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Dodgeball (2015)
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Original name: Vybíjená
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Story:
An adaptation of a best-selling novel by Michal Viewegh is a comedy about friendship, fateful loves, beauty and ugliness, alcohol, and the search for human happiness. The plot revolves around three friends - Jeff, Skippy and Tom - whose ups and downs and relationship breakups keep bringing them back to a shared bachelor apartment. Their counterparts in the story are two women - the class beauty Eva, who becomes the object of desire of all three guys in turn, and the ugly Hujerova, whose ironic attitude to herself and life in general gives her the ability to survive in a world that prizes beauty and to find her own path to happiness. - Czech film center
Style:
non-linear, humorous, psychological, light, sexy, unusual plot structure, contemplative
Plot:
friendship, love, unrequited love, friendship between men, midlife crisis, group of friends, sexism, classmate classmate relationship, sexual desire, 40 year old, vulgar, alcohol abuse, love and romance, society, wedding ceremony, ex classmate ex classmate relationship, classmate, high school reunion, teacher student relationship, christmas, dog, teenager, lawyer, teacher, wedding ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
central europe
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Most similar movies to Dodgeball
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, light, captivating and unusual plot structure films with plots about friendship, family relations, teenager, love, love and romance, teenage girl and teenage boy mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Dodgeball: Wilson (2017), Bad Poems (2018), The D Train (2015), National Street (2019), Another Round (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
11K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Middle-aged and divorced, Wilson finds himself lonely, smug and obsessed with his past.
Style:
comedy drama, art house, entertaining, cult classic, f word
Plot:
misfit, loneliness, midlife crisis, sex scene, middle aged man, death of father, ex husband ex wife relationship, group therapy, husband wife estrangement, friendship, name calling, adoptive father adopted daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
minnesota, portland oregon, st. louis missouri
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
33-years old Tamás Merthner is heartbroken, after his girlfriend Anna, who is on a scholarship in Paris, breaks up with him. While wallowing in self-pity, Tamás takes a trip down memory lane to figure out if love only exists when it's ...
Style:
psychological, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative, tense ...
Plot:
boyfriend girlfriend relationship, midlife crisis, breakup, male objectification, friendship between men, group of friends, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, love, couple relations, love and romance, couples, friendship ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
central europe, paris france, budapest
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
With his 20th reunion looming, Dan can’t shake his high school insecurities. In a misguided mission to prove he’s changed, Dan rekindles a friendship with the popular guy from his class and is left scrambling to protect more than just his ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, realistic, light, funny ...
Plot:
gay, friendship, high school reunion, lgbt, teenage boy, high school, low self esteem, employer employee relationship, obsession, party, midlife crisis, eavesdropping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Overwhelmed by a world he can no longer control, a quarrelsome worker in his fifties tries to preserve the integrity of his neighbourhood...
Style:
ambiguous ending, light, touching, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
friendship, group of friends, gay slur, father son relationship, murder, mayor, suicide, loss of father, dark humor, friendship between men, mentor, chase ...
Time:
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Place:
prague, central europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Four high school teachers launch a drinking experiment: upholding a constant low level of intoxication.
Style:
dark comedy, sexy, social, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, drinking, teacher, midlife crisis, group of friends, alcohol abuse, nordic, experiment, marriage, friendship between men, dancing, drunkenness ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, year 2013, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen, eastern europe
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Hořká komedie režiséra Ondřeje Trojana Občanský průkaz na motivy stejnojmenné knihy Petra Šabacha sleduje osudy čtveřice dospívajících mladíků, jejich přátel, lásek a rodičů od okamžiku, kdy v patnácti letech dostanou ...
Style:
humorous, light, sincere, captivating, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
coming of age, group of friends, communist, friendship between boys, family relations, communism, teenager, teenage boy, teenage protagonist, friends, youth, friendship ...
Time:
70s
Place:
central europe, czechoslovakia
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tragedy meets comedy in seven stories about how our entire world can collapse at any given moment.
Style:
tragicomedy, dark comedy, non-linear, neurotic, light ...
Plot:
group of friends, husband wife relationship, passive aggressive woman, passive aggressive man, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, comedy of manners, multiple storylines, wedding, dark humor, party, failed expectations, wedding day ...
Place:
central europe, poland, warsaw poland
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A writer gets into a rehab where he meets a lot of successful men who destroyed their lives with alcohol.
Style:
thought provoking, humorous, sentimental, compassionate, melancholic ...
Plot:
addiction, alcoholic, drunkenness, female doctor, doctor, drunken man, group therapy, friendship between men, friendship, therapy, rehabilitation, marathon ...
