20 movies like Kill the Umpire, ordered by similarity : A League of Their Own(1992), Alibi Ike(1935), Take Me Out to the Ball Game(1949), Damn Yankees(1958), 42(2013), The Bad News Bears(1976), Mr. Baseball(1992), It Happens Every Spring(1949), The Scout(1994), Chicken Little(2005), Safe at Home!(1962), Sandwich(2006) ...
Comedy
USA
1950
78 Minutes
umpire father-in-law wife baseball fan baseball player madcap lighthearted baseball field house school baseball new identity unemployment role reversal relationships transformation discovery rise 1950s
An umpire-hating ex-baseball player loses many jobs because his passion for watching ball games during working hours but he decides to combine business with pleasure by becoming an umpire himself.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1992
126 Minutes
Tom Hanks Geena Davis Madonna Lori Petty Jon Lovitz David Strathairn Garry Marshall Megan Cavanagh Rosie O'Donnell Renée Coleman Ann Cusack
baseball catcher baseball pitcher baseball player baseball team owner baseball fan coach amusing lighthearted oregon illinois baseball field family home baseball family world war ii women in sports rivalry transformation rise 1940s
Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amidst their own growing rivalry.
Comedy
USA
1935
73 Minutes
Joe E. Brown Olivia de Havilland William Frawley Roscoe Karns Joe King Ruth Donnelly Paul Harvey Eddie Shubert G. Pat Collins Spencer Charters Gene Morgan
pitcher fiancée baseball manager baseball player gambler wife hilarious thrilling chicago baseball field stadium household baseball gambling lying kidnapping engagement love rise transformation
Idiosyncratic new recruit Francis "Ike" Farrell tries to help the Cubs to the pennant with his pitching and hitting.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
93 Minutes
Gene Kelly Frank Sinatra Esther Williams Betty Garrett Edward Arnold Jules Munshin Richard Lane Tom Dugan Murray Alper Wilton Graff Mack Gray
baseball team owner baseball player entertainer gambler teammate girlfriend cheery madcap rousing baseball field locker room house theater gambling big break baseball love interest vaudeville song and dance rivalry
Two turn-of-the-century baseball players, who work in vaudeville during the off-season, run into trouble with their team's new female owner and a gambler who doesn't want them to win the pennant.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1958
110 Minutes
fan wife devil baseball player temptress reporter charming amusing lighthearted washington, d.c. family home baseball field fandom baseball contract supernatural marriage new life love metamorphosis
A frustrated fan of the hopeless Washington Senators makes a pact with the Devil to help the baseball team win the league pennant.
Biography, Drama, History
USA
2013
128 Minutes
Chadwick Boseman Harrison Ford Nicole Beharie Christopher Meloni Ryan Merriman Lucas Black Andre Holland Alan Tudyk Hamish Linklater T.R. Knight John C. McGinley
baseball catcher baseball manager critic baseball fan family member baseball player touching uplifting positive tense gripping inspiring brooklyn, n.y. baseball field stadium office bus locker room jackie robinson historical events
In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process.
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1976
102 Minutes
Walter Matthau Tatum O'Neal Vic Morrow Joyce Van Patten Ben Piazza Jackie Earle Haley Alfred W. Lutter Brandon Cruz Shari Summers Joe Brooks Maurice Marks
coach baseball player son father adversary manager cheeky outlandish heartwarming san fernando valley baseball field california baseball alcoholism father/son relationship children vs. adults troubled youth sportsmanship underdog rivalry
An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
Comedy
USA|Japan
1992
109 Minutes
Tom Selleck Ken Takakura Aka Takanashi Dennis Haysbert Toshi Shioya Kohsuke Toyohara Toshizo Fujiwara Mak Takano Kenji Morinaga Joh Nishimura
baseball player baseball coach teammate friend love interest amusing lighthearted japan baseball field baseball culture clash bad behavior disillusionment teamwork comeback discovery underdog transformation 1990s
Jack Elliot, once a great baseball player, is forced to play in Japan where his brash, egotistical ways cause friction with his new teammates and friends.
Comedy
1949
87 Minutes
Ray Milland Jean Peters Paul Douglas Ed Begley Ted de Corsia Ray Collins Jessie Royce Landis Alan Hale Jr. Bill Murphy William E. Green Edward Keane
baseball pitcher baseball catcher chemist fiancée professor outlandish witty lighthearted st. louis chicago baseball field science gone awry baseball secret identity experiments serendipity sports transformation underdog love
A professor (Ray Milland) becomes a World Series pitcher with his secret formula for wood-repellent screwballs.
