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BASEketball (1998)
69K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop & Remer, invent a new game playing basketball, using baseball rules. When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire's help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone gets the same pay and no team can change cities. Theirs is the only team standing in the way of major rule changes that the owner of a rival team wants to institute.
Style:
parody, humorous, cult classic, absurd, feel good, not serious, slapstick, hilarious, laugh out loud, funny ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
baseball, basketball, cheerleading, friends, dumb, satire, farce, dialogue, underdog, unlikely friendships, business, rise to the top, rivalry, ambition, partner, male nudity, beer, stoner, buddies, corporate america, hot dog, teenager, humour, drunk, baseball coach ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, wisconsin
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Most similar movies to BASEketball
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, funny, realistic and feel good films with plots about ambition, contests and competitions, rivalry, underdog, storytelling, brutality and mentor mostly in Comedy, Sport and Drama genres. Some movies like BASEketball: Hot Rod (2007), Major League (1989), Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001), Orgazmo (1997), Fired Up! (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
99K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
For Rod Kimball, performing stunts is a way of life, even though he is rather accident-prone. Poor Rod cannot even get any respect from his stepfather, Frank, who beats him up in weekly sparring matches. When Frank falls ill, Rod devises his most ...
Style:
funny, feel good, witty, melancholic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
small town, friendship, misfit, ambition, fund raising, obsessive quest, young man, team, goofy hero, contests and competitions, determination, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2007, 70s, 21st century
Place:
washington state, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When Rachel Phelps inherits the Cleveland Indians from her deceased husband, she's determined to move the team to a warmer climate -- but only a losing season will make that possible, which should be easy given the misfits she's hired. ...
Style:
funny, humorous, talky, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
baseball, underdog, hot dog, major league, rivalry, professional sports, baseball coach, ambition, rise to the top, follow your dream, contests and competitions, against the odds ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
miami, ohio, florida, usa, new york ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At the behest of Roger Dorn -- the Minnesota Twins' silver-tongued new owner -- washed-up minor league hurler Gus Cantrell steps up to the plate to take over as skipper of the club's hapless farm team. But little does he know that Dorn has ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
baseball, baseball coach, underdog, major league, baseball player, sport competition, racing, competition, contest, tournament, sport team, rivalry ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
minnesota, south carolina, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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:
football, soccer, athlete's life, rise to the top, profanity, lifestyle, ambition, athlete and trainer, underdog, contests and competitions, rivalry, sport team ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
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39K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Joe Young is a devout Mormon living in L.A. trying to raise enough money to go back to Utah and marry his girlfriend, Lisa. Joe is spreading the word about the church of Latter Day Saints one day when he's confronted by two burly bodyguards. A ...
Style:
humorous, sexy, funny, parody, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
sex, satire, adult filmmaking, male nudity, porn star, sarcasm, dumb, stupidity, storytelling, fight, fish out of water, danger ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
los angeles, utah, california, usa, xian
Similarity:
100%
47K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
2 Guys. 300 Girls. You Do the Math. The two most popular guys in high school decide to ditch football camp for cheerleader camp. For the girls and for the glory.
Style:
sex comedy, light, humorous, romantic, funny ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
cheerleading, cheerleader, high school, fall in love, football, american football, female nudity, bare breasts, youth, love and romance, temptation, gender ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, illinois
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Frank Hopper is a former lawyer, long-term loser and constant dreamer - and frankly, probably just not all that bright. When he receives a credit card in the mail, he believes he's hit the jackpot. It's not long before he's working ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, feel good, entertaining, light ...
Plot:
hockey, hot dog, disorder, partner, against the odds, ambition, contests and competitions, nothing goes right, rivalry, buddies, goofy hero, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
45K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.
Style:
humorous, funny, inspirational, cult classic, cynical ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, manly
Plot:
ice hockey, hockey, underdog, sport team, competition, mentor, partner, adaptation, hockey player, athlete and trainer, rivalry, opponent ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, pittsburgh, canada, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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138K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Cindy finds out the house she lives in is haunted by a little boy and goes on a quest to find out who killed him and why. Also, Alien "Tr-iPods" are invading the world and she has to uncover the secret in order to stop them.
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, humorous, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
alien invasion, closeted homosexual, satire, sex toy, alien, save the world, danger, ghost, silly humor, post apocalyptic, halloween, stoner ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, wyoming
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Two slacker wrestling fans are devastated by the ousting of their favorite character by an unscrupulous promoter.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, funny, intense, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
wrestling, gay subtext, cheerleader, homoeroticism, underdog, wrestler, homoerotic fight, friendship, loser, follow your dream, athlete's life, goofy hero ...
Time:
year 2016, y2k, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An unemployed slacker (Lange) inspires his softball teammates to improve their game so they won't get kicked out of the local league.
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, exciting, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
baseball, stripper, bet, buddies, contests and competitions, partner, against the odds, small town, underdog, softball, dumb, friendship ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 84 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, spoof, humorous, funny, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
football, baseball, american football, dumb, satire, coach, rivalry, college, social relations, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, against the odds ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
191K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Bobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose bone-crushing power might vault his team into the playoffs.
Style:
parody, funny, humorous, hilarious, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, teens
Plot:
bullying, college, social outcast, football, underdog, american football, cheerleader, sarcasm, foul language, dumb, water, coach ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
louisiana, usa, new orleans, southern usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Those Cleveland Indians are at it again! After losing in the ALCS the year before, the Indians are determined to make it into the World Series this time! First, though, they have to contend with Rachel Phelps again when she buys back the team. Also, ...
