Movies like The Longest Yard 1974
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The Longest Yard (1974)
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
In this rough-and-tumble yarn, actually filmed on-location at the Georgia State Prision, the cons are the heroes and the guards are the heavies. Eddie Albert is the sadistic warden who'll gladly make any sacrifice to push his guards' semi-pro football team to a national championship.
Style:
humorous, rough, captivating, semi serious, intense, inspirational, witty, talky, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, underdog, american football, sport, football, contests and competitions, partners, prison life, confined, against the odds, human spirit, moral dilemma, rivalry, swamp, arson, snitch, warden, remote control, protector, farce, unlikely friendships, greed, crime gone awry, prison escape, friends ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 1930s
Place:
florida, usa, georgia, new jersey
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Most similar movies to The Longest Yard
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, feel good and inspirational films with plots about sport, underdog, ambition, rivalry, contests and competitions, redemption and mentor mostly in Sport, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like The Longest Yard: Mean Machine (2001), Slap Shot (1977), Play It to the Bone (1999), Necessary Roughness (1991), The Replacements (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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:
humorous, not serious, exciting, entertaining, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
prison life, prison, football, underdog, warden, ex athlete, american football, sport, friends, confined, contests and competitions, prisoner ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa, san diego california, latin america, new jersey
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Disgraced ex-England captain (Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan) is thrown in jail for assaulting two police officers. He keeps his head down and has the opportunity to forget everything and change the lives of the prisoners. These prisoners ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, entertaining, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
soccer, prison, prison life, underdog, against the odds, ex athlete, fixed match, contests and competitions, hopes, misfit, redemption, ambition ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 70s
Place:
england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
34K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.
Style:
humorous, feel good, exciting, cynical, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
ice hockey, sport team, small town, hockey, violence, sport, ambition, contests and competitions, partners, underdog, opponent, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
usa, canada, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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:
humorous, semi serious, talky, exciting, inspirational ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
friendship, sport, contests and competitions, underdog, athlete's life, hopes, boxing, ambition, on the road, love triangle, desert, unlikely friendships ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, usa, los angeles, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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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, exciting, semi serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
underdog, american football, sport team, sport, college, rivalry, hopes, human spirit, against the odds, lifestyle, youth, ambition ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
texas, usa, united states, ireland, new jersey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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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, realistic, sincere, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
sport, underdog, american football, contests and competitions, hopes, rivalry, against the odds, athlete and trainer, ambition, bar fight, sport team, stadium ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, washington d.c., new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In Mystery, Alaska, life revolves around the legendary Saturday hockey game at the local pond. But everything changes when the hometown team unexpectedly gets booked in an exhibition match against the New York Rangers. When quirky small-towners, ...
Style:
feel good, touching, humorous, realistic, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
small town, underdog, sport, contests and competitions, ambition, ice hockey, championship, gay slur, mayor, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
alaska, usa, new york, united states, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Several players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a major university. Each deals with the pressure differently, some turn to drinking, others to drugs, and some to studying.
Style:
captivating, realistic, semi serious, talky, intense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
american football, college life, sport, sport team, underdog, human spirit, love triangle, lifestyle, hopes, high school life, teenage life, love affair ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
united states, usa, new jersey, texas, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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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:
humorous, feel good, exciting, touching, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
underdog, baseball, sport team, coach, sport, baseball movie, family, friendship, human spirit, contests and competitions, youth, ambition ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1976, 80s, 1930s
Place:
california, san francisco, usa, los angeles, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When the top players of the Green Street Elite are imprisoned following a deadly battle with their archenemies Millwall every day becomes a fight for survival. On the inside, rival firms and prison guards will stop at nothing to make their lives a ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspense, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, lifestyle, sport, gang, uninhibited rivalry, buddies, confined, violence, rivalry, society, mob violence, woman in danger ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the aging coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to ...
Style:
realistic, rough, captivating, serious, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sport, coach, desire for fame, american football, ambition, success, sport team, underdog, football, athlete's life, contests and competitions, blind ambition ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
miami, usa, florida, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A semi-fictional account of life as a professional Football (American-style) player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.
Style:
realistic, clever, suspense, serious, biting ...
