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Hitting the Nuts (2010)
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Hitting the Nuts (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Hitting the Nuts is the 'true' story of the 2009 Scott County, Indiana Poker Championship as told by those who were there. This mockumentary follows the town preacher, busty waitress, lovable redneck dad, portly returning champion and a simple Amish farmer as they do battle in the town's annual, illegal Texas Hold 'em Tournament.
Style: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, mockumentary
Plot: poker, rivalry, ambition, gambling, parents and children, society, sport team, contests and competitions, clergy, racism, small town, underdog, religions or cults, improv, battles, mind game, small town life, looking for sex, group, amish
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: indiana

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and feel good films with plots about contests and competitions, rivalry, ambition, friends, underdog, small town life and small town mostly in Comedy, Family and Sport genres. Some movies like Hitting the Nuts: The Grand (2007), Death and Texas (2004), Super Sucker (2002), The Watermelon Heist (2003), Turf (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Grand (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story is set in the world of professional poker and follows six players who reach the final table of the world’s second most famous high stakes ...
Style: funny, humorous, mockumentary, entertaining, clever ...
Plot: gambling, poker, gambler, greed, sarcasm, adaptation, contests and competitions, casino, underdog, ambition, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, nevada, usa
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95%
Death and Texas (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Barefoot Bobby Briggs, the legendary running back for the Austin Steers was today sentenced to die for his role in the armed robbery/murder at a downtown Stop 'n Go convenience store... It's five years later, and Bobby's appeals have ...
Style: witty, humorous, realistic, semi serious, mockumentary ...
Plot: satire, murder, prison life, athlete's life, rivalry, fighting the system, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, courtroom drama, legal, sport team, death row ...
Place: usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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Super Sucker (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Two door to door vaccuum cleaner salesmen hilariously compete against each other.
Style: humorous, semi serious, witty, light, sex comedy
Audience: teens
Plot: workplace, rise to the top, rivalry, against the odds, ambition, obnoxious boss, workplace situations, uninhibited rivalry, farce, workplace romance, boss and employee, silly humor ...
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85%
The Watermelon Heist (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: To make money fast the Browns come up with a plan to win a contest for "Watermelon Juice Afro Sheen," awarding $10,000 to whoever can find the juiciest, sweetest watermelon in the country.
Style: humorous, semi serious, funny, light, realistic ...
Plot: rivalry, ambition, silly humor, underdog, society, contests and competitions, disorder, rise and fall, teenage life, downfall, redneck, contest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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 4.2
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Turf (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: This is the story of four French friends: the Greek (an osteopath), Fifi (who lives with his mother), Fortuné (a West Indian) and Freddy (a gambler). They meet up regularly at a Parisian bookmakers’, their favourite haunt. Tired of frittering ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating
Plot: ambition, partner, rivalry, friends, contests and competitions, gambling, misfit partners, disorder, buddies, dishonesty, horse
Time: 21st century
Place: france, french riviera
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80%
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More of Me (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Alice is your typical modern woman, juggling her demanding roles as a mother of twins, a loving wife and a successful career woman. She struggles to keep all the balls in the air, until the day it all becomes too much for one person to handle and ...
Style: witty, realistic, humorous, semi serious
Plot: wish come true, hopes, rivalry, relationship vs career, couples, suburbs, power relations, behavior control, parents and children, disorder, life turned upside down, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
And the Winner Is... (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Comedy - The hypocrisy lurking behind politics and small-town life is revealed in this sharp, hilarious satire that finds Centerville shaking up its mayoral election by forcing the candidates to participate in an "Election Pageant." Seven ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, feel good, realistic ...
Plot: politics, satire, ambition, rise to the top, transvestism, campaign, social decay, social differences, lifestyle, rivalry, contests and competitions, society ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Caught cheating and banned for ten years, Bobby Dukes, paintball's first superstar, returns to reclaim his title and erase the memory of his tainted past.
Style: witty, feel good, humorous, not serious, mockumentary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: rise and fall, ambition, rivalry, goofy hero, underdog, contests and competitions, buddies, social satire, partner, rejection, friends, misfit ...
