Movies like Kicking & Screaming
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Kicking & Screaming (2005)
43K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Phil Weston has been unathletic his entire life. In college he failed at every sport that he tried out for. It looks like his 10-year old son, Sam, is following in his footsteps. But with becoming the coach of The Soccers, an already successful soccer team, everything changes.
Style:
funny, humorous, hilarious, intense, feel good, not serious, realistic, slapstick comedy, inspirational, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, family friendly, kids, girls' night
Plot:
soccer, football, obsession, youth, underdog, sport team, farce, family life, goofy hero, parents and children, athlete and trainer, rivalry, contests and competitions, children, american football, addiction, destiny, father son relationship, boy, stepmother, goalkeeper, stoner, childhood, smart kid, family relations ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
illinois, usa
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Most similar movies to Kicking & Screaming
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, realistic and semi serious films with plots about rivalry, underdog, ambition, youth, family, contests and competitions and football mostly in Comedy, Sport and Family genres. Some movies like Kicking & Screaming: Ladybugs (1992), The Mighty Ducks (1992), Soccer Mom (2008), Playing for Keeps (2012), Just for Kicks (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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%
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%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A warm-hearted comedy about a compulsive soccer mom who masquerades as a famous Italian soccer star hired to coach her daughter's floundering soccer team, then struggles frantically to keep her wacky charade going long enough to see the girls ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
soccer, family life, contests and competitions, hidden identity, sport team, rivalry, underdog, lifestyle, hopes, family relations, ambition, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's soccer team in an attempt to get his life together.
Style:
romantic, sexy, funny, inspirational, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
soccer, father son relationship, football, soccer coach, single father, relationships, parents, temptation, eligible bachelor, ex husband ex wife relationship, divorced parents, football team ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, virginia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Best known as the production designer on most of the Farrelly Brothers films, Sidney J. Bartholomew Jr. makes his directorial debut with this family-friendly soccer comedy. Real-life twin brothers Dylan and Cole Sprouse play a pair of soccer-playing ...
Style:
captivating, humorous, semi serious, feel good, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
underdog, twins, soccer, family life, youth, children, american football, football, friends, coaching, teamwork, determination ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, and the other characters made famous in the Our Gang shorts of the 1920s and 1930s are brought back to life in this nostalgic children's comedy. When Alfalfa starts to question his devotion to the club's ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, sweet, not serious, inspirational ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, teens, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot:
childhood, children, bully, child, gang, dog, child romance, mischievous children, rivalry, parents and children, friendship, rich kid ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century, 1930s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Sentimental sequel film finds the Bears, somehow, the little league champions of California. As a result, the team is invited to play a between-games exhibition at the Houston Astrodome with the local champs, the Toros. Kelly Leak, the Bears' ...
Style:
family comedy, semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
baseball, childhood, high school, youth, underdog, redemption, baseball coach, sport team, family relations, estrangement, friends, high school life ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, houston texas, austin texas, tokyo, japan ...
Similarity:
100%
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, independent film ...
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:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Roger is a foster child whose irresponsible father promises to get his act together when Roger's favourite baseball team, the California Angels, wins the pennant. The problem is that the Angels are in last place, so Roger prays for help to turn ...
Style:
inspirational, entertaining, touching, sweet, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
angel, baseball, hopes, childhood, magic, parents and children, ambition, wish come true, rivalry, kids and family, baseball coach, underdog ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 18th century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Ducks are offered scholarships at Eden Hall Academy but struggle with their new coach's methods and come under pressure from the board to retain their scholarships before their big game against the Varsity team.
Style:
epic, realistic, semi serious, feel good, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot:
ice hockey, hockey, hockey player, competition, olympics, high school, childhood, college, school, coming of age, underdog, winter ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
minnesota, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Five years after jilting his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day, out-of-shape Dennis decides to run a marathon to win her back.
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, intense, not serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
loser, love triangle, running, sarcasm, underdog, wedding, marathon, coach, bet, rivalry, runner, farce ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
london, europe, tower bridge london, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In a depressed Texas town, British foreign exchange teacher Anna attempts to inject some life into her hopeless kids by introducing them to soccer. They're terrible at first, but Anna and her football-hero assistant whip them into shape. As ...
Style:
inspirational, melancholic, sentimental, light, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, teen drama
Plot:
soccer, school, youth, childhood, underdog, athlete and trainer, football, friendship, against the odds, high school life, teachers and students, small town life ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Soccer Dog: European Cup opens with the titular hero, Kimble, escaping the clutches of an evil scientist, bent on performing animal experiments. Our plucky canine hero then falls into the hands of Zack (Jake Thomas), an American boy who's been ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, captivating
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
soccer, children, follow your dream, athlete's life, rivalry, contests and competitions, hopes, disorder, family relations, experiment gone awry, parents and children, against the odds ...
Place:
europe, scotland
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A heart-warming comedy about the friendship between the new kid in town and a soccer-playing dog on the lam from the dog-catcher. It's up to these two underdogs to win the PeeWee Soccer League championship game.
