Favorite sports film...

[U2democrat]

As a baseball fan, I have to say either The Natural or Field of Dreams. Such excellent movies!

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

 

[U2democrat]

ha i knew someone would mention hoosiers. such a good movie!

 

[2861U2]

Field Of Dreams

 

[gherman]

Slapshot

 

[AvsGirl41]

Miracle.

It was so nice to see the Russians as the bad guys again.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

also recieving votes...

caddyshack
rocky
field of dreams
hoop dreams
when we were kings
ali

 

[DaveC]

Slapshot!

 

[u2popmofo]

Rocky

 

[Screaming Flower]

rudy.

 

[DaveC]

Ooh...Rudy is a good movie too.

 

[Dorian Gray]

Without Limits is one of the best I've seen.

 

[nbcrusader]

Does Rollerball count?

(the original, not the remake)

 

[OzAurora]

Mighty Ducks II




seriously, I am joking about this

 

[U2ME3]

The Bad News Bears

 

[Mr. BAW]

The Natural
Rudy
Hoosier

and, oh, Bagger Vance. hahahahaha!!!! JK!

 

[stammer476]

Hoosiers. No other movie compares, just ask Bill Simmons: http://espn.go.com/page2/movies/s/simmons/020827.html

 

[fah]

Hoosiers is great

But so are these:

Bull Durham
Breaking Away
Pride Of The Yankees

Almost as great:

Bend It Like Beckham
Bang The Drum Slowly
Brian's Song

I still have not seen Miracle or Ali

Happy Gilmore is a guilty pleasure

 

[u2popmofo]

Hoosiers. No other movie compares, just ask Bill Simmons

ROCKY

Just ask the Oscars.

 

[fah]

I finally saw 'Rudy'

 

[daygloeyes2]

Hoosiers. No other movie compares, just ask Bill Simmons: http://espn.go.com/page2/movies/s/simmons/020827.html

I have not read his column in so long. Used to read it religously.

 

[alexvilagosh]

Ping Pong.

It's Japanese.

Most worthwhile 5 straight days of downloading ever.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

I think I remember that film

the DVD was sold with little plastic ping pong balls

here's a vote for Escape to Victory

 

[speedracer]

Consider this post to be a preemptive bitch-slapping for anyone who says they liked "Fever Pitch".

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Consider this post to be a preemptive bitch-slapping for anyone who says they liked "Fever Pitch".

 

[RademR]

no one giving love to "Major League"? That's my favorite sports comedy ever, absolutely gets me rollin every time i see it.

Anyway, #1 movie for me though is "Field of Dreams"....gets a man emotional.

 

[Acrobat_Al]

Jerry Maguire

Any given sunday







Sports movies are shit, really!!

 

[No spoken words]

Here are my 10 favorite sports related films, in no particular order. Some capture the realism of sports, some were just good stories.

Raging Bull
The Natural
Hoosiers
Bull Durham
Bang the Drum Slowly
Field of Dreams
Slapshot
Breaking Away
Caddyshack
Rocky III (I know it sucks, but Mr. T's performance is so bad that it's good. "Prediction??......Pain")

 

[RademR]

damn, forgot about "Raging Bull".

Deniro's best performance, IMO

 

[knox]

RUDY!

Well that's not my favorite, I just like yelling RUDY!

My favorite: Cool Runnings.

Runners up:
Field Of Dreams
Rudy
Miracle
Major League

I was also a fan of those kid baseball comedies from the early 1990s: Rookie Of The Year, Little Big League, and Angels In The Outfield

Actually, I was part of a cheering crowd during Rookie Of The Year. They filmed it during the middle of a doubleheader at Wrigley Field.