Place:
europe, prague, central europe
Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Twenty-five years after their youthful ski-camp friendships, a tight-knit group of former classmates reunites at the same mountain lodge to see if a long-held platonic crush can finally turn real, and to reckon with all they never said or did.
Plot:
ex classmate ex classmate relationship, photography, photograph, mountain, high school reunion, spoiled girl, passive aggressive behavior, passive aggressive woman, estranged son, estranged daughter, drunkenness, comedian ...
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Patrick returns to San Francisco for the first time in almost a year to celebrate a momentous event with his old friends. In the process, he must face the unresolved relationships he left behind and make difficult choices about what’s important to ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, contemplative, psychological, unusual plot structure, humorous ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, group of friends, love, gay wedding, ex lover, one night stand, gay club, friendship between men, lgbtq, nightlife, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
68%
512
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Dedicated home care nurse Vlasta attends her whimsical patients in Czech wine country and lives for her husband Lada and her daughter, but one day things change and Vlasta is forced to reach outside of her comfort zone. Drama and gentle humor ...
Style:
captivating, humorous, touching, talky, sincere ...
Plot:
alternative medicine, wedding ceremony, painter, medicine, death, hospital, cancer, physician, patient, nurse patient relationship, priest, funeral ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, central europe
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The last drop for Jan's resolution is the voluntary death of his father-in-law, whose strength and patience ran dry. Grandma made decisions about Grandpa's life, old age as well as the funeral. Jan is sure that he and his wife Olga are on ...
Style:
light, unusual plot structure, humorous, feel good, social ...
Plot:
dark humor, brother sister relationship, husband wife relationship, female antagonist, father daughter relationship, death of father, father son relationship, university, bossy wife, matriarchy, emotional abuse, abusive wife ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
prague, europe, central europe
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Netherlands
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Celebrity hairdresser Erika might seem to have it all: a successful business, her own TV show, stylish modern loft in center of Prague, designer clothes, lots of friends and an ever-loving mother with a housework fixation. However, as Erika reaches ...
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, psychological, contemplative
Plot:
strong female character, female protagonist, secret relationship, midlife crisis, death of mother, domineering mother, ex husband ex wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, television crew, bare butt, gay best friend, best friend ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
central europe, europe
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Follows a group of high school students growing up in southern California, based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, ...
Style:
teen sex comedy, humorous, sexy, funny, teen ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
high school, coming of age, abortion, friendship, teenager, stoner, shopping mall, teacher, sex scene, teenage pregnancy, unwanted pregnancy, high school student ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, southern california, usa
Similarity:
67%
638
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The life of the ordinary teenager Vania changes when he makes the acquaintance of three strange guys. Sportsmen, hooligans, dreamers – they call themselves “Rag Union” and believe that they can change the world. Enchanted by his new ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, sincere, feel good, light ...
Plot:
cemetery, company, rape accusation, friendship, parkour, teenage boy, rebellious youth, teenage life, adolescence, humour, teenage love, realism ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
moscow russia, russia
Similarity:
67%
51K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Teenage Mary Cummings, who has "been Born Again her whole life," is about to enter her senior year at American Eagle Christian High School near Baltimore with her Fundamentalist Christian friends Hilary Faye and Veronica, the three of whom ...
Style:
touching, teen, independent film, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama ...
Plot:
high school, pregnancy, teenage pregnancy, teenage girl, coming of age, closeted homosexual, pregnant girl, pregnant teenager, gay, youth, satire, friendship ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
maryland, xian, baltimore, california, new jersey
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two families, Sebkovi and Krausovi, are celebrating christmas, but not everyone is in a good mood. Teenage kids think their fathers are totaly stupid, fathers are sure their children are nothing more than rebels, hating anything they say. Written by ...
Style:
cult classic, humorous, touching, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
christmas, coming of age, renaissance, communism, boy, communist, occupation, domineering father, death, neighbor, mission, totalitarian regime ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s, year 1967
Place:
czech republic, prague, eastern europe, balkan, europe ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Also known as Moritorium and Georgia's Friends, Four Friends follows the titular quartet from high school to young adulthood. The film is set during the tumultuous 1960s, an era when everyone's values were turned inside out, shaken around, ...
