Top 3 Sports Movies

[MickeySP]

Slapshot

Caddyshack

A League of Their Own

 

[DisneyDad1960]

Rocky
The Natural
Raging Bull

 

[Diznotyzed]

Field of Dreams
A League of Their Own
Without Limits, since I was a teen living in Eugene, OR in the 70s, when Steve Prefontaine was a huge local track star.

 

[Shutterbug]

Rush
The Longest Yard (original)
Dodgeball

 

[RedAngie]

Surprisingly, I think it was written by a woman.
Actually if it was top five I would have listed Slap Shot and Let It Ride.
I believe both screenplays were written by Nancy Dowd, though Let it Ride was based on another author's book.

Yes, I looked it up and Slapshot was written by Nancy Dowd. It started out to be a documentary, but then changed into a fictional comedy. Her brother was a minor league hockey player.

 

[pigletliz]

Remember the Titans
Rudy
A League of Their Own

Runners up:

Bend it Like Beckham, Hoosiers, Spirit of the Marathon, Chariots of Fire.

 

[JoeA]

Put any Costner sports movie in a hat and pick three. He's the king of sports movies. Can't stand him otherwise!

 

[ThurlFan]

Hoosiers
Field of Dreams
Rocky

Seconded but my honorable mention goes to The Sandlot

 

[LAB81018]

3) The Replacements

2) Bull Durham

1) Slap Shot (someone needs to sync up Jim Carr's introduction of Ogie before the championship game with video of one of Bieber's perp walks/court appearances)

 

[LAB81018]

Yes, I looked it up and Slapshot was written by Nancy Dowd. It started out to be a documentary, but then changed into a fictional comedy. Her brother was a minor league hockey player.

That was her brother playing Ogie Oglethorpe.

 

[NuttyDisneyDad]

1)Rudy 2)We Are Marshall 3)Miracle

 

[powellrj]

This is hard, so I guess I will just go with the Indiana connection and pick

Hoosiers
Winning
Breaking Away

 

[Unas]

Raging Bull
Rocky
Hoosiers

 

[elgerber]

Field of Dreams and Bull Durham. Third place is tougher, any Rocky movie, or perhaps Invincible/The Rookie

ETA Based on the post below mine, I amend my #3 to Major League, how did I forget that?

 

[IndyRnRfan]

The Sandlot
Major League
Eight Men Out

 

[kimmar067]

...in no particular order:
1) Remember the Titans
2) Rocky
3) Field of Dreams
4) A League of Their Own
5) Cool Runnings

 

[RangerPooh]

Can't choose just 3. In no particular order:

Remember the Titans
League of their Own
Mighty Ducks 1 and 2
The Blindside
The Cutting Edge
Cool Runnings

 

[piglet too]

Facing the Giants - while I'm not normally a fan of movie with strong religious overtures, this is a great one
Remember the Titans
The Rookie

I also love Hoosiers, Rudy, Blindside, and many others.

 

[Flight]

A lot of football, basketball, and baseball movies mentioned. Let me broaden the list.

Grand Prix
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Everest

 

[Patch'sD]

Football: The Express, Remember the Titans, and Rudy

Baseball: The Pride of the Yankee's, The Sandlot, and The Bad News Bears

Hockey: Miracle, Slap Shot, and

Basketball: Hoosiers, One of One, and Blue Chips

Racing: Days of Thunder, American Graffiti, and Rush

Horse Racing: Secretariat, Seabiscuit, and Dreamer

Golf: Legend of Bagger Vance, Caddieshak, The Greatest Game Ever Played.

Surfing: Endless Summer