Style:
independent film, semi serious, touching, humorous, feel good
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
soccer, youth, football, dog, underdog, contests and competitions, orphan, athlete and trainer, hopes, lifestyle, athlete's life, ambition ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
37%
2K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The California Atoms are in last place with no hope of moving up. But by switching the mule from team mascot to team member, (He can kick 100 yard field goals!) they start winning, and move up in the rankings, Hurrah! The competition isn't so ...
Style:
funny, slapstick, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
football, horse, american football, football team, animal, cheerleader, name calling, humour, sport team, soccer, silly humor, friends ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california, former yugoslavia, usa
Similarity:
35%
395
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Henry Butler (Steve Guttenberg) is a professional athlete with a little Pete Rose in him. His athletic interests go beyond the playing field and into the gambling dens. Convicted for his addiction, the soccer player is assigned to community service ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
soccer, american football, football, youth, underdog, hopes, contests and competitions, lifestyle, athlete's life, rivalry, ambition, addiction ...
Time:
90s
Place:
montreal
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Twin sisters Emma and Sam come up with a scheme to switch places so each can play in the soccer team they prefer.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic
Audience:
girls' night, kids, chick flick, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
twins, soccer, mischievous children, switching roles, mistaken identity, twin sister, child as adult, hidden identity, ambition, lifestyle, secret identity, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A decade has passed in the small town where the original Sandlot gang banded together during the summer of ’62 to play baseball and battle the Beast. Now comes the sequel, a campy romp back to the dugout where nine new kids descend on the diamond ...
Style:
feel good, touching, semi serious, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
baseball, sport team, youth, friendship, vengeance, partner, friends, teenage life, contests and competitions, coming of age, buddies, rivalry ...
Time:
year 1972
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
Style:
inspirational, intense, talky, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
baseball, underdog, baseball coach, coach, youth, childhood, competition, baseball player, unlikely friendships, sport team, motorcycle, human spirit ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1976, 1930s, 80s
Place:
california, san francisco, usa, los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ten-year-old Gabe was just a normal kid growing up in Manhattan until Rosemary Telesco walked into his life, actually into his karate class. But before Gabe can tell Rosemary how he feels, she tells him she will not be going to public school any ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, sentimental, romantic comedy, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, teens, chick flick, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
first love, children, coming of age, childhood love, couples, child romance, child, school, love, boy, friendship, love story ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When Danny O'Shea's daughter is cut from the Peewee football team just for being a girl, he decides to form his own team, composed of other ragtag players who were also cut. Can his team really learn enough to beat the elite team, coached ...
Style:
feel good, slapstick comedy, epic, funny, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
american football, underdog, football, cheerleader, childhood, football team, teenage girl, sexism, wager, single father, sibling rivalry, misfit ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
columbus ohio, ohio
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Story revolves around a young boxer, Izzy Daniels, who trains to follow in his father's footsteps by winning the Golden Glove. When his friend, Mary, however, asks him to substitute for a team member in a Double Dutch tournament, the young man ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, teen
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
human spirit, friendship, follow your dream, athlete's life, against the odds, lifestyle, ambition, teenage life, teenager, rivalry, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions ...
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Josh and Buddy move from basketball to American football in this first of several sequels to the original Air Bud.
Style:
inspirational, humorous, sentimental, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
dog, golden retriever, american football, football, pets, animal, kidnapping, coach, family relations, friends, animal life, teenage life ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
32%
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14K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An acclaimed college hoops coach is demoted to a junior varsity team after a public meltdown.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, touching, funny, black comedy ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, girls' night, kids
Plot:
basketball, college, sport team, youth, follow your dream, underdog, lifestyle, against the odds, ambition, prodigy, teenage life, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A group of kids have a dream: to play a football championship and to win. Their dream is going to be fulfilled by Don Pepe, an old guy with lots of expectations for his kids.
Style:
semi serious, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
football, school, sport team, rivalry, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, ambition, small town, coach, soccer, janitor, old man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, san francisco, latin america, mexico city
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
15 year-old soccer prodigy, Sara Davis, has a chance to join the U.S. National Team, but she must juggle high school, romance, sports, and parental pressure while deciding her own priorities.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, sentimental, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick, kids ...
Plot:
teenager, high school life, hopes, soccer, rivalry, friendship, teenage love, against the odds, friends, youth, follow your dream, teenage life ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
california
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The football team jesse is on is terrible, after the death of his father Jesse quits the team. Then angels come to help the team get better and nobody can see them but Jesse's little brother.
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
american football, youth, angel, high school football, afterlife, sport team, fixed match, friends, family relations, power relations, siblings relations, parents and children ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Streetwise swaggering Christopher "C-Dub" Wang is a suburban guy who waxes political on all things Asian American and clings to pro basketball pipe dreams. But when misfortune strikes his family, C-dub must overcome living at home, working ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, realistic, funny
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ping pong, rivalry, contests and competitions, ambition, family relations, suburbs, table tennis, children, game, youth, anti hero, misfit ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
32%
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, spoof, humorous, funny, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
football, baseball, american football, dumb, satire, coach, rivalry, college, social relations, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, against the odds ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
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:
stylized, semi serious, touching, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
baseball, softball, mentor, coming of age, human spirit, rivalry, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, ambition, against the odds, hopes, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2005, 20th century, 70s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
31%
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