Movies Like Shooting for Socrates

If you liked Shooting for Socrates (2014), a comedy and drama movie directed by James Erskine, 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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   Beau Hunks (1931)

   ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

   Stan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.

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   Hostile Takeover (2025)

   ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

   Follows Pete, a professional hitman, as he faces a group of assassins after the boss of a crime syndicate suspects disloyalty due to his attendance at Workaholics Anonymous meetings.

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   Odd Man Out (1947)

   ★ 7.3/10Also drama

   Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.

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   Kid Galahad (1962)

   ★ 6.2/10Also drama

   After completing military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter—and takes him under his wing.

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   Plunder Road (1957)

   ★ 6.9/10Also drama

   A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.

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   Buffaloed (2020)

   ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama

   Set in the underworld of debt-collecting, homegrown hustler Peg Dahl will do anything to escape Buffalo, NY.

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   Don't Think Twice (2016)

   ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama

   An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.

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   Skater Girl (2021)

   ★ 7.2/10Also drama

   Prerna, a teenager growing up in rural India, comes of age when she’s introduced to the sport of skateboarding. As a result, she has to fight the odds to follow her dreams and compete in the national championship.

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   Chestnut: Hero of Central Park (2004)

   ★ 7.3/10Also comedy

   Ray and Sal, two orphaned sisters, adopt and hide a Great Dane puppy from their two adopted parents living in a luxury downtown New York apartment that expressely forbids dogs.

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    Roll Bounce (2005)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama

    In the summer of 1978, a teenager and his group of friends face new challenges when their neighborhood roller-skating rink closes, forcing them to visit a different rink.

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    Eleanor the Great (2025)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.

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    Escape to Victory (1981)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime.

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    Chang Can Dunk (2023)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama

    Chang, a 16-year-old, Asian American, bets the high school basketball star that he can dunk by Homecoming. The bet leads 5' 8" Chang on a quest to learn to dunk—not only to impress his crush, Kristy, but to gain the…

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    The Way Way Back (2013)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and drama

    Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the Water…

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    The Game of Their Lives (2005)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    During the 1950 World Cup, the hastily assembled U.S. soccer team enters as heavy underdogs when matched up against the highest-ranked team in competition — England.

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    Wrong Cops (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    A group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.

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    Little Big League (1994)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    When the owner of the Minnesota Twins passes away, he bequeaths the team to his preteen grandson. The newly minted head honcho quickly appoints himself manager, causing unrest in an organization that struggles to take…

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    Be Kind Rewind (2008)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and comedy

    A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to…

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    Arctic Dogs (2019)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    Animals band together to save the day when the evil Otto Von Walrus hatches a sinister scheme to accelerate global warming and melt the Arctic Circle.

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    Airborne (1993)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    Good-natured teen surfer Mitchell Goosen finds himself staying with his aunt and uncle in Cincinnati, Ohio when his parents head to Australia for work. There he meets his cousin, Wiley, and together they try to…