Plot:
sport team, american football, sport, drug abuse, addiction, workplace situations, rivalry, life is a bitch, athlete's life, ambition, society, fighting the system ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, new jersey, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
friends, gambling, baseball, follow your dream, lifestyle, rivalry, against the odds, ambition, couple relations, sport, buddies, athlete's life ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, football movie
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
sport team, small town, american football, buddies, friendship, high school, athlete and trainer, haunted by the past, against the odds, couple relations, redemption, small town life ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true story of Vince Papale, a man with nothing to lose who ignored the staggering odds and made his dream come true. When the coach of Papale's beloved hometown football team hosted an unprecedented open tryout, the public ...
Style:
sentimental, serious, captivating, sincere, inspirational ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
underdog, american football, football, against the odds, determination, teacher, sport, teamwork, team, lifestyle, ambition, contests and competitions ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
philadelphia, usa, united states, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, 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:
humorous, feel good, realistic, buddy comedy, light ...
Plot:
basketball, friendship, racism, sport, gambling, african american, ambition, contests and competitions, blacks and whites, rivalry, profanity, racial stereotype ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Teenagers at a juvenile detention center, under the leadership of their counselor, gain self-esteem by playing football together.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, girls' night
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, athlete and trainer, american football, underdog, athlete's life, redemption, ambition, youth, teenage life, human spirit, football, violence ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, united states, california, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany, Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime. Iceman Chambers is the heavyweight champion, who lost his title due to a rape conviction to ten ...
Style:
exciting, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
prison, gangsters, murder, life sentence, heroes, solitary, prison life, sport, african american, hip hop, ambition, contests and competitions ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
nevada, usa, mojave desert, las vegas, new jersey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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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:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, stylized ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
baseball, rivalry, human spirit, athlete and trainer, against the odds, contests and competitions, ambition, hopes, parents and children, sport team, little league, mentor ...
Time:
70s, 21st century, contemporary, 20th century
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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, exciting, semi serious, entertaining, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sport, boxer, investigation, rivalry, contests and competitions, athlete's life, cons and scams, satire, underdog, power relations, interracial relations, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, usa, cleveland ohio, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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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 ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, chick flick, kids, teens
Plot:
baseball, world war two, friendship, rivalry, sport, contests and competitions, ambition, hopes, underdog, female athlete, coach, sport team ...
Time:
1940s, 40s, 20th century, year 1943
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, oregon, colorado, new jersey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
9K
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, inspirational, light, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
basketball, sport, hopes, follow your dream, against the odds, friendship, rivalry, ambition, lifestyle, female protagonist, feminism, sport team ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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:
humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious, inspirational ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
ice hockey, sport team, athlete and trainer, sport, underdog, family, competition, friendship, hockey, friends, power relations, partners ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
los angeles, iceland, usa, europe, new jersey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
55K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
At the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to rebuild his team when he trades for the number one pick. He must decide what he's willing to sacrifice on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with NFL dreams.
Style:
exciting, semi serious, inspirational, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
negotiation, football, sport, american football, boss and employee, sport team, overcoming, power relations, ambition, one last chance, disorder, nfl ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, ohio, seattle, seattle washington ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Scottish second division football team Kilnockie is taken over by American Pete Cameron. The new owner puts pressure on manager Gordon McLeod to improve the fortunes of the team, and hires first division player Jackie McQuillan.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, inspirational, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
underdog, human spirit, athlete's life, follow your dream, ambition, lifestyle, against the odds, friendship, sport team, society, rivalry, contests and competitions ...
Place:
scotland, europe, glasgow scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Has-been sports promoter Billy Cole gets a second shot at fame and fortune when he puts together a women's volleyball team, comprised of exotic dancers...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating, sexy ...
Plot:
beach, against the odds, lifestyle, rivalry, ambition, partners, sport, self discovery, cons and scams, womanizer, seduction, beach volleyball ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After taking a job managing a little league team, a homeless man inspires the kids to reach for it all and they inspire him to reclaim his life.
Style:
touching, emotional, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot:
hopes, follow your dream, rivalry, underdog, single parent, adoption, ambition, youth, contests and competitions, sport, athlete's life, sport team ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
430
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:
humorous, semi serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
rivalry, buddies, against the odds, friends, ambition, lifestyle, partners, athlete's life, underdog, uninhibited rivalry, human spirit, hopes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
12K
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, humorous, realistic, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
american football, high school, sport team, coach, sport, athlete and trainer, americana, rivalry, ambition, youth, contests and competitions, against the odds ...
Time:
80s
Place:
chicago illinois, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
16K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, factual, suspense ...
Plot:
prison, abuse, prison warden, fighting the system, liberal, corruption, brutality, violence, abuse of power, justice, politics, society ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
arkansas, southern usa, new jersey, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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