Movies like The Winning Season (2009)
The best movies like The Winning Season (2009) are Believe in Me (2006), The Mighty Macs (2011) and Resurrecting the Champ (2007). If The Winning Season hooked you with its comedy and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedCoach Carter (2005)7.6/10 from 3,445 votes
- NewestRebound (2023)Released 2023
Believe in Me (2006)
In a conservative small town, a young man's wish to coach high school basketball are tweaked by a school board decision that makes him the new coach of the girls' team.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Mighty Macs (2011)
In 1971, Cathy Rush becomes the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Though her team has no gym and no uniforms — and the school itself is in danger of being sold — Rush looks to steer her girls to their first national championship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisResurrecting the Champ (2007)
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMr. 3000 (2004)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisWin Win (2011)
When down-on-his-luck part-time high school wrestling coach Mike agrees to become legal guardian to an elderly man, his ward's troubled grandson turns out to be a star grappler, sparking dreams of a big win -- until the boy's mother retrieves him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Hot Flashes (2013)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisDiggstown (1992)
Gabriel Caine has just been released from prison when he sets up a bet with a business man who owns most of Diggstown, a boxing-mad town. The bet is that Gabe can find a boxer that will knock out 10 Diggstown men, in a boxing ring, within 24 hours. Roy 'Honey' Palmer is that man that, at 48, many say he is too old.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChampions (2023)
A stubborn and hotheaded minor league basketball coach is forced to train a Special Olympics team when he is sentenced to community service.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEscanaba in da Moonlight (2001)
On the eve of deer-hunting season in Michigan, a family of hunters contends with the shame of their eldest son never having shot his own buck.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Half Nelson (2006)
Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could either end disastrously or provide a catalyst of hope.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChoke (2008)
A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHurricane Season (2010)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)
The story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisBad News Bears (2005)
Morris Buttermaker is a burned-out minor league baseball player who loves to drink and can't keep his hands to himself. His long-suffering lawyer arranges for him to manage a local Little League team, and Buttermaker soon finds himself the head of a rag-tag group of misfit players. Through unconventional team-building exercises and his offbeat coaching style, Buttermaker helps his hapless Bears prepare to meet their rivals, the Yankees.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisCoach Carter (2005)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPlaying for Keeps (2012)
A former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's soccer team in an attempt to get his life together.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe 5th Quarter (2010)
In the wake of a car crash that killed his brother, football player Jon Abbate leads his school's struggling team to its most successful season ever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Just Wright (2010)
Physical therapist Leslie Wright lands the dream job of working with basketball superstar Scott McKnight, helping him recover from a career-threatening injury. All goes well and soon Leslie finds herself falling in love with him. Just as their friendship deepens, however, Scott focuses his attention back on his tenuous relationship with his ex-fiancé Morgan, Leslie's gorgeous godsister, who would love to be the basketball player's trophy wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSeven Days in Utopia (2011)
Talent can only get you so far. For golfer Luke Chisholm, that turns out to be Utopia, Texas -- where he's left stranded after blowing his pro debut.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisAgainst the Ropes (2004)
A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominated sport.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisRebound (2023)
This true story retells the incredible tale of the 2012 National High School Basketball Championship, in which a new coach and six players from the weakest basketball team ran nonstop for eight days.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Soccer Mom (2008)
A warm-hearted comedy about a compulsive soccer mom who masquerades as a famous Italian soccer star hired to coach her daughter's floundering soccer team, then struggles frantically to keep her wacky charade going long enough to see the girls win their big tournament.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Draft Day (2014)
At the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to rebuild his team when he trades for the number one pick. He must decide what he's willing to sacrifice on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with NFL dreams.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCity Island (2009)
The Rizzos, a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations, and careers with one another, find their delicate web of lies disturbed by the arrival of a young ex-con brought home by Vince, the patriarch of the family, who is a corrections officer in real life, and a hopeful actor in private.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Replacements (2000)
Maverick old-guard coach Jimmy McGinty is hired in the wake of a players' strike to help the Washington Sentinels advance to the playoffs. But that impossible dream hinges on whether his replacements can hunker down and do the job. So, McGinty dusts off his secret dossier of ex-players who never got a chance (or screwed up the one they were given) and knits together a bad-dream team of guys who just may give the Sentinels their title shot.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Family Tree (2011)
A mother and wife stricken with memory loss allows a dysfunctional family a second chance at harmony and happiness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisHenry Poole Is Here (2008)
Henry Poole abandons his fiancée and family business to spend what he believes are his remaining days alone. The discovery of a 'miracle' by a nosy neighbor ruptures his solitude and restores his faith in life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Pool Boys (2009)
A pool boy and a gardener turn an empty mansion into a home for women who belong to the world's oldest profession.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisSpaceman (2016)
Story of former major league baseball pitcher Bill 'Spaceman' Lee following his release by the Montreal Expos.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Wild Oats (2016)
Everything changes for Eva when she receives an insurance settlement check accidentally made out for $5,000,000 instead of the expected $50,000. She and her best friend take the money and head out for the adventure of a lifetime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Winning Season?
The closest matches to The Winning Season are Believe in Me (2006), The Mighty Macs (2011) and Resurrecting the Champ (2007). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Winning Season?
People who watched The Winning Season most often go on to Believe in Me (2006), The Mighty Macs (2011) and Resurrecting the Champ (2007).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Winning Season?
Coach Carter (2005), rated 7.6/10 by 3,445 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Winning Season?
Rebound (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Winning Season?
Yes: Believe in Me (2006), The Mighty Macs (2011) and Resurrecting the Champ (2007).
How are movies similar to The Winning Season chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Winning Season, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.