Movies like We Are the Champions

If you like "We Are the Champions" you are looking for humorous, captivating and light movies about / with football, coach, single father, father son relationship, champion, punishment and father figure themes of Comedy and Sport genre shot in Denmark.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps: 1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below). 2. Look for them in the presented list.
We Are the Champions (2005)
 5.2
 271
We Are the Champions (2005)
Original name: Af banen!
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Denmark
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Divorced father without custody Torben, a former pro soccer player, concentrates on his talented son David's juniors poorly performing team. When the coach suddenly accepts another position, Torben gets his change 'for the time being'. He becomes a substitute father for several of the boys. He's opposed by many parents, but finds love again with one player's single mother. Yet the greatest reward comes from David, in a twisted way.
Style: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, entertaining
Audience: kids
Plot: football, coach, single father, father son relationship, champion, punishment, father figure, rivalry, sport team, contests and competitions, friendship, soccer, public humiliation, embarrassment, divorced parents, male bonding, loyalty, friendship between men, dressing room, father son hug, male friendship, locker room
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark
Keyword: sport

Movie in categories

Most similar movies to We Are the Champions

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, captivating and entertaining films with plots about sport team, football, rivalry, contests and competitions, ambition, soccer and football team mostly in Comedy, Sport and Romance genres. Some movies like We Are the Champions: Girls Got Game (2021), The Footballest (2018), Trainer at the ball 2 (2008), The Merger (2018), The Devil's Kickers (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie
 6.2
 424
Girls Got Game (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A local female football team works together to get through hard times and overcome sexual prejudice. Their strength is tested when they lose not only the games, but also their beloved coach who was the core of their team. But they work together to ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, light, satirical, captivating ...
Plot: football player, soccer, sport team, contests and competitions, ambitious woman, football, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, soccer match, female protagonist, direction and purpose, ambition, lifestyle ...
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
The Footballest (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Francisco and his closest friends play on a soccer team that has reached its lowest point. They’ve got to win one of the next three games to keep the school from cutting their team altogether. A series of strange events take place in the first two ...
Style: light, humorous, semi serious, captivating, exciting
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: football, referee, contests and competitions, sport team, youth, rivalry, friendship, teamwork, teenager, follow your dream, hopes, stubbornness ...
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Trainer at the ball 2 (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The famous Italian football coach Oronzo Canà has retired to a villa in Apulia. Now, old and tired, he is enjoying a quiet life there, cultivating his vineyard, when suddenly he is summoned to Milan, in northern Italy. There the elderly chairman of ...
Style: light, captivating, funny, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot: football, soccer, sports man, coach, satire, humour, athlete and trainer, silly humor, football player, absurd humor, football team, soccer coach ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
 6.6
 1K
The Merger (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A country football coach who has a plan to rebuild the local football team by recruiting recently settled asylum seekers.
Style: light, feel good, captivating, humorous, independent film
Plot: football team, football, community, friendship, career, camaraderie, redemption, coach, rivalry, contests and competitions, society, refugee ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Movie in collections
The Devil's Kickers (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story: After his parents separate and he loses his place on the soccer team, Moritz must put together a new team against incredible odds.
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, exciting, teen comedy
Audience: kids
Plot: soccer, friendship, child's point of view, family relations, mischievous children, rivalry, ambition, contests and competitions, youth, parents and children, disorder, parents separation ...
Place: europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 3.1
 114
Soccer Killer (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: China
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In the Song Dynasty, a group of patriots play soccer against the traitor with a team of foreign enemies, royal pro-nobles, bandits, martial arts masters and embrace the country hatred to compete for the first time in the history of China ...
Style: captivating, exciting, funny, entertaining, humorous
Plot: soccer, martial arts, sporting event, sport competition, playing football, football, soccer match, football player, football team, sport team, wuxia
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Benchwarmers 2: Breaking Balls (2019)
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 ⇓
49%
 6.0
 22K
Home Team (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Two years after a Super Bowl win when NFL head coach Sean Payton is suspended, he goes back to his hometown and finds himself reconnecting with his 12-year-old son by coaching his Pop Warner football team.
