Movies Like Kicking & Screaming (2005)

Kicking & Screaming is a 2005 comedy, family film from Jesse Dylan with a MovieMagicScore of 5.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Mean Machine and The Wild Soccer Bunch 2.

Comedy Family

Mean Machine

2001

Disgraced ex-England football captain, Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan, is thrown in jail for assaulting two police officers. He keeps his head down and has the opportunity to forget everything and change the lives of the prisoners. When these prisoners have the chance to put one over the evil guards during a prison football match, Danny takes the lead.

6.2

MagicScore

The Wild Soccer Bunch 2

2005

An unsupervised junior soccer team loses its ace player to the leader of a rival gang. Since only an entire team can win, they must have her back to be able to win the game against the national team. The existence of The Wild Soccer Bunch is at stake ...

5.8

MagicScore

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.

5.2

MagicScore

The Miracle of Bern

2003

The movie deals with the championship-winning German soccer team of 1954. Its story is linked with two others: The family of a young boy is split due to the events in World War II, and the father returns from Russia after eleven years. The second story is about a reporter and his wife reporting from the tournament.

6.5

MagicScore

Lessons of a Dream

2011

An English teacher brings soccer to a German school in the 19th Century.

6.9

MagicScore

Benny's Gym

2007

Alfred gets bullied. Benny is a bully. Through a series of events they become friends, but Benny keeps their friendship a secret. Benny wants to teach Alfred to hit back. But after an accident, it turns out maybe Alfred also has something to teach Benny.

5.1

MagicScore

Les yeux dans les Bleus

1998

This documentary follows the French soccer team on their way to victory in the 1998 World Cup in France. Stéphane Meunier spent the whole time filming the players, the coach and some other important characters of this victory, giving us a very intimate and nice view of them, as if we were with them.

7.4

MagicScore

Offside

2006

In the sleepy town of Stensfors, the soccer team used to be something to be proud of , playing in the national league 30 years ago. Now the team will be dissolved if it can't win the rest of the games in the local league. Team member Kent goes on a business trip to Liverpool and meet Duncan Miller, the premier league football star of the 1980s who promises to come over to Sweden and play a few games just for fun. Unfortunately, when he arrives it is obvious that their saviour is both an alcoholic and very unfit to play. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

5.3

MagicScore

Playing 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.

5.7

MagicScore

#10

A Mighty Team

2016

Sadoun is France’s best soccer player whose extra-curriculum pleasures are damaging his play and new contract negotiations. Dispatched by his scheming agent to his home village, he ends up reconciling with his father, relating to his fatherless niece, who dotes on him, and training his local children’s team, whom he takes to championship glory.

5.4

MagicScore

#11

Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In

2021

A look at the life and legend of Sir Alex Ferguson, from his working-class roots in Glasgow through to his career as one of the greatest football managers of all time. While recovering from a traumatic brain haemorrhage in 2018, Sir Alex intimately recounts vivid details of his life and career to his son, including his legendary 26-year tenure as manager of Manchester United.

7.7

MagicScore

#12

Mad About Mambo

2000

High school student tries to improve soccer skills by practicing dance and falls for his dance partner.

5.0

MagicScore

#13

Genitori & figli - Agitare bene prima dell'uso

2010

Parent-teenage children clashes in 21st century Italy.

5.5

MagicScore

#14

The House

2011

Stone by stone, Imrich is building a small house for his daughter Eva almost entirely on his own. But for Eva, who is about to graduate from school, the prospect of moving into the house is about as appealing as being imprisoned in a jail she herself has helped to build. She has very different plans for her future...

5.1

MagicScore

#15

È nata una star?

2012

Marco, a shy teenager, learns that he has... what it takes to be a great porn star, but he doesn't know how to tell his parents. Hell breaks loose when a neighbor finds a porn video of him and leaves it in his parents' mailbox.

4.9

MagicScore

#16

My Own Private Idaho

1991

In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.

7.1

MagicScore

#17

The Jazz Singer

1927

A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer. This is the first full length feature film to use synchronized sound, and is the original film musical.

6.1

MagicScore

#18

Sudani from Nigeria

2018

When a soccer club manager brings one of his injured foreign players home to recuperate, they form an unlikely bond despite their cultural differences.

7.3

MagicScore

#19

The Devil's Kickers

2010

After his parents separate and he loses his place on the soccer team, Moritz must put together a new team against incredible odds.

6.5

MagicScore

#20

The Wild Soccer Bunch

2003

The school year is over and for a diverse group of carefree kids, soccer is king! These kids believe that they are the local gold team and there is nothing they like more than improving their game. "If you want to be cool, you should be wild." However, the relentless rain turns their field into a swamp, so they have to take an unexpected break. And when the sun finally comes, a gang of older, bigger and dumber boys has just taken over the field. They won't give it back unless they lose a match against the kids.

6.4

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Kicking & Screaming?

The top films similar to Kicking & Screaming by MovieMagicScore are Mean Machine (6.2), The Wild Soccer Bunch 2 (5.8), Soccer Mom (5.2). Each shares comedy/family themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Kicking & Screaming worth watching?

Kicking & Screaming holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.8/10 from 659 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Kicking & Screaming?

Kicking & Screaming (2005) is a comedy, family film directed by Jesse Dylan, starring Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall, Mike Ditka.

Where can I find more recommendations like Kicking & Screaming?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more comedy recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Kicking & Screaming

This ranked list pairs Kicking & Screaming (2005), a comedy and family film from Jesse Dylan, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Will Ferrell take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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