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The Benchwarmers (2006)
58K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard little league squads.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, light, not serious, funny, hilarious, raunchy comedy, exciting, realistic, slapstick comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
baseball, youth, mentor, adult humor, ambition, contests and competitions, bullying, coming of age, vengeance, group of friends, pizza, nfl, baseball coach, millionaire, beer, nerd, baseball player, stupidity, love, kids and family, stoner, paperboy, video store, social anxiety, heroes ...
Time:
80s, 21st century, contemporary
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Most similar movies to The Benchwarmers
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, feel good and not serious films with plots about underdog, rivalry, contests and competitions, ambition, vengeance, catastrophe and farce mostly in Comedy, Sport and Family genres. Some movies like The Benchwarmers: Hot Rod (2007), Kingpin (1996), The Waterboy (1998), The Love Guru (2008), Grind (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When megalomaniacal White Goodman, the owner of a trendy, high-end fitness center, makes a move to take over the struggling local gym run by happy-go-lucky Pete La Fleur, there's only one way for La Fleur to fight back: dodgeball. Aided by a ...
Style:
humorous, funny, entertaining, spoof, parody ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
underdog, dumb, against the odds, cheerleader, tournament, cheerleading, competition, gym, homoeroticism, redemption, rivalry, contests and competitions ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada, los angeles, california
Similarity:
100%
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:
83%
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, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
This ensemble comedy follows the Pullham University Bluecocks, a small liberal arts college with a Division III football program (the lowest division in the NCAA). When the head coach unexpectedly dies, the future of the flailing football program is ...
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, dark comedy, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
american football, cheerleader, football, fight, sport team, power relations, contests and competitions, social relations, athlete and trainer, against the odds, championship, sportscaster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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96K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After bowler Roy Munson swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish kid named Ishmael. So, the corrupt and the hopelessly naïve hit the ...
Style:
humorous, funny, feel good, light, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bowling, road trip, buddies, on the road, older woman younger man, dark humor, dumb, culture clash, mentor, sexy woman, fish out of water, success ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1969, year 1979 ...
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, nevada, usa, reno nevada
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, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Born in America and raised in an Indian ashram, Pitka returns to his native land to seek his fortune as a spiritualist and self-help expert. His skills are put to the test when he must get a brokenhearted hockey player's marriage back on track ...
Style:
funny, parody, humorous, slapstick, not serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
ice hockey, hockey, mentor, adaptation, contests and competitions, rivalry, ambition, couple relations, sport team, breakup, indians, hockey player ...
Time:
year 2008
Place:
india, canada, toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
100%
14K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Four skaters follow their idol on his summer tour in an attempt to get noticed, get sponsored, and become stars themselves.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, funny, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
skateboard, road trip, friendship, underdog, high school, friendship between men, lifestyle, rivalry, ambition, partner, contests and competitions, college ...
Time:
year 2003, y2k, 2000s, 80s
Place:
london, santa monica california, tucson arizona, europe, chicago ...
Similarity:
100%
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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: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A high school biology teacher moonlights as a mixed-martial arts fighter in an effort to raise money to save the school's music program.
Style:
inspirational, entertaining, humorous, hilarious, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
underdog, teacher, contests and competitions, martial arts, against the odds, dedicated educator, hopes, teachers and students, mixed martial arts, boxing, brutality, lifestyle change ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
massachusetts, usa, north america, las vegas, boston
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Randy Daytona was a child ping pong prodigy who lost his chance at Olympic gold when his father is murdered by the mysterious Feng over a gambling debt. 15yrs later he's down on his luck and scraping a living doing seedy back room shows in ...
Style:
humorous, spoof, parody, stylized, funny ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
ping pong, rivalry, redemption, olympics, fbi, hopes, dumb, satire, prodigy, ambition, athlete and trainer, talent ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
german democratic republic, central america, seoul, latin america, reno nevada
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%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Bumbling Navy lieutenant Tom Dodge has been given one last chance to clean up his record. But Admiral Graham, his nemesis, assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a submarine that can barely keep afloat. To add insult to injury, the Stingray is to be the ...
Style:
parody, witty, humorous, not serious, light ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
submarine, u.s. navy, military, navy, rivalry, underwater, nothing goes right, goofy hero, stupidity, against the odds, boat, sailing ...
