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The Icelandic Dream (2000)
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The Icelandic Dream (2000)
Original name: Íslenski draumurinn
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Iceland
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A business man and weekend dad is getting worn down by family trouble, business failure and the continuous loss of his favorite football team. He decides to start importing Bulgarian energy cigarettes in a last ditch attempt at success ... his best friend soon advises that suicide might be his best option.
Style: independent film
Plot: football, obsession, soccer, single father, friendship between men, business, american dream, mishap, satire, businessman, male friendship
Place: iceland
Keyword: sport, thai

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, realistic and entertaining films with plots about football, soccer, sport team, ambition, football player, football team and satire mostly in Comedy, Sport and Drama genres. Some movies like The Icelandic Dream: Trainer at the ball 2 (2008), We Are the Champions (2005), La Dream Team (2016), United (2003), Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ⇓
95%
We Are the Champions (2005)
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 ...
Style: captivating, humorous, light, feel good, entertaining
Audience: kids
Plot: football, coach, single father, father son relationship, champion, father figure, punishment, rivalry, sport team, contests and competitions, friendship, soccer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark
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94%
 5.5
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La Dream Team (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When a fit of anger leads to a serious injury, a sidelined soccer star returns to his hometown and reluctantly agrees to train the local youth.
Plot: soccer, football team, male pubic hair, bare chested male, nudity, football, soccer coach, male nudity, football player, male objectification, coach, legs ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
 6.1
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United (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: Norway
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Kåre is a youth coach with aspirations to become the greatest football player ever like his idol, Bryan Robson. However, his dreams are starting to take a toll on his relationship with his girlfriend, Anna.
Plot: soccer, love, football, child driving car, kiss
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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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 ⇓
83%
 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 ⇓
80%
Trainer on the Beach (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Trainer Oronzo Canà is called to manage Longobarda, the team of a small town of Northern Italy, when it's promoted to the First Division. His only task is not to go back to the Second Division, but even the team's owner plays against ...
Style: cult classic, realistic, not serious, humorous, surprise ending
Plot: soccer, football, sexual content, silly humor, contests and competitions, ambition, athlete and trainer, rivalry, small town, power relations, football player, sex ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: italy, europe, brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
 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 ⇓
73%
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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 ⇓
72%
Shooting Stars (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A Fleury-Mérogis, un match de foot a lieu dans la cour de prison. Tibor Kovacs, un jeune Hongrois, fait des prodiges avec le ballon. Véritable virtuose du football, il rêve de jouer en équipe de France. Pour Manu, son compagnon de cellule, Tibor ...
Style: not serious, humorous, witty, realistic, semi serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: soccer, ambition, prodigy, desire for fame, friendship, misfit partners, buddies, intrigue, misfit, athlete's life, disorder, satire ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, brazil, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 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 ⇓
69%
One Night in Istanbul (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Two down on their luck Liverpool cabbies, Tommy and Gerry, strike an unusual deal with a local gangster to take their sons on a trip of a lifetime, to watch their beloved football team play in the European Cup Final in Istanbul. Hoping to use the ...
Style: not serious, realistic, humorous, melancholic, tense ...
Plot: soccer, nothing goes right, comedy of errors, culture clash, friends, football, disorder, soccer fan
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 4.8
 310
Lady Football (1983)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In Italy in the early 1980s, a Brazilian football ace is afflicted by nostalgia for his country and for his beautiful girlfriend.
Style: slapstick, slapstick comedy, sex comedy
Plot: football, soccer, female nudity
Time: 80s
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Struck by Lightning (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Australia, Poland
Duration: 105 min.
Story: This little comedy is set in a small factory come halfway home, employing only handicapped people. Ollie Rennie is the boss and sometime minder of all his workers. He employees Pat Cannizzaro to help get all his workers into some sort of sport, and ...
Plot: football, disability, social commentary, disabled, house, handicapped, soccer, coach, down syndrome, ball, coast
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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 3K
The Cup (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Bhutan, Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: While the soccer World Cup is being played in France, two young Tibetan refugees arrive at a monastery/boarding school in exile in India. Its atmosphere of serene contemplation is disrupted by soccer fever, the chief instigator being a young ...
Style: feel good, touching, witty, humorous, thinking ...
