Movies like Bend It Like Beckham
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Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
122K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play for her semi-pro team. Jess uses elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family while also dealing with her romantic feelings for her coach, Joe.
Style:
feel good, sweet, teen, light, touching, funny, romantic, humorous, entertaining, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
soccer, friendship, wedding, football, hinduism, stereotypes, tradition, feminism, immigrant, coming of age, against the rules, culture clash, misfit, adolescence, generation gap, coach, teenage girl, obsession, strong female lead, interracial romance, conflict, passion, destiny, happy ending, lgbtq ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
england, london, europe, germany, hamburg germany, india, seattle
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Most similar movies to Bend It Like Beckham
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, humorous, realistic and sexy films with plots about friendship, happy ending, dancing, destiny, dialogue, mentor and catastrophe mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Bend It Like Beckham: She's the Man (2006), A League of Their Own (1992), Stick It (2006), Varsity Blues (1999), Raising Helen (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
191K
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Viola Johnson is in a real jam. Complications threaten her scheme to pose as her twin brother, Sebastian, and take his place at a new boarding school. She falls in love with her handsome roommate, Duke, who loves beautiful Olivia, who has fallen for ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, rom com, funny, teen ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids ...
Plot:
high school, teenager, soccer, cross dressing, tomboy, teenage love, teen romance, high school life, teenage life, teenage girl, roommate, gender disguise ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, london, new jersey, canada
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey (Garry Marshall). Competitive sisters Dottie ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, sweet, touching, teen ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, family outing, chick flick, teens
Plot:
baseball, world war two, feminist, sister sister relationship, friendship, sibling rivalry, alcoholic, coach, female friendship, female athlete, happy ending, female protagonist ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century, 90s
Place:
oregon, chicago, indiana, usa, midwest ...
Similarity:
100%
32K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Haley is a naturally gifted athlete but, with her social behavior, the teen seems intent on squandering her abilities. After a final brush with the law, a judge sentences her to an elite gymnastics academy run by a legendary, hard-nosed coach. Once ...
Style:
feel good, teen, sexy, funny, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
gymnastics, teenager, rebelliousness, athlete and trainer, gymnast, rivalry, friends, contests and competitions, happy ending, high school, fighting the system, competition ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
austin texas, texas, usa, houston texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion, 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night. When star quarterback Lance Harbor suffers an injury, the Coyotes are forced to regroup ...
Style:
teen sex comedy, entertaining, semi serious, sincere, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, small town, football, american football, cheerleader, high school, football player, stripper, tough girl, high school sports, stereotypes, mentor ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, midwest, austin texas, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Helen Harris has a glamorous, big-city life working for one of New York's hottest modeling agencies. But suddenly her free-spirited life gets turned upside down when she must chose between the life she's always loved, and the new loves of ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, sentimental, touching, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, kids
Plot:
adoption, custody, happy ending, couple relations, parents and children, couples, teenage girl, destiny, family bonds, orphan, love, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, san francisco, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Bianca, a tenth grader, has never gone on a date, but she isn't allowed to go out with boys until her older sister Kat gets a boyfriend. The problem is, Kat rubs nearly everyone the wrong way. But Bianca and the guy she has her eye on, Joey, ...
Style:
romantic, teen, romantic comedy, rom com, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
high school, teenager, opposites attract, youth, fall in love, couples, teen romance, teenage life, enemies to lovers, love and romance, teenage love, initially antagonists ...
Time:
y2k, year 1999, 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
seattle, washington state, washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
100%
60K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In a world connected by YouTube, iTunes, and Facebook, Lola and her friends navigate the peer pressures of high school romance and friendship while dodging their sometimes overbearing and confused parents. When Lola's mom, Anne, ...
Style:
romantic, light, sexy, teen, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
teenage love, teen romance, teenage life, youth, high school life, love and romance, high school, mother daughter relationship, happy ending, coming of age, friends, high school romance ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, chicago
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Mandy Moore stars as Halley, a young hip high school student who's convinced true love doesn't exist based on the crazy relationships around her. Her mother is divorcing her father who is dating a younger woman Halley can't stand. Her ...
