Sports Comedies on Netflix
Last updated September 29, 2023
Note to Self
2012 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsCurtis King, a handsome and popular student athlete, may know his way around the court, but his heart still needs a game plan. When he decides to keep a journal to give his life a new direction, the path leads him straight to the love he needed most.
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Nitro Circus: The Movie
2012 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsEnter the adrenaline-fueled world of freestyle motocross rider Travis Pastrana and his pals as they travel the globe performing outrageous stunts, including flipping a Big Wheel over a 70-foot gap, jumping out of a plane with no parachute and more.
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Happy Gilmore
1996 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsFailed hockey player turned golf whiz Happy Gilmore -- whose unconventional approach and antics on the links spark the ire of rival Shooter McGavin -- is determined to win a PGA tournament to save his grandmother's house with the prize money.
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Goon
2011 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsWhen he's seen dispatching a rude opposing hockey player in the stands, Doug Glatt is hired by a rival team ... for his fighting skills. It seems the new team's star is gun-shy after being hit by a puck, and Glatt's job is to be his on-ice bodyguard.
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16-Love
2012 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsTeenager Ally "Smash" Mash lives between the carefully painted white lines of junior tennis. Unbeaten and about to go pro, a twisted ankle intervenes, and she shows a lazy rival what it takes to win, and he shows her how to live off of the court.
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Slap Shot
1977 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsThis foul-mouthed classic follows an ex-hockey star who winds up coaching a hapless minor-league club. When the Charlestown Chiefs realize that playing dirty excites the crowd, they become a squad of goon thugs, led by the iconic Hanson brothers.
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Shaolin Soccer
2001 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsA down-on-his-luck ex-soccer player, injured during a rigged match, joins forces with a former monk to assemble an unlikely team of players -- the monk's awkward Shaolin brothers -- harnessing the discipline and power of kung fu.
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Playing for Keeps
2012 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsA washed-up, former soccer star attempts to rebuild his relationship with his son and ex-wife by coaching his son's soccer team. His plan to reconnect with his family is met with challenges from the attractive soccer moms who pursue him everywhere.
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Dil Bole Hadippa!
2009 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsTo fulfill her dream of playing cricket professionally, spirited Veera disguises herself as a man and tries out for a struggling team. But while Veera makes a splash on the field, her crush on the squad's handsome captain may jeopardize her plan.
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Bull Durham
1988 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThe perennially pitiful Durham Bulls ink pitching phenom "Nuke" LaLoosh (Tim Robbins), a gifted but undisciplined rookie, in hopes that he'll usher the team to victory. But it's up to seasoned bush-league catcher "Crash" Davis (Kevin Costner) to keep him in line. Meanwhile, a winsome groupie (Susan Sarandon) who confers sexual favors on a new player each season chooses Nuke as this year's beneficiary. The problem is, she's more attracted to Crash.
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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings
1976 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn director John Badham's congenial comedy, baseballers Bingo Long (Billy Dee Williams) and Leon Carter (James Earl Jones) lead a group of fellow black players defecting from the Negro League in 1939 thanks to their unethical, tightfisted team owners. The duo soon strikes out on their own, forming a barnstorming squad that squares off against their white counterparts in pickup games. Richard Pryor is among the familiar faces in the topnotch cast.
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The Longest Yard
2005 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhile doing time, a professional quarterback persuades a fellow convict and former gridiron coach to prepare a group of jailbirds for a game against the guards. But the team is in for a little surprise when game time rolls around.
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Jackass: Number Two
2006 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsJohnny Knoxville, Bam Margera and the rest of the crew continue to shun dignity and embrace danger in this no-holds-barred sequel that keeps the gross-out factor high with stunts involving leeches, horse semen and more as the gang travels to India.
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The Hot Flashes
2013 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsA group of middle-aged women -- all former basketball champs -- come together to challenge the current all-star high school team in a fun-filled, fast-paced tournament to raise money for breast cancer prevention.
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Hot Rod
2007 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn a silly send-up of stuntman Evel Knievel's famously unsuccessful jump over Snake River Canyon, Andy Samberg plays an accident-prone daredevil who's determined to carry out a ridiculous feat at all costs to prove himself to his abusive stepfather.
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The Bad News Bears
1976 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWalter Matthau stars as the grumbling, beer-guzzling Morris Buttermaker, a former minor-league pitcher roped into coaching a crass bunch of perpetually losing half-pint misfits. Desperate to win, Coach Morris brings in two ringers.
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Kung Fu Dunk
2008 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsFeaturing an all-star cast, this action-driven comedy charts the rise of Fang Shi-Jie, an orphaned kung fu student who blossoms into a basketball star when a street hustler tries to make money off of the young man's talents.
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Sixty Six
2006 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsDuring the summer of 1966, 12-year-old Londoner Bernie (Gregg Sulkin) eagerly prepares for his upcoming bar mitzvah, but disaster looms when England snags a spot in the World Cup finals, scheduled for the same day as Bernie's big celebration. With his father (Eddie Marsan) and mother (Helena Bonham Carter) facing financial difficulties, Bernie struggles to readjust his expectations for the biggest event of his life.
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The Longest Yard
1974 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsBurt Reynolds stars in this rough, hilarious comedy as washed-up National Football League quarterback Paul Crewe, who's sent to jail and forced to put together an inmate gridiron team to take on a group of cocky prison guards.
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Jackass: The Movie
2002 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsDirector Jeff Tremaine turns the MTV show "Jackass," in which Johnny Knoxville and his fellow stunt-loving pranksters perform daring and strangely idiotic feats, into a full-length film. Knoxville and friends -- including Tony Hawk and Spike Jonze -- are willing to do anything to amuse themselves and those around them. They wander Japan in panda outfits, wreak havoc on a golf course, perform stunts involving live alligators and more.
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Man of the House
2005 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsTexas Ranger Roland Sharp (Tommy Lee Jones) finds himself college bound when he's tapped to protect a boisterous group of University of Texas cheerleaders -- who happen to be the only witnesses to a federal snitch's murder. To keep an eye on them, Sharp goes undercover as their assistant coach, a job that requires him to live with them and master the art of choreography ... with hilarious results. Anne Archer co-stars as Sharp's love interest.
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Breakaway
2011 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsPart of a Sikh family living in Toronto, young hockey player Rajvinder Singh has trouble fitting in with both mainstream hockey players and his traditional family. When he secretly joins an all-Sikh team, he falls for the coach's sister.
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The Match
1999 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsTo settle a bet that goes back 100 years, two local bars gear up for a high-stakes soccer match that's been a century in the making. But the winning team gets more than bragging rights; it gets ownership of the losing team's pub.
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Mad About Mambo
2000 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsTeenage Danny wishes he could be a professional soccer player, but he doesn't have the right moves. When he hears his soccer idol cite samba as his reason for success, Danny decides to take up dancing -- and meets the girl of his dreams.
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The Best of Times
1986 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsIn 1972, the Taft High School football team challenged its archrival in a game to end all games -- and might have won if Jack "Butterfingers" Dundee (Robin Williams) hadn't dropped the ball. Still haunted years later, Jack cooks up a rematch to settle old scores. His old friend and quarterback (Kurt Russell) agrees to go along with the harebrained plan, but winning will be an uphill battle. Roger Spottiswoode directs this sports comedy.
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