Style:
clever, funny, smart, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
manly, teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
baseball, voodoo, baseball coach, underdog, coach, baseball player, contest, radio, tournament, competition, sport competition, satire ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
cleveland ohio
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Billy Hoyle and Sidney Deane are an unlikely pair of basketball hustlers. They team up to con their way across the courts of Los Angeles, playing a game that's fast dangerous - and funny.
Style:
entertaining, intense, buddy comedy, talky, funny ...
Plot:
basketball, friendship, buddy, female nudity, buddies, hip hop, black, ghetto, contests and competitions, ambition, rivalry, underdog ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, venice beach california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a much-publicized ice-skating scandal strips them of their gold medals, two world-class athletes skirt their way back onto the ice via a loophole that allows them to compete together as a pairs team.
Style:
funny, entertaining, inspirational, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
skating, figure skating, competition, satire, olympics, rivalry, farce, championship, friendship, dumb, sexual humor, life philosophy ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, year 2013, year 2002, 2010s ...
Place:
usa, north korea, detroit, montreal, ukraine ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Lifelong friends and national idols Ricky Bobby and Cal Naughton Jr. have earned their NASCAR stripes with their uncanny knack of finishing races in the first and second slots, respectively, and slinging catchphrases like "Shake and bake!" ...
Style:
funny, humorous, spoof, cult classic, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
car race, betrayal, racing, stupidity, sport competition, farce, satire, car, auto racing, competition, championship, comeback ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa, alabama
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Maverick old-guard coach Jimmy McGinty is hired in the wake of a players' strike to help the Washington Sentinels advance to the playoffs. But that impossible dream hinges on whether his replacements can hunker down and do the job. So, McGinty ...
Style:
feel good, inspirational, humorous, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
american football, underdog, cheerleading, football, hopes, transformation, adaptation, contests and competitions, rivalry, against the odds, athlete and trainer, ambition ...
Time:
20th century, y2k, year 2000, 80s, 90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c., new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The National Basketball Association play-offs are taking place, and the Boston Celtics are facing the Utah Jazz in a crucial series. This is also the last year that any games will be played in the Boston Garden, which is going to be torn down after ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, melancholic, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
basketball, kidnapping, basketball player, partner, psychological manipulation, loyalty, african american, justice, missing person, unlikely criminals, friends, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
89K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jackie Moon is the owner, promoter, coach, and star player of the Flint Michigan Tropics of the American Basketball Association (ABA). In 1976 before the ABA collapses, the National Basketball Association (NBA) plans to merge with the best teams of ...
Style:
funny, entertaining, stylized, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
basketball, championship, cheerleader, hopes, satire, basketball team, sport team, mentor, competition, adaptation, justice, athlete's life ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
michigan, 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%
134K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
At an exclusive country club, an ambitious young caddy, Danny Noonan, eagerly pursues a caddy scholarship in hopes of attending college and, in turn, avoiding a job at the lumber yard. In order to succeed, he must first win the favour of the elitist ...
Style:
funny, slapstick, parody, light, intense ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, adult
Plot:
golf, country club, female nudity, nude girl, teenage girl, nudity, public nudity, swimming pool, pregnant teenager, bare breasts, peeping tom, passionate kiss ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
nebraska, usa, seattle, canada
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%
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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, humorous, realistic, cult classic, offbeat
Plot:
goofy hero, ambition, partner, silly humor, disorder, obsession, ex athlete, buddies, rivalry, contests and competitions, athlete's life, money raising ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
Story:
A fictional documentary-style expose on the rivalry between two tennis stars who battled it out in a 1999 match that lasted seven days.
Style:
parody, funny, mockumentary, light, stylized ...
Plot:
tennis, satire, adaptation, irreverent, redemption, technology, storytelling, tennis player, contests and competitions, athlete's life, rivalry, nudity ...
Time:
future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
england, california
Similarity:
100%
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, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
baseball, baseball coach, longing, ambition, rivalry, team, baseball team, against the odds, contests and competitions, group of friends, adult humor, mentor ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 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, captivating, light ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
basketball, high school, contests and competitions, ex athlete, misfit, youth, sport team, teenage life, hopes, ambition, friends, teenager ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
indiana, usa
Similarity:
100%
73K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
During a trip to Germany to scatter their grandfather's ashes, German-American brothers Todd and Jan discover Beerfest, the secret Olympics of downing stout, and want to enter the contest to defend their family's beer-guzzling honor. Their ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, not serious, realistic, parody ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
competition, beer, food, dumb, drinking, college, ambition, championship, disorder, buddies, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
germany, munich germany, colorado, europe, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
318K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Following on the heels of popular teen-scream horror movies, with uproarious comedy and biting satire. Marlon and Shawn Wayans, Shannon Elizabeth and Carmen Electra pitch in to skewer some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters, including Scream, ...
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, slasher, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
satire, absurd humor, youth, dark humor, sarcasm, stupidity, gross out humor, graphic violence, creativity, adolescence, serial killer, sex scene ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000, y2k, 90s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min.
Story:
A mockumentary that chronicles the prevalence of doping in the world of professional cycling.
Style:
mockumentary, humorous, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, date night
Plot:
cycling, bicycle, cyclist, male pubic hair, doping, male objectification, stoner, athlete's life, dishonesty, obsession, ambition, rivalry ...
Similarity:
100%
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