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The Footballest (2018)
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The Footballest (2018)
Original name: Los futbolísimos
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 games. Coincidence? Conspiracy? Francisco and his friends decide to create The Footballest, an investigative team that will get them into all kinds of adventures, where their ingenuity and their friendships will be put to the test.
Style: light, humorous, exciting, captivating, semi serious
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: football, referee, contests and competitions, teenager, friendship, youth, teamwork, rivalry, sport team, follow your dream, tournament, ambition, training, stubbornness, hopes, village, police, investigation, coach, sleeping, abandoned house, parents, hallucination, parenthood, haunted house ...
Time: contemporary
Place: spain
Keyword: sport, youtube, video

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, realistic and feel good films with plots about ambition, rivalry, contests and competitions, sport team, soccer, football and hopes mostly in Comedy, Sport and Family genres. Some movies like The Footballest: Montevideo, God Bless You! (2010), The Wild Soccer Bunch 2 (2005), Girls Got Game (2021), We Are the Champions (2005), The Devil's Kickers (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Montevideo, God Bless You! (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, History, Romance, Sport
Country: Serbia
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A story about one team that decides to follow a dream that takes them on a journey to the First World Football Championship in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1930. A dream that allows them to become true stars and living legends.
Style: captivating, sentimental, sincere, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: soccer, follow your dream, football, ambition, rivalry, young lovers, love and romance, hopes, talented, coach, post war, fan ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: balkan, former yugoslavia, uruguay, serbia
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100%
The Wild Soccer Bunch 2 (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The Beasts, a young football team, have a new coach who will teach them much more than tactics to develop on the court.
Style: humorous, exciting, realistic, semi serious, fairy tale
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: contests and competitions, rivalry, coming of age, ambition, sport team, friends, youth, soccer, soccer coach, monkey, teenager, teammate ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.2
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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 ⇓
51%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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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 ⇓
49%
 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 ⇓
48%
 6.2
 3K
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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 ⇓
47%
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Carlitos and the Chance of a Lifetime (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Spain
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Carlitos is a heartfelt story about one young boy's fight for his right to play soccer, while keeping his very essence intact.
Style: uplifting, touching, feel good, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: football, against the rules, orphan, follow your dream, mischievous children, prodigy, best friend, rebellion, disorder, self discovery, hopes, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Soccer Mom (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A warm-hearted comedy about a compulsive soccer mom who masquerades as a famous Italian soccer star hired to coach her daughter's floundering soccer team, then struggles frantically to keep her wacky charade going long enough to see the girls ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, touching, realistic
Audience: teens, chick flick, family friendly
Plot: soccer, contests and competitions, sport team, family life, hidden identity, rivalry, lifestyle, underdog, hopes, disorder, parents and children, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Shooting for Socrates (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: SHOOTING FOR SOCRATES is a David Vs. Goliath set in Belfast against the backdrop of the 1986 World Cup. It tells the story of a momentous time in Northern Ireland's football history through the eyes of players, fans and the media. The film also ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, exciting ...
Plot: soccer, hopes, rivalry, ambition, family relations, sport team, youth, contests and competitions, parents and children, soccer fan, football, underdog ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1986
Place: ireland, belfast, brazil, northern ireland, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 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 ⇓
44%
 6.7
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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 ⇓
44%
 6.1
 929
Mr. Go (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea, China
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A 15-year-old circus ringmaster Wei-wei is left all alone with gorilla Ling-ling after grandfather passes away. Thanks to her grandfather's love for baseball, Ling-ling was trained to play baseball and has developed remarkable hitting skills. ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, exciting
Audience: teens
Plot: baseball, rivalry, ambition, teenage life, youth, sport team, contests and competitions, against the odds, silly humor, superhero, child, children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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%
Soccer Dog: European Cup (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Soccer Dog: European Cup opens with the titular hero, Kimble, escaping the clutches of an evil scientist, bent on performing animal experiments. Our plucky canine hero then falls into the hands of Zack (Jake Thomas), an American boy who's been ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: soccer, children, follow your dream, ambition, athlete's life, human spirit, contests and competitions, rivalry, disorder, family relations, hopes, against the odds ...
Place: scotland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 5.9
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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 ⇓
44%
See You in Montevideo (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Comedy, History, Sport
Country: Serbia
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A football team from Belgrade, former Republic of Yugoslavia gets a chance to go to the First World Football Championship, but things get complicated along the way.
Style: humorous, semi serious, exciting, captivating, light ...
Plot: soccer, coach, rivalry, sport team, football, ambition, contests and competitions, talented, hopes, conflict, society, travel ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s
Place: uruguay, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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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 ⇓
42%
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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 ⇓
42%
The Winning Season (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A comedy centered on a has-been coach who is given a shot at redemption when he's asked to run his local high school's girls basketball team
Style: humorous, sincere, inspirational, light, captivating ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: basketball, coach, high school, contests and competitions, ex athlete, youth, misfit, sport team, teenage life, ambition, hopes, friends ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: indiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 7.0
 3K
Ping Pong (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: As children, the introverted Smile was being bullied by a gang of kids until the brash Peco comes by and chases all of them them away. Peco then takes Smile under his wings and teaches him how to play the game of ping pong. From there a life long ...
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, uplifting, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: athlete's life, youth, follow your dream, lifestyle, human spirit, ambition, rivalry, friendship, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, underdog, opponent ...
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 3.8
 370
Home Team (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Henry Butler (Steve Guttenberg) is a professional athlete with a little Pete Rose in him. His athletic interests go beyond the playing field and into the gambling dens. Convicted for his addiction, the soccer player is assigned to community service ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous ...
Plot: soccer, football, american football, youth, contests and competitions, lifestyle, underdog, hopes, ambition, rivalry, athlete's life, gambling ...
Time: 90s
Place: montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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 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 ⇓
41%
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. At school he is constantly being bullied by the other kids, and at home he has to face his mother's new boyfriend. However, through football, and some special boots, he manages to gain the ...
Style: uplifting, touching, sentimental, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: soccer, working class, football, teenage life, against the odds, ambition, follow your dream, sport team, underdog, contests and competitions, rivalry, society ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: manchester, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Wild Soccer Bunch 4 (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Germany, Bahamas
Duration: 110 min.
Story: After his victory over the team "The horrific Beasts," "The Beast Football Club" are in top form and mature in every game. But they need one more win to get the "Pott", the highest award of football freestyle. And to do ...
Style: semi serious, stylized, sentimental, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: sport team, underdog, prison, ambition, unemployment, survival, prison life, friends, contests and competitions, victory, rivalry, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 2.6
 8K
The Minis (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Dwarfs playing basketball... with Dennis Rodman.
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, realistic
Plot: basketball, friends, sport team, athlete and trainer, hopes, follow your dream, ambition, rivalry, hotshot hero, contests and competitions, lifestyle, athlete's life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, venice beach california
⇓ 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%
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 ⇓
40%
 5.5
 472
Odd Man Rush (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When Harvard hockey’s Bobby Sanders lands in Sweden’s minor leagues, his relationship with the girl at the local market forces him to confront the reality of his childhood NHL dream before the hockey gods intervene.
Style: thought provoking, realistic, touching, light, semi serious ...
Plot: believe in yourself, follow your dream, first love, moral dilemma, ambition, athlete's life, ice hockey, sport team, youth, rivalry, lifestyle, blind ambition ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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