Favorite Sports Movie

[BigDelHawk]

Carryover from the the other board. What are your favorites? What has not held up well, but was awesome back in the day?

Favorite, but a little dated, Breaking Away.

Not holding up well, The Longest Yard, Brians Song.


Rollerball?

 

[gusto79]

The Program
Moneyball

 

[h-hawk]

Brian's Song (original)
Hoosiers

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

The Damned United
Bull Durham
Eight Men Out
A League of Their Own
Moneyball
He Got Game
Rudy

 

[Funky Bunch]

Caddyshack

 

[HROT]

Little Giants

 

[Brown Dog]

While it can drag in parts, which probably makes it not the best, I'd submit Field of Dreams from the time Ray gets to Boston on. From going to Fenway, Chisholm, picking up Archie, getting back to the farm, people will come Ray, Doc showing up, to wanna have a catch is as good as it gets in movies.

As far as other great sports movies...

Hoosiers
Bull Durham
Miracle

 

[pablow]

Wildcats, Fast Break, The Best of Times, Heaven Can Wait (1978)

 

[joelbc1]

I really enjoy “Moneyball”..l will tune it in whenever the opportunity presents itself.

 

[QChawks]

 

[Irwin Fletcher10]

Hoosiers

 

[RunRonnieRun]

Tin Cup

 

[joelbc1]

But my favorite of all time is the “Iowa Vs. Ohio State, 2016, Football in 60” as presented by The B10 Network!

 

[strummingram]

Friday Night Lights

Field Of Dreams was good, but they made Shoeless Joe totally different from who he was in reality.

 

[BubsFinn]

Chariots of Fire

 

[WisestIowan]

 

[Finance85]

Replacements
Tin Cup
Bull Durham
Brian's Song
North Dallas Forty

 

[Lone Clone]

Carryover from the the other board. What are your favorites? What has not held up well, but was awesome back in the day?

Favorite, but a little dated, Breaking Away.

Not holding up well, The Longest Yard, Brians Song.


Rollerball?

"Hoosiers"

 

[Kinnick.At.Night]

Bull Durham.

 

[bosoxfn28]

Rookie of the Year

 

[thewop]

Not sure if it's a favorite, but I flipped on Field of dreams the other night on MLB network. I'd not watched it since I was a kid, but appreciate it at a new level as a grown man with kids of my own. It's a totally different movie now.

 

[BigDelHawk]

No Major League, Slap Shot or The Natural yet?

 

[LuciousBDragon]

VisionQuest
Rocky
Raging Bull
Slapshot
The Running Man
Jerry Maguire
The Wrestler

And I cry each time I watch Cool Runnings.

 

[here_for_the_hawkeyes]

Major League
Sandlot
Mighty Ducks

 

[StonesCat]

Not the best movie, but one of the best scenes IN a sports movie

 

[joelbc1]

No Major League, Slap Shot or The Natural yet?

Or “Knute Rockne, All American”!
Probably because these 4 sports movies are the industry’s standard. I think Knute Rockne is the first sports movie I remember...the Gipper’s finest acting accomplishment!
Major League is great comedy. The Natural is a very very good movie, I think.

 

[Run&Blade]

Youngblood

Since many others already mentioned.

 

[HawkeyeGold]

Remember the Titans
The Fighter
Seabiscuit

Honorable mention:
Any Given Sunday
The Natural

 

[Niko13]

Miracle
Major League
The Program
Varsity Blues
Slap Shot

 

[Eternal Return]

Slapshot
Goon
Rollerball
Moneyball
Bull Durham
Major League
Raging Bull
BAD NEWS BEARS (original)

 

[CarolinaHawkeye]

All the Right Moves

 

[EpenesaEpenesa]

Major League easily

 

[mstp1992]

Lots of great ones, really hard to pick a favorite.
Brian's Song is right up there for me, but I went to school with his daughter.
Field of Dreams is probably my all-time favorite.

Ones I love to watch whenever they're on:
Bang the Drum Slowly (not aired often enough, though)
Hoosiers
Bull Durham
A League of Their Own
Raging Bull
Rocky, maybe Rocky II; the others though just don't cut it for me.

 

[Lone Clone]

Glad to see nobody mentioned "Pride of the Yankees." Good enough movie, but vastly overrated. Some others that aren't in the league (pun intended) with "Hoosiers" but are worth watching:

"The Winning Team" with Ronald Reagan as Grover Cleveland Alexander and Doris Day as his wife.

"Secretariat" Great story, and Dianne Lane. Not sure what more a guy could want.

"Chariots of Fire." Takes a few liberties with history, but good movie, great score.

"Follow the Sun," Glenn Ford as Ben Hogan in biopic.

"The Greatest Game Ever Played," tells story of Francis Ouimet's upset of Harry Vardon in the 1913 U.S. Open.

Worst sports movie in the history of cinema probably as "Safe At Home," starring Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle as themselves.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

Let it Ride
Diggstown
The Natural
Rocky
Sea Biscuit

 

[RunRonnieRun]

 

[bdcolt45er]

Dodgeball: A true underdog story.

 

[BigDelHawk]

Only 40 days to NCAA opening weekend. Take your pick to help get over your Jones.

Speaking of Jones.

 

[TarponSpringsNole]

Hoosiers
Slap Shot
Bad News Bears
Bull Durham
Field of Dreams
Dodgeball

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

Not the best movie, but one of the best scenes IN a sports movie

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That’s a good sports movie, with a few GREAT scenes. The most memorable being the intentional breaking of their teammates arm (hard to watch). Another being Stallone’s penalty save and “escape”.