Movies like The Waterboy
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The Waterboy (1998)
177K
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, entertaining, hilarious, feel good, laugh out loud, philosophical, romantic comedy, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, manly
Plot:
football, bullying, college, social outcast, underdog, american football, mentor, farce, rags to riches, ridicule, dumb, sarcasm, foul language, misfit, ambition, goofy hero, athlete's life, water, bully, coach, lie, anger, ex convict, insult, cheerleader ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
louisiana, usa, new orleans, southern usa, new jersey
Keyword:
sport, football movie, challenge, buddy movie
Most similar movies to The Waterboy
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, funny and feel good films with plots about rivalry, ambition, underdog, friends, contests and competitions, silly humor and stoner mostly in Comedy, Sport and Action genres. Some movies like The Waterboy: Billy Madison (1995), Ready to Rumble (2000), Happy Gilmore (1996), Here Comes the Boom (2012), Wildcats (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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156K
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:
graduation, elementary school, stupidity, teacher, bullying, teachers and students, high school, family business, mentor, happy ending, father son relationship, rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Two slacker wrestling fans are devastated by the ousting of their favorite character by an unscrupulous promoter.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, funny, intense, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
wrestling, underdog, cheerleader, wrestler, friendship, loser, ambition, goofy hero, follow your dream, athlete's life, down on your luck, disorder ...
Time:
y2k, year 2016, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
246K
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 ...
Style:
funny, feel good, hilarious, slapstick, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
golf, dumb, underdog, rivalry, anger, hockey, eccentricity, ambition, stupidity, contests and competitions, against the odds, friends ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996
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, hilarious, slapstick, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
underdog, against the odds, dumb, coach, tournament, competition, cheerleader, pirate, redemption, rivalry, contests and competitions, gym ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada, california, los angeles
⇓ 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, funny, entertaining, humorous, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
underdog, teacher, martial arts, contests and competitions, mixed martial arts, against the odds, dedicated educator, teachers and students, boxing, lifestyle change, ambition, coach ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies similar to Scary Movie
15K
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, entertaining, inspirational, light, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
american football, football, coach, high school football, high school, rivalry, sport team, ambition, athlete and trainer, mother daughter relationship, ex husband ex wife relationship, custody battle ...
Time:
80s
Place:
chicago
⇓ 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, inspirational, light, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids, boys' night
Plot:
american football, underdog, football team, sport team, college, football, happy ending, transformation, human spirit, rivalry, hopes, against the odds ...
Time:
90s, year 1991
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard little league squads.
Style:
humorous, light, entertaining, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
baseball, youth, mentor, contests and competitions, ambition, coming of age, bullying, group of friends, clumsiness, vengeance, millionaire, pizza ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
10K
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:
humorous, feel good, sentimental, uplifting, offbeat ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
cross dressing, soccer, football, teenager, childhood, youth, farce, milf, women's football (soccer), american football, bike, underdog ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ 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, slapstick, exciting, parody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
car race, racing, farce, sport competition, stupidity, auto racing, betrayal, satire, competition, comeback, championship, teamwork ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, alabama, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, romantic comedy, funny, epic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot:
american football, underdog, football, cheerleader, childhood, coach, sexism, brother brother relationship, father daughter relationship, sibling rivalry, wager, single father ...
Time:
90s
Place:
ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
93K
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, stylized, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
small town, friendship, misfit, ambition, fund raising, obsessive quest, team, young man, contests and competitions, goofy hero, determination, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
washington state, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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, funny, inspirational, hilarious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
prison, american football, underdog, prison life, prison guard, football, redemption, adaptation, betrayal, warden, ex athlete, jail ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, austin texas, san diego california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Taken aback by his mother's wedding announcement, a young man returns home in an effort to stop her from marrying his old high school gym teacher, a man who made high school hell for generations of students.
Style:
funny, humorous, slapstick, light, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teacher, vengeance, writers, transformation, uninhibited rivalry, parents and children, haunted by the past, teachers and students, rivalry, family relations, humiliation, single mother ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
nebraska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
273K
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, teen ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
vacation, friendship, kids and family, friends, old friends reunited, family life, foul language, childhood, buddy, reunited friends, silly humor, breast feeding ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 2000s, year 1978, 70s ...
Place:
boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An overenthusiastic high-school maintenance man attempts to lead an unlikely group of misfits to the Nebraska state tennis championship in Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story? director Danny Leiner's underdog sports comedy. American Pie star ...
