Movies like The Accidental Golfer

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The Accidental Golfer (1991)
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The Accidental Golfer (1991)
Original name: Den ofrivillige golfaren
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Sweden, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: I bet anyone can get better at golf than you are in one week, a golfer says to her golfing businessman for a boyfriend in a quarrel. Unfortunately Stig-Helmer is standing nearby when the boyfriend accepts the bet, and he is chosen to be the competitor. Stig-Helmer has never played the game before, but his Norwegian friend Ole promises to help him.
Style: offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot: golf, bet, chosen one, rivalry, ambition, contests and competitions, lifestyle, nothing goes right, buddies, businessman, castle, invention, competition, wager, unemployment, golf club, pub, art gallery, factory worker, golfer, golf course, betting
Time: 90s
Place: scotland, europe, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
Keyword: sweden, sport, challenge

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and feel good films with plots about rivalry, ambition, friends, contests and competitions, underdog, buddies and partner mostly in Comedy, Sport and Drama genres. Some movies like The Accidental Golfer: SOS (1988), Hole in One (2009), Charter Trip 2 (1985), The Sports Pages (2001), Shred (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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SOS (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Sweden, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The landlubber Stig-Helmer and his Norwegian friend Ole get on a barge by mistake. They arrive at an archipelago and have to spend Midsummer among the fancy rich boat people, their yachts and summer houses.
Style: semi serious, realistic, biting, humorous
Plot: water, yacht, escapades, buddies, nothing goes right, friends, social differences, resort, golf, viking, submarine, sinking boat ...
Time: 80s
Place: europe, eastern europe
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95%
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Hole in One (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Eric, a highly-gifted golfer but radically-undisciplined college undergrad, finds his world drastically altered after losing a golf bet to a pair of sadistic plastic surgeons. Eric's bad-boy attitude lifestyle comes to a screeching halt as he ...
Style: humorous, captivating, entertaining, feel good, sex comedy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: golf, college, contests and competitions, rivalry, buddies, ambition, youth, bet, golf club, plastic surgeon, life turned upside down, high school ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Charter Trip 2 (1985)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Sweden, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Stig-Helmer takes another vacation with his norwegian friend Ole. This time it's time for a skiing vacation in the Alps. Of course, Stig-Helmer has never learnt downhill skiing, but he attends a ski school. And together they manage to charm two ...
Style: exciting, realistic, not serious, humorous, offbeat
Plot: hang gliding, picnic, ski resort, winter, holiday, hotel, new year, family relations, skiing, silly humor, mountain, wooing ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: switzerland, alps, swiss alps, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
The Sports Pages (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Dr. Lionel Waddems (Bob Newhart), a golf fanatic. is put on trial for killing his golf partner (Played by Kelsey Grammer). The movie follows the trial in the news and features interviews by people who knew the men. It is based on 2 short stories ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: athlete's life, human spirit, journalism, lifestyle, contests and competitions, nothing goes right, hopes, athlete and trainer, farce, buddies, odd couple, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Shred (2008)
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: realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: buddies, skiing, rivalry, friends, ambition, lifestyle, against the odds, uninhibited rivalry, underdog, hopes, athlete's life, human spirit ...
Time: 90s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Who's Your Caddy? (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When "street smart" rapper Christopher "C-Note" Hawkins (Big Boi) applies for a membership to all-white Carolina Pines Country Club, the establishment's proprietors are hardly ready to oblige him.
Style: humorous, not serious, feel good, light, black comedy ...
Plot: golf, rivalry, culture clash, society, contests and competitions, dishonesty, fish out of water, nothing goes right, resort, hip hop, cons and scams, rapper ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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The Match (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The Match is a romantic comedy set against the story of a grudge football match between two pubs. The prize for the winner of the centenary match is the the closure of their opponent's bar. The Match was mainly filmed around Straiton in ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, independent film
Plot: soccer, football, 007, british pub, family relations, friends, ambition, rivalry, underdog, contests and competitions, good versus evil, college ...
