greatest sports movies of all time!
Lothar52
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My vote is for Hoosiers... Goosebumps every time
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Caddyshack
The Hickory High gymnasium was just a couple towns over from where I grew up
Caddyshack
Happy Gilmore
Seve The Movie
Hoosiers and Rocky are neck and neck into the final stretch...and it’s...Hoosiers by a nose!
Kingpin. Freakin hilarious.
The Rookie.....
Rudy 2: He’s the Colonel Now
Bull Durham
Nuke (tied to the bed): ooh, i've heard of stuff like this.
Annie: yeah? have you ever heard of walt whitman?
Nuke: no. who's he play for?
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
Bull Durham gets my vote. Many of the "sports" movies are not really about the sport.
When Nuke is told to "hit the mascot" and then does, it cracks me up all the time. "I wouldn't dig in there if I were you" ;-)
Hoosiers might have been a better Hollywood movie, but it was more about Coach Dales "redemption" and how he finds love.
"Rudy" is pretty close to the top for me.
major league and Friday night lights
Bull Durham is without a doubt my favorite baseball movie.
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The scout
The rookie
Fever pitch
Invincible
We are Marshall
I like Field of Dreams
Slap Shot was a great one
Bad News Bears. Not the remake.
Eight Men Out was pretty good
Jim
I hate that movie. What a loser. Let’s give everyone a participation trophy.
In no particular order:
Bull Durham
Hoosiers
Miracle
Rocky
Great list! You need a football movie, original "Longest Yard"?
A League of Their Own.
Pride of the Yankees!
Steve
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My brother-in-law played for the actual Durham Bulls. He said the movie was basically a documentary.
Sandlot, though it was based in the early 60s and a little before my childhood of the mid 70s, it still reminds me of how things were when I was younger!!
Still get a chuckle today when I think of Major League.
Brian's song
PC Walter Payton - Bear Down!
A lot of great choices are listed here so far, so I'll change it up and add some documentaries to the discussion:
(2002) A City on Fire: The Story of the '68 Detroit Tigers (gets into how the 1968 Tigers were well-timed to help lift spirits after the 1967 Detroit riots)
(1987) The Boys on the Bus (this is a 1986-87 Edmonton Oilers documentary)
(2011) El Clasico: More Than A Game (documentary on Barcelona vs. R.Madrid)
(2017) Icarus
(2014) Red Army
Bull Durham gets my vote.
love that movie
collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.
looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started
Jaws.
Caddyshack
Slap Shot
Sandlot
Miracle
The Natural and Chariots of Fire come to mind.
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Not greatest, but other classics:
The Color of Money
Over the Top
Bang The Drum Slowly
Enjoy the go.
My top three are on this list. I will replace Miracle with The Blind Side and Jerry Maguire. Yes, I just increased the number of movies on the list to five.
Porky's
I'm rarely like sports related films. With that said...
Rocky Brilliant film with exception to the actual boxing seems which were not done well.
Bad News Bears
On the flip side...I love surf/skate related movies.
North Shore
Blue Crush
Point Break
Strange Brew
Caddy shack
Join the Rookie stars on top PSA registry today:
1980-1989 Cello Packs - Rookies
Add "Russian Five" to this list.
Slap Shot. "You do that, you go to the box, you know. Two minutes by yourself and...you feel shame, you know. And then you get free."
I always thought Gregory Peck LOOKED like a president.
First time I have ever heard a review like that for Rudy. You might be dead inside.
I'm all about that Jordan stuff. Cards, stickers, posters & whatever else is cool. The rarer the better. And always in a PSA 10 if I can help it.
Any other big Jordan nuts out there let me know.
And we might need to look at what falls into sports because bowling is more of a game I think. Same with golf. As much as I love Caddyshack & Kingpin - comedy gold or not. I respect them but still.
Sandlot holds a special place in my heart.
Rudy
Rocky 1-4
The Fighter
Trouble with the Curve
Goon
White Men Can't Jump
Moneyball
Miracle
Seabiscuit & Secretariat (another questionable sport, the horse is doing all the work)
I know I gave like 25 but I love movies. You're welcome.
I'm all about that Jordan stuff. Cards, stickers, posters & whatever else is cool. The rarer the better. And always in a PSA 10 if I can help it.
Any other big Jordan nuts out there let me know.
How about a vintage 1949 picture - The Stratton Story. Anybody seen it? It's probably my favorite. It stars Jimmy Steward and June Allison. It is a true story about Monty Stratton, who pitched for the White Sox in the 1930s. He had a hunting accident and shot his leg. It had to be amputated to save his life. He ended up pitching again in a minor league all star game with a prosthetic leg.
I actually own a original studio photograph as well as signed index cards by Jimmy Steward, June Allison, and Monty Stratton. I have been looking for a Frank Morgan and Agnes Moorehead for years, but they are hard to come by.
I know black and white old movies is not most people's cup of tea, but I really enjoy and good classic!
Shane
Please share whatever you're smoking and/or what you're using to define 'sport'.
I would also like to add Sandlot. I was in middle school when that movie first came out. I think anyone who grew up playing baseball with their neighborhood friends can understand how great that movie is. It's just a beautiful movie.
Big golfer or bowler are ya?
I'm all about that Jordan stuff. Cards, stickers, posters & whatever else is cool. The rarer the better. And always in a PSA 10 if I can help it.
Any other big Jordan nuts out there let me know.
sandlot is great
everyone I know who doesn't even like sports loves that movie
it’s why baseball should be king, it’s fun
“Obviously you’re not a golfer”
Big Lewbowski.
Nice. Another hilarious movie.
I'm all about that Jordan stuff. Cards, stickers, posters & whatever else is cool. The rarer the better. And always in a PSA 10 if I can help it.
Any other big Jordan nuts out there let me know.
Illinois has a similar basketball David vs. Goliath history with Hebron, Illinois, which had 98 students in its school beating the Quincy, Illinois high school with over 1000 students for the state championship. In those days these were no classifications for school size as all were lumped into the same division so the Hebron team beating the Quincy team was what Hollywood movies were made of. There are several parallels drawn between the Hebron win and the movie Hoosiers and having grown up a few miles from Hebron, Illinois and having been in their gymnasium, I can attest to the fact that stepping into that gym is like stepping back in time to the 1940's and 50's. If I close my eyes I can almost hear the footsteps of these high school heroes still playing in that hallowed gymnasium.
The athletic prowess of these Hebron Giants did not stop at graduation as these farm boys all went on to receive scholarships to play for the University of Illinois, Northwestern University and Valparaiso University. The interesting item is that the two of the starters were the Judson twins who's older brother, an earlier graduate of Hebron High School was Howie Judson who had a lengthy career in Major League Baseball as a pitcher with the Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds from 1948 to 1954. He can be found in many Topps and Bowman baseball issues from this time frame as well as in tough regional issues as well. Howie was brought in to be a coach with the 1952 team and helped to direct his brothers and the rest of the team to the championship.
They still celebrate this basketball championship in Hebron by painting the town's water tower like a basketball which can be seen below.