chcarlson23 Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Put your favorite sports movies/shows. Here's mine.Definitely a classic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynasty Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Rudy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleuthpanther Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Remember the Titans. Absolutely amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001mark Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Major League. I loved as a kid how meta it seemed. Sure there were penned slapstick gags & stereotypes, yet modern pro sports hadn't really been shown behind its curtain like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConcreteCharlie Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMac Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 In no particular order:Major LeagueBull DurhamSlapshotRemember the TitansFriday Night LightsMiracleYoungblood (not a great movie but more a guilty pleasure)Eight Men OutA League of Their OwnMystery Alaska (underrated in my opinion) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Bull Durham is still the alpha and omega. The first two acts of Leatherheads are great. Falls apart in the third, mostly because of the casting - Krasinski just doesn't have the chops to pull off his arc and Zellweger's utter lack of charm kills any chemistry with Clooney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Mystery Alaska was unexpectedly good the first time I watched, but I've never gone back to watch it again. And nor do I want to.I think the Seann William Scott Goon is underrated. Violent and stupid, yes, but it had a fair amount of heart.Rounders might be the most influential "sports" movie of all time; it, Chris Moneymaker, and Bill Simmons writing about it helped launch a new wave of poker players. In the movie, Matt Damon says something to the effect of "it's the same seven guys at the final table of the World Series of Poker every year; that can't be a coincidence." It turns out it was because those were the only seven guys that knew about WSOP before Rounders (exaggerating, of course, but only a little).My choice though, is Breaking Away. It's about cycling, but also about the tension between college students, the residents of the towns they temporarily live in, opera, and more. Also, it's one of the last great things Jackie Earl Haley did before he resurfaced in Watchmen. Honorable mention to Bad News Bears and Bad News Bears in Breaking Training, though I bet kids sports movies need their own special category. There are lots of great options there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 I forgot Draft Day! A modern-day miracle of a film that everyone needs to see, just because they really went for the most crazy draft-day shenanigans possible, and made it almost semi-believable. It's basically the draft sequences of Jerry Maguire, but for two hours.Kevin Costner has the best sports movies. In addition to Bull Durham, there's also For the Love of the Game, Field of Dreams, and my second-favorite sports movie: Tin Cup. Fun topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycumbee19 Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Football:WildcatsVarsity BluesBaseball:Bull DurhamField of DreamsHockey:Slap Shot Slap Shot 2MiracleRed Army Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
See Red Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I think my favorite is Cinderella Man, about boxer James J. Braddock, a former World Champion boxer who suffered some injuries and ended up working on the docks during the Great Depression while being forced to accept govt. relief money before receiving a second chance as a last second replacement for a fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopard88 Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Bull Durham is still the alpha and omega.Seconded.I'll also mention, in no particular order:The Bad New Bears (original)The Longest Yard (original)Major LeaguePaper LionHoosiers (which somehow seems to have escaped until now)Tin Cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGM13 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Miracle is amazing if just for Herb Brooks' speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo_prankster Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Major League (1989)The Mighty Ducks (1992)D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)Blue Chips (1994)Any Given Sunday (1999)The Replacements (2000)Invincible (2006)Rush (2013)Draft Day (2014) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigers6884 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 In no particular order:Major League The Mighty Ducks trilogy Happy GilmoreField of Dreams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Evil Doctor Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Cinderella Man tops my list (and not because I worked on it.)Bend it Like Beckham (and I hate soccer, but great story and major props for avoiding sports movie cliches.)Bull DurhamThe NaturalSlap ShotAnd one television series"Playmakers (and not because I worked on this either, and ESPN should be ashamed of themselves for cancelling it...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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