Movies like The Longshots

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The Longshots (2008)
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The Longshots (2008)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The true story of Jasmine Plummer who, at the age of eleven, became the first female to play in Pop Warner football tournament in its 56-year history.
Style: feel good, realistic, touching, humorous, semi serious, black comedy, hilarious, teen, inspirational
Audience: family outing
Plot: american football, human spirit, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, battle of the sexes, football, youth, rivalry, gender, underdog, black, hip hop, hip hop culture, discrimination, girl power, black man, feminism, couples, strong female presence, small town, hopes, power relations, middle school, football team, absent father ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century, contemporary
Place: illinois, usa
Keyword: sport, football movie, gangsters

Most similar movies to The Longshots

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and feel good films with plots about ambition, hopes, rivalry, underdog, athlete and trainer, power relations and contests and competitions mostly in Sport, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Longshots: Soccer Mom (2008), Wildcats (1986), Never Too Young to Dream (2001), Full-Court Miracle (2003), Gridiron Gang (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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
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Wildcats (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Molly is a high school track coach who knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite snickers from fellow staff members and her former husband.
Style: feel good, entertaining, inspirational, light, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: american football, football, coach, high school football, high school, rivalry, sport team, ambition, athlete and trainer, mother daughter relationship, ex husband ex wife relationship, custody battle ...
Time: 80s
Place: chicago
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Never Too Young to Dream (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A group of kids have a dream: to play a football championship and to win. Their dream is going to be fulfilled by Don Pepe, an old guy with lots of expectations for his kids.
Style: semi serious, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic
Audience: family outing
Plot: football, school, sport team, ambition, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, rivalry, small town, coach, soccer, janitor, old man ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, san francisco, latin america, mexico city
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Full-Court Miracle (2003)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Full-Court Miracle is a 2003 Disney Channel Original Movie. It premiered on November 23, 2003. Inspired by the true story of University of Virginia basketball star Lamont Carr, the film centers on a group of young Jewish basketball players who ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience: family outing
Plot: basketball, miraculous event, college, athlete's life, human spirit, ambition, against the odds, sport team, rivalry, follow your dream, underdog, athlete and trainer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: philadelphia
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100%
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Gridiron Gang (2006)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Teenagers at a juvenile detention center, under the leadership of their counselor, gain self-esteem by playing football together.
Style: inspirational, hood, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: american football, juvenile delinquency, athlete and trainer, african american, prison, underdog, youth, redemption, football, competition, life philosophy, teacher ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
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The Express (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Based on the incredible true story, The Express follows the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Style: inspirational, uplifting, emotional, factual, serious ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly
Plot: american football, african american, racism, athlete and trainer, football, college, human spirit, biopic, mentor, friendship, courage, ambition ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 2008, 60s, 1950s
Place: usa, new york, cleveland ohio
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100%
Facing the Giants (2006)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A losing coach with an underdog football team faces their giants of fear and failure on and off the field to surprising results.
Style: inspirational, touching, sentimental, christian film, feel good ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: christian, underdog, religious, faith, football, american football, high school football, human spirit, athlete and trainer, christianity, ambition, athlete's life ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: georgia, usa
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100%
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Sunset Park (1996)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A white school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined black high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team.
Style: hood, humorous, grim, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: basketball, high school, hip hop, underdog, black, urban, african american, teacher, student athlete, hip hop culture, danger, blaxploitation ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: new york, usa
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100%
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All Things Fall Apart (2011)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: 50 Cent stars as gifted college running back Deon in this touching drama. Deon's world turns upside down when an unexpected crisis jeopardizes his professional ambitions -- and causes him to look at himself and his life in a new way.
Style: realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, sincere ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: american football, human spirit, terminal illness, athlete's life, bittersweet, ambition, life is a bitch, hopes, black, football, special needs, racing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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100%
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Rebound (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An acclaimed college hoops coach is demoted to a junior varsity team after a public meltdown.
Style: entertaining, feel good, touching, funny, happy ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: basketball, college, sport team, youth, underdog, follow your dream, lifestyle, human spirit, against the odds, prodigy, ambition, teenage life ...
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Hometown Legend (2002)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A teenage drifter finds an opportunity to turn his life around when he joins a high-school football program with a hard-nosed coach.
Style: realistic, serious, feel good, touching, independent film ...
Plot: american football, high school, small town, human spirit, leadership, athlete's life, teenage life, against the odds, ambition, society, rivalry, youth ...
Place: alabama, usa
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Underdogs (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Set in rural Ohio, the birthplace of football, UNDERDOGS is the story of a small-town high school football team destined to play their cross-town rival, a perennial powerhouse, while standing up for an entire community.
Style: feel good, realistic, touching, captivating, light ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, teens
Plot: american football, cheerleader, high school football, high school, underdog, sport team, ambition, human spirit, athlete and trainer, rivalry, youth, follow your dream ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ohio, usa
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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
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100%
When the Game Stands Tall (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive seasons.
Style: uplifting, captivating, exciting, serious, sincere ...
Audience: teens, family outing, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: american football, rise to the top, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, coach, ambition, small town, high school football, youth, football, sport team, christian ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa, california
