Top 10 Sports Movies of All Time

[kali3]

A friend of mine I went to school with sent me this list of the Top 10 Sports movies of All Time.

We've been talking about it for awhile. Would love some feedback on what other people think are good sports movies.

 

[Motherofboys]

One word --- RUDY, RUDY, RUDY!!!

That's my #1 pick for sure, and I can't stand ND

I also like "The Greatest Game Ever Played"

 

[wvjules]

My favorite was Rudy then We Are Marshall came out and replaced it.

We Are Marshall
Rudy
The Blind Side
Remember the Titans
Rocky
Field of Dreams

 

[Jennasis]

Major League
The Last Boy Scout
Eight Men Out
The Natural
Bull Durham
Field of Dreams
Any Given Sunday
The BAd News Bears
Seabiscuit
Rudy
Raging Bull
Caddyshack

 

[happygirl]

Facing the Giants
Remember the Titans
Varsity Blues
Lucas
Field Of Dreams
He got game

 

[focusondisney]

The Replacements. But I'm a sucker for any Keanu Reeves movie.

 

[ChristaDeVil]

There's a running joke in my house about how I don't like sports, but I LOVE sports movies. Nothing can make me cry quite like a sports movie (or documentary on ESPN).

Here's my faves:
The Blind Side
Remember the Titans
Rocky
Miracle
Mystery, Alaska
Happy Gilmore
Tin Cup
Rudy (I just got choked up typing the name.)

 

[liamsaunt]

I don't know about all time best, but some of my favorites, in no particular order, are:

Field of Dreams
Million Dollar Baby
Hoop Dreams
Bull Durham
A League of Their Own
Major League

Hmm....most of mine are baseball movies. I guess you can tell it's my favorite sport.

I've never seen Rocky or Raging Bull for some reason, but I know they would be on most people's lists.

 

[MomofKatie]

-Field of Dreams
-What is the 1980 US Hockey team movie called? Miracle on Ice, or something? That one, for sure.
-We Are Marshall
-Rudy
-Remember the Titans
-Hoosiers
-Rocky
-North Dallas Forty
-Raging Bull
-The Longest Yard (the Burt Reynolds version)
-Pride of the Yankees (the Lou Gehrig Story)
-Bull Durham
-A League of Their Own
-Bad News Bears
-Slap Shot

 

[The Mystery Machine]

What no "Brian's Song" mentioned? That is the ultimate terk jerker.

 

[Deb in IA]

Hoosiers

Breaking Away

Field of Dreams

The Longest Yard

Seabiscuit

Million Dollar Baby

Raging Bull

Ali

Rocky

Brian's Song (technically, a TV movie)

 

[apirateslifeforme]

On behalf of DBF, who doesn't read the DIS...Slap Shot.

 

[Magic Mom]

Rudy is the all time best.

 

[ChristaDeVil]

I've never seen Slap Shot. Going to have to fix that soon.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Brian's Song (technically, a TV movie)

It is still a sports movie and it makes grown men cry.

 

[ChristaDeVil]

It is still a sports movie and it makes grown men cry.

And grown women. I stopped breathing just at the sight of the name.

 

[happygirl]

I have never even heard of Brian Song, I doubt they have it on DVD if it was made for tv movie. What was it about

 

[The Mystery Machine]

I have never even heard of Brian Song, I doubt they have it on DVD if it was made for tv movie. What was it about

It is "Brian's Song" and it was made in 1971 with James Caan and Billy Dee Williams. True story about 2 Chicago Bears players and the relationship they formed together. One of the players gets cancer. It literally makes you bawl your eyes out.

You can rent it on Netflix.

 

[Deb in IA]

Brian Piccolo, running back for the Chicago Bears, his friendship with Gayle Sayers, a fellow RB, and Piccolo's subsequent illness and death from cancer.

 

[Deb in IA]

And grown women. I stopped breathing just at the sight of the name.

Actually, it is the theme song from that movie, "The Hands of Time" that always makes me misty . . .