20 best movies like Celtic Pride (1996)

List of the best movies like Celtic Pride (1996): White Men Can't Jump, Knucklehead, Pain & Gain, Necessary Roughness, The Benchwarmers, Ready to Rumble, Ed, Safe Men, BASEketball, Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland.

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Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, drama, sport
CountryUSA
Duration01:58

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.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genreaction, comedy, drama, family, sport
CountryUSA
Duration01:40

The film centers on a fight promoter (Mark Feuerstein) deeply in debt to his crooked rival. Desperate for a new fighter that will help him win back everything he owes, the promoter catches a break when a 450-pound church handyman (Paul "Big Show" Wight) who has spent his entire life in an orphanage agrees to wrestle on behalf of his fellow orphans.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:09

    Daniel Lugo, manager of the Sun Gym in 1990s Miami, decides that there is only one way to achieve his version of the American dream: extortion. To achieve his goal, he recruits musclemen Paul and Adrian as accomplices. After several failed attempts, they abduct rich businessman Victor Kershaw and convince him to sign over all his assets to them. But when Kershaw makes it out alive, authorities are reluctant to believe his story.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, sport
    CountryUSA

    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?

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrecomedy, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:20

    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.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrecomedy, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:26

    Two slacker wrestling fans are devastated by the ousting of their favorite character by an unscrupulous promoter.

    Markimdb: 2.7
    Genrecomedy, family, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    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 his teammates, is a chimp. Ed used to be the team mascot, but was promoted to third base when the owners realized he had a talent for baseball. As Jack struggles to get used to his new surroundings, Ed helps him regain his confidence on and off the field.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    Two untalented singers are mistaken for a pair of major league safe crackers in Providence, Rhode Island. The two are pressed into service by the local hoodlums and quickly find themselves in conflict with their professional colleagues. Romantic interest is added by the daughter of the underworld leader who won't date the men she knows are gangsters.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, sport
    CountryUSA

    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.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, sport
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration02:00

    With Blue Mountain State football star Thad Castle recently signing a multi-million dollar NFL contract, his teammates and college life seem like a distant memory. However, when a new school dean threatens to clean up the BMS image by auctioning off the infamous Goat House, Alex, Sammy and the boys must find a way to convince him to get involved. Despite his new fortune and fame, there is one small favor that Thad needs done before he saves the day: the biggest booze-and-sloot fest in BMS history. Welcome to Thadland!

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genreaction, comedy, drama, music, sport
    CountryUSA

    A young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way he must fight an evil martial arts expert and rescue a beautiful singer from an obsessed music promoter.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genrecomedy, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    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 an ulterior motive to generate publicity with a grudge match between the big leaguers and their ragtag Triple A affiliate.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:47

    Detectives Jimmy and Paul, despite nine years as partners, can still sometimes seem like polar opposites – especially when Paul's unpredictable antics get them suspended without pay. Already strapped for cash and trying to pay for his daughter's wedding, Jimmy decides to sell a rare baseball card that's worth tens of thousands. Unfortunately, when the collector's shop is robbed and the card vanishes with the crook, Paul and Jimmy end up going rogue, tracking down the card and the drug ring behind its theft, all on their own time, and without any backup – except for each other.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, western, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:42

    Two championship rodeo partners travel to New York to find their missing friend, Nacho Salazar who went missing there.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:06

    When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    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

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:46

    Care-free Charlie (Walter Matthau) cons his widower brother-in-law Herb (Jack Lemmon) into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they are required to be dance hosts! With a tyrannical cruise director, and the luscious Liz and lovely Vivian, our heroes have lots of mis-adventures before they finally return to port.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, adventure, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:51

    The Firpo Brothers can get away with anything. They just can't get away!

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Number 53 - the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own - puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:33

    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.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, drama, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:53

    A pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout -- 30 years after their last match.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrecomedy, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the only man to ever beat the champ. The problem is that he isn't a boxer anymore and he's white. However, once Rev. Sultan convinces him to fight, he goes into heavy training while the confident champ takes it easy and falls out of shape.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, crime, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:53

    Pro quarter-back, Paul Crewe and former college champion and coach, Nate Scarboro are doing time in the same prison. Asked to put together a team of inmates to take on the guards, Crewe enlists the help of Scarboro to coach the inmates to victory in a football game 'fixed' to turn out quite another way.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrecomedy, sport
    CountryUSA

    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 prove themselves on and off the court, become a national media sensation, and gain a new lease on life.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

    Stroker Ace, a champion NASCAR driver, is standing at the top of his career, but is getting fed up with having to do as he's told. In between rebelling against his sponsor (a fried chicken chain)'s promotion gimmicks (like making him dress up in giant chicken suit) he spends the rest of the movie trying to bed the buxom Pembrook.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrecomedy, family, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:38

