OT: Top 3 Favorite Sports Movies

[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

 

[TheRogers]

The Golden Moment
The Fish that Saved Pittsburg
Miracle on Ice

Honorable Mention
Rocky I and II
Hoosiers
Fast Break

 

[husky91]

Interesting, reading this thread makes me realize sports movies are pretty unremarkable overall. I can't think of 1 sports movie I'd put in my fav 20 movies.

I will look up top 250 on IMDB and see which ones make overall list.

 

[Onions]

Best sports movies pre-1970:
It Happens Every Spring
Angels in the Outfield
Damn Yankees
Champion
Pride of the Yankees
Jim Thorpe: All-American

Best modern Sports Movies:
Downhill Racer
Bull Durham
White Men Can't Jump
Field of Dreams
Raging Bull
Tin Cup
Slapshot
Hoosiers
Chariots of Fire
The Longest Yard

Honorable Mention:
The Natural
Cinderella Man
Rudy
He Got Game
Every Sunday (only for the Pacino half-time speech)
North Dallas Forty

 

[Dove]

Cuba Gooding in Radio was pretty good. As was a fave of mine because it was funny...Wildcats with Goldy Hawn.

 

[UConn990411]

Remember the Titans and Miracle have to be 1-2 in some order.

There's a lot of really good movies battling for #3.

 

[2north]

Rudy
Bad News Bears 2 - Breaking Training
The Greatest Game Ever Played

 

[bobbygt]

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

I had Victory as my honorable mention.

Sylvester Stallone, Michael Kaine, and Pele!

 

[UCweCONN]

1. Vision Quest
2. Raging Bull
3. Rocky

 

[cohenzone]

Field of Dreams
Fear Strikes Out
Seabiscuit, tied with The Natural, and the Lou Gehrig Story

 

[CL82]

Top 5:
Hoosiers
Rudy
Happy Gilmore
Rocky Balboa
Remember the Titans

 

[ZackB05]

Talladega Nights
Semi-Pro
Blades of Glory

 

[k9fanatic]

Major League
Seabiscuit
Glory Road

HM: He Got Game; Love & Basketball

 

[Scoe]

1. Vision Quest
2. Raging Bull
3. Rocky

Yes I was hoping I wasnt gonna be the only one to mention Vision Quest, an alltime classic. Nothing like Loudin Swain and Brian Schute going at it.

 

[Scoe]

An old time classic All the Right Moves.

 

[NYC_HUSKY22]

1. Friday Night Lights (gets me every time - I thought it was incredible how they captured that sub culture of how much high school football takes over life in Texas)
2. Cinderella Man
3. Happy Gilmore