Movies like Hailstorm
The best movies like Hailstorm are The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005), Not Without Hope (2025) and Happy Gilmore 2 (2025). If Hailstorm hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedRegular Show: The Movie (2015)7.9/10 from 454 votes
- NewestThe Dreadful (2026)Released 2026
The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)
A biopic of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet who defeated his golfing idol and 1900 US Open Champion, Harry Vardon.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNot Without Hope (2025)
A group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHappy Gilmore 2 (2025)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNothing (2003)
After a terrible day, two good friends and housemates find the outside world converted into a featureless and empty white void.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisLou (2022)
A young girl is kidnapped during a powerful storm. Her mother joins forces with her mysterious neighbour to set off in pursuit of the kidnapper. Their journey will test their limits and expose the dark secrets of their past.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRegular Show: The Movie (2015)
After a high school lab experiment goes horribly wrong, Mordecai and Rigby must go back in time to battle an evil volleyball coach in order to save the universe — and their friendship.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Old Man and the Sea (1958)
Santiago is an aging, down-on-his-luck, Cuban fisherman who, after catching nothing for nearly 3 months, hooks a huge Marlin and struggles to land it far out in the Gulf Stream.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisScarecrow (1973)
Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDonald's Golf Game (1938)
Donald Duck tries to exhibit his golfing ability to his nephews only to have them tease him with sneezes, noises and "trick" clubs. Finally, they put a grasshopper in a ball and it "jumps" all over.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTag (2018)
For one month every year, five highly competitive friends hit the ground running in a no-holds-barred game of tag they’ve been playing since the first grade. This year, the game coincides with the wedding of their only undefeated player, which should finally make him an easy target. But he knows they’re coming...and he’s ready.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDirty Girl (2010)
Accompanied by her closeted gay buddy, a promiscuous teenager sets out to find her long-absent father.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Long Game (2024)
In a segregated Texas, five Mexican-American teenage caddies were prohibited from playing at the country club where they worked. Against all odds, they formed their own team, built a one-hole course in the fields, and won the 1957 Texas State championship. Based on a true story.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNapoleon Dynamite (2004)
A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMillion Dollar Arm (2014)
In a last-ditch effort to save his career, sports agent JB Bernstein dreams up a wild game plan to find Major League Baseball’s next great pitcher from a pool of cricket players in India. He soon discovers two young men who can throw a fastball but know nothing about the game of baseball. Or America. It’s an incredible and touching journey that will change them all — especially JB, who learns valuable lessons about teamwork, commitment and family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Jerk (1979)
After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and back again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Ballad of Nessie (2011)
A legendary and friendly creature named Nessie lives happily in a small pond with her friend MacQuack, a rubber duck. When a rich developer takes the pond and land surrounding it to build a miniature golf course, Nessie is forced to search for a new home.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPlankton: The Movie (2025)
Plankton's tangled love story with his sentient computer wife goes sideways when she takes a stand — and decides to destroy the world without him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTee for Two (1945)
Tom is golfing, but having no success. Jerry insures that remains the case.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRole Models (2008)
Two salesmen trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a mentorship program. After one day with the kids, however, jail doesn't look half bad.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Dreadful (2026)
In medieval England, Anne and her domineering mother-in-law Morwen struggle to survive on the outskirts of society. But when a man from Anne's past returns from war, a curse begins to take shape through a mysterious knight and threatens to destroy them all.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Hailstorm?
The closest matches to Hailstorm are The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005), Not Without Hope (2025) and Happy Gilmore 2 (2025). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Hailstorm?
Start with The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005), the closest match to Hailstorm.
What is the highest-rated movie like Hailstorm?
Regular Show: The Movie (2015), rated 7.9/10 by 454 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Hailstorm?
The Dreadful (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Hailstorm?
Yes: The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005), Not Without Hope (2025) and Happy Gilmore 2 (2025).
How are movies similar to Hailstorm chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Hailstorm, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.