Time:
year 1996, 20th century
Place:
usa, florida, russia, san francisco
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:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Streetwise swaggering Christopher "C-Dub" Wang is a suburban guy who waxes political on all things Asian American and clings to pro basketball pipe dreams. But when misfortune strikes his family, C-dub must overcome living at home, working ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, realistic, funny
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ping pong, rivalry, contests and competitions, ambition, family relations, suburbs, table tennis, children, game, youth, anti hero, misfit ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
42%
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:
42%
189K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The all-star comedy cast from Grown Ups returns (with some exciting new additions) for more summertime laughs. Lenny (Adam Sandler) has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are ...
Style:
humorous, hilarious, funny, feel good, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
friendship, stupidity, adulthood, friends, party, sexual attraction, family relations, unlikely friendships, midlife crisis, parenthood, buddy, ex classmate ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
41%
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:
41%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Pressured by a greedy uncle (Brian Cox) and a pile of debt, lovable loser Steve Barker (Knoxville) resorts to an unthinkable, contemptible, just-crazy-enough-to-work scheme. He pretends to be mentally challenged to rig the upcoming Special Olympics ...
Style:
funny, humorous, sexy, light, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mentally challenged, sarcasm, rivalry, friendship, love and romance, lie, track and field, gambling, pretense, down syndrome, olympics, jackass ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
41%
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:
40%
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:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, talky ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
baseball, gambling, friends, rivalry, follow your dream, lifestyle, against the odds, buddies, ambition, couple relations, athlete's life, hopes ...
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
40%
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:
semi serious, realistic, uplifting, touching, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
baseball, youth, new york yankees, baseball player, baseball coach, coach, sport team, partner, contests and competitions, obsessive quest, ambition, rising to stardom ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york, florida
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Tired of the slave-like treatment of his team's owner, charismatic star Negro League pitcher Bingo Long takes to the road with his band of barnstormers through the small towns of the Midwest in the 1930's.
Style:
black comedy, road movie, sentimental, feel good, humorous ...
Plot:
baseball, blaxploitation, baseball coach, baseball player, black, urban, african, sport team, power relations, racism, on the road, interracial relations ...
Time:
1930s, year 1976
Place:
africa
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An unlikely basketball team of unappreciated middle-aged Texas women, all former high school champs, challenge the current high school girls’ state champs to raise money for breast cancer prevention. Sparks fly as the women go to comic extremes to ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, captivating, funny ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
cheerleader, breast cancer, rivalry, basketball, contests and competitions, against the odds, friendship, strong female presence, sport team, underdog, ambition, menopause ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
austin texas, usa, texas
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young guy short on luck, enrolls in a class to build confidence to help win over the girl of his dreams, which becomes complicated when his teacher has the same agenda.
Style:
funny, humorous, absurd, hilarious, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
loser, mentor, farce, rivalry, teaching the ways of the world, love and romance, cons and scams, teachers and students, high school, low self esteem, gang, traffic policeman ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jimmy Price is a reckless man-child on the last leg of his career as a doubles tennis player. When his latest partner drops him, he realizes he's officially burned all of his bridges on the pro circuit. He decides to make one last ditch effort ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
tennis, rivalry, ambition, odd couple, contests and competitions, athlete's life, family relations, coming of age, youth, underdog, verbal byplay, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
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, sentimental, light, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, teen drama
Plot:
soccer, school, youth, childhood, underdog, athlete and trainer, football, friendship, against the odds, high school life, teachers and students, small town life ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
Similarity:
39%
101K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Nacho Libre is loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta ("Friar Storm"), aka Rev. Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, a real-life Mexican Catholic priest who had a 23-year career as a masked luchador. He competed in order to support the orphanage ...
Style:
funny, humorous, ironic, cult classic, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
wrestling, follow your dream, hopes, orphanage, nun, dumb, catholic, eccentricity, monk, monastery, fight scenes, ambition ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
39%
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:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
With baseball being the last thing on these player's minds, and dealing with one of the longest losing streaks in college history, the team of misfits comes to the realization that the school, led by the corrupt and unethical President of the ...
Style:
feel good, not serious, humorous, realistic, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
baseball, college, fraternity, mockery, disability, friends, youth, silly humor, disorder, sport team, buddies, college life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
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