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HallcoHallco Posts: 3,646 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Have to be these for me!

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Although there will be some good arguments for a LOT of others!!! image

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  • mcadamsmcadams Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭
    1) Rudy
    2) Rocky series
    3) The Rookie (Dennis Quaid)
    4) Field of Dreams
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  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    Major League
    Remember the Titans
    The Rookie
    Field of Dreams
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  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,034 ✭✭✭✭✭
    For my Sports Movies Mount Rushmore, I prefer movies based on true stories...

    Chariots of Fire

    Pride of the Yankees

    Brian's Song

    Rudy


    ....tough leaving out Raging Bull...it was close. And of course the fictional movies, Rocky 1, The Natural, Field of Dreams, and some others are great movies as well.
  • ConnecticoinConnecticoin Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Brian's Song
    >>



    One of the few movies that always makes grown men cry.


    I would replace Chariots of Fire (boring as hell) with "Miracle".
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  • hhmag70hhmag70 Posts: 2,107
    No love for Kazaam?
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,034 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "Paper Lion" was very entertaining as well, not that it's a great movie for acting, but it was fun to watch.
  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,492 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Caddyshack!
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  • 57loaded57loaded Posts: 4,967 ✭✭✭
    not in order


    Glory Road
    Hoosier's
    Remember the Titans
    Radio






  • GarabaldiGarabaldi Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭
    Rocky
    The Natural
    The Rookie
    Rudy
  • lanemyer85lanemyer85 Posts: 1,326 ✭✭✭
    Raging Bull
    Hoosiers
    Slapshot
    Bon Cop Bad Cap (the greatest and best French-English Canadian made - hockey based cop drama of all-time)

  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,120 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How can anyone leave out the disaster epic "Two Minute Warning" about a football [the game footage spliced into the movie was of a USC - Stanford] game at the LA Colessium where a crazed guy with a sniper rifle statoned up in the metal famework holding the stadium lights starts shooting and killing people in the Stadium (David Jantzen was the first to die if I recall). The shooting caused a panick that resulted in a stampede of people from the stadium that caused more death and destruction.

    "Oh The Humanity" of such a tragic story where our beloved football was interrupted by the evil mind of a crazed sniper. This movie tugs at heartstrings across the decades and puts "Brian's Song, Rudy, Hoosiers, Chariots Of Fire, Caddyshack, Tin cup, The Natrual, Field Of Dreams, Major League" squarely in second place or lower on the list of great sports movies.

    The only other sports movie that can compare with Two Minute Warning is a similar movie set in a Hockey Arena where a sniper started shooting at hockey fans and players.
  • pmcollectourpmcollectour Posts: 1,211 ✭
    #1 Brians Song

    #2 Miracle (USA hockey team)

    #3 Field of Dreams

  • PowderedH2OPowderedH2O Posts: 2,443 ✭✭
    Pride of the Yankees
    Brian's Song (the original)
    It Happens Every Spring (with Ray Milland)
    Personal Best (with Mariel Hemingway)
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  • alnavmanalnavman Posts: 4,129 ✭✭✭
    Major League....being an Indians fan and the timing of when it came out (before the Indians were actually good), it has always been my favorite movie. On a serious note I always liked Brian's Song, which others have also mentioned.
  • alnavmanalnavman Posts: 4,129 ✭✭✭
    forgot to mention, my favorite character in a film is still Crash Davis........loved the part Costner played in Bull Durham.....
  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,114 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pride of the Yankees

    Knute Rockne All American

    The Pride of St Louis

    Field of Dreams- in all fairness- a great film

    The Natural- this was great

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,114 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Raging Bull- this needs no intro- just great for boxing

    Fear Strikes Out- well done for when it was done and the issues involved

    Follow the Sun- This is a great film about Ben Hogan starring Glen Ford- great film

    There was a film about Grover Cleveland Alexander that if I recall correctly starred Ronald Reagan- just unable to remember the title- B film late 1940s

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  • TabeTabe Posts: 6,064 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mine would probably be:

    1) Miracle
    2) Mystery, Alaska
    3) Hoosiers
    4) We Are Marshall

    Almost made the cut:
    - For Love of the Game
    - Eight Men Out
    - Happy Gilmore

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  • DialjDialj Posts: 1,636 ✭✭
    Baseball - Pride of the Yankees, The Bad News Bears, Eight Men Out, and The Natural
    Football - Rudy, Brian's Song, Remember the Titans and Victory (Football outside the USA)
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  • illinifan912illinifan912 Posts: 1,462 ✭
    please note, slapshot was considered "the best sports film of the past 50 years" by GQ magazine back in 07 and maxim said it is the "Best Guy Movie of All Time".

    If its not on Rushmore I don t know what is.
  • jimmygjimmyg Posts: 139 ✭✭
    1. Field of Dreams- Saw it with my dad in the theater; best movie ever made
    2. Blue Skies Again- 80s baseball movie with Harry Hamlin about a girl who played pro ball. I watched the good parts of that movie every day for an entire summer (first of a triple feature I watched). I don't know another person, other than my siblings, who has even heard of that movie.
    3. Thrashin' - This was the second movie of our daily triple feature that summer. We watched it before going out and pulling off wicked tricks on our quarter-pipe (we could really just do weak fakies and faux power slides).
    4. Rad - The third movie that we watched. This one has it all. It's the Thrashin' storyline but about BMX bikes instead of skateboards... which makes it take on a whole new meaning.
  • TabeTabe Posts: 6,064 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>please note, slapshot was considered "the best sports film of the past 50 years" by GQ magazine back in 07 and maxim said it is the "Best Guy Movie of All Time".

    If its not on Rushmore I don t know what is. >>


    I wouldn't even rate it as the best hockey movie. Or 2nd best. I just don't think it's that good, quite frankly.

    Some others that I forget:

    - White Men Can't Jump
    - Invincible

    And about a million others image

    I love sports movies, LOL.

    Tabe
  • markj111markj111 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭
    Please-no more references to Rudy. What a piece of crap. Nothing personal, but what was the big deal?
  • TabeTabe Posts: 6,064 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Please-no more references to Rudy. What a piece of crap. Nothing personal, but what was the big deal? >>


    It's an uplifting and enjoyable movie. Is it great? Nah but it's pretty good and I can see why people would pick it. It's not in my top 10 or anything - but I'd put it ahead of "Slapshot"...

    Tabe
  • hammeredhammered Posts: 2,671 ✭✭✭
    Not "The Best", but my favorite:

    Bull Durham
    The Blind Side
    Mystery, Alaska
    Tin Cup
  • TabeTabe Posts: 6,064 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My brother-in-law played for the Durham Bulls. I asked him about "Bull Durham". His response? "That movie was basically a documentary - except the groupies aren't as hot in real life", LOL.

    Tabe
  • 57loaded57loaded Posts: 4,967 ✭✭✭


    << <i>My brother-in-law played for the Durham Bulls. I asked him about "Bull Durham". His response? "That movie was basically a documentary - except the groupies aren't as hot in real life", LOL.

    Tabe >>



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  • 72skywalker72skywalker Posts: 1,542 ✭✭✭
    Caddyshack
    Field of Dreams
    Bad News Bears
    Rocky
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  • cone10cone10 Posts: 1,021
    1. Cobb
    2. The Natural
    3. Eight Men Out
    4. Field of Dreams
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