwhile, waitress Julia finally sets a wedding date with her fiancée Glenn. When Julia and Robbie meet and hit it off, they find that things are more ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, romantic comedy, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, date night, chick flick
Plot:
wedding, love story, fall in love, marriage proposal, relationships, destiny, singer, infidelity, couple relations, love, heartbreak, womanizer ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, middle east, usa, nevada, seattle ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Happy Gilmore isn't done with golf — not by a long shot. Since his retirement after his first Tour Championship win, Gilmore returns to finance his daughter's ballet classes.
Style:
slapstick comedy, raunchy comedy, slapstick, whimsical
Plot:
golf, comeback, prosthetic hand, loss of wife, alcoholics anonymous meeting, father daughter relationship, alcoholism, psychiatric patient, parent child relationship, father son relationship, recovering alcoholic, mother's day ...
Time:
year 2004, year 1999, 90s, year 1998, year 2011 ...
Place:
north america
Similarity:
100%
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:
funny, humorous, entertaining, neurotic, hilarious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, family friendly
Plot:
reluctant partners, bullying, therapist, twists and turns, life philosophy, anger, rage, doctors and patients, trauma, prostitution, sexual attraction, airplane ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, boston, bronx new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
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, inspirational, humorous, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
american football, underdog, cheerleading, football, hopes, transformation, adaptation, contests and competitions, rivalry, against the odds, athlete and trainer, ambition ...
Time:
20th century, y2k, year 2000, 80s, 90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c., new jersey
Similarity:
100%
89K
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, entertaining, stylized, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
basketball, championship, cheerleader, hopes, satire, basketball team, sport team, mentor, competition, adaptation, justice, athlete's life ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
michigan, usa
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, light, inspirational, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids, boys' night
Plot:
american football, underdog, football team, college, sport team, football, coach, college dean, teacher student relationship, professor, college football, happy ending ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, 80s
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas, new jersey, california ...
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
56K
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, entertaining, light, sweet, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
golf, underdog, love, psychologist, happy ending, desert, competition, rivalry, redemption, multiple storylines, love and romance, suburbs ...
Time:
20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place:
texas, usa, north carolina, austin texas, california
Similarity:
100%
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:
entertaining, intense, buddy comedy, talky, funny ...
Plot:
basketball, friendship, buddy, female nudity, buddies, hip hop, black, ghetto, contests and competitions, ambition, rivalry, underdog ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, venice beach california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
19K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Animal House meets Casablanca in this outrageous snowboarding comedy. Rick Rambis and his friends are having the time of their lives on Bull Mountain until the legendary Papa Muntz' son decides to sell the mountain to sleazy land developer John ...
Style:
funny, feel good, semi serious, hilarious, sex comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
skiing, ski resort, stupidity, sarcasm, dumb, prank, mountain, winter, teenage life, social differences, buddies, youth ...
Place:
alaska, usa, antarctic, london
Similarity:
100%
122K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican Bobsled Team.
Style:
feel good, inspirational, funny, sexy, hilarious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
underdog, childhood, reggae, olympics, winter, kids and family, heartwarming, transformation, racing, african american, profanity, winter olympics ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1987, year 1988, 80s
Place:
canada, caribbean, antarctic, jamaica, california
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A plastic surgeon, romancing a much younger schoolteacher, enlists his loyal assistant to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies backfire, the assistant's kids become involved, and everyone ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, funny, humorous, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, family outing ...
Plot:
fall in love, pretense, pretend relationship, love and romance, couples, couple relations, love story, single mother, fake relationship, true love, wedding, dating ...
Time:
year 2011, year 1988, 80s, 90s, year 1992 ...
Place:
hawaii, usa, oceania, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries to fit in with his fellow students, Thornton struggles to gain his son's respect, giving way to hilarious ...
Style:
humorous, light, talky, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
college, father son relationship, fish out of water, cheerleader, farce, university, college life, youth, switching roles, school, businessman, sexual fantasy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1940, future
Place:
usa, wisconsin, new york
Similarity:
100%
11K
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:
feel good, humorous, sentimental, uplifting, offbeat ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
cross dressing, soccer, football, teenager, childhood, american football, milf, farce, youth, gender bending, stepfather stepson relationship, forbidden love ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
309K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, buddy comedy, hilarious ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, teens
Plot:
vacation, foul language, friendship, old friends reunited, kids and family, friends, reunited friends, breast feeding, family life, childhood, group of friends, buddy ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, year 1978, 2000s, 70s ...
Place:
boston, usa, hawaii, new jersey
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Pro quarter-back, Paul Crewe and former college champion and coach, Nate Scarboro are doing time in the same prison. Asked to put together a team of inmates to take on the guards, Crewe enlists the help of Scarboro to coach the inmates to victory in ...
Style:
entertaining, inspirational, funny, hilarious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
prison, american football, football, prison guard, prison life, underdog, cheerleading, dumb, redemption, adaptation, betrayal, warden ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, san diego california, new jersey ...
Similarity:
21%
47K
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:
sex comedy, light, humorous, romantic, funny ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
cheerleading, cheerleader, high school, fall in love, football, american football, female nudity, bare breasts, youth, love and romance, temptation, gender ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, illinois
Similarity:
100%
134K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
At an exclusive country club, an ambitious young caddy, Danny Noonan, eagerly pursues a caddy scholarship in hopes of attending college and, in turn, avoiding a job at the lumber yard. In order to succeed, he must first win the favour of the elitist ...
Style:
funny, slapstick, parody, light, intense ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, adult
Plot:
golf, country club, female nudity, nude girl, teenage girl, nudity, public nudity, swimming pool, pregnant teenager, bare breasts, peeping tom, passionate kiss ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
nebraska, usa, seattle, canada
Similarity:
33%
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