Best Sports Movie?

[Hobbes2702]

I gotta go with Bull Durham and The Natural coming in at number two. Don't read the book for The Natural though. It sucked.

 

[SBGLonghorn]

Rudy

 

[Handler XIII]

So many good ones but I'd go with Hoosiers, Natural, Sandlot.

 

[Benson32]

hoosiers. although i would wager that most everyones numero uno is bull durham.

 

[Chest Rockwell]

Football: Rudy or Remember the Titans
Baseball: The Natural
Basketball: Hoosiers
Hockey: Slapshot
Bowling: Kingpin

 

[netslave]

"We are Marshall" almost made me tear up a bit.

 

[Hobbes2702]

I can't believe I forgot about Hoosiers.
1. Bull Durham
2. Natural
3. Rudy
4. Hoosiers
5. Friday Night Lights

They need to make a movie about Rooster.

 

[Fanny McLonghorn]

Ping Pong.

 

[Crusher X]

Dodgeball

 

[mandingo]

Boxing: Raging Bull, Cinderella Man, When We Were Kings
Hoops: Hoosiers, Hoop Dreams
Bowling: Kingpin
Hockey: Slapshot
Billiards: The Hustler, Color of Money
Golf: Tin Cup
Baseball: Bull Durham, I guess, by default. I dunno. Sandlot may be better. Can't really think of a GREAT baseball movie. Field of Dreams was... meh. The Natural sucked. Major League was better.
Football: Is there a great one? All the Right Moves?

Cycling: Breaking Away, American Flyers
Fencing: Gladiator
Skiing: Downhill Racer
Skateboarding: Dogtown and Z-Boys
Rollerball: Rollerball
Martial Arts: Fists of Fury

...and of course, the greatest sports movie of all time...Sideout

 

[Art Vandelay]

Lots of great ones mentioned. I probably go with the Natural or Hoosiers.

Another really good baseball movie not yet mentioned is Eight Men Out.

 

[El Sapo]

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[unpaintedhuffhines]

does Airborne count?

 

[SL_Horn]

The 2006 Rose Bowl on DVD

 

[AtlLonghorn]

Major League > Bull Durham

 

[RyanUTAustin]

Teen Wolf

 

[The Eyes of Texas]

someone asked if there is a great football movie...

Brian's Song

 

[TrashMaster G]

Football: Rudy, Remember the Titans
Baseball: The Natural, The Sandlot, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, The Rookie
Basketball: Hoosiers
Hockey: Miracle
Golf: Happy Gilmore

The overall winner, hands down, is Hoosiers.

 

[Handler XIII]

The HBO documentary on the USA hockey team is great. I'd liked it much better than Miracle. Can you buy it, I've never seen it anywhere?

 

[Handler XIII]

I almost forgot Field of Dreams!

 

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[Phil Conners]

Hoosiers and Major League

 

[Uncle Rico]

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[DRAG69]

This is not even close....

Raging Bull is not only the best sports movie ever made but it is in the top 5 of all time great movies. The performance by Deniro was the best I have ever seen in the history of film.

 

[CajunHorn]

Chariots of Fire deserves a mention here. And Friday Night Lights is by far the best football movie.

 

[Beamwalker]

THE PROGRAM.

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[MizzouSnives]

whoever said airborne is the winner.


for "traditional" sports: Hoosiers

 

[Beau Vine]

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[CajunHorn]

No Beau, I've seen Brian's Song. I can still remember watching my tough as nails former Marine Grandfather getting all misty eyed at that one. Great movie, but not quite as well written and put together as FNL.