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Give me your top five sports movies of all time, whether drama, comedy, etc.

1.  Bull Durham

2. Hoosiers

3. Rocky

4. Field of Dreams

5. Major League

The No. 5 spot has others that I could easily substitute.  But Major League is such a great movie that I've been quoting since I saw it in the theater as a teenager.  And Bob Uecker was like the rug that tied that movie together.

[I wanted a separate discussion apart from the Rudy love/hate on other thread.]

1. Miracle

2. Slap Shot

3. Bull Durham

4. Ford vs Ferrari

5. Bad News Bears (original)

No particular order.

  1. Waterboy
  2. Major League
  3. Blades of Glory
  4. Talladega Nights
  5. The Replacements

1. The Sandlot

2. Friday Night Lights

3. Eight Men Out

4. The Greatest Game Ever Played

5. Miracle

If Major League ain't in it, then what's the use of your list?

Hoosiers

Bull Durham

Major League

Miracle

The Sandlot

Field of Dreams

Bad News Bears

Caddyshack

Dodgeball

It's not five and they're not in order, but that it THE list.

  1. Field of Dreams
  2. Miracle
  3. Ford vs Ferrari
  4. Major League
  5. The Natural

Honorable Mention: The Longest Yard - the original.

Bull Durham

Rocky

Major League

League of their Own

Friday Night Lights

Honorable Mention: American Flyers

 

Field of Dreams

Sandlot

Major League

Rocky

Debbie Does Dallas

Dylan, Dylan, Dylan, Dylan, Dylan

or 

Field of Dreams

Sandlot

Remember the Titans

FNL

D2: Ducks are Back 

Major League sucks. 
 

Rocky

Hoosiers

North Dallas Forty

Bad News Bears

Bull Durham

5a) A League of Their Own

 

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19 minutes ago, Underdog said:

Major League sucks. 

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Edited by South Austin

A very disturbing lack of Slap Shot representation on these lists. Y'all motherfuckers need Jesus. (Yes, I am dying on this hill.)

They're probably not old enough to watch it yet...

1. Hoosiers

2. Miracle

3. The Natural( sorry, I've just always liked it.)

4. Rocky

5. Major League

Honorable mention: Slap Shot, Brian's Song, Ford Vs Ferrari, Remember the Titans, Days of Thunder, Bull Durham, Varsity Blues

Edited by slorch

  1. Raging Bull
  2. Rocky
  3. Moneyball
  4. Major League
  5. Kingpin

Honorable Mention Because the are not directly about "Sports":

  • Color of Money
  • Caddy Shack
  • Big Lebowski

NPO:

Breaking Away

Miracle

When We Were Kings

Field of Dreams

Hoosiers

 

Varies by mood and if I'm into a sports movie for sports, a documentary or a "sports-tinged" storyline.

1) Any 2005 National Championship documentary, seen or unseen, and any clips or gifs from said season.

2) Field of Dreams

3) Rocky

4) The Wrestler

5) Miracle

Some of the movies y'all list are about as "sports" related as The Godfather Part 2, there's some fishing in there.

 

Moneyball has shot up my list of late, stop and watch whenever I catch it on. 

1. Major League

2. Karate Kid

3. Sandlot

4. White Men Can’t Jump

5. A League of Their Own

Rocky and Rudy probably could be in there too 

2 hours ago, C-Man said:

A very disturbing lack of Slap Shot representation on these lists. Y'all motherfuckers need Jesus. (Yes, I am dying on this hill.)

Need to watch it again, it's been moons since I have.

Not in a true ranked order but all ones I'll watch anytime:

1. Bad News Bears (original)

2. Major League and Bull Durham

3. Breaking Away

4. Slap Shot

5. Moneyball

Also hard to leave off: Hoosiers, The Sandlot, The Replacements, A League of Their Own, Rocky, Ford vs. Ferrari (finally saw this and loved it), Bend It Like Beckham, Chariots of Fire, McFarland USA, Cinderella Man. I may have gone a little overboard cause I can think of a lot I really like.

  1. Slap Shot
  2. Major League
  3. Tin Cup
  4. Gymkata
  5. Aggy "The 100-Year Decision: Texas A&M and the SEC" movie

 

14 minutes ago, rage-a-holic said:

Tin Cup

tremendous and underrated. 

