Movies like The Best of Times

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The Best of Times (1986)
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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, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Audience: kids, teens, boys' night
Plot: american football, football, high school sports, football team, high school football, sport team, small town, friendship, friends, athlete and trainer, rivalry, ambition, high school, redemption, contests and competitions, lifestyle, social relations, partner, underdog, haunted by the past, against the odds, buddies, small town life, hopes, athlete's life ...
Time: 80s
Keyword: football movie, sport, oldies, partners

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and feel good films with plots about ambition, rivalry, hopes, power relations, underdog, athlete and trainer and sport team mostly in Sport, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like The Best of Times: Monday Night Mayhem (2002), Wildcats (1986), The Longshots (2008), Touchback (2011), Bleacher Bums (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Monday Night Mayhem (2002)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The early years of a television sports powerhouse are chronicled as ABC becomes a player in the NFL coverage by putting their full resources into a major showcase. Executive Roone Arledge (John Heard) recruits former Dallas Cowboys quarterback ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: american football, ambition, rise to the top, hopes, celebrity culture, rivalry, introspection, athlete's life, showbiz, contests and competitions, television, gambling ...
Time: 70s
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, humorous, semi serious, touching ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: american football, human spirit, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, battle of the sexes, football, rivalry, youth, underdog, gender, black, hip hop ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Touchback (2011)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A former high-school football star loses his shot at a college scholarship due to a devastating gridiron injury, but gets a second chance at living his dream.
Style: sentimental, uplifting, disturbing, captivating, touching ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: back in time, american football, small town, high school, coach, championship, social relations, sent to the past, hopes, contests and competitions, one more chance, teenage life ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, iowa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Johnny Be Good (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one of the many offers from college talent scouts or should he attend the local state college ...
Style: independent film, teen sex comedy, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: american football, football, brat pack, cheerleader, college, high school, underdog, coming of age, teenager, revenge, student athlete, love ...
Time: 80s, future
Place: texas, alabama, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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A Shot at Glory (2000)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Scottish second division football team Kilnockie is taken over by American Pete Cameron. The new owner puts pressure on manager Gordon McLeod to improve the fortunes of the team, and hires first division player Jackie McQuillan.
Style: realistic, sentimental, inspirational, captivating, cult classic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: soccer, follow your dream, athlete's life, human spirit, underdog, friendship, lifestyle, ambition, against the odds, football, sport team, society ...
Place: scotland, glasgow scotland, europe
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34%
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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
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Play It to the Bone (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Two aging fighters in LA, friends, get a call from a Vegas promoter because his undercard fighters for a Mike Tyson bout that night are suddenly unavailable. He wants them to box each other. They agree as long as the winner gets a shot at the ...
Style: road movie, inspirational, intense, melancholic, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: boxing, friendship, boxer, unlikely friendships, contests and competitions, athlete's life, hopes, underdog, ambition, road trip, golf, love triangle ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, las vegas, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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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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33%
The Dream Team (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A former footballer living in Brittany enlists his old teammates to help the local fisherman to win some games in order to raise money and save jobs.
Style: feel good, semi serious, touching, realistic, funny ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: buddies, sport team, self discovery, working class, contests and competitions, hopes, lifestyle, ambition, down on your luck, power relations, society, social relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, brittany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Shred (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: SHRED is a motion picture that tells the story of two washed up pro snowboarders from the 90s named Max (played by Dave England) and Eddie (played by Renee Renee) who attempt to cash in on the fantastic growth of the sport by starting their own ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: buddies, skiing, rivalry, friends, ambition, lifestyle, against the odds, uninhibited rivalry, underdog, hopes, athlete's life, human spirit ...
Time: 90s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Friday Night Lights (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during the first game of the season, all hope is lost, and the town's dormant ...
Style: inspirational, intense, serious, captivating, sincere ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: football, high school, american football, sport team, coach, underdog, youth, high school football, championship, athlete's life, career, small town ...
