Your 5 Favorite Sports Movies

[BigStar]

The Program
Blue Chips
Major League
Above the Rim
Mighty Ducks
White Men Can't Jump (more for the comedy bw Woody and Snipes)
Necessary Roughness (Kathy Ireland) "Don't steal the leap"

 

[GhostOfPelluer]

I feel like sports movies should be split into three categories: Baseball, non-baseball and comedies with a sport as the backdrop.

Baseball:
Major League
A League of Their Own
The Natural
Bull Durham
Eight Men Out
The Rookie
Moneyball


Non-baseball:
Tin Cup
Hoosiers
We Are Marshall
Draft Day (haha just wanted to see if you were paying attention)
Rudy
Brian's Song (1971)
Miracle
Jerry Maguire
Color of Money
Glory Road
Coach Carter
Rocky
The Legend of Bagger Vance


Comedies:
Caddyshack
Slapshot
Happy Gilmore
Talladega Nights

 

[CouchCoach]

All-Elvis List
•Speedway
•Kid Gallahad
•Spinout
•Viva Las Vegas
•Clambake

You are disqualified. Thankyaverymuch.

 

[CouchCoach]

I feel like sports movies should be split into three categories: Baseball, non-baseball and comedies with a sport as the backdrop.

Baseball:
Major League
A League of Their Own
The Natural
Bull Durham
Eight Men Out
The Rookie
Moneyball


Non-baseball:
Tin Cup
Hoosiers
We Are Marshall
Draft Day (haha just wanted to see if you were paying attention)
Rudy
Brian's Song (1971)
Miracle
Jerry Maguire
Color of Money
Glory Road
Coach Carter
Rocky
The Legend of Bagger Vance


Comedies:
Caddyshack
Slapshot
Happy Gilmore
Talladega Nights

A fine list only 19 movies too many!!!!

Hey, if you like baseball movies, check out The Final Season and The Perfect Game. I highly recommend them and 42 and *61 as well.

 

[cowboyec]

You are disqualified. Thankyaverymuch.

jealous.

 

[OmerV]

THE SANDLOT!

OTHERS (no particular order):

Non-Fiction
Eight Men Out
Miracle
Remember the Titans
Greatest Game Ever Played
Brian's Song (original)
A League of their Own (okay, that's 6, sue me)

Fiction
Rocky
The Natural
The Replacements
Bull Durham (hurt by how utterly unbelievable some of the actors were as players)
For Love of the Game (hurt by Kelly Preston's character being a whiney btch, and John C. Reilly being completely unbelievable as a major league catcher)

 

[rags747]

The Natural, reason Romo wore 9 and Field of Dreams, and I can't stand baseball. There are others but those two stand out for now.

 

[rags747]

Raging Bull, DeNiro.

 

[Cowpolk]

Is Debbie does Dallas a sports movie?

 

[percyhoward]

Cinderella Man
Rollerball (1975)
Hoosiers
The Longest Yard (1974)
Rocky

Although I gotta say, the one scene with the football game in M*A*S*H (the Altman film -- not the TV series) tops all of them.

 

[Runwildboys]

Major League
Dodgeball
Necessary Roughness
Million Dollar Baby
Stick It

I wanna add A League of Their Own and Rocky II, and remove.....eh, I don't care.

Is Debbie does Dallas a sports movie?

Depends, is poker a sport?

 

[The Fonz]

Heaven Can Wait

 

[Aviano90]

In no particular order:

The Champ
The Natural
The Bad News Bears
The Replacements
Bull Durham

Another oldie but goodie from growing up:

Stroker Ace

 

[Cowpolk]

jealous.

He is Elvis

 

[Tabascocat]

In no particular order:

The Champ
The Natural
The Bad News Bears
The Replacements
Bull Durham

Another oldie but goodie from growing up:

Stroker Ace

Stroker Ace was great but that means ya got to put in Cannonball Run now

 

[Runwildboys]

I wanna add A League of Their Own and Rocky II, and remove.....eh, I don't care.

Depends, is poker a sport?

Ooooh, I forgot Days of Thunder.

 

[Aviano90]

Ooooh, I forgot Days of Thunder.

1st half of that movie was hilarious.

 

[blindzebra]

A really good one in the Field of Dreams style is Trouble with the Curve. Fathers and daughters bond around the game too.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

Rudy
Remember The Titans
Rocky
Friday Night Lights
The Program

 

[DallasEast]

Rocky (original)
The Bad News Bears (original)
Field of Dreams
Hoosiers
42