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The Big Green (1995)
8K
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 they work overtime, the pair help kids build their self-esteem and also get involved in solving family squabbles.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching, inspirational, clever, sentimental, light, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
underdog, family, soccer, kids and family, small town, school, sport, immigrants, athlete's life, football, dedicated educator, children, hardcase students, disney, childhood, teacher, contests and competitions, mentor, bullying, follow your dream, human spirit, athlete and trainer, friendship, catastrophe, teachers and students ...
Place:
texas, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, semi serious and melancholic films with plots about catastrophe, storytelling, redemption, mentor, family, culture clash and dialogue mostly in Comedy, Sport and Family genres. Some movies like The Big Green: D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994), The Air Up There (1994), Rebound (2005), D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996), Little Big League (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Time:
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System:
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User:
88%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Place:
minnesota, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When the owner of the Minnesota Twins passes away, he bequeaths the team to his preteen grandson. The newly minted head honcho quickly appoints himself manager, causing unrest in an organisation that struggles to take orders from a 12-year-old.
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humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic, touching ...
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family outing, kids
Plot:
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System:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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System:
86%
User:
76%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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System:
83%
User:
89%
8K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jack Cooper (Matt LeBlanc) could be a world-class baseball pitcher if he didn't keep buckling under the pressure. He tries to keep his spirits up after he's traded to a minor league team but loses all hope when he discovers that Ed, one of ...
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System:
81%
User:
72%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
System:
79%
User:
87%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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System:
74%
User:
66%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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72%
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78%
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Place:
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System:
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance, Sport
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, feel good, not serious, realistic, funny ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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System:
56%
User:
62%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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System:
55%
User:
62%
9K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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System:
55%
User:
62%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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49%
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Story:
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User:
59%
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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46%
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Story:
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Story:
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User:
37%
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Story:
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45%
User:
50%
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Country: USA
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50%
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