6 hours ago, locodos said:
  1. Waterboy
  2. Major League
  3. Blades of Glory
  4. Talladega Nights
  5. The Replacements

are you fucking with us?

1.  Field of Dreams

2. Bull Durham

3. Slap Shot

4. Miracle 

5. League of the Own

 

BTW, no other sports movie has even come close to how well they shot the game action in Miracle.

4 hours ago, Underdog said:

Major League sucks. 

I wouldn't say it sucks, but it's just very average.  It always floors me to see it brought up in these discussions.

3 hours ago, slorch said:

They're probably not old enough to watch it yet...

1. Hoosiers

2. Miracle

3. The Natural( sorry, I've just always liked it.)

4. Rocky

5. Major League

Honorable mention: Slap Shot, Brian's Song, Ford Vs Ferrari, Remember the Titans, Days of Thunder, Bull Durham, Varsity Blues

Wait are there people who don’t like The Natural? 
Btw, don’t read that piece of shit book

Hoop Dreams. 

Eight Men Out.

Friday Night Lights.

Raging Bull.

Miracle.

No particular order.   

There’s a lot of good ones to consider.

 

 

 

3 hours ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Not in a true ranked order but all ones I'll watch anytime:

1. Bad News Bears (original)

2. Major League and Bull Durham

3. Breaking Away

4. Slap Shot

5. Moneyball

Also hard to leave off: Hoosiers, The Sandlot, The Replacements, A League of Their Own, Rocky, Ford vs. Ferrari (finally saw this and loved it), Bend It Like Beckham, Chariots of Fire, McFarland USA, Cinderella Man. I may have gone a little overboard cause I can think of a lot I really like.

25 posts before any mention of Chariots of Fire?

WTF?

2 hours ago, futureman said:

are you fucking with us?

Ok, get rid of #5 and put in The Natural.

Better?

1. Cars

2. Cars 2

3. Cars 3

4. Cars 4 (unconfirmed)

5. Cars 5 (unconfirmed)

1. Rocky

2. Miracle

3. The Sandlot

4. The Love of the Game

5. Goon

 

"If we played 'em ten times, they might win nine. But not this time. Not tonight. Tonight, we skate with them. Tonight, we are the greatest hockey team in the world" makes me want to run through a brick wall.

Edited by WelfareBuysMyWeed

1. Field of Dreams

2. Moneyball

3. Hoosiers

4. Rocky

5. Caddyshack 

By my criteria it has to be primarily a sports movie to qualify. Big Lebowski and Talledega Nights and others don’t count. Those are comedies primarily, sports secondary.  

This list is perfection.  I just violated my own rule  

 

Edited by Dbeasy

1 hour ago, CoTex said:

25 posts before any mention of Chariots of Fire?

WTF?

Agreed.

"I believe God made me for a purpose - but He also made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure."

6 hours ago, deadshank said:

 

Breaking Away

 

 

 

6 hours ago, gofuckyourself said:

 

4) The Wrestler

 

 

 

5 hours ago, Underdog said:

Moneyball has shot up my list of late, stop and watch whenever I catch it on. 

 

three I didn't consider when making my earlier list. Any of these might could replace Rocky on my list. 

 

 

 

NPO

The Program

League of their own

Rocky IV

Bull Durham

Rudy

 

Guilty pleasure: Summer Catch

2 hours ago, CoTex said:

25 posts before any mention of Chariots of Fire?

WTF?

 

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A very disturbing lack of Slap Shot representation on these lists. Y'all motherfuckers need Jesus. (Yes, I am dying on this hill.)

I agree with this and I stupidly forgot about it for some reason.
  1. Raging Bull
  2. Rocky
  3. Moneyball
  4. Major League
  5. Kingpin
Honorable Mention Because the are not directly about "Sports":
  • Color of Money
  • Caddy Shack
  • Big Lebowski

The Hustler is a way better movie than Color of Money.

Lots of great movies listed in thread, very few I disagree with. I am glad we haven’t seen the dreaded “sport not a sport” painful essay come up.

Vontae Mack, No Matter What!!!

Edited by slorch

1.  Chariots of Fire

2. Rocky

3. Remember the Titans

4. Hoosiers

5. Pride of the Yankees

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