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My top 20 sports films...

posted 16 years ago by BaseBallZombies
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1. Rocky (1976)
2. The Bad News Bears (1976)
3. The Longest Yard (1974)
4. Caddyshack (1980)
5. Major League (1989)
6. Bull Durham (1988)
7. Field of Dreams (1989)
8. Slapshot (1977)
9. Kingpin (1996)
10. Remember the Titans (2000)
11. The Sandlot (1993)
12. Eight Men Out (1989)
13. Happy Gilmore (1996)
14. A League of Their Own (1992)
15. 61* (2001)
16. Blue Chips (1994)
17. Hoosiers (1986)
18. Raging Bull (1980)
19. The Natural (1984)
20. Cobb (1994)

I set my standards pretty low, so I'm never disappointed.

[–] lilbeardthepirate 16 years ago

I would have to say add Any Given Sunday to the list, or if you havent seen it give it a go!

[–] BaseBallZombies 16 years ago

I've seen Any Given Sunday and while it was a decent film, every flick on my top 20 is much better IMO...

I set my standards pretty low, so I'm never disappointed.

[–] ColonelFaulkner 16 years ago

Any Given Sunday tops my list. The cast, characters, performances, soundtrack and game scenes were all great I thought. I think Stone must have pretty much hit the nail on the head with his portrayal of that environment and the decline of the game from a moralistic ot traditionalist point of view.

1. Any Given Sunday
2. Raging Bull
3. Miracle
4. Escape to Victory
5. Slapshot
6. Jerry Maguire
7. The Rookie
8. Everybody's All American
9. Friday Night Lights
10. Rudy
11. Rocky
12. Varsity Blues
13. Invincible
14. Hoosiers
15. Days of Thunder
16. Rocky IV
17. Major League
18. Youngblood
19. Tin Cup
20. Driven
21. Goal

It's actually pretty hard to rank and/or classify them, given the different genres encompassed as well as the dirrennt emphasis on the actual 'sport' in a sports movie. Plenty of guilty pleasures in there too. I love 'Caddyshack' but just can't see fit to include it in a list of sports films.

- "Money isn't the root of all evil,
lack of money is the root of all evil" - Gene Simmons

[–] bsvlark 16 years ago

What about:

GOAL! THE DREAM BEGINS(2005)

VICTORY (1981)

REBOUND (2005)

BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM (2002)

VISION QUEST (1985)

THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED (2005)

THE PROGRAM (1993)

RUDY (1993)

THE ROOKIE (2002)

ED (1996)

IRON WILL (1994)

HARDBALL (2001)

THE MIGHTY DUCKS (1992)

YOUNGBLOOD (1986)

SUPERCROSS THE MOVIE (2005)

DAYS OF THUNDER (1990)

THE LAST HOME RUN (1996)

MICKEY (2004)

HOT DOG....THE MOVIE (1984)

PISTOL: THE BIRTH OF A LEGEND (1991)

"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading". -Henny Youngmam

[–] elevation10 16 years ago

1. Friday Night Lights
2. Raging Bull
3. He Got Game (has no one mentioned this yet?)
4, Bull Durham
5. Jerry Maguire
6. The Natural
7. Rocky
8. Slapshot
9. Hoosiers
10. Hoop Dreams
11. Tin Cup
12. Miracle
13. The Longest Yard
14. Remember the Titans
15. Field of Dreams
16. Rudy
17. Space Jam
18. Sandlot
19. Happy Gilmour
20. Bad News Bears

[–] dbdumonteil 16 years ago

Million dollar baby by Eastwood

[–] TomahawkChops 16 years ago

1.61*
2.Major League
3.The Sandlot
4.Rudy
5.Rocky
6.Eight Men Out
7.Cobb
8.The Program
9.The Rookie
10. Happy Gilmore
11. Any Given Sunday
12.Happy Gilmore
13.Bad News Bears
14.For the love of the game
15.Hardball
16.Invincible
17.Coach Carter
18. Friday Night Lights
19.Varsity Blues
20.Waterboy

Other Greats that could easily be on the list

Bad News Bears(76)
The Longest Yard-Both
Milion Dollar Baby
Filed of Dreams
Blue Chips
Bull Durham
Heaven is a playground
Sunset Park
The Basketball Diaries

Bottoms Up and The Hottie and the Nottie are the best films EVER!

[–] rhps2000 16 years ago

Love those movies! I also like ...

Breaking Away
Heart Like A Wheel
Miracle
Seabiscuit
Pride
Lucas
The Hustler
Diggstown
Cutting Edge
Blades of Glory
White Men Can't Jump
Wildcats (also with Woody and Wesley - ha ha)

Sedagive?!!!