Movies Like Taking One For The Team
If you liked Taking One For The Team (2012), a movie directed by Michael Burling, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Tongues Untied (1990)
★ 6.7/10Marlon Riggs, with assistance from other gay Black men, especially poet Essex Hemphill, celebrates Black men loving Black men as a revolutionary act. The film intercuts footage of Hemphill reciting his poetry, Riggs…
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Don Jon (2013)
★ 6/10A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love.
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Mickey's House of Villains (2002)
★ 7.3/10The villains from the popular animated Disney films are gathered at the House of Mouse with plans to take over. Soon, the villains take over the house and kick out Mickey, Donald and Goofy. It's all up to Mickey and…
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The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania (2017)
★ 7.7/10Blast off to adventure in this animated feature where our favorite space-age family, The Jetsons, meet the superstars of WWE! When George unearths WWE’s Big Show, who has been frozen for 100 years, the futuristic…
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Vision Quest (1985)
★ 6.4/10After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain sets out on a mission to drop weight and challenge the area's undefeated champion, which creates problems with his…
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Barely Legal (2003)
★ 5.9/10Teenager Deacon works at a video shop, and his buddies, Fred and Matt, sell the bootleg porno films he acquires. Deacon gets fired, but the pals have the bright idea of filming their own Internet porn flick in order to…
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Porno (2019)
★ 6/10When a group of naive teens working at a movie theater in a small Christian town discover a mysterious film hidden in its basement, they unleash an alluring succubus who gives them a sex education…written in blood.
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Monster High: Friday Night Frights (2012)
★ 7.8/10After Monster High’s roller skating team is defeated at the Skulltimate Roller Maze tournament, the ghouls team up to face an all-boys league, with the hope of winning back the school crest and restoring school spirit.
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Welcome to Chechnya (2020)
★ 7/10This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ program raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Unfettered access and a…
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Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds (2006)
★ 6.1/10How far would you go to get the person of your dreams? With the help of Gwen and Tiffani, Kyle pretends to be heterosexual in order to land Troy, the new guy (and nude model) who's turning the heads of both men and…
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The Krays (1990)
★ 6.1/10Twins Ronnie and Reggie Kray are raised in east London, under the influence of their hateful but doting mother Violet. As they grow up, Ronnie's violent nature takes over, and Reggie follows his brother's lead. The two…
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Old School (2003)
★ 6.6/10Three friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater.
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
★ 6.5/10A collection of seven vignettes, which each address a question concerning human sexuality. From aphrodisiacs to sexual perversion to the mystery of the male orgasm, characters like a court jester, a doctor, a queen and…
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My Awkward Sexual Adventure (2012)
★ 6.7/10A hyper-repressed and schlubby accountant (Jonas Chernick) strikes a deal with a worldly but disorganized stripper (Emily Hampshire): he'll help her with her crushing debt if she helps him become a better lover.
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Fire and Ice (1983)
★ 6.7/10The villainous Nekron and his mother, Queen Juliana, plot against the human race from their frigid fortress. Creating mass destruction with huge glaciers, mother and son incur the wrath of Larn, a warrior whose entire…
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A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (2011)
★ 5.8/10A group of 30-year-olds who have been friends since high school attempt to throw an end-of-summer orgy.
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Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling (2019)
★ 6.6/10After 20 years in space, Rocko returns to a technologically advanced O-Town and makes it his mission to get his favorite show back on the air.
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The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979)
★ 7.4/10A collection of Warner Brothers short cartoon features, "starring" the likes of Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Wile E. Coyote. These animations are interspersed by Bugs Bunny reminiscing on past events and providing links…
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Mr. Turner (2014)
★ 6.6/10Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
★ 6.9/10Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to…