What is your favorite sports movie?

[Creed Bratton]

I know there will be a lot of differing opinions depending on if you prefer a comedy over a more serious movie but what are your top 3 Sports movies. For me it would be.

Hoosiers
Field of Dreams
Caddyshack

Honorable mention to Rocky, The Natural and Major League because on any given day I could replace any of the top 3 with the honorable mentions.

 

[WildcatFan1982]

Rocky
The Sandlot
Major League

 

[Tskware]

Lot of good boxing movies, e.g, Rocky, Million Dollar Baby and Raging Bull

As for comedies, thought that Bad News Bears was pretty damn funny if you have ever played Little League

 

[hmt5000]

Hoosiers, Major League... lots of good baseball movies. harder to make good bball and football movies I guess.

 

[Glenn's take]

Snapshot needd to be on any list.

 

[warrior-cat]

Hoosiers
Major League
The Replacements

 

[funKYcat75]

Snapshot needd to be on any list.

 

[KAB Cats]

Sandlot
Blue Chips
Necessary Roughness
The Program

 

[sefus12]

Major League
Major League 2 (greatly underrated)
Sandlot
Tin Cup
Remember the Titans
Varsity Blues

So many good sports movies out there

 

[MegaBlue05]

Major League
Blue Chips
The Program

 

[anonymous_2011]

Of those not already mentioned

Mighty Ducks
Angels in the Outfield
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Space Jam

 

[Glenn's take]

Autocorrect is a bitch but Slap Shot belongs on any list.

 

[*CatinIL*]

Field of Dreams
Bull Durham
Brian Song
Major League

 

[BC_Wader]

Hoosiers
Cinderella Man
Friday Night Lights
Rocky
Caddyshack

There's plenty of really good sports movies but those are my favorite.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Hoop Dreams may be best sports documentary.

 

[BBCARDS4ME]

Eight Men Out

 

[rick64]

Bull Durham
Caddyshack
North Dallas Fourty
The Natural
Field of Dreams

 

[UK82]

My favorite sport, Rollerball.

 

[berniecarbo]

I guess it wasn't a great movie, but when I was a kid, the Yankees were dominating baseball. They had a streak that was something like 9 world series in 10 years. The Washington Senators had a team. People used to say, Washington, first in war, first in peace and last in the American League. They made a movie called "Damn Yankees" where a guy sells his soul to become a baseball hero and lead the Senators to beat the Yankees.

 

[HymanKaplan]

Bad News Bears

"Don't fall into the pool Engleberg, you'll flood the valley." LOL

 

[CaptainBoogerBuns]

Bad News Bears

"Don't fall into the pool Engleberg, you'll flood the valley." LOL

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They should have cast Jack Lemmon as the opposing coach

 

[HymanKaplan]

I think Vic Morrow was perfect. But Jack Lemmon would have made a great Whitewood.

One of the best moments of the movie almost goes unnoticed. When Cleveland, the woman that is the league administrator, hands Buttermaker the 2nd place trophy, he says, "Thank you sir." 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣


What makes this movie so great, at the end of the day, is it got out in front of the overzealous "sports parent" long before anyone else did. It's not just a great sports movie, it's a classic that transcends genre.

 

[CaptainBoogerBuns]

There was a movie NOT mentioned in this thread and I'm proud of this thread so far for it NOT being mentioned.

 

[christophero]

I just watched Miracle last night. Love it.
Again
Who do you play for?

 

[HymanKaplan]

There was a movie NOT mentioned in this thread and I'm proud of this thread so far for it NOT being mentioned.

Puts thinking cap on.

 

[HymanKaplan]

Can't forget the orginal Longest Yard


"He said he was sorry." 🤣 🤣

 

[HymanKaplan]

There was a movie NOT mentioned in this thread and I'm proud of this thread so far for it NOT being mentioned.

Gotta be Glory Road

 

[ukwizard]

Drama:
The Natural
Seabiscuit
Miracle

Comedy:
Major League
Caddyshack
Bull Durham

 

[HymanKaplan]

Small tangent (Seabiscuit mention prompted this)

I didn't care for the Secratariat movie, but every Derby Day I have one small tradition, and that is to watch Secretariat, not, ironically at the KY Derby, but at the Belmont, justto witness the most dominating thing I've ever seen in sports.

And when Chic Anderson exclaims, "He's moving like a TREMENDOUS MACHINE!" I get a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye. No matter how many times I watch it, it NEVER fails to elicit that response.

In the longest and most grueling of the three Triple Crown races, he ran each successive 1/4, faster than the previous one. He got FASTER and faster, for that entire race. It borders on the supernatural.

BTW - you have to feel for Sham, whom, if not for Secretariat, would be in the conversation as one of the best of alltime.

 

[Born and raised Big Blue]

Porkys.

 

[kywildcatsfannumber1]

Days of Thunder
The Longest Yard

 

[HymanKaplan]

Days of Thunder
The Longest Yard

I thought it was cool that they chose the last name Trickle, as an homage to the one and only. LOL

Dick Trickle (and you probably know this) had a hole cut in his helmet, so he could smoke a couple of heaters when there was a yellow flag out. 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

What a legend. He's generally regarded as the greatest short track driver in history, and won NASCAR Rookie of the Year at FOURTY-EIGHT! LOL

 

[kywildcatsfannumber1]

I thought it was cool that they chose the last name Trickle, as an homage to the one and only. LOL

Dick Trickle (and you probably know this) had a hole cut in his helmet, so he could smoke a couple of heaters when there was a yellow flag out. 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

What a legend.

Back when NASCAR still had some characters in the sport. Miss those days of racing. Back then, David Pearson smoked during the races, and I recall Dick Trickle saying one time he only needed an hour of sleep at night for every 100 laps.

 

[Glenn's take]

I just watched Miracle last night. Love it.
Again
Who do you play for?

That's not how that ended in real life but I wouldn't let that get in the way of a good story.

 

[HymanKaplan]

I've never watched Miracle. I watched the actual team, but not the movie.

What did the movie change? If I had to guess, it portrayed the game against the USSR as the gold medal game, which of course, it wasn't. (That has become a victim of the Mandela effect)

 

[DNOKAT]

Cinderella Man
Seabiscuit
Hoosiers
Miracle

I think true stories are a cut above when it comes to favorites

 

[Blue Bleeding Marine]

"One on One" with Robby Benson

 

[CaptainBoogerBuns]

Gotta be Glory Road

That movie sucked, but not the one I'm thinking of

 

[sefus12]

Of those not already mentioned

Might Ducks
Angels in the Outfield
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Space Jam

Forgot about Mighty Ducks and MD2.

 

[Glenn's take]

I've never watched Miracle. I watched the actual team, but not the movie.

What did the movie change? If I had to guess, it portrayed the game against the USSR as the gold medal game, which of course, it wasn't. (That has become a victim of the Mandela effect)

The Russia game is the main ending to the movie but they do mention the Finland game. They had a roundtable with some of the players as an extra on the DVD and they were talking about the night of the Norway game where they tied before the Olympics and Herb Brooks was so mad he had them doing punishment laps in the dark right after the game. That happened but didn't end with Eruzione saying he played for the USA instead of his college team. It ended when Mark Johnson got mad and smashed his stick against the glass.