Best Sports movies ever

[Matt1]

A post I made got me thinking: What's the best sports film ever? Pretty straight-forward. Here are my picks:

Bull Durham- This movie completely captures the essence of baseball like no other movie I've ever seen. Plus, it's funny as hell.

Rocky- The American dream personified. Stallone hopped on a slow train to shitsville after this one, though.

Caddyshack- Two words: Cinderella Story.

The Longest Yard- Reynolds style baby! This movie is tough. Best football movie ever. The soccer remake made me want to gouge my eyes out.

[Shawnathan]

I don't think you could get any better than Bull Durham, Rocky, or The Natural, personally.

[Dave]

Baseketball?

[Omaru]

Best sporst films.

Youngblood
Rocky
Kingpin

Best kids sports films:

Space jam
The Mighty Ducks

[Tongue]

Escape to Victory. Any film with Michael Caine, Stallone and Pele in has to be a winner.

[Razorback]

1. Bull Durham
2. Field of Dreams
3. The Natural
4. The Longest Yard
5. Victory

RB

[Ryall]

Good question!

My Top 6 of All-Time are:
For Love of the Game, The Mighty Ducks 3, Ice Castles, Air Bud, Ladybugs, Any Given Sunday...no, wait, that's not right at all.

ROCKY II -- I know the first one is technically better but to me, since I used to own a Fotonovel of this one as a wee lad, I've always loved 2 more.
Rocky: What do you want me to do?
Adrian (in a hospital bed, post-coma): Win!
Me: tears like a mofo

CADDYSHACK -- watchable from just about any point you come into it.

HOOSIERS -- still the best sports movie ever

BULL DURHAM -- one of the most fun, and well-informed, sports movies ever. Ron Shelton, how'd you go so wrong after TIN CUP?

WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP -- tell me you didn't go play some playground hoops after seeing this movie.

Honorable mentions: VICTORY (Pele and Rocky and Austin Powers' dad in the same movie?), COOL RUNNINGS, the last half-hour of THE NATURAL, SLAP SHOT, FIELD OF DREAMS, THE LONGEST YARD, THE BAD NEWS BEARS, BRIAN'S SONG and even A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN.

[Adam_Poch]

Caddyshack is a great flick. That gets my vote.

[apollolove]

i liked the program with omar epps

[benDeRosa]

you guys got most of them, except for...

Eight Men Out, which i think is near the top.

oh, yeah and Major League. not only hilarious, but good baseball wise too. lets do our best to forget the sequels...

[Matt1]

Awww, I forgot about basketball. I think Hoosiers is the best basketball flick ever, and I feel like a dumbass for leaving it off of my initial list. Hopper is so good in that.

[Razorback]

Yeah, I really punted that one too. Of course Hoosiers should have been on my list. That should probably be #1.

RB

[Tongue]

I'll go for A League of Their Own. I thought it was rap. See I can use modern slang. Or is that in the wrong context?

[DIRTY_SANCHEZ]

In the strictist forms not a sport? or even a movie?

Dogtown and Zboys - Documentary
Sorry - Filp Video

Don't really like sports movies they rarely do it for me?

Not my bag

[Tongue]

What's not sporty about baseball??? Oh yeah I see. It's American /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

[TheAntiRazorback]

Baseball:
Bull Durham
Field of Dreams
Major Leagu
Eight Men Out

Football
The Longest Yard
Any Given Sunday*
The Replacements

Basketball:
Hoosiers
White Men Can't Jump


*The on the field shots are incredible, the Al Pacino/Cameron Diaz yelling stuff less than incredible.

[Matt1]

Yeah, I really liked The Replacements the first time I saw it... when it was called Necessary Roughness. /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

[SANCTUARY]

do they have to be girly games and involve use of a ball? if not then Mad Max III. "THUNDERDOME"... now that was a sport!

[35mmCritic]

Whaaaat? Nobody said Brian's Song! That shit made me cry like a kid the first time I saw it. Well, I was a kid the first time I saw it but man it's a great flick. Eight Men Out and Bull Durham definately tie for second.

[darthYENIK]

Slapshot, no one can beat the Hanson brothers.

[TomHarrington]

I’m surprised nobody’s mentioned North Dallas Forty. Nick Nolte delivers one of the finest performances of his career portraying a lovely and promising young figure skating girl who must overcome adversity when her vision becomes impaired. I think. It’s been a while since I’ve seen it.

[ozchick]

For me its Field of Dreams. "People will come Ray, people will most definately come". Its a classic!

Honourable Mention goes to Youngblood - purely for Rob Lowe's naked bod!!! /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

[Comicgirl1972]

Any Given Sunday was awesome and what about The Fan that was awesome too. Of course I like Deniro and Pacino

[Tongue]

Hold on,let me get this straight. Nick Nolte plays a half blind figure skating GIRL? If he managed to pull that off then I'm sure it was the best performance of his carear

[Efexeye]

The Natural- even though they changed it to a happy ending for the movie. I still get chills when I hear the theme music and picture all of those big lights exploding as Redford runs the bases. dun-dun-dun......dun DUN dun dun......AWESOME.

[The_Biz]

slapshot was cool but i liked Rudy that was one of the greatest sports movies also any given sunday love & basketball the natural thos e r all awesome movies

[Dave]

I'm not sure if it qualifies as a sports movie and i know it's not the best, at least in the traditional way althought it may qualify as Ugly, Matt Singer you may want to look into it.

Anyway Gymkata stars former U.S. gymnast Kurt Thomas, who according to imdb.com, missed out on the Olympics because of Carter's boycott, anyway he must use his combined gymnastics and karate skills to participate in something called the Game. Why he has to do this i don't really remember, but the Game is like a cross country race to the death, that eventually takes him to "the Village of the Crazies." This is the best part of the movie with all the crazy people popping out from around corners and cackling in the windows of this Eastern European looking town. in the best scene of the movie a bucket is knocked of a well that just happens to have two rings just like a pommel horse. What happens next you can only imagine. Matt i'm telling ya, look into this movie for GB&U man, it was made for it.

Walker

[Tongue]

Ha yes I remember this film, God it was bad. I laughed. A lot. I don't think I was meant to.

[Dave]

I know, it's terrible, but in the best way possible.

[poopshootman11]

The Longest Yard Rules!!!

[freetoaster]

Four years bitches...



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[marksiwel]

The Sandlot, now kiss my grits, in this very very very old thread. You know you are an old thread when you see that Ryall has posted in it.

[By-tor]

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"WE AIN'T THE TEAM, B.A., THEY'RE THE TEAM."

Best. Ever.

[TLS]

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