Movies like A League of Their Own
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A League of Their Own (1992)
129K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey (Garry Marshall). Competitive sisters Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis) and Kit Keller (Lori Petty) spar with each other, scout Ernie Capadino (Jon Lovitz) and grumpy has-been coach Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks) on their way to fame. Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell co-star as two of the sisters' teammates.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, sweet, touching, inspirational, period piece, teen, witty, intense, retro ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, family outing, chick flick, teens
Plot:
baseball, world war two, feminist, sister sister relationship, friendship, sibling rivalry, alcoholic, coach, female friendship, female athlete, happy ending, female protagonist, female bonding, underdog, farm, father daughter relationship, nostalgia, tall woman, old woman, flashback, argument, washed up star, chauvinism, reminiscence, feminism ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century, 90s, 40s
Place:
oregon, chicago, indiana, usa, colorado, midwest, california ...
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Most similar movies to A League of Their Own
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, feel good, inspirational and humorous films with plots about underdog, dialogue, destiny, ambition, mentor, sport team and childhood mostly in Sport, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like A League of Their Own: The Sandlot (1993), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), The Bad News Bears (1976), Wildcats (1986), The Rookie (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
113K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mom and stepdad, and wants to learn to play baseball. The neighborhood baseball guru Rodriquez takes Smalls under his wing. They fall into adventures involving baseball, treehouse sleep-ins, the ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, teen, sweet, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family friendly, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
baseball, friendship, childhood, coming of age, dog, adolescence, boy, bullying, small town, child, children, kids and family ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1962, 90s, 50s ...
Place:
utah, california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, teen, light, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family outing, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
soccer, friendship, wedding, football, hinduism, tradition, stereotypes, feminism, immigrant, coming of age, against the rules, culture clash ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, hamburg germany, germany ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
16K
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, light, entertaining, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
american football, football, high school football, high school, coach, rivalry, mother daughter relationship, ex husband ex wife relationship, custody battle, sport team, ambition, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
80s
Place:
chicago, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team makes a deal with him: if ...
Style:
sentimental, feel good, inspirational, entertaining, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, girls' night, preschool ...
Plot:
baseball, underdog, baseball coach, father son relationship, high school, hopes, major league, baseball player, following a dream, rags to riches, teacher, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, year 2002, 80s, 90s
Place:
texas, midwest, austin texas, usa, orlando florida ...
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, realistic, semi serious, feel good, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
baseball, baseball coach, underdog, major league, baseball player, sport competition, racing, competition, contest, tournament, sport team, rivalry ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
minnesota, south carolina, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.
Style:
emotional, depressing, touching, sad, bad ending ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, family friendly, adult
Plot:
boxing, underdog, female boxer, female protagonist, determination, mentor protege relationship, athlete's life, female athlete, boxing trainer, strong female character, euthanasia, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, europe, london, las vegas ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
True story of Kent Stock, who in the early 90's, gives up a job and ditches his wedding plans to take over as head coach as the Norway High School baseball team. Kent must win over his players and convince them and himself that he can fill ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, touching, sincere, historical drama ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
baseball, hopes, high school sports, coach, sport team, small town, ambition, against the odds, one last chance, youth, human spirit, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2007, 90s
Place:
iowa, usa
Similarity:
100%
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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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The story of a New York pro baseball team and two of its players. Henry Wiggen is the star pitcher and Bruce Pearson is the normal, everyday catcher who is far from the star player on the team and friend to all of his teammates. During the ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, inspirational, melancholic ...
Plot:
baseball, friendship, terminal illness, baseball player, teammate, male bonding, father son relationship, secret, death of friend, compassion, voice over narration, best friend ...
Time:
20th century, year 1973, 70s
Place:
new york, minnesota, georgia, usa
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%
16K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Aging baseball star who goes by the nickname, Mr. 3000, finds out many years after retirement that he didn't quite reach 3,000 hits. Now at age 47 he's back to try and reach that goal.
Style:
inspirational, humorous, stylized, touching, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
baseball, redemption, underdog, hopes, friendship, ambition, athlete's life, rivalry, contests and competitions, journalism, major league, racing ...
Time:
year 2004, 90s, 2000s
Place:
milwaukee wisconsin, wisconsin, new jersey, california, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When his star recruit botches a Major League Baseball debut, humiliated talent scout Al Percolo (Albert Brooks) gets banished to rural Mexico, where he finds a potential gold mine in the arm of young phenom Steve Nebraska (Brendan Fraser). Soon, the ...
Style:
humorous, satirical, light, entertaining, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
baseball, father son relationship, mentor, lone hero, adaptation, storytelling, power relations, friendship, athlete's life, self discovery, lifestyle, hopes ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
new york, latin america, usa, mexico, nebraska ...