Time: year 2004
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Bait Shop (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Its Barbershop for Rednecks. Bill is a bait shop owner who has to make a balloon payment of $15,000 or else the bank will close his shop. Unable to make the payment from the proceeds of the shop, Bill must compete in the annual Bass Tournament, ...
Style: humorous, captivating, feel good, light, entertaining ...
Plot: fishing, save the day, rivalry, contests and competitions, workplace, family business, ambition, friends, store, small town, working class, small town life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
 5.4
 536
Closing Escrow (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Three quirky families seeking to buy their next home collide when trying to purchase the same property. The bidding war tests the limits of their marriages and the resolve of their agents.
Style: mockumentary, humorous, cynical, light, feel good ...
Plot: uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, eccentric family, social relations, family relations, ambition, satire, real estate, couples, marriage, estate, found footage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
 3.6
 510
White T (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Rapping twins Herbert (Jerod Mixon) and Henry (Jamal Mixon) get a shot at stardom when they purchase a prize-winning T-shirt that lands them a chance to perform alongside a hip-hop legend, but they find their dreams going up in flames when their ...
Style: realistic, humorous, captivating, semi serious, exciting ...
Plot: hip hop, ambition, rivalry, society, twins, social misfits, contests and competitions, adventurer, comedy duo, urban setting, african american, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, southern california, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
The Flying Scissors (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Comedy starring Mason Pettit, Matthew Arkin, Devin Ratray
Style: realistic, not serious, humorous, witty, mockumentary ...
Plot: uninhibited rivalry, lifestyle, rivalry, silly humor, contests and competitions, found footage, steroids, museum, feminist, rock paper scissors, ambition
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
The Mother of Invention (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A mockumentary about an aspiring inventor who dreams of winning an annual young inventor award. The only problem is... he's never made an invention that works.
Style: stylized, humorous, semi serious, realistic, entertaining ...
Plot: inventions and discoveries, ambition, contests and competitions, found footage, rivalry, inventor, multiple contestants, humour, invention, rivals, lonely
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
American Cowslip (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In Blythe, California, a small town in the remote California desert, Ethan Inglebrink is an eccentric, agoraphobic heroin addict who is obsessed with his garden. This dark comedy follows the last days of Ethan's life as he struggles to find ...
Style: semi serious, cynical, humorous, realistic, dark comedy ...
Plot: redneck, friends, contests and competitions, life is a bitch, drug abuse, ambition, siblings relations, buddies, couples, dark humor, addiction, eccentric man ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
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62%
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Down and Derby (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A local Pinewood Derby competition transforms an average group of dads into overzealous rivals desperate to build the winning car. As egos swell, the kids are lucky if they get to pick the paint color. While the dads are busy with outlandish ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, touching, feel good, sentimental ...
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Plot: rivalry, ambition, disorder, optimism, contests and competitions, athlete's life, child as adult, parents and children, family life, sport team, underdog, small town ...
Time: 21st century
Place: montana
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58%
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Raising Flagg (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A comedy centered on a handyman (Arkin) and his lifelong competition with his neighbor (Pendleton.)
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, touching, feel good ...
Plot: parents and children, single parent, couple relations, betrayal, family relations, couples, friendship, eccentric family, family life, contests and competitions, small town, human nature ...
Place: oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
The Breakdance Kid (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: In 1984, loser pizza guy Whitey Johnson is run over by a semi truck on live television, making him a local hero. The world watches as Whitey vows to not only walk again but to win his town's breakdance competition. Whitey struggles to conquer ...
Style: touching, semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic ...
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Plot: hip hop, teenage love, follow your dream, lifestyle, dancer's life, ambition, rivalry, love and romance, hopes, contests and competitions, youth, high school life ...
Time: 80s
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58%
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 ⇓
58%
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Soccer Days (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A comedic romp that celebrates the power of friendship to turn your life around, Dias de Futbol introduces us to Antonio, an ex-convict and amateur shrink who convinces his pals that the best way to overcome their midlife crises and lack of success ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic
Plot: football, soccer, friendship, marriage, starting over, follow your dream, ambition, athlete's life, contests and competitions, introspection, lifestyle, rivalry ...
Place: spain, europe
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58%
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Stuntmen (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When the industry's two biggest stuntmen are nominated for Stuntman of the Year, an over-ambitious documentarian reignites a dormant rivalry between the two men that results in an all out press war.
