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Mean Machine (2001)
44K
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 have the chance to put one over the evil guards. The prisoners are lead by Danny and the whole of the prison, guards aside, are behind them.
Style:
sexy, funny, inspirational, entertaining, witty, clever, talky, stylized, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
soccer, prison, underdog, soccer match, prison life, justice, brutality, redemption, fixed match, football player, corruption, adaptation, prison gang, misfit, ex athlete, contests and competitions, against the odds, hopes, rivalry, ambition, warden, coach, prison escape, american football, football team ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
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Most similar movies to Mean Machine
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, feel good and semi serious films with plots about rivalry, ambition, football, underdog, contests and competitions, dialogue and mentor mostly in Sport, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Mean Machine: The Longest Yard (2005), Play It to the Bone (1999), The Football Factory (2004), The Replacements (2000), Balls of Fury (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
100%
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:
road movie, inspirational, melancholic, intense, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
boxing, friendship, boxer, contests and competitions, athlete's life, underdog, hopes, ambition, road trip, sex scene, love triangle, on the road ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, usa, los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The Football Factory is more than just a study of the English obsession with football violence, it's about men looking for armies to join, wars to fight and places to belong. A forgotten culture of Anglo Saxon males fed up with being told ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, rough, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
soccer, hooligan, violence, dark humor, violent, organized crime, lifestyle, working class, football hooligan, dysfunctional family, drug, buddies ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
london, united kingdom, britain, europe, england ...
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%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Randy Daytona was a child ping pong prodigy who lost his chance at Olympic gold when his father is murdered by the mysterious Feng over a gambling debt. 15yrs later he's down on his luck and scraping a living doing seedy back room shows in ...
Style:
humorous, spoof, parody, stylized, funny ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
ping pong, rivalry, redemption, olympics, fbi, hopes, dumb, satire, prodigy, ambition, athlete and trainer, talent ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
german democratic republic, central america, seoul, latin america, reno nevada
Similarity:
100%
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' ...
Style:
inspirational, intense, clever, suspense, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
american football, prison, football, underdog, prison escape, cheerleader, farce, greed, crime gone awry, prison life, contests and competitions, partner ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 1930s
Place:
florida, usa, america, georgia, new jersey ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Clive Owen stars as a prison inmate who goes into an experimental "open" prison where the inmates walk around freely and get job training for their impending releases. While there, he discovers he has a talent for growing flowers. His ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, feel good, compassionate, witty ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
prison, gardening, prison escape, friendship, outdoor sex, solitude, unlikely friendships, adaptation, happy ending, misfit, fish out of water, going straight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Sport, War
Country: UK, USA, Italy, Hungary
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime.
Style:
inspirational, serious, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids
Plot:
prison, world war two, soccer, football, escape, nazi, war, pow, contests and competitions, against the odds, world war, prison escape ...
Time:
year 1981, 20th century
Place:
germany, paris france, europe, france, argentina ...
Similarity:
24%
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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, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
soccer, athlete's life, follow your dream, underdog, ambition, lifestyle, friendship, against the odds, football, sport team, athlete and trainer, society ...
Place:
scotland, glasgow scotland, europe
Similarity:
23%
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, hooligan, gang, mob violence, lifestyle, uninhibited rivalry, confined, buddies, rivalry, society, football, soccer ...
Time:
year 2009
Place:
england, britain, london, europe
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. At school he is constantly being bullied by the other kids, and at home he has to face his mother's new boyfriend. However, through football, and some special boots, he manages to gain the ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
soccer, misfit, working class, follow your dream, against the odds, teenage life, bullying, sport team, underdog, rivalry, contests and competitions, society ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
manchester, europe, england
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Rain Murphy is a man sentenced to life in prison, choosing to do his time in near-isolation, and engages in distance running when given the opportunity for free-time. While his form and speed capture the attention of prison officials who believe he ...
Style:
inspirational, realistic, serious, uplifting, sincere ...
Plot:
prison, runner, prison life, running, prisoner, bare chested male, jail, olympics, racing, motor racing, revenge, fistfight ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
22%
61K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.
Style:
funny, humorous, surprise ending, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
twists and turns, prison, life sentence, murder, friendship between men, african american, prison escape, prison life, racist, baseball, racism, escape attempt ...
Time:
1930s, 90s, year 1932, year 1944, year 1972 ...
Place:
mississippi, new york, usa, southern usa, harlem ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany, Japan
Duration: 94 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:
suspense, talky, intense, stylized, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
prison, violence, fight, boxing, prisoner, african american, prison fight, hip hop, mafia, tough guy, martial arts, gangster ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
usa, mojave desert, las vegas, nevada, california ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
SHOOTING FOR SOCRATES is a David Vs. Goliath set in Belfast against the backdrop of the 1986 World Cup. It tells the story of a momentous time in Northern Ireland's football history through the eyes of players, fans and the media. The film also ...