Style:
sweet, teen, romantic, semi serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, true love, teenage love, wedding, high school, bullying, happy ending, coming of age, pregnancy, love and romance, youth, family problems ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching "University Challenge," a ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, witty, light, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, university, college, politics, best friends in love, happy ending, social differences, love triangle, student, buddies, youth, love and romance ...
Time:
80s, year 2006, 2000s, year 1985, 70s
Place:
england, britain, united kingdom, europe, india
Similarity:
100%
68K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballer...However, living in the Barrios section of Los Angeles, he thinks it is only that--a dream. Until one day an extraordinary turn of events has him ...
Style:
inspirational, harsh, captivating, serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
soccer, football, athlete's life, coach, lifestyle, dream come true, sport team, career, cheerleader, follow your dream, human spirit, against the odds ...
Time:
year 2005, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, england, europe, london, mexico ...
Similarity:
100%
72K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In Bodeen, Texas, Land Of The Dragon, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.
Style:
feel good, cute, teen, exciting, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence, strong female lead, teenage girl, contests and competitions, roller derby, small town, tomboy, female athlete, relationships, skating, roller skater ...
Time:
year 2009, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
austin texas, usa, texas, detroit, california
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
15 year-old soccer prodigy, Sara Davis, has a chance to join the U.S. National Team, but she must juggle high school, romance, sports, and parental pressure while deciding her own priorities.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, sentimental, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick, kids ...
Plot:
teenager, high school life, hopes, soccer, rivalry, friendship, teenage love, against the odds, friends, youth, follow your dream, teenage life ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, United Arab Emirates, USA, India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways as the residents find new purpose ...
Style:
feel good, touching, sentimental, uplifting, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
elderly, hotel, loneliness, self discovery, aging, goodhearted, old age, marital problem, life changing experience, choice, retirement home, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia, delhi, mumbai india, seattle ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Nothing gets between Anne Marie and her board. Living in a beach shack with three roommates, she is up before dawn every morning to conquer the waves and count the days until the Pipe Masters competition. Having transplanted herself to Hawaii with ...
Style:
feel good, intense, teen, entertaining, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
surfing, teenager, beach, friendship, female athlete, sea, fall in love, young lovers, women, coming of age, lifestyle, teenage life ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa, oceania, pacific ocean, new jersey ...
Similarity:
100%
441K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Olive, an average high school student, sees her below-the-radar existence turn around overnight once she decides to use the school's gossip grapevine to advance her social standing. Now her classmates are turning against her and the school ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, entertaining, teen sex comedy, sex comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, coming of age, teenager, adolescence, youth, teenage love, high school life, teenage girl, teenage life, notoriety, classmate, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
california, xian, usa, florida, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Four best friends (Tibby, Lena, Carmen & Bridget) who buy a mysterious pair of pants that fits each of them, despite their differing sizes, and makes whoever wears them feel fabulous. When faced with the prospect of spending their first ...
Style:
feel good, teen, touching, romantic, cute ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenage girl, friendship, first love, female friendship, relationships, summer, teenager, teen romance, teenage love, love story, teenybopper ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
greece, south carolina, mexico, california
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second chance at the future.
Style:
romantic, feel good, sentimental, rom com, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
father daughter relationship, love story, single father, true love, storytelling, daughter, father, love, best friends in love, fall in love, male female friendship, relationships ...
Time:
year 2008, year 1994, year 1992, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, new york state, wisconsin, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
275K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give ...
Style:
feel good, rom com, romantic, teen, light ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, fashion, youth, teenager, teenage life, couples, opposites attract, teen romance, love and romance, enemies to lovers, popularity, teenage love ...
Time:
90s, y2k, 20th century, year 1995, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, beverly hills, usa, seattle
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it ...
Style:
romantic, teen, sexy, romantic comedy, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night, chick flick ...
Plot:
high school, bullying, coming of age, teenage girl, relationships, teen romance, teenager, class differences, high school student, love story, father daughter relationship, first love ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, massachusetts, california
Similarity:
100%
113K
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The Toro cheerleading squad from Rancho Carne High School in San Diego has got spirit, spunk, sass and a killer routine that's sure to land them the national championship trophy for the sixth year in a row. But for newly-elected team captain, ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, teen, romantic, witty ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, cheerleader, cheerleading, dancing, teenage girl, popular girl, teenager, adolescence, believe in yourself, female protagonist, high school life, hip hop ...