Style: satirical, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, funny ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: american football, american football player, sport team, hometown, coach, father son relationship, team, football, life, youth, athlete and trainer, soccer coach ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, year 2012
Place: new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Movie in collections
light movies
11020
friendship movies
18934
feel good movies
13548
entertaining movies
15074
 6.3
 5K
Didier (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Sport
Country: France, Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Jean-Pierre Costa is a football manager upon whom fate appears not to be smiling. First, a friend, Annabelle, dumps a pet Labrador named Didier on him whilst she goes off to make a report in Los Angeles. Next, one of his star players is injured, ...
Style: not serious, humorous, feel good
Audience: family outing
Plot: football, soccer, dog, sport team, disorder, supernatural, ambition, underdog, contests and competitions, hopes, rivalry, against the odds ...
Time: 90s
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Necessary Roughness (1991)
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 ⇓
44%
Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Mike Bassett: England Manager is an hilarious British Comedy that stars Ricky Thomlinson. Featuring Cameos from Barry Venison, Gabby Yorath, Atomic Kitten and Pele.When the England manager has a heart attack, footballs' top brass turn to Mike ...
Style: not serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, mockumentary ...
Plot: soccer, football, athlete's life, rise to the top, profanity, ambition, lifestyle, sport team, athlete and trainer, underdog, contests and competitions, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, rio de janeiro, brazil, europe, latin america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 3.6
 58
Sexy Soccer (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: China
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Down on his luck soccer coach Rolando is having a hard time scoring; in more ways than one! In debt to a loan shark; he really needs to improve his game. Desperately in need of a big win, he comes up with the perfect plan: a beautiful all girls ...
Style: erotic, light, satirical, funny, captivating ...
Plot: erotica, soccer, football, strong female presence, team, erotic fantasy, seductive woman, seduction, female sexuality, humour, girl group, seductress ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 5.0
 975
Cupid's Balls (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Norway
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Swedish Lucas moves from Stockholm to a small Norwegian town, and immediately falls in love with Susanne, the goal keeper of the local girls' soccer team. He becomes axquanted with the overweight, sex-fixated son of the coach. With him as a ...
Style: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: football, teenage love, sport team, contests and competitions, fall in love, rivalry, youth, buddies, ambition, social relations, village, gain trust ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.2
 1K
Paper Lion (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Sportswriter George Plimpton poses as a rookie quarterback for the Detroit Lions for a "Sports Illustrated" article.
Style: slapstick, realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Plot: american football, writers, football, sport team, power relations, underdog, hopes, human spirit, ego clash, ambition, lifestyle, athlete and trainer ...
Time: 60s
Place: usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 5.9
 669
Tour de Force (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Family man François Nouel (Clovis Cornillac) is the number one fan of the Tour de France – an obsession that costs him his wife and his job. At a loose end, François meets a former sports manager, Rémi (Bouli Lanners) who encourages him to take ...
Style: humorous, realistic, feel good, light, captivating ...
Plot: cycling, contests and competitions, rivalry, ambition, human spirit, escapades, hopes, bicycle, tour de france, lifestyle, underdog, obsessive quest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 5.4
 1K
Coach (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A slacker trust-fund type finds the motivation to pick up a job as the coach of middle school soccer team
Style: semi serious, humorous, entertaining, light, romantic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: coach, ambition, lifestyle, hopes, direction and purpose, slacker, misfit, football, soccer, buddies, athlete and trainer, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 5.5
 2K
FC Venus (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: Finland
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Pete is a football enthusiast, who plays as a goalkeeper for FC HeMan, a team playing in the lowest possible league. His girlfriend, Anna, hates the whole sport. Pete and his teammates are planning to travel to watch the Football World Cup held in ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, captivating ...
Plot: football, soccer, sport team, ambition, rivalry, couple relations, love and romance, male female relationship, playing football, woman, husband wife relationship, football team ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 6.1
 920
The First Team (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The misadventures of three young football players Mattie, Jack and Benji, at a fictional Premier League club with terrifying team hard-man Petey, mercurial Italian manager Cesare and eccentric chairman Mark Crane.
