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Movies that feel likeDodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004)

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 dodgeball guru and Goodman's attorney, La Fleur and his rag-tag team of underdogs launch a knock-down, drag-out battle in which the winner takes all.

If you loved DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, the closest films we have are The Castle (1997), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and American Movie (1999). All three share DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is My Life as a Dog (1985).

🍅 72% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Rawson Marshall Thurberwittyplayfulromantichopeful
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The Castle
1997 · dir. Rob Sitch
🍅 87%★ 7.6drama · comedy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: underdog

The difference: Goes its own way on the romance

The quirky Kerrigan family lives together in a makeshift home they built themselves – with great pride and a bizarre attention to detail – a few yards from the edge of Melbourne, Australia's busy Tullamarine Airport. When a building inspector condemns the building and reveals that the government plans to use their land for an airport expansion, Darryl Kerrigan and his brood recruit hack attorney Dennis Denuto and prepare themselves for the fight of their lives.

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The Royal Tenenbaums
2001 · dir. Wes Anderson
🍅 81%★ 7.6comedy · dramaMax

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: Less romantic, more its own thing

Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.

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American Movie
1999 · dir. Chris Smith
🍅 94%★ 7.8documentary · comedy

Common ground: underdog

The difference: Played as documentary first

American Movie documents the story of filmmaker Mark Borchardt, his mission, and his dream. Spanning over two years of intense struggle with his film, his family, financial decline, and spiritual crisis, American Movie is a portrayal of ambition, obsession, excess, and one man's quest for the American Dream.

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My Life as a Dog
1985 · dir. Lasse Hallström
🍅 100%★ 7.6drama · comedyMax

Both lean on hope more than on comedy

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

A boy, obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at the home of his aunt and uncle in 1959 Sweden.

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Breaking the Waves
1996 · dir. Lars von Trier
🍅 84%★ 7.8drama · romance

Romantic comedy in both cases

In a small, conservative Scottish village, an oilman is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when he urges her to have sex with another.

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Mohabbatein
2000 · dir. Aditya Chopra
★ 7.1drama · romanceNetflix

Comedy built on romance, twice over

At a prestigious all-male university, three friends seek love outside of the school grounds; at the same time, a newly-hired music teacher seeks to befriend and loosen up the militantly strict headmaster.

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Not Another Teen Movie
2001 · dir. Joel Gallen
🍅 32%★ 5.8comedy

Both are built on the same subject: cheerleader

On a bet, a gridiron hero at John Hughes High School sets out to turn a bespectacled plain Jane into a beautiful and popular prom queen in this outrageous send-up of the teen movies of the 1980s and '90s.

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She's the Man
2006 · dir. Andy Fickman
🍅 45%★ 6.4comedy · romanceParamount+

The same preoccupation in both: sports

Viola Hastings 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 Sebastian! As if that were not enough, Viola's twin returns from London ahead of schedule but has no idea that his sister has already replaced him on campus.

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Upstream Color
2013 · dir. Shane Carruth
🍅 87%★ 6.5drama · science fiction

The shared currency is hope

A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.

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The Girl Next Door
2004 · dir. Luke Greenfield
🍅 56%★ 6.7comedy · romancePrime Video

A streak of wit through both

Exceptionally ambitious high schooler Matthew has aspirations for a career in politics when he falls in love with his gorgeous 19-year-old neighbor, Danielle. But Matthew's bright future is jeopardized when he finds Danielle was once a porn star. As Danielle's past catches up with her, Matthew's love for her forces him to re-evaluate his goals.

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This Is 40
2012 · dir. Judd Apatow
🍅 52%★ 6.2comedy

Both work the same play

Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing, they're on the verge of losing their house, and their relationship is threatening to fall apart.

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Along Came Polly
2004 · dir. John Hamburg
🍅 27%★ 6comedy · romanceParamount+

Both sit in the same witty register

Reuben Feffer is a guy who's spent his entire life playing it safe. Polly Prince is irresistible as a free-spirit who lives for the thrill of the moment. When these two comically mismatched souls collide, Reuben's world is turned upside down, as he makes an uproarious attempt to change his life from middle-of-the-road to totally-out-there.

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