Style:
funny, humorous, sexy, satirical, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
tennis, male nudity, teacher, mentor, stereotypes, athlete and trainer, ambition, rivalry, misfit, youth, lifestyle, school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nebraska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
112K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After the lord of darkness decides he will not cede his thrown to any of his three sons, the two most powerful of them escape to Earth to create a kingdom for themselves. This action closes the portal filtering sinful souls to Hell and causes Satan ...
Style:
funny, parody, humorous, not serious, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
devil, fish out of water, imaginary, heaven, dark humor, father son relationship, hell, satanist, love affair, escapades, brothers, family relations ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, y2k, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 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, humorous, spoof, melancholic, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
baseball, american football, football, coach, rivalry, college, social relations, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, against the odds, athlete's life, ambition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop & Remer, invent a new game playing basketball, using baseball rules. When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire's help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone ...
Style:
parody, humorous, absurd, spoof, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
baseball, basketball, friends, farce, unlikely friendships, underdog, business, partner, rivalry, rise to the top, ambition, satire ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
46K
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, teen, light, humorous, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
cheerleading, cheerleader, high school, fall in love, teenager, football, college, youth, love and romance, bare breasts, erotica, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Nerdy high school senior Dizzy Harrison has finally gotten lucky -- after purposely getting expelled, he takes lessons in 'badass cool' from a convict and enrolls at a new school. But can he keep up the ruse?
Style:
feel good, funny, teen, hilarious, parody ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
teenager, high school, bullying, friendship, starting over, stereotypes, high school life, cheerleader, teenage love, misfit, cheerleading, youth ...
Time:
y2k, 2000s
Place:
austin texas, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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, inspirational, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
american football, underdog, football, cheerleading, transformation, adaptation, hopes, rivalry, contests and competitions, against the odds, athlete and trainer, ambition ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, y2k, 80s, 90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Christina Milian stars as sassy cheer captain Lina Cruz, whose world is turned upside-down when her family moves from the urban streets of East Los Angeles to the sunny beach town of Malibu. At her new school, Lina clashes with Avery, the ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, teen ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot:
cheerleader, cheerleading, teenage love, interracial couple, high school, youth, lifestyle, high school hunk, sport team, love and romance, teenage life, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, malibu california, florida, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
91K
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, light, feel good, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bowling, road trip, on the road, older woman younger man, culture clash, mentor, fish out of water, success, against the odds, championship, prodigy, contests and competitions ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1969, year 1979 ...
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, usa, nevada, reno nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one of the many offers from college talent scouts or should he attend the local state college ...
Style:
independent film, teen sex comedy, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
american football, football, brat pack, cheerleader, college, high school, underdog, coming of age, teenager, revenge, student athlete, love ...
Time:
80s, future
Place:
texas, alabama, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Pressured by a greedy uncle (Brian Cox) and a pile of debt, lovable loser Steve Barker (Knoxville) resorts to an unthinkable, contemptible, just-crazy-enough-to-work scheme. He pretends to be mentally challenged to rig the upcoming Special Olympics ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, hilarious, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mentally challenged, rivalry, running, friendship, love and romance, lie, gambling, pretense, track and field, disability, down syndrome, mental disorder ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
With Blue Mountain State football star Thad Castle recently signing a multi-million dollar NFL contract, his teammates and college life seem like a distant memory. However, when a new school dean threatens to clean up the BMS image by auctioning off ...
Style:
sex comedy, funny, feel good, not serious, humorous ...
Plot:
american football, college, party, male pubic hair, sport team, youth, athlete's life, disorder, ambition, abuse, university, teenage life ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
168K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The all-star comedy cast from Grown Ups returns (with some exciting new additions) for more summertime laughs. Lenny (Adam Sandler) has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are ...
Style:
humorous, hilarious, teen, funny, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
friendship, friends, adulthood, party, family relations, unlikely friendships, stupidity, midlife crisis, parenthood, buddy, social relations, grownups ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
140K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A high school slacker who's rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, humorous, teen sex comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
college, teenager, college life, high school, youth, student, education, party, coming of age, slacker, campus, college student ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa, yale university, harvard university
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A washed-up baseball player becomes an attorney. He gets a chance at redemption when his boss asks him to manage the company softball team in hopes of winning a championship.
Style:
funny, feel good, captivating, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
baseball, ambition, against the odds, rivalry, team, baseball team, contests and competitions, group of friends, underdog, mentor, adult humor, clumsiness ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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