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The Junction Boys (2002)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Tom Berenger leads an outstanding cast in this bone-crunching dramatization of legendary college football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's debut at Texas A&M in the summer of 1954. The often unnerving story finds Bryant ducking the ...
Style: serious, tense, realistic, sincere, captivating
Plot: american football, against the odds, hopes, teachers and students, discrimination, contests and competitions, college, university, athlete and trainer, human spirit, college life, hardcase students ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, alabama, texas
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Safety (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: The story of Ray-Ray McElrathbey, a freshman football player for Clemson University, who secretly raised his younger brother on campus after his home life became too unsteady.
Style: thrilling, captivating, light
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: american football, high school football, training, football player, american football player, career, football team, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, ambition, brother brother relationship, soccer coach ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006
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Paper Lion (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Sportswriter George Plimpton poses as a rookie quarterback for the Detroit Lions for a "Sports Illustrated" article.
Style: slapstick, realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Plot: american football, writers, football, sport team, power relations, underdog, hopes, human spirit, ego clash, ambition, lifestyle, athlete and trainer ...
Time: 60s
Place: usa, detroit
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 3.8
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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
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100%
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Finding Buck McHenry (2000)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When an 11 year old boy gets cut from his Little League baseball team, he sets out to form his own team.
Style: humorous, touching, feel good, sentimental, non-linear ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: coach, friendship, ambition, follow your dream, against the odds, sport team, human spirit, society, lifestyle, athlete's life, hopes, family life ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa
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The Best of Times (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
Style: laugh out loud, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens
Plot: american football, football, high school sports, football team, high school football, sport team, small town, partner, power relations, social relations, friends, haunted by the past ...
Time: 80s
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100%
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Kart Racer (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: 14-year-old Watts Davies is estranged from his dad, a former International Karting Federation (IKF) champion. Watts's resolve to race in the upcoming IKF Regional Championships rekindles their relationship as they pursue the dream together.
Style: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic
Audience: family outing
Plot: youth, teenage life, against the odds, athlete's life, ambition, human spirit, lifestyle, follow your dream, parents and children, teaching the ways of the world, rivalry, contests and competitions ...
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Just 4 Kicks (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Best known as the production designer on most of the Farrelly Brothers films, Sidney J. Bartholomew Jr. makes his directorial debut with this family-friendly soccer comedy. Real-life twin brothers Dylan and Cole Sprouse play a pair of soccer-playing ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: family life, underdog, twins, soccer, football, friends, american football, youth, ambition, rivalry, family relations, hopes
Time: 21st century
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100%
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 ...
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Bleacher Bums (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Adapted from a 1979 stage play written by Chicago's Organic Theater Company, BLEACHER BUMS details the exploits of a group of baseball fans as they sit in the bleachers of Lakeview Park watching a game between the hometown Bruins take on the ...
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
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100%
Like Mike 2: Streetball (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Another young boy with 'hoop dreams' finds an old pair of Michael Jordan's sneakers and can suddenly play ball like the greatest player in the world.
Style: realistic, humorous, black comedy, semi serious
Audience: teens, pre-teens
Plot: basketball, true love, friendship, hopes, rivalry, athlete's life, follow your dream, underdog, human spirit, athlete and trainer, buddies, ambition ...
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Safe at Home! (1962)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A Florida boy (Bryan Russell) tells his Little League buddies that his father knows two New York Yankees (Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris).
Style: uplifting, semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: baseball, youth, new york yankees, coach, sport team, partner, parents and children, against the odds, school, teenage life, cons and scams, power relations ...
Time: 60s
Place: new york, florida
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Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The continuing adventures of the barbers at Calvin's Barbershop. Gina, a stylist at the beauty shop next door, is now trying to cut in on his buisness. Calvin is again struggling to keep his father's shop and traditions alive--this time ...
Style: funny, humorous, feel good, hilarious, black comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: beauty salon, fighting the system, urban, black, barbershop, friendship, hip hop, family business, workplace romance, workplace, friends, workplace situations ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: chicago, indiana, illinois, usa
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Cloud 9 (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Set high atop snow-capped mountains in the adrenaline-fueled world of competitive snowboarding, the Disney Channel Original Movie “Cloud 9″ tells the inspiring story of two snowboarders who must overcome self-doubt to learn that achieving their ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, teen
Audience: teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: snowboarding, follow your dream, parents and children, couples, opposites attract, athlete's life, contests and competitions, snowboard, ski resort, extreme sport, snow, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: utah, usa, seattle
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100%
Soccer Dog: The Movie (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A heart-warming comedy about the friendship between the new kid in town and a soccer-playing dog on the lam from the dog-catcher. It's up to these two underdogs to win the PeeWee Soccer League championship game.
Style: independent film, semi serious, feel good, humorous, touching
Audience: pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot: soccer, football, youth, dog, underdog, hopes, athlete and trainer, orphan, odd couple, athlete's life, lifestyle, rivalry ...
Time: 90s
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D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After Gordon Bombay's hockey comeback is cut short he is named coach of Team USA Hockey for the Junior Goodwill Games. Bombay reunites the Mighty Ducks and introduces a few new players, however, he finds himself distracted by his newfound fame ...
Style: spectacular, epic, hilarious, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: ice hockey, hockey, competition, childhood, olympics, underdog, youth, friendship, teenager, winter, athlete and trainer, child ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place: minnesota, los angeles, iceland, usa, europe
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100%
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