Style: sitcom, feel good, semi serious, funny, satirical ...
Plot: football team, football player, friendship, young man, football, soccer coach, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, sport team, playing football, satire, soccer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Movie in collections
 6.7
 121
Lanky Girls (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Mikhail Kovalev, the protagonist, is a talented and successful coach of a Super League men's volleyball team. He is pretty short but compensates it with bad temper and aggressive behavior. He lives large and often drops his girlfriends whom he ...
Style: funny, entertaining, feel good, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: volleyball, sport team, rivals, athlete and trainer, professional rivalry, sexism, contest, athlete's life, male female relationship, rivalry, humour, contests and competitions ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Have Fun, Vasya! Date in Bali (2021)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Pasha again had a great opportunity to cheat on his wife with beautiful Vasya. Max had the opportunity to destroy Mitya and return Nastya. All the characters converge on the island of Bali, where they are waiting for chases, fights without rules and ...
Style: feel good, romantic, light, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: island, romantic friendship, escapades, rivalry, friends, friendship, contests and competitions, male female relationship, romantic relationship, love and romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, humour ...
Place: bali
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.5
 11K
The Big Green (1995)
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, light, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, teen drama
Plot: soccer, school, underdog, childhood, youth, athlete and trainer, football, high school life, against the odds, small town life, teachers and students, follow your dream ...
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.6
 420
Like a Virgin (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Chubby high school student and Madonna-devotee Oh Dong-ku is a trans woman living with her abusive, alcoholic father. Dong-ku works part-time to save money for the sex reassignment surgery she craves. Despite being told that she has the perfect ...
Style: light, captivating, entertaining
Plot: gay, sport competition, coach, lgbt, transsexual, contests and competitions, gender bending, obesity, obese, gender issues, fight, trance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Playing for Keeps (2012)
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, funny, sexy, inspirational, semi serious ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: soccer, father son relationship, football, soccer coach, single father, eligible bachelor, relationships, mentor, parents, family drama, athlete, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Movie in collections
 6.2
 538
I, Potro (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Mexico
Duration: 50 min.
Story: Former Club de Cuervos player Potro returns home to Argentina to crash the wedding of his famous soccer-star brother and confront his estranged family.
Style: feel good, funny, captivating, light, humorous ...
Plot: football player, wedding, brother, brother brother relationship, satire, family relations, humour, soccer, fired from the job, fight, female nudity, breasts
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Hot Flashes (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: An unlikely basketball team of unappreciated middle-aged Texas women, all former high school champs, challenge the current high school girls’ state champs to raise money for breast cancer prevention. Sparks fly as the women go to comic extremes to ...
Style: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, funny ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: basketball, breast cancer, rivalry, contests and competitions, against the odds, friendship, cheerleader, strong female presence, sport team, underdog, ambition, menopause ...
Time: 21st century
Place: austin texas, usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.0
 15K
Wildcats (1986)
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 ⇓
34%
 5.5
 10K
Ladybugs (1992)
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 ⇓
33%
 7.1
 3K
All Stars (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Leading up to their 500th match, the late twenty-something members of a Dutch amateur soccer team have their intimate bond put to the test as they each find themselves facing increasing responsibilities off the pitch.
Style: realistic, not serious, humorous, feel good
Audience: boys' night
Plot: football, friendship, soccer, lgbt, friendship between men, closeted homosexual, cheating, silly humor, ambition, contests and competitions, buddies, sport team ...
Time: 90s
Place: europe, netherlands
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.3
 2K
Pegasus (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: China
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Zhang Chi, a hubris and dominating six-time racing champion, falls from grace following a crisis. After a five-year suspension from the motorsport, the now single-father to a six-year-old boy throws down the gauntlet once again.
Style: entertaining, feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot: auto racing, champion, racing, car, racecar driver, competitor, athlete's life, fast car, escapades, race car, satire, second chance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
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, sentimental, humorous, feel good, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot: dog, golden retriever, american football, pets, football, animal, kidnapping, family relations, coach, best friend, teenage life, friendship ...
Time: year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie