Movies like The Air Up There
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The Air Up There (1994)
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home movie. But Saleh is the chief's son and has responsibilities at home, since the tribe's land is threatened by a mining company with its own hotshot basketball team.
Style:
funny, black comedy, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, exciting, light, inspirational, romantic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
basketball, culture clash, fish out of water, wager, american abroad, basketball coach, student athlete, nun, ritual, brother sister relationship, father son relationship, language barrier, mountain climbing, prank, brother brother relationship, cattle, crooked businessman, bare chested male, humour, sport team, misfit, athlete and trainer, scout, rivalry, ambition ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place:
africa, kenya
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Most similar movies to The Air Up There
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, semi serious and realistic films with plots about family, rivalry, ambition, contests and competitions, underdog, youth and disorder mostly in Comedy, Sport and Family genres. Some movies like The Air Up There: Fast Break (1979), Slam Dunk Ernest (1995), The Minis (2007), Full-Court Miracle (2003), Go Karts (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
David Greene is a New York basketball enthusiast, who wants to coach. He is then offered the coaching job at a small Nevada college. He brings along some players, who are a bit odd but good. Like Swish who unknown to the rest of the team is a girl. ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
teens
Plot:
basketball, teenager, transsexual, student athlete, culture clash, college, stoner, disorder, power relations, sport team, rivalry, fugitives ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
nevada, usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Ernest P. Worrell becomes a basketball star after an angel bearing an uncanny resemblance to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar gives him a pair of magic sneakers.
Style:
humorous, feel good, not serious
Audience:
pre-teens, teens, family outing, date night
Plot:
basketball, satire, weirdo, humour, partner, follow your dream, nothing goes right, human spirit, contests and competitions, misfit, rivalry, athlete's life ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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's life, hotshot hero, athlete and trainer, lifestyle, contests and competitions, hopes, rivalry, follow your dream, underdog ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, venice beach california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 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:
semi serious, realistic, humorous
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
basketball, athlete's life, against the odds, sport team, contests and competitions, underdog, follow your dream, rivalry, athlete and trainer, fish out of water, win over, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Family, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Jack is a charismatic larrikin who has just discovered the one thing he's really good at — go-kart racing. With the support of his mentor, Patrick, an old race car driver with a secret past, and his best mates Colin and Mandy, Jack must learn ...
Style:
entertaining, feel good, light, inspirational, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
championship, car, police officer, friendship, mentor, rivalry, fall in love, parents and children, teenager, happy ending, racing, race ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
100%
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, rivalry, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, ambition, small town, coach, soccer, janitor, old man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, san francisco, latin america, mexico city
Similarity:
100%
11K
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:
feel good, humorous, sentimental, uplifting, offbeat ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
cross dressing, soccer, football, teenager, childhood, american football, milf, farce, youth, gender bending, stepfather stepson relationship, forbidden love ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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, light, inspirational, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids, boys' night
Plot:
american football, underdog, football team, college, sport team, football, coach, college dean, teacher student relationship, professor, college football, happy ending ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, 80s
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas, new jersey, california ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After reckless young lawyer Gordon Bombay gets arrested for drunk driving, he must coach a kids hockey team for his community service. Gordon has experience on the ice, but isn't eager to return to hockey, a point hit home by his tense dealings ...
Style:
inspirational, sweet, humorous, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
hockey, happy ending, ice hockey, childhood, sport team, athlete and trainer, foe turned friend, competition, underdog, hockey player, youth, redemption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
minnesota, minneapolis minnesota, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In this third film version of the Bad News Bears series, Tony Curtis plays a small time promotor/hustler who takes the pint-sized baseball team to Japan for a match against the country's best little league baseball team which sparks off a ...
Style:
humorous, family comedy, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
baseball, childhood, youth, culture clash, baseball coach, sport team, coach, power relations, friends, misfit, lifestyle, rivalry ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 20th century, future
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Brian is a 16 year-old who can't play basketball, but he still wants to play like his hero, Kevin Durant. At an Oklahoma City Thunder game, Brian gets chosen to shoot a half court shot which he misses and hits the mascot in the process. Later ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, sincere, light
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, teen fantasy
Plot:
basketball, disorder, switching roles, supernatural, athlete's life, wish come true, life turned upside down, down on your luck, unsuccessful, teenage life, youth, body swapping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oklahoma, oklahoma city, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Ducks are offered scholarships at Eden Hall Academy but struggle with their new coach's methods and come under pressure from the board to retain their scholarships before their big game against the Varsity team.
Style:
epic, realistic, semi serious, feel good, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot:
ice hockey, hockey, hockey player, competition, olympics, high school, childhood, college, school, coming of age, underdog, winter ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
minnesota, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Stuck with a feeble sports department, college coach Sam Archer (John Amos) faces the ax unless he can reverse the school's athletic fortunes. An African vacation with his assistant (Tim Conway) answers Archer's prayers when he spots the ...
Style:
slapstick, not serious, feel good, humorous
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
american football, track and field, student athlete, animal, police, jungle, fall in love, fish out of water, farce, power relations, disorder, rivalry ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
africa, usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An eleven-year-old boy finds a way of overcoming life's obstacles with the help of a grumpy coach who aids him in having the best summer of his life.
