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SportsPageMike said:
These three movies I will watch whenever they are on TV and I am flicking channels. I like other but will not watch unless there is nothing else on.

My three are:

1) Remember the Titans
2) Blindside
3) The Replacements
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Kind of football (gridiron) centric. :cool:

Oh geez a couple I forgot about.

Fever Pitch (1997) (Arsenal Football)
Fever Pitch (2005) (Redsox Baseball)
Both from the book by Nick Hornby.

Green Street Hooligans was good too. (another Football movie - sort of)
 
Has anyone mentioned Gridiron Gang yet? That's a sneaky flick.
 
VAUConnFan said:
1. The Natural
2. Brian's Song
3. Field of Dreams
4. Rocky
5. The Fighter
6. A Soldier's Story
7. A League of Their Own
8. Bingo Long Travelling All Stars and Motor Kings
9. Go Man Go
10. The Greatest Game Ever Played
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Field of Dreams by far it reminded me of my father.
 
The Greatest Game of All. The story of Francis Quimet the you man who won the First US Open.
 
It's interesting that we all seem to list only the most recent sports movies...... yet there a few older movies as good or better than those mentioned: William Bendix's Babe Ruth Story, Pride of the Yankees (mentioned by a few), Burt Lancaster's Jim Thorpe, Ray Milland's It Happens Every Spring, Jimmy Stewart's The Stratton Story, Knute Rockne All American, Kansas City Bomber, The Pride of St Louis and Tony Perkins' Jimmy Piersall.

And a movie I saw not too long ago I thought was very good United
 
There are two movies about girls high school basketball that I think are very good. The first I have mentioned before: "Believe in Me."
It stars Jeffrey Donovan and Bruce Dern and features a cameo by DT. It is based on the real life story of an Oklahoma girls basketball
coach. It holds up to repeated viewings.

The second is "The Winning Season" starring Sam Rockwell as a dysfunctional loser who is asked to coach an inept girls team. It is raunchy and funny, but definitely not suited to tweens. I really like it.

Here are a few soccer films worthy of viewing: "Bend it Like Beckham" has been mentioned; I like the director. Her other films "Bhaji at
the Beach" and "Bride and Prejudice" are also worth looking at.

I really like "A Shot at Glory" which features a 2nd division Scottish League reaching the Cup Final. It stars Robert Duvall and Michael Keaton. This one of my all time favorite sports films-definitely in the top 5. "Will" is the story on an 11 year old super fan of Liverpool and his attempt to reach the European Cup League Final in Istanbul. It stars Damian Lewis and Bob Hoskins. This is definitely family friendly.

The final suggestion is "The Damned United", for those who know the premiership; it isn't Man U, but Leeds United. It is the story of
Brian Clough one of the greatest managers in English football Michael Sheen plays Clough with Timothy Spall Colm Meaney, and Jim Broadbent ably assisting. It helps if you know about English football, but Sheen's performance is so good; that it's worth watching even if you know nothing about it. Clough was a ass, but a football genius
 
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Lassie Come Home
Hoosiers
Breaking Away
Strangers on a Train
Black Stalion
 
I'm struck by how many great sports movies there have been. My favorite is probably Field Of Derams - brought back deep memories of my deceased father. One movie I didn't see mentioned that I'd recommend highly, was Sugar. Came out in 2008 and was about a young Dominican baseball player trying to make it.
 
King Kong - we need more for wrestling! Did you see some of those moves he made?
 
Sonny44- - - - I can't believe I forgot one of my favorite movies on my list above, which happens to be the best WRESTLING movie ever made, VISION QUEST! As a former HS Wrestling coach it comes as close as anything to the real HS or College Wrestling scene! The idea to lose 20lbs. to Wrestle the returning state champ is what the sport is all about!
I realize your post above was with tongue firmly planted in cheek!
 
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Has to be 'Secretariat'. Chills at the end of the Belmont rounding the turn into the home stretch with the choir raising up and Eddy with the 'O my' comment. Great.
 
My guilty pleasure sports flick is The Cutting Edge. It doubles as my favorite chick flick. Loved Moira Kelly in it.
 
Sonny44 said:
King Kong - we need more for wrestling! Did you see some of those moves he made?
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RSHERMVIKES said:
Sonny44- - - - I can't believe I forgot one of my favorite movies on my list above, which happens to be the best WRESTLING movie ever made, VISION QUEST! As a former HS Wrestling coach it comes as close as anything to the real HS or College Wrestling scene! The idea to lose 20lbs. to Wrestle the returning state champ is what the sport is all about!
I realize your post above was with tongue firmly planted in cheek!
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I believe it was mentioned. :cool:
 
Waquoit said:
My guilty pleasure sports flick is The Cutting Edge. It doubles as my favorite chick flick. Loved Moira Kelly in it.
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I can see it, except that figure skating is not s sport (albeit by my own definition) and there was too little hockey to consider it a "sports" movie.
 
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