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Movies Like World's Worst Avid Golfer

If you liked World's Worst Avid Golfer (1990), a movie, 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.

  1. 1Happy Gilmore 2

    Happy Gilmore 2 (2025)

    ★ 6.5/10

    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.

  2. 2Mr. Bones

    Mr. Bones (2001)

    ★ 6/10

    A medicine man is sent looking for the son of his tribal king, and brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the golf tournament.

  3. 3Tin Cup

    Tin Cup (1996)

    ★ 6.1/10

    A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.

  4. 4Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius

    Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)

    ★ 5.9/10

    The story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.

  5. 5Tee for Two

    Tee for Two (1945)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Tom is golfing, but having no success. Jerry insures that remains the case.

  6. 6Three O'Clock High

    Three O'Clock High (1987)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Nerdy high schooler Jerry Mitchell is assigned to write an article for the school paper about the infamous new delinquent transfer student, Buddy Revell. When Jerry accidentally invades Buddy's personal space and…

  7. 7The Legend of Bagger Vance

    The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)

    ★ 6.6/10

    World War I has left golfer Rannulph Junuh a poker-playing alcoholic, his perfect swing gone. Now, however, he needs to get it back to play in a tournament to save the financially ravaged golf course of a long-ago…

  8. 8Beyond the Mat

    Beyond the Mat (1999)

    ★ 7.3/10

    A heartfelt documentary focusing on the day-to-day lives of professional wrestlers, some on the rise, some on the wane, and others fighting for their lives.

  9. 9The Caddy

    The Caddy (1953)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Although the son of a skilled golfer and an outstanding player in his own right, Harvey Miller is too nervous to play in front of a gallery, so he acts as coach and caddy for Joe Anthony, his girlfriend's brother.

  10. 10The Greatest Game Ever Played

    The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)

    ★ 7.3/10

    A biopic of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet who defeated his golfing idol and 1900 US Open Champion, Harry Vardon.

  11. 11John Tucker Must Die

    John Tucker Must Die (2006)

    ★ 6.1/10

    After discovering they are all dating the same same guy, three popular students from different cliques band together for revenge, so they enlist the help of a new gal in town and conspire to break the jerk's heart…

  12. 12The Long Game

    The Long Game (2024)

    ★ 7.1/10

    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…

  13. 13A Toxic Love Story

    A Toxic Love Story (2026)

    ★ 6.4/10

    A string of threatening emails escalates into a revenge plot involving a newly married US marshal and his ex-girlfriend.

  14. 14The Three Stooges

    The Three Stooges (2012)

    ★ 5.8/10

    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…

  15. 1542 Up

    42 Up (1999)

    ★ 7.6/10

    Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.

  16. 16Fedora

    Fedora (1978)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Down-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement, only to discover the horrifying truth behind her success.

  17. 17Fast Girls

    Fast Girls (2012)

    ★ 6/10

    A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.

  18. 18Perfect Day

    Perfect Day (1929)

    ★ 7/10

    Two families embark on a pleasant Sunday picnic but manage to run into a variety of issues with their temperamental automobile. Each incident requires repeated exits and reboardings by Laurel, Hardy, their wives and…

  19. 19The Quick and the Dead

    The Quick and the Dead (1995)

    ★ 6.6/10

    A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.

  20. 20Impractical Jokers: The Movie

    Impractical Jokers: The Movie (2020)

    ★ 6.5/10

    The story of a humiliating high school mishap from 1992 that sends the Impractical Jokers on the road competing in hidden-camera challenges for the chance to turn back the clock and redeem three of the four Jokers.

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