Time:
2000s, 1900s, year 2000, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
florida, california, los angeles, usa, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been unfaithful and wants a divorce. ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, romantic comedy, sexy, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
divorce, womanizer, infidelity, marriage, love and romance, happy ending, love story, dating, relationships, flirting, mentor, family drama ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, iran, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Though Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin) is a successful attorney and a loyal, generous friend, she is still single. After one drink too many at her 30th-birthday celebration, Rachel unexpectedly falls into bed with her longtime crush, Dex -- who happens to ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, rom com, sweet, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
wedding, fall in love, destiny, best friends in love, wedding preparations and rituals, love story, love and romance, true love, best friend, friendship, relationships, friends ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, london, new jersey ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.
Style:
romantic, feel good, sentimental, sexy, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
wedding, best friend, love story, wedding preparations and rituals, women, unrequited love, love and romance, love triangle, friendship, male female friendship, amor, wedding planning ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa, new york, madagascar, san francisco ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Georgia Nicolson is fourteen, lives with nosey parents who don't understand her, an annoying three year old sister and has to wear a beret to school. She would, however, rather be blonde, have a smaller nose and a boyfriend. Revolving around ...
Style:
sexy, touching, teen, romantic comedy, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
high school, teenage love, school, teenage life, coming of age, couples, youth, love and romance, parents and children, friends, puberty, high school life ...
Time:
2000s, 80s
Place:
england, brighton, europe, new zealand, san francisco ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
Style:
sexy, humorous, touching, romantic comedy, eros ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, sapphic, lesbian love, woman woman relationship, lesbian romance, gender, lgbtq, relationships, hospital, lesbian sex ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
indiana, new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, paris france ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When relaxed and charming Ben Wrightman meets workaholic Lindsey Meeks she finds him sweet and charming, they hit it off and when it is winter Ben can spend every waking hour with Lindsey, but when summer comes around the corner Lindsey discovers ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, entertaining, sweet, cute ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
baseball, teacher, obsession, happy ending, contests and competitions, relationship problems, women, baseball coach, dating, career woman, workaholic, fall in love ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2003, 2000s, 80s, year 1980 ...
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
433K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he’s hired to manage a soccer team—despite having no experience. With cynical players and a doubtful town, will he get them to see the Ted Lasso Way?
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, sitcom, sincere ...
Plot:
soccer, football team, american abroad, soccer coach, football player, professional sports, closeted homosexual, friendship, strong female character, coaching, divorce, career change ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Pride & Prejudice is a humorous story of love and life among English gentility during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters. If Mr. Bennet dies their house will ...
Style:
romantic, costume drama, sweet, sexy, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
prejudice, love, fall in love, happy ending, women, strong female character, love and romance, opposites attract, aristocracy, initially antagonists, wooing, social differences ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, victorian era, 1790s, georgian era ...
Place:
england, britain, united kingdom, europe, london ...
Similarity:
67%
231K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
On the brink of a midlife crisis, 30-something Mike O'Donnell wishes he could have a "do-over." And that's exactly what he gets when he wakes up one morning to find he's 17 years old again. With his adult mind stuck inside ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, teen, entertaining, funny ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, family outing, family friendly ...
Plot:
high school, youth, body swapping, teenage life, popularity, adolescence vs adulthood, teenager, coming of age, high school life, transformation, high school sports, teenage girl ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, 80s, year 1989, future ...
Place:
los angeles, new jersey, california
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
With the help of her coach, her parents, and the boy who drives the Zamboni machine, nothing can stop Casey from realizing her dream to be a champion figure skater.
Style:
romantic, teen, sweet, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, figure skating, teenage girl, high school, mother daughter relationship, ice skater, happy ending, female protagonist, dancing, coming of age, believe in yourself, athlete's life ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005
Place:
new england, harvard university, new jersey, usa
Similarity:
100%
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