Time: 80s, year 2004, 20th century
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32%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Evening Shade (1990)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story: Evening Shade is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from 1990 to 1994. The series stars Burt Reynolds as Wood Newton, an ex-professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who returns to rural Evening Shade, Arkansas to ...
Style: sitcom, independent film, humorous, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot: small town, american football, high school, high school football, high school sports, lifestyle, family relations, athlete's life, sport team, power relations, small town life, society ...
Time: 80s
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The Comebacks (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 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, humorous, spoof, melancholic, funny ...
Audience: teens
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Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Final Season (2007)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: True story of Kent Stock, who in the early 90's, gives up a job and ditches his wedding plans to take over as head coach as the Norway High School baseball team. Kent must win over his players and convince them and himself that he can fill ...
Style: realistic, sincere, touching, sentimental, historical drama ...
Audience: kids
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Goodbye, Franklin High (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Comic melodrama following the day-to-day life of high school senior Will, a promising but naive athlete struggling with choices that could determine his future, romance and family difficulties.
Style: grindhouse, independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: baseball, high school, coming of age, college, teen angst, graduation, partner, performer's life, friends, sport team, couples, power relations ...
Time: 70s
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31%
Chicks With Sticks (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The story takes the battle of the sexes into the hockey arena, as Paula Taymore - who almost once made the Olympic team - finds herself drawn into a challenge match against an irritating local men's squad. Fresh from a painful divorce, and ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, sentimental, humorous, touching ...
Plot: female athlete, hockey, battle of the sexes, against the odds, ambition, feminism, contests and competitions, fall in love, lifestyle, friendship, rivalry, sport team ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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31%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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The Replacements (2000)
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, humorous, inspirational, intense, realistic ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: american football, underdog, football, cheerleading, transformation, adaptation, hopes, rivalry, contests and competitions, against the odds, athlete and trainer, ambition ...
Time: 20th century, year 2000, y2k, 80s, 90s
Place: usa, washington d.c.
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31%
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
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Longest Yard (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: In this rough-and-tumble yarn, actually filmed on-location at the Georgia State Prision, the cons are the heroes and the guards are the heavies. Eddie Albert is the sadistic warden who'll gladly make any sacrifice to push his guards' ...
Style: inspirational, intense, suspense, talky, witty ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: prison, american football, football, underdog, prison escape, cheerleader, farce, greed, crime gone awry, unlikely friendships, prison life, contests and competitions ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: florida, usa, america, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Gus (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The California Atoms are in last place with no hope of moving up. But by switching the mule from team mascot to team member, (He can kick 100 yard field goals!) they start winning, and move up in the rankings, Hurrah! The competition isn't so ...
Style: funny, slapstick, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: football, american football, horse, animal, humour, football team, name calling, sport team, cheerleader, soccer, silly humor, animal life ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place: california, former yugoslavia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Believe in Me (2006)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: In a conservative small town, a young man's wish to coach high school basketball are tweaked by a school board decision that makes him the new coach of the girls' team.
Style: serious, touching, realistic, spiritual, inspirational
Audience: family outing
Plot: basketball, small town, underdog, ambition, contests and competitions, youth, prodigy, hopes, rivalry, against the odds, human spirit, dedicated educator ...
Time: 60s, year 2006
Place: oklahoma, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Slap Shot 3: The Junior League (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Get ready for a rough-and-tumble comedy that knows how to kick some serious puck!
Style: realistic, exciting, feel good, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hockey, ice hockey, sport team, social relations, lifestyle, athlete and trainer, rivalry, underdog, hopes, orphan, against the odds, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Number One (1969)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A former football hero cannot accept his career is over. He loses himself in alcohol and women.
Style: retro, independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: american football, football, nfl, midlife crisis, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, drunkenness, football team, sex scene, power relations, sport team, fashion ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: new orleans, usa, louisiana
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30%
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