Movies like Champions: 20 to watch next
If you loved Champions (2023) — a comedy and drama film directed by Bobby Farrelly — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Champions most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like basketball, special olympics and basketball team. 10 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story 2004★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Way Back 2020★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction, attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Fired Up! 2009★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy
Popular high schoolers and best friends Shawn and Nick decide to ditch football camp for cheerleader camp. For the girls and for the glory.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Thunderstruck 2012★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy
After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Happy Gilmore 2 2025★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy
Happy Gilmore isn't done with golf — not by a long shot. Since his retirement after his first Tour Championship win, Gilmore returns to finance his daughter's ballet classes.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Iliza Shlesinger: Freezing Hot 2015★ 6.7
Shares: Comedy
Smart and brazen comedian Iliza Shlesinger shares her unflinchingly honest observations on the differences between men and women. Filled with hashtag-able catch phrases, this is a laugh-out-loud revelation exposing some of women’s best kept - and ugliest - secrets, including truths about first date attire, fantasy break-ups and the tireless pursuit of not being cold while still looking hot.
Stream in India on Netflix, Tubi TV
- 7
People Like Us 2012★ 6.8
Shares: Drama
After flying home to L.A. for the funeral of his estranged record-producer father, a struggling man discovers that the will stipulates that he must deliver $150,000 in cash to a 30-year-old alcoholic sister he never knew existed, and her troubled 12-year-old son.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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The Dink 2026★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy
Desperate to save a struggling country club and earn his father's respect, a washed-up tennis pro is compelled to break a sacred vow and do the unthinkable: play pickleball.
Stream in India on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
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Pride 2007★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
Coach Jim Ellis shocks the community and changes lives when, aided by a local janitor, he sets out to form Philadelphia's first black swim team. But the odds are against them as they battle rigid rules, racism and more.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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Rez Ball 2024★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
After losing their star player, a high school basketball team rooted in Native American culture must unite to keep their state championship dreams alive.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Facing the Giants 2006★ 7.6
Shares: Drama
A losing coach with an underdog football team faces their giants of fear and failure on and off the field to surprising results.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Three Stooges 2012★ 5.8
Shares: Comedy
Left on the doorstep of an orphanage run by nuns, three newborn knuckleheads grow up to be finger-poking, nyuk-nyuking janitors named Larry, Curly and Moe. When they learn that financial problems will soon force the only home they've ever known to close, the trio sets out to raise $830,000 in one month. Out in the world for the very first time, the three innocent bumblers become embroiled in a murder plot and find stardom on a TV reality show.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Air 2023★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
Discover the game-changing partnership between a then undiscovered Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and culture with the Air Jordan brand.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Coach Carter 2005★ 7.6
Shares: Drama
Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Pitch Perfect 2 2015★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy
The Bellas are back, and they are better than ever. After being humiliated in front of none other than the President of the United States of America, the Bellas are taken out of the Aca-Circuit. In order to clear their name, and regain their status, the Bellas take on a seemingly impossible task: winning an international competition no American team has ever won. In order to accomplish this monumental task, they need to strengthen the bonds of friendship and sisterhood and blow away the competition with their amazing aca-magic! With all new friends and old rivals tagging along for the trip, the Bellas can hopefully accomplish their dreams.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Naked Gun 2025★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy
Only one man has the particular set of skills... to lead Police Squad and save the world: Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. Following in his father's footsteps, he must solve a murder case to prevent Police Squad from closure.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Searching for Bobby Fischer 1993★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Silencers 1966★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy
Matt Helm is called out of retirement to stop the evil Big O organization who plan to explode an atomic bomb over Alamagordo, NM, and start WW III.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Uncle Drew 2018★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy
Uncle Drew recruits a squad of older basketball players to return to the court to compete in a tournament.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Hurricane Season 2010★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
Based on true events amid the wreckage and chaos dealt by Hurricane Katrina; one basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana just will not give up. Coach Al Collins, gathers other players from hard-hit schools and builds a team actually worthy enough to go to the state playoffs.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now