Time: 90s
Place: scotland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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The Call-up (1979)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 85 min.
Story: It's time for Jonsson to return to his old regiment to rehearse what he learned during conscription a few years ago. He meets his old friends, platoon leader Larsson and the music loving captain 'Beethoven'. Jonsson and his comrades ...
Style: cynical, biting, realistic, not serious, humorous
Plot: platoon, military service, disorder, chaos, power relations, friends, superior officer, chaos and mayhem, military base, military life, basic training, military ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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The Dream Team (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A former footballer living in Brittany enlists his old teammates to help the local fisherman to win some games in order to raise money and save jobs.
Style: feel good, semi serious, touching, realistic, funny ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: buddies, sport team, self discovery, working class, contests and competitions, hopes, lifestyle, ambition, down on your luck, power relations, society, social relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, brittany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Caddyshack II (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When a crass new-money tycoon's membership application is turned down at a snooty country club, he retaliates by buying the club and turning it into a tacky amusement park.
Style: slapstick, humorous, not serious, realistic, witty ...
Audience: teens
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Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Save Your Legs! (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When cricket obsessed Teddy Brown realizes his mates are growing up and moving on, he leads them and his D-Grade team on an audacious tour of India, where stumps fly, friendships fray and Ted learns that it's time to start playing shots for ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Plot: ambition, follow your dream, rivalry, sport team, society, buddies, contests and competitions, hopes, culture clash, fish out of water, underdog, male nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, bombay india
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The Calcium Kid (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When milkman Jimmy Connelly accidentally puts Britain's contender for the World title out of action, he is propelled from amateur boxer to the world stage and announced as the replacement contender for the championship fight.
Style: mockumentary, semi serious, realistic, humorous, weird
Plot: boxing, fight, relationship vs career, athlete's life, ambition, rivalry, contests and competitions, lifestyle, boxer, fame, martial arts, food ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, usa, florida, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Tour de Force (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
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Style: humorous, realistic, feel good, light, captivating ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Wild Soccer Bunch 4 (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Germany, Bahamas
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Audience: kids
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Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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 604
The Squeeze (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
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Duration: 95 min.
Story: A humble young man with uncommon skills from a small southern town gets caught up in high stakes golf matches between big-time gamblers until the game becomes life and death.
Style: realistic, serious, tense
Plot: golf, gambling, athlete's life, ambition, dishonesty, bet, money, power relations, twentysomething life, club, mob
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Place: usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Movie in collections
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Happy Gilmore (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
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Audience: teens, kids, date night, girls' night, boys' night
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Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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 530
Turf (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
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Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating
Plot: ambition, partner, rivalry, friends, contests and competitions, gambling, misfit partners, disorder, buddies, dishonesty, horse
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Major League II (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
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Style: not serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, mockumentary ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Freaky Ali (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
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Style: captivating, entertaining, light, feel good, humorous
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Dead Solid Perfect (1988)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A second-string pro golfer desprate for his shot at success tours the country.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous
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Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Cloud 9 (2006)
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: semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, offbeat ...
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Time: 20th century, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Do-Deca-Pentathlon (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two brothers compete in their own private 25-event Olympics.
Style: mumblecore, sincere, semi serious, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: rivalry, contests and competitions, farce, uninhibited rivalry, siblings relations, dysfunctional family, family gatherings, family life, family relations, family problems, olympics, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.3
 480
Bleacher Bums (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
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Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, talky ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: baseball, friends, gambling, lifestyle, against the odds, follow your dream, rivalry, buddies, athlete's life, couple relations, ambition, hopes ...
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 2.2
 5K
Surf School (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A rag-tag bunch of seniors, complete outsiders at their surf-crazed Laguna Beach High School, decide to crash the biggest team surf contest. In order to prevail, however, they must do one important thing...learn to surf! We're taking your ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Major League: Back to the Minors (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good
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⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The World Petanque Tour (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
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Style: semi serious, humorous, witty, captivating, realistic
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Time: 21st century
Place: france, algeria, cote d'azur, provence
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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