    When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican Bobsled Team.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrecomedy, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

    Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore -- whose unconventional approach and antics on the grass courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin -- is determined to win a PGA tournament so he can save his granny's house with the prize money. Meanwhile, an attractive tour publicist tries to soften Happy's image.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    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 the ABA at the end of the season. Only the top four teams will make the move and the worst teams will fold. The Tropics are the worst team in the league and if they want to make it to the NBA, Jackie Moon must rally his team and start winning. The only problem is the fact that Jackie Moon is not really the coach and star basketball player he thinks he is. To keep his team from oblivion and leave his mark in the city, Jackie Moon must inspire his team to win fourth place in the playoffs.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrefantasy, comedy, family, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    Brian is a 16 year-old who can't play basketball, but he still wants to play like his hero, Kevin Durant. At an Oklahoma City Thunder game, Brian gets chosen to shoot a half court shot which he misses and hits the mascot in the process. Later on, he gets a chance to meet Durant and expresses his desire to play just like him. When Kevin gives Brian the ball, the two unknowingly switch talents.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrecomedy, sport
    CountryFrance

    More than anything, 30-year-old Rose longs to be reunited with Mickaël, her estranged 11-year-old son who has been placed with a foster family and blames his mother for their long separation. When she discovers that Mickaël is crazy about wrestling, Rose thinks she's found a way to melt the ice: she'll put together a tag team with three girlfriends from the store where all four work as checkout girls...

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    Two common criminals get more than they bargained for after kidnapping the wife of a corrupt real-estate developer who shows no interest in paying the $1 million dollar ransom for her safe return.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:57

    Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genreaction, comedy, sport
    CountryUSA, Hong Kong
    Duration01:48

    The original characters from the first Cannonball Run movie compete in an illegal race across the country once more in various cars and trucks.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:42

    Charlie, a former mobster, is abducted by five privileged young men desperate to raise a $2 million ransom to save the sister of a friend. As Charlie plays mind games, however, his captors splinter -- each wondering whether one of their own had a hand in the crime.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, sport
    CountryNorway

    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 the hopes of winning money for Gordon to have an operation in the US. Truls stops taking the meds and tries to convince his old team mates that he is mentally stable enough to lead them to victory in the Norwegian Curling Championship. But, is it a good sign that he obsessively insists his teammates pull their zippers all the way up before they can play?

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrecomedy, sport
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:37

    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.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, crime, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

    The Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an AM rock station and hold the deejays hostage until they agree to broadcast the band's tape.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, adventure, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:28

      Art dealer, Charles Mortdecai, searches for a stolen painting rumored to contain a secret code that gains access to hidden Nazi gold.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrecomedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:23

      Takeoff on the Godfather with the son of a mafia king taking over for his dying father.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:15

      A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

        A physical therapist falls for the basketball player she is helping recover from a career-threatening injury.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA

        Set in the underworld of debt-collecting, homegrown hustler Peg Dahl will do anything to escape Buffalo, NY.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrecomedy, short, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:12

        A fictional documentary-style expose on the rivalry between two tennis stars who battled it out in a 1999 match that lasted seven days.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrecomedy, drama, sport
        CountryUSA

        In 2004, Hope Ann Greggory became an American hero after winning the bronze medal for the women's gymnastics team. Today, she's still living in her small hometown, washed-up and embittered. Stuck in the past, Hope must reassess her life when a promising young gymnast threatens her local celebrity status.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrecomedy, drama, sport
        CountryFrance, Belgium
        Duration01:56

        40-year-old Bertrand has been suffering from depression for the last two years and is barely able to keep his head above water. Despite the medication he gulps down all day, every day, and his wife's encouragement, he is unable to find any meaning in his life. Curiously, he will end up finding this sense of purpose at the swimming pool, by joining an all-male synchronised swimming team.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:44

        Aging baseball star who goes by the nickname, Mr. 3000, finds out many years after retirement that he didn't quite reach 3,000 hits. Now at age 47 he's back to try and reach that goal.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:36

        Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrecomedy, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:36

        When Andrew Sterling, a successful black urbanite writer, buys a vacation home on a resort in New England the police mistake him for a burglar. After surrounding his home with armed men, Chief Tolliver realizes his mistake and to avoid the bad publicity offers a thief in his jail, Amos Odell a deal.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genrethriller, comedy, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:25

        Ed Lover and Doctor Dre are two inept barbers. Deciding that maybe they ought to find another line of work, they join the police. A big mistake, as far as their duty sergeant, Sgt Cooper is concerned, who proceeds to harass them at every turn. Despite this, they discover a major crime, and proceed to solve it in their own unusual fashion.

        Markimdb: 4.6
        Genrecomedy, drama, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:22

        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 with his girlfriend and give up his football career?




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