Style: realistic, rough, semi serious, humorous, exciting ...
Plot: stuntman, contests and competitions, actor's life, rivalry, artists and showbiz, rise to the top, downfall, hollywood, filmmaking, ambition, celebrity culture, showbiz ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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57%
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Route 30 (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: 3 interconnecting stories set along the Lincoln Highway in South Central Pennsylvania.
Style: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot: urban legend, farm, introspection, society, small town, writers, friendship, rivalry, relocation, bigfoot, amish, sasquatch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pennsylvania, usa
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51%
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Answer This! (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Brilliant trivia whiz Paul Tarson is great at answering little questions but horrible at answering the big ones – like what’s he going to do after grad school? When his father withdraws his funding, Paul is forced to confront his future and much ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: adolescence vs adulthood, college, contests and competitions, rivalry, family relations, youth, goofy hero, introspection, university, college life, underdog, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: michigan
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50%
An Everlasting Piece (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Colin (Barry McEvoy) is a Catholic and George (Brian O'Byrne) is a poetry-loving Protestant. In Belfast in the 1980s, they could have been enemies, but instead they became business partners. After persuading a mad wig salesman, known as the ...
Style: humorous, psychological, absurd, stylized, feel good ...
Plot: ira, friendship, society, rivalry, politics, religions or cults, food, hunting, trouble, criminal heroes, contests and competitions, friends ...
Time: 90s
Place: ireland, northern ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Cold Turkey (1971)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Reverend Brooks leads the town in a contest to stop smoking for a month, But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. If townspeople don't go nuts, from wanting a cigarette, or kill ...
Style: parody, realistic, semi serious, witty, offbeat ...
Plot: church, clergy, drug, satire, small town, addiction, silly humor, disorder, social relations, lifestyle, media, nothing goes right ...
Time: year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place: iowa, usa
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49%
The World of Don Camillo (1984)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A priest helps the small town he's stationed in to resolve conflicts by working together.
Style: grindhouse, realistic, not serious, humorous
Plot: humour, priest, love hate relationship, parachuting, social relations, sport team, society, contests and competitions, rivalry, clergy, uninhibited rivalry, ambition ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: italy
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48%
Tommy and the Cool Mule (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Tommy Braxxton's father went away to war and never returned leaving Tommy faced with the daunting journey of becoming a man and the responsibility of supporting his single mom and sister. Along the way Tommy finds an unusual friend - a ...
Style: realistic, humorous, captivating, light, semi serious
Audience: family outing
Plot: starting over, family relations, hopes, rivalry, contests and competitions, farm, ambition, grownups, love, friendship, youth, bank ...
Time: 21st century
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47%
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LolliLove (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min.
Story: A hip, misguided Southern California couple decide to make a difference in the lives of the homeless by giving them lollipops with a cheery slogan on the wrapper.
Style: mockumentary, realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Plot: social differences, social relations, rich and poor, nothing goes right, society, homelessness, charity, satire, homeless, couples
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Godfather of Green Bay (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Joe Keegan is the 'Rocky' of stand-up comedy. A fifteen-year comedy veteran who was pegged for stardom early on in his career but has blown every major audition he has ever had in legendary fashion. Fresh off a recent fiasco with a heckler ...
Style: humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious
Plot: lifestyle, ambition, once in a lifetime opportunity, desire for fame, best friend, showbiz, drug dealing, partner, buddies, artists and showbiz, contests and competitions, dull life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 5.3
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Gamers (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Gamers is a comedy about the lives of four slacker friends (and one obsessive interloper) living at home, -"with my parents... it's just temporary... 'til they die"- working in the real world but playing in a fantasy world. ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, mockumentary
Plot: friendship, rivalry, obsessive quest, friends, obsession, farce, curses spells and rituals, dark humor, racism, lsd, role playing, gamer ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 3.4
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Bad Parents (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A suburban mom relives her season with the soccer obsessed sports parents whose outrageous "win at all costs" behavior spirals out of control.
Style: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot: soccer, family relations, eccentric family, obsession, parents and children, rivalry, sport team, youth, satire, athlete and trainer, ambition, underdog ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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