Style:
touching, humorous, semi serious, feel good, independent film ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids, teens
Plot:
baseball, youth, young heroes, athlete's life, follow your dream, rivalry, against the odds, friendship, dedicated educator, family life, athlete and trainer, ambition ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
33%
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, touching, humorous, feel good
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
soccer, youth, football, dog, underdog, contests and competitions, orphan, athlete and trainer, hopes, lifestyle, athlete's life, ambition ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Jack is a three-year-old chimpanzee who has been the subject of a long-term experiment by Dr. Kendall, a researcher who been teaching Jack to communicate through sign language. ack scrambles onto the ice in the midst of practice for Steven's ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, not serious, light, captivating
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
hockey, chimpanzee, youth, monkey, athlete's life, friendship, against the odds, ambition, disorder, sport team, underdog, contests and competitions ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Twin sisters Emma and Sam come up with a scheme to switch places so each can play in the soccer team they prefer.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic
Audience:
girls' night, kids, chick flick, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
twins, soccer, mischievous children, switching roles, mistaken identity, twin sister, child as adult, hidden identity, ambition, lifestyle, secret identity, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Cleavers are an all-American family living in Ohio - wise father Ward, loving mother June, teen-age son Wally and 8-year-old "Beaver" Theodore. Beaver hopes to get a bike as a gift from his father and to please him tries out for his school ...
Style:
melancholic, semi serious, feel good, humorous, epic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
brother brother relationship, when the parents are away, childhood, american football, family relations, happy ending, prank, family life, parents and children, nothing goes right, mischievous children, fish out of water ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 50s
Place:
ohio, usa
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A decade has passed in the small town where the original Sandlot gang banded together during the summer of ’62 to play baseball and battle the Beast. Now comes the sequel, a campy romp back to the dugout where nine new kids descend on the diamond ...
Style:
feel good, touching, semi serious, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
baseball, sport team, youth, friendship, vengeance, partner, friends, teenage life, contests and competitions, coming of age, buddies, rivalry ...
Time:
year 1972
Similarity:
50%
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:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, captivating
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
soccer, children, follow your dream, athlete's life, rivalry, contests and competitions, hopes, disorder, family relations, experiment gone awry, parents and children, against the odds ...
Place:
europe, scotland
Similarity:
32%
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:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
soccer, family life, contests and competitions, hidden identity, sport team, rivalry, underdog, lifestyle, hopes, family relations, ambition, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Jim Varney's recurring dim-bulb character Ernest P. Worrell returns in this film as a school bus driver seeking to obtain a high school diploma.
Style:
independent film, semi serious, humorous, earnest
Audience:
kids
Plot:
american football, school, childhood, satire, weirdo, humour, high school, family life, college life, student life, college, youth ...
Time:
20th century, year 1994, 90s
Similarity:
31%
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, touching, humorous, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, teen drama
Plot:
ambition, rivalry, disorder, optimism, athlete's life, contests and competitions, parents and children, family life, child as adult, sport team, underdog, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
montana
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A basketball star is booted out of the NBA when his on-court antics go too far, so he poses as a woman and joins the WUBA.
Style:
funny, intense, not serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
basketball, farce, fish out of water, ambition, follow your dream, hidden identity, athlete's life, friendship, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, rivalry, disorder ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
31%
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:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous
Plot:
ambition, follow your dream, rivalry, buddies, contests and competitions, society, hopes, sport team, culture clash, fish out of water, underdog, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, bombay india
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A father gets a crash course in the outdoors in this made for television comedy for kids. Comedian Bob Saget stars as an urban living dad who decides to take his son Michael (Brian Bonsall) -- working his way to Eagle Scout -- on a camping trip. ...
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous
Audience:
pre-teens
Plot:
scout, youth, family relations, friends, disorder, self discovery, nothing goes right, misfit, gender, family life, parents and children, fish out of water ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Josh is off to his first year of college and buddy has stayed behind with joshs little sister andrea and the rest of the family. Adrea attempting to fit in with her jr. High classmates decides to join the baseball team and along the way discovers ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, semi serious
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot:
dog, golden retriever, baseball, pets, sport team, youth, contests and competitions, underdog, family relations, disorder, fish out of water, family life ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Young punk Freddie Egan is in a juvenile detention center for the summer. Spoiled rich-kid Frederick Egan III is going to a luxurious summer camp. However, a name mix-up at the bus terminal sends the boys to each other's destinations, and while ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, touching, humorous
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
summer camp, street kid, body swapping, mistaken identity, rich kid, disorder, power relations, society, youth, misfit, switching roles, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time:
90s
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Story revolves around a young boxer, Izzy Daniels, who trains to follow in his father's footsteps by winning the Golden Glove. When his friend, Mary, however, asks him to substitute for a team member in a Double Dutch tournament, the young man ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, teen
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
human spirit, friendship, follow your dream, athlete's life, against the odds, lifestyle, ambition, teenage life, teenager, rivalry, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions ...
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
30%
30K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When a Miami dentist inherits a team of sled dogs, he's got to learn the trade or lose his pack to a crusty mountain man.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, humorous, light hearted, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
dog, pets, dog sled, husky dog, fish out of water, small town, snow, nothing goes right, against the odds, friendship, animal, talking animal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alaska, antarctic, usa, cuba
Similarity:
30%
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