Plot: soccer, football, buddhism, monk, buddhist monk, humanity, buddhist, culture clash, friendship, zen, spirituality, world cup ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: tibet, himalaya, asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Eleven Men Out (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Iceland, Finland, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The star player of Icelands top football team causes a stir when he admits to being gay to his team mates and then goes on a journey to discover himself (with the help of the local press). He soon finds himself on the bench for most of his teams ...
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot: gay athlete, gay, football, soccer, lgbt, ambition, athlete's life, life turned upside down, rivalry, buddies, social relations, journalism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iceland, reykjavik iceland, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 6.2
 2K
Pezhman (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Iran
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Story: It's about a former soccer player's life and problems
Style: satirical, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot: soccer, social problems, playing football, athlete's life, sport team, football, satire, lifestyle, football player, persian
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 6.3
 429
Dames 4 (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The immature Wyne (32) starts a football team to rebel against all her friends who's lives have become dull and boring since either giving birth or becoming pregnant. However, she threatens to lose everything through unexpected events.
Plot: male pubic hair, male nudity, soccer, women's football (soccer), thirty something, female friendship, bare chested male, nudity, bare butt, women in sport, female bonding, beer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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 6.5
 3K
Dream (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A top football player Hong-dae gets involved in an assault case and winds up being appointed as the coach for the national football team. This team will compete in the ‘Homeless World Cup’. A documentary producer So-min films their story while ...
Style: satirical, entertaining, semi serious, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot: soccer, football team, soccer coach, football, football player, coach, athlete and trainer, sport team, satire, athlete's life, ambition, playing football ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 5.7
 946
Flying Pigs (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Poland
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A wealthy guy hires Oscar to cheer for his team which happens to be arch rival of the team he previously supported along with his brother. Oscar accepts the offer and fight kicks off between him and his brother along with other supporters. The fight ...
Style: inspirational
Plot: sex, police, football, fan, pregnancy, street fight, hooligan, soccer, nudity, car falls into water, stadium
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 6.7
 167
Crazy to Win (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story: "Fun soccer action-comedy that's as messy and enjoyable as early eighties-Hong Kong Cinema gets. The Champions isn't a showstopper, but for fans of Yuen Biao, it's an absolute must." -lovehkfilm.com, ...
Style: exciting, realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Plot: soccer, underdog, football, kung fu, tough heroes, power relations, sport team, city life, village life, against the odds, prison life, wooing ...
Time: 60s
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 4.6
 122
The Game (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A funny comedy about the Russian footfall team and their adventures during the World Cup.
Plot: gay subtext, soccer, talent, football, world cup, police officer, car, football field, injury
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 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 ⇓
50%
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 6.1
 2K
Curling King (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Once a great curling star, Truls Paulsen is diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder and banned from competition. But when he learns that his old friend and coach Gordon is on his deathbed, Truls, heavily-medicated decides to compete again, in ...
Style: not serious, realistic, humorous, cult classic, offbeat
Plot: goofy hero, ambition, partner, silly humor, contests and competitions, athlete's life, disorder, buddies, obsession, ex athlete, rivalry, money raising ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 5.5
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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 ⇓
47%
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 ⇓
47%
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Penalty Kick (2018)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico, Colombia
Duration: 89 min.
Story: How far does a soccer fan goes for his beloved national team? Mariano Cárdenas will risk his job, wife and family to support his soccer team during the World Cup qualifiers.
Style: entertaining, light, feel good, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: soccer, soccer match, sports fan, soccer fan, satire, football team, marital problem, football, family relations, absurd humor, husband wife relationship, family problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 6.4
 109
Varsity Punks (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When star high school quarterback AJ Montoya breaks his hand his only hope is to team up with his longtime rivals, the cross country team--a group of nerds and misfits with potential for high school glory.
Style: humorous, entertaining, exciting, dramatic, captivating ...
Plot: punk rock, coming of age, soccer, school, football, misfit, young man, youth, football player
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 4.3
 12K
The Comebacks (2007)
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 ⇓
45%
 6.7
 12K
Fever Pitch (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A romantic comedy about a man, a woman and a football team. Based on Nick Hornby's best selling autobiographical novel, Fever Pitch. English teacher Paul Ashworth believes his long standing obsession with Arsenal serves him well. But then he ...
Style: touching, sweet, feel good, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: soccer, football, teacher, sport team, contests and competitions, couple relations, relationship problems, fall in love, opposites attract, ambition, couples, obsession ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1997, 70s
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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