OT: Top 3 Favorite Sports Movies

[61cygni]

No love for The Mighty Ducks?!

 

[prankster]

Slapshot!

 

[mauconnfan]

Mr. Baseball
Remember The Titans
Caddyshack

 

[gampelcrazies]

Hoosiers
Miracle
Dodgeball

 

[bobbygt]

Others that haven't been mentioned that I liked include Slap Shot, Seabiscuit, The Rookie and Greatest Game Ever Played (Hoop Dreams for a documentary). There was also an obscure minor league baseball movie called Long Gone that was really good.

Has there ever been a decent movie that even tangentially involved tennis?

Fletch!

Also, Strangers on a Train.

 

[imno1]

North Dallas 40 needs to be on the list

 

[Huskies2324]

Friday Night Lights - no story book ending and the music by Explosions in the Sky is awesome
Field of Dreams - I always get choked up when Ray says "hey Dad, you wanna have a catch?"
Remember the Titans - love whenSunshine says "let him through"

 

[huskiesnyc]

Others that haven't been mentioned that I liked include Slap Shot, Seabiscuit, The Rookie and Greatest Game Ever Played (Hoop Dreams for a documentary). There was also an obscure minor league baseball movie called Long Gone that was really good.

Has there ever been a decent movie that even tangentially involved tennis?

Match Point was a great movie, and Scarlett Johansson is so hot in it. Not really a sports movie but had a tennis backdrop. Wimbledon was one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

 

[storrsroars]

I enjoy Bull Durham, but what always keeps it off my "best" list is Tim Robbins' inability to even remotely resemble a competent pitcher. You could believe Charlie Sheen's delivery in Major League. Or even Brendan Fraser as Steve Nebraska (The Scout had its moments early on and late, but the middle is a hot mess).

1. Field of Dreams
2. Eight Men Out
3. The Longest Yard (original)

However, the otherwise hokey "The Replacements" has some of the best one-off quotes.
"I look like I just jacked off an elephant."
"Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory lasts forever."
Besides, Brooke Langton was hot.

 

[willie99]

Brian's Song
Rocky
Eight Men Out
Major League
61
Mr Baseball
Tin Cup
For the Love of the Game
Jerry McGuire
The Longest Yard
The Sandlot

Sorry, I can never follow instructions and I can't narrow it down to top 3

 

[willie99]

Others that haven't been mentioned that I liked include Slap Shot, Seabiscuit, The Rookie and Greatest Game Ever Played (Hoop Dreams for a documentary). There was also an obscure minor league baseball movie called Long Gone that was really good.

Has there ever been a decent movie that even tangentially involved tennis?

totally forgot about Seabiscuit, which reminds me of Secretariat. Love both of those movies

 

[boog204]

Slapshot, Field of Dreams, Eight Man Out

 

[Huskies2324]

Slapshot is a great one...and none of that stinkin root beer

 

[Waquoit]

So.....Rocky won the Best Picture Oscar.....but I don't know that it's a sports movie as much as its a love story.

I'm going with.....

Hoosiers
Bull Durham
Bad news bears

Almost agree totally. I like Slap Shot over Bull Durham. Breaking Away was a close runner up.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Raging Bull
The Hustler
The Natural
Hoosiers, Slapshot and Bull Durham are up there.
Lots of good choices in this thread!

 

[huskiesnyc]

Raging Bull
The Hustler
The Natural
Hoosiers, Slapshot and Bull Durham are up there.
Lots of good choices in this thread!

Good call on The Hustler. One of the best movies of all time

 

[ranger fan]

Tin Cup

For the Love of the Game

Raging Bull

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Hoosiers
Pride of the Yankees(no hero like Cooper)
The Natural

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[suzyq]

What are your 3 favorite sports movies in order? There are a lot of close calls but this is my list..

1) Hoosiers
2)Bull Durhan
3)Field of Dreams

 

[WillB4]

Eight Men Out
Endless Summer
Secretariat/Seabiscut

 

[Taco]

I've seen Breaking Away on a few lists & it prompted me to look it up as I had never heard if it. Definitely going to watch it - the trailer looks really interesting... It's got Kelly from the Bad News Bears too...

Lots if great suggestions - a lot of the movies I really liked that I though no one else did (love of the game, Mr Barseball come to mind.

Surprised no one mentioned Kingpin - much funnier (and about an actual sport) than Dodgeball. Also, by the liberal definition some have , I'd add The Big Lebowski.

 

[Deepster]

For those of you who liked the movie Seabiscuit, I would STRONGLY recommend reading the Laura Hllenbrand book it was based on if you haven't already. Masterful storytelling.

 

[IMind]

In no particular order:
Field of Dreams (I'm another guy that cries when he plays catch with his Dad)
Bang the Drum Slowly (A little surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet)
Miracle

I also really like Hoosiers, Slapshot, Caddyshack... haven't seen Breaking Away in a long time probably will watch it again thanks to this.

 

[Scoe]

ok not a sports movie but an alltime classic

 

[RS9999X]

Bagger Vance
Cinderella Man thought I'd mention it
Jerry Macguire

 

[zymurg]

no soccer movies? How about "A Shot at Glory" and "Bend it Like Beckham."

 

[mauconnfan]

Bagger Vance
Cinderella Man thought I'd mention it
Jerry Macguire

I liked the Bagger Vance story but you can't have a guy who swings like Matt Damon play a key part, he was putrid..........kind of like trying to sell Levar Burton for Ron LeFlore!!

 

[Waquoit]

"Bend it Like Beckham."

That was a pretty good movie. But I like "The Cutting Edge" better in the chick-flick sports movie genre.

 

[Waquoit]

I liked the Bagger Vance story but you can't have a guy who swings like Matt Damon play a key part, he was putrid..........kind of like trying to sell Levar Burton for Ron LeFlore!!

Or Tony Perkins catching a baseball with his wrists pressed together.

 

[Northbound]

Longest Yard - Original

Remember the Titans

The Deadliest Season - the movie sucked, but my father was in it for about 30 seconds