Comedy, Drama
USA|Mexico
1994
101 Minutes
Albert Brooks Brendan Fraser Dianne Wiest Lane Smith Anne Twomey Michael Rapaport Barry Shabaka Henley John Capodice
baseball player baseball scout mentally ill person pitcher psychiatrist amusing endearing rousing baseball field new york city mexico car apartment baseball redemption therapy stardom unusual behavior discovery underdog
The story of a baseball scout who discovers a talented but troubled baseball player.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
2005
81 Minutes
chicken duck fish pig bully father madcap lighthearted charming small town baseball field high school alien invasion baseball redemption outsider panic family underdog growing up
After ruining his reputation with the town, a courageous chicken must come to the rescue of his fellow citizens when aliens start an invasion.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1962
83 Minutes
young boy father baseball player little leaguer mickey mantle roger maris amusing crafty playful florida fort lauderdale, fla. baseball field banquet hall training camp lie friendship father/son relationship baseball idolization quest
Young Hutch Lawton brags to his Little League buddies that his dad knows Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. Forced to "put up or shut up" Hutch goes to spring training camp where he is lectured... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
India
2006
180 Minutes
Govinda Raveena Tandon Mahima Chaudhry Mohnish Bahl Shammi Kapoor Mushtaq Khan Kiran Kumar Reema Lagoo Ananth Narayan Mahadevan Shweta Menon Satish Shah
screenwriter wealthy woman wife son father sister amusing cool hilarious lighthearted madcap outlandish house bungalow school coffee shop restaurant street love triangle arranged marriage
Sher Singh lives with his mother and handicapped sister in Punjab but moves to Mumbai, changes his name to Shekhar, meets Nisha and falls in love. When his mother asks him to return, he ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
2016
116 Minutes
Will Brittain Zoey Deutch Ryan Guzman Tyler Hoechlin Blake Jenner J. Quinton Johnson Glen Powell Wyatt Russell Austin Amelio Temple Baker Tanner Kalina
student baseball player romantic interest roommate teammate baseball coach lighthearted playful hilarious positive amusing quirky texas campus party house parking lot baseball field friendship youth
In 1980, a group of college baseball players navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.
Comedy
USA
1933
74 Minutes
Joe E. Brown Patricia Ellis Claire Dodd Frank McHugh Preston Foster Russell Hopton Sterling Holloway Emma Dunn Charles Wilson Jessie Ralph Douglas Dumbrille
baseball player girlfriend manager gambler teammate amusing heartwarming chicago baseball field baseball love success rivalry underdog adventure 1930s
Country bumpkin Elmer Kane joins the Chicago Cubs as the greatest hitter in baseball. His skill with a bat takes the team to the World Series, but on the way to the championship he has to deal with gamblers and crooked pitchers.
Comedy
USA
1932
67 Minutes
Joe E. Brown Evalyn Knapp Lilian Bond George Meeker Guy Kibbee George Ernest Ben Hendricks Jr. Virginia Sale Frank Shallenbach Richard Carle Louis Robinson
fireman coach fiancée baseball scout gold digger company president playful amusing firehouse baseball field office st. louis community center inventions firefighting baseball duplicity contract engagement quest
Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small home town. He gets an offer to play in a big team, he hopes to get more money for his inventions. But he is invited to ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
India
2017
140 Minutes
Vidya Balan Neha Dhupia Manav Kaul Vijay Maurya Santanu Ghatak Trupti Khamkar Malishka Mendonsa Sindhu Shekharan Uday Lagoo Abhishek Sharma Seema Taneja
wife husband son friend boss confident spirited passionate emotional inspiring lighthearted india city house restaurant school love chasing dreams couples love
Sulu is an ambitious housewife with a loving husband and a happy family. Things start changing for her when she accidentally lands a job as a radio jockey and her show becomes an instant hit.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
2015
89 Minutes
charlie brown snoopy girl lucy van pelt linus van pelt peppermint patty heartwarming charming amusing lighthearted suburb house school bus street baseball field growing up self-confidence school imagination
Snoopy embarks upon his greatest mission as he and his team take to the skies to pursue their archnemesis, while his best pal Charlie Brown begins his own epic quest back home to win the love of his life.
Drama
USA
1953
80 Minutes
Dan Dailey Anne Bancroft Billy Chapin Lloyd Bridges Ray Collins Richard Egan
baseball player baseball manager baseball coach father secretary fiancé endearing baseball field office father/son relationship baseball redemption leadership transformation underdog 1950s
Former ballplayer Larry Cooper secretly and unofficially manages a struggling major league club, the Bisons, through his nine year old son, Christie, who is a bat-boy for the team.
Biography, Documentary
USA
1999
89 Minutes
baseball fan baseball player jew friend rival inspiring emotional detroit michigan new york city baseball field baseball fame judaism anti-semitism family hank greenberg discovery rise rivalry
The life and career of Hank Greenberg, the first major Jewish baseball star in the Major Leagues.
Comedy
USA
1983
91 Minutes
Michael Keaton Teri Garr Ann Jillian Frederick Koehler Taliesin Jaffe Courtney White Brittany White Martin Mull Jeffrey Tambor Christopher Lloyd Tom Leopold
father mother housewife engineer child boss hilarious madcap touching detroit suburbia house grocery store financial crisis marriage career parenthood role reversal transformation love
After he's laid off, a husband switches roles with his wife. She returns to the workforce, and he becomes a stay-at-home dad, a job he has no clue how to do.