Style:
realistic, feel good, humorous, semi serious, exciting ...
Plot:
soccer, hopes, ambition, rivalry, sport team, youth, contests and competitions, family relations, parents and children, soccer fan, football, underdog ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1986
Place:
ireland, belfast, brazil, northern ireland, mexico
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A romantic comedy about a man, a woman and a football team. Based on Nick Hornby's best selling autobiographical novel, Fever Pitch. English teacher Paul Ashworth believes his long standing obsession with Arsenal serves him well. But then he ...
Style:
touching, sweet, feel good, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
soccer, teacher, fan, soccer fan, sport team, contests and competitions, couple relations, relationship problems, ambition, opposites attract, couples, fall in love ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1997, 70s
Place:
england, london, europe, new jersey
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA, New Zealand
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Dutch coach Thomas Rongen attempts the nearly impossible task of turning the American Samoa soccer team from perennial losers into winners.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, feel good, informative
Plot:
soccer, football, coach, training, transgender, career, football player, football team, team, soccer coach, playing football, rivalry ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, year 2011, year 2001, 21st century
Similarity:
21%
45K
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, funny, inspirational, cult classic, cynical ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, manly
Plot:
ice hockey, hockey, underdog, sport team, competition, mentor, partner, adaptation, hockey player, athlete and trainer, rivalry, opponent ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, pittsburgh, canada, new jersey
Similarity:
20%
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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, entertaining, stylized, inspirational, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
boxing, boxer, satire, lone hero, justice, adaptation, rivalry, investigation, contests and competitions, athlete's life, cons and scams, power relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, cleveland ohio, las vegas, california
Similarity:
20%
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:
inspirational, hood, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, girls' night
Plot:
american football, juvenile delinquency, athlete and trainer, african american, prison, redemption, underdog, youth, destiny, competition, football, life philosophy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After spending 12 years in prison for keeping his mouth shut, notorious safe-cracker Dom Hemingway is back on the streets of London looking to collect what he's owed.
Style:
talky, stylized, satirical, witty, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dark humor, redemption, safecracker, crime gone awry, sex scene, dysfunctional family, gangster, bank robbery, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, temperamental, hopes ...
Time:
year 2013, y2k, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, france, french riviera, london
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Delightful French comedy about a talented soccer player whose foul temper causes him to be cut from the team, lose his job and even be banned from his favorite bar.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, biting, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot:
male nudity, male pubic hair, soccer, football, female nudity, soccer coach, football team, prison, parents, nude girl, small town, bus ...
Time:
70s
Place:
france
Similarity:
20%
4K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea, Hungary
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A top football player Hong-dae gets involved in an assault case and winds up being appointed as the coach for the national football team. This team will compete in the ‘Homeless World Cup’. A documentary producer So-min films their story while ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious ...
Plot:
football team, soccer, football player, soccer coach, football, coach, sport team, athlete and trainer, soccer match, athlete's life, ambition, playing football ...
Similarity:
20%
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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:
19%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Contemporary Russia. After he flubs a penalty kick, a humiliated national soccer player quits the game. He flees to a small town, where he decides to coach their local team.
Style:
exciting, captivating, emotional, inspirational, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
coach, football player, soccer coach, football team, playing football, soccer, athlete and trainer, professional sports, athlete, soccer match, sporting event, redemption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
moscow russia, russia
Similarity:
19%
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:
19%
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:
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Sequel to the 2002 film. This time, Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers (White) is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight against the jailhouse fighting champ Uri Boyka (Adkins) ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, prison, martial arts, kickboxing, tournament, convict, contests and competitions, fight, prison life, tough heroes, martial artist, fistfight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, usa, new jersey, california, tokyo
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Russian inmate Boyka, now severely hobbled by the knee injury suffered at the end of Undisputed 2. No longer the feared prison fighter he was, he has declined so far that he is now good only for cleaning toilets. But when a new prison fight ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
prison fight, prison, boxing, kickboxing, martial arts, fistfight, mixed martial arts, hand to hand combat, contests and competitions, capoeira, prison life, fight ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.
Style:
independent film, road movie, black and white, atmospheric, humorous ...
Plot:
prison, prison escape, swamp, pimp, escape, prison life, on the road, serendipity, prostitute, fight, misfit, partner ...
Time:
20th century, year 1986, 80s
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, southern usa, usa
Similarity:
19%
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