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%
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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
World War I has left golfer Rannulph Junuh a poker-playing alcoholic, his perfect swing gone. Now, however, he needs to get it back to play in a tournament to save the financially ravaged golf course of a long-ago sweetheart. Help arrives in the ...
Style:
inspirational, sentimental, period piece, romantic, light ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
golf, great depression, underdog, comeback, world war one, childhood, mysterious stranger, interracial friendship, friendship, love story, hopes, renewed love ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1920s, y2k, year 2000
Place:
savannah georgia, georgia, america, usa, southern usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The great Chicago White Sox team of 1919 is the saddest team to ever win a pennent. The team is bitter at their penny pincher owner, Charles Comiskey, and at their own teammates. Gamblers take advantage of this opportunity to offer some players $ to ...
Style:
realistic, inspirational, factual, atmospheric, talky ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
baseball, gambling, friendship, major league, scandal, historical figure, sport team, society, ambition, contests and competitions, baseball coach, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, year 1988, 1910s, year 1919, edwardian era ...
Place:
chicago, usa, cincinnati ohio, boston, california
Similarity:
100%
57K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
High school basketball is king in small-town Indiana, and the 1954 Hickory Huskers are all hope and no talent. But their new coach -- abrasive, unlikable Norman Dale -- whips the team into shape ... while also inciting controversy.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, exciting, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot:
basketball, high school, small town, underdog, high school basketball, high school sports, father son relationship, teacher, drunkenness, basketball coach, championship, coach ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 1986, 50s, 80s
Place:
indiana, usa, indianapolis indiana, california, texas
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: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league in this magical sports fantasy. With the aid of a bat cut from a lightning struck tree, Hobbs ...
Style:
inspirational, romantic, realistic, touching, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
baseball, underdog, femme fatale, baseball player, attempted murder, haunted by the past, comeback, villain, death of father, reporter, lightning, baseball coach ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, year 1984, 20th century, year 1939
Place:
new york, usa, chicago, baltimore
Similarity:
100%
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, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
manly, teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
baseball, voodoo, baseball coach, underdog, coach, baseball player, contest, radio, tournament, competition, sport competition, satire ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
cleveland ohio
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the beloved Yoast as he could be. The two men learn to overcome their differences and turn a ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, inspirational, emotional, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, chick flick, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot:
racism, high school, african american, american football, civil rights, racial tension, racial prejudice, against the odds, high school football, football, prejudice, life lesson ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 2000, y2k, 2000s
Place:
virginia, boston, usa, america, africa ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, talky ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
baseball, gambling, friends, rivalry, follow your dream, lifestyle, against the odds, buddies, ambition, couple relations, athlete's life, hopes ...
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
100%
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36K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
Style:
emotional, feel good, suspense, serious, tear jerker ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids
Plot:
baseball, underdog, gambling, poverty, children, brutality, redemption, adaptation, gang, gambling debt, baseball coach, gangster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago, detroit, usa, illinois, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty in this tender coming-of-age tale, four childhood girlfriends -- Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta -- recall the magical summer of 1970. During their walk down memory lane, ...
Style:
touching, feel good, emotional, teen, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, small town, women, childhood, adolescence vs adulthood, female friendship, youth, teenage life, adolescence, friends, children ...
Time:
90s, year 1970, year 1991, 70s, year 1995 ...
Place:
usa, indiana
Similarity:
100%
72K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In Bodeen, Texas, Land Of The Dragon, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.
Style:
feel good, cute, teen, exciting, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence, strong female lead, teenage girl, contests and competitions, roller derby, small town, tomboy, female athlete, relationships, skating, roller skater ...
Time:
year 2009, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
austin texas, usa, texas, detroit, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Author P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood as Walt Disney Pictures adapts her novel Mary Poppins for the big screen.
Style:
sentimental, touching, factual, sad, inspirational ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, girls' night, adult
Plot:
childhood, filmmaking, biopic, hollywood, writer's life, success, love, family drama, family relations, showbiz, parents and children, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2013, edwardian era, 60s, 1900s, 20th century ...
Place:
california, los angeles, australia, usa, london ...
Similarity:
100%
7K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
The dramatic and inspirational story of a young pitcher who becomes the first woman to play Major League Baseball.
Style:
uplifting, inspirational, suspense, slang, captivating ...
Plot:
baseball, woman, lifestyle, dishonesty, rivalry, friendship, father daughter relationship, ambition, adaptation, destiny, baseball coach, black cast ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
308K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what ...
Style:
inspirational, feel good, motivational, sentimental, rom com ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
american football, career, single mother, love story, football, passion, workplace romance, sex scene, wedding, starting over, selfishness, sports agent ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
usa, cuba
Similarity:
67%
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:
67%
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