OT Greatest Sports Movies

[SlyPokerDog]

Documentary: When We Were Kings.

Fiction: Rocky

Not considered a sport movie but with some sports in it: Gladiator

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

Documentary: When We Were Kings.

Fiction: Rocky

Not considered a sport movie but with some sports in it: Gladiator

Slap Shot. Not even close.......though Hoosiers is in the ballpark....

 

[Whyachi]

Slap Shot. Not even close.......though Hoosiers is in the ballpark....

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I could list a hundred sports movies that I'll stop and watch if they happen to be on, but I don't know that I could ever settle on one as "the greatest".

Does "The Princess Bride" count?

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Miracle should be on the list.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Documentary: When We Were Kings.

Fiction: Rocky

Not considered a sport movie but with some sports in it: Gladiator

Close 2nds.

Documentary: Hoop Dreams

Fiction: Bull Durham

Not considered a sport movie but with some sports in it: Hunger Games

 

[blazerkor]

Documentary: Hoop Dreams

Movie: Raging Bull

 

[oldfisherman]

Rudy.

 

[kjironman1]

Bull Durham
League of their own was pretty good.
North Dallas Forty had it's day.
Rollerball
Paper Lion

I don't really know which one would be the best?

Tin cup
Field of Dreams
The Natural
Longest yard

 

[andalusian]

Die Hard. I know, I know, it's a Xmas movie...

 

[wizenheimer]

Seabiscuit

 

[Whyachi]

Matt Modine & Vision Quest is a one-of-a-kind inspirational sports movie with an absolutely loaded cast.

- Modine: Chief of Police Batman 3
- Bo-hunk boyfriend from 16 Candles
- Robocop CEO for the dad
- Men in Black hottie humps everyone
- Princess Vespa from Spaceballs
- Madonna singing at the local pub
- Coach is scientist for Dante's Peak
-Forest Whitaker wrestling teammate

 

[Cugel]

Slap shot. I mean Paul Newman in 70s clothing?? Hansen bros??
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[oldfisherman]

 

[tlongII]

Semi-Pro

 

[andalusian]

I imagine that in Debbie does Dallas she has to get some cardio, that's a big city mate.

 

[oldfisherman]

Chariots of fire.

 

[Phatguysrule]

Secretariat
McFarland
Kingpin
The Cutting Edge
Iron Will
Moneyball

Already mentioned but some of my favorites
Bull Durham
Field Of Dreams
A League Of Their Own
The Natural

If it counts, The Princess Bride

 

[oldfisherman]

HCPs all time most favorite sports movie,
Space Jam

 

[Shaboid]

Fiction: Bull Durham

Rudy.

These were the two that immediately came to my mind.

Moneyball

This is probably the best documentary. Unless you could say The Last Dance? I liked that one a lot.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Rollerball - the James Caan original.

 

[blazerkor]

In second place I might have Moneyball and while it probably doesn't rank in my top ten overall, my second place movie in the vein of Moneyball is Draft Day. I really love Draft Day, for a sports fan it's underrated but what I've found is that people that aren't sports fans really love the drama in that movie, which is the exact stuff that us sports nerds, geek out over on and near draft days and trade deadlines.

 

[crandc]

League of their Own
Chariots of Fire
Glory Road

 

[Phatguysrule]

League of their Own
Chariots of Fire
Glory Road

Glory Road. Yep, that's a great one as well.

 

[A Lillard Bit More]

White Men Can’t Jump.

 

[AngryFan]

Not as good as some of the other mentioned but Blue Chips, Varsity Blues and The Program are personal favorites.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Grouping by sport, baseball pretty inarguably has the best pantheon of movies: Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, A League of Their Own, Major League, Moneyball, The Rookie, 42, 8 Men Out, just to name a few...but for my money, probably my favorite underrated baseball movie is "For Love of the Game".

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Football: You're looking at The Program, Rudy, Friday Night Lights, Varsity Blue, Any Given Sunday, The Longest Yard, We Are Marshall, Draft Day, The Replacements...but here, I'd probably go with "Remember the Titans".

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Basketball: The last has to begin with Hoosiers, then other entries like Hoop Dreams, Love and Basketball, He Got Game, Glory Road, The Air Up There, Hustle...but "White Men Can't Jump" will always hold a special place in my heart.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Boxing of course has the entire Rocky/ Creed franchise, plus Raging Bull, Ali, Cinderella Man, Million Dollar Baby, Annapolis, The Fighter, Southpaw...a lot of quality dramas. Creed might actually be the best of the bunch.