Style:
esoteric, non-linear, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
vietnam war, female nudity, young lovers, sex scene, impossible love, voyeur, male nudity, bare breasts, nude girl, loneliness, time travel, sex crime ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1961, year 1981
Place:
illinois, america, usa
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
François Sim considers himself worthless and he may have good reasons for that. Hasn't he lost his job as well as his wife Caroline? Isn't he unable to relate to Lucy, his teenage daughter? Didn't he, when he was eighteen miss out on ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, contemplative, unusual plot structure, humorous ...
Plot:
divorced man, dentist, ex wife, father daughter relationship, depression, salesman, family relations, new job, parents and children, life is a bitch, meaning of life, road trip ...
Time:
year 2015, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Juha Berg is a 30-year-old hopeless drunk in the Kallio neighborhood of Helsinki. Juha doesn't have the first intention of changing his way of life - just the opposite. He really enjoys sundry sexual relationships, adrenalin-inducing violence ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, sexual ...
Plot:
best friend, love and romance, starting over, hopes, alcohol abuse, drinking, temptation, suicide attempt, friendship, drunk, alcoholism, male friendship ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
finland, eastern europe, helsinki finland
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Frustrated by the hypocrisy they see in their parents, teachers, and the entire school board, an unlikely trio set out to find a common truth and make their voices heard as they revive a defunct school club and take on the world.
Style:
sexy, sincere, humorous, melancholic, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenager, gay teenager, high school student, gay, teenage boy, gay bar, competition, teenage pregnancy, swimming pool, debate, teenage girl, high school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portland oregon
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Through their individual trials and turbulence, three strangers are drawn together under one roof.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, humorous, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot:
friendship, redemption, love, relationship problems, family relations, couples, strong female presence, love and romance, man in underwear, oral sex, police, male objectification ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This romantic comedy presents a story of two women, twenty-year-old Laura, an editor at a woman’s weekly, and her widowed mother, a translator-interpreter named Jana. The two of them tirelessly seek Mr. Right. Having once lived through an intense ...
Plot:
love, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion, vacation, subway, english class, widow, grandmother, hairdresser, translator, parachuting, neighbor, journalist ...
Place:
central europe, czech republic
Similarity:
66%
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869
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Forbach, East of France, today. Mario, a man without much ambition, except where love is concerned, is back to square one after his wife left home. He now must raise his two adolescent daughters by himself, while going through some sort of a teenage ...
Style:
contemplative, unusual plot structure, psychological, feel good, humorous ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, teenage girl, sister sister relationship, teenager, school, family relations, friendship, youth, friends, society, lgbtq, woman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
This humorous movie charts the life of a 14-year-old (Tristan) as he deals with some major issues in his life. At the beginning of the movie, he has already decided to dedicate his life to writing and losing his virginity (while his parents are away ...
Style:
sexual, realistic, serious, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
coming of age, age difference, family relations, friendship, loss of virginity, couples, friends, self discovery, love and romance, hopes, youth, dealing with death ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, madrid
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Do we really know our parents? Fourteen-year-old Anouk suddenly discovers another side to her mother during an observation workshop that she carries out in the insurance company where her mother works.
An immersion week in the company's adult ...
Style:
sincere, contemplative, unusual plot structure, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, insurance, insurance company, friendship, youth, society, friends, workplace situations, parents and children, fraud, elevator ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Through the course of their lives, a man and his first love are repeatedly separated from each other because of circumstances out of their control.
Style:
romantic, emotional, realistic, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
love story, wedding, first love, wedding invitation, friendship, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, relationships, male female relationship, ex couple relations, love and romance, couples, love affair ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, year 2005, 2010s, year 2017 ...
Place:
south korea, east asia, seoul, asia
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A look at the friendship between two guys that spans over many years.
Style:
light, emotional, intense, funny
Plot:
friendship between men, cyclist, cycling, best friend, friendship, male friendship, infidelity, betrayal, family relations, adultery, love triangle, male bonding ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
So Long Suburbia is a campy queer coming of age teen film. Can be watched here: https://vimeo.com/195164161 (Offical)
Style:
sexy, captivating, unusual plot structure, contemplative, indie film ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
lgbt, coming of age, youth, gay, bisexual, teenager, lesbian, love and romance, fall in love, society, love, teenage boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Story:
Pedantic policeman Frantisek (Ondrej Vetchý) wants to bring up his three daughters with a firm hand. He would like to see the girls coupled with capable and successful men, but instead they have the talent to find the opposite. Moreover, one of ...
Style:
parody, humorous, contemplative, feel good, psychological ...
Plot:
parent child relationship, sibling relationship, husband wife relationship, sister sister relationship, father daughter relationship, wedding, teenage girl, domineering father, relationships, parents and children, couples, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
prague
Similarity:
65%
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