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The Benchwarmers
Why this pick
This similarly broad sports comedy finds camaraderie and comeback spirit among unlikely athletes, favoring goofy humiliation, team bonding, and uncomplicated crowd-pleasing momentum.
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MOVIE2004 1h 32m USA
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Balls of Fury
Why this pick
A washed-up player’s return to competition gives it the same knowingly ludicrous sports-movie framework, packed with deadpan absurdity and exaggerated villainy.
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Mystery Men
Why this pick
Swap athletes for bargain-bin superheroes: the appeal is the same misfit-team chemistry, heightened comic-book visual style, and earnest underdogs battling a larger-than-life antagonist.
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BASEketball
Why this pick
It shares DodgeBall’s fake-sport energy and relentless joke density, treating athletic competition as a playground for escalating nonsense rather than realism.
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The Ringer
Why this pick
Its fish-out-of-water competition setup and supportive team dynamic echo DodgeBall’s underdog appeal, though its humor is gentler and more character-centered.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A group of misfits enter a Las Vegas dodgeball tournament in order to save their cherished local gym from the onslaught of a corporate health fitness chain.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Vince Vaughn
Peter La Fleur
Christine Taylor
Kate Veatch
Ben Stiller
White Goodman
Stephen Root
Gordon
Joel David Moore
Owen
Alan Tudyk
Steve the Pirate
Justin Long
Justin
Chris Williams
Dwight