Best Sports Movies

Mike Nordin · Post by **Mike Nordin** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:50 pm

What do you think are the best sports movies for each sport?

Mike Nordin · Post by **Mike Nordin** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:53 pm

Football-Rudy
Baseball-The Natural
Basketball-Hoosiers
Soccer-Victory
Hocky-Mystery Alaska
NASCAR-Cars
Golf-Caddyshack
Rowing-

Oxford Blues
Jugging-Blood of Heroes

Casey Fisher · Post by **Casey Fisher** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:42 pm

There are soooo many great sports movies. Great thread... I bet I could name 50+ of them. I have too many favorites, but here are one in each category to add to your list (not picking any of your favorites:

Football: Remember the Titans
Baseball: The Sandlot
Basketball: Teen Wolf
Wrestling: Vision Quest (filmed right here in Spokane)
Golf: Happy Gilmore
Figure Skating: Blades of Glory (Yes I know this comes out tomorrow, but it should be hilarious and has to be better than "The Cutting Edge"
Boxing: Rocky (1-4, any of them)
Bobsledding: Cool Runnings

Mike Nordin · Post by **Mike Nordin** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:35 pm

O.K.
small revisions
The sandlot is really good, but for a pure baseball movie I'd still go with the natural
I forgot about wrestling, and Vision quest is the best.
I switch to Happy Gilmore on Golf...good call on that one
skating-we'll see, I was close with going to slap shot
Boxing-what about Cinderella Man?
Bobsledding-ok, is there any others?
AND Teen Wolf...Now that is just plain funny

Casey Fisher · Post by **Casey Fisher** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:07 am

Yeah, I threw a few on there just to get a laugh like Teen Wolf... I agree that Cinderella Man is a great boxing movie. Million Dollar Baby is up there as well as it is phenominal.

Mike Nordin · Post by **Mike Nordin** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:21 am

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Josh Hansen · Post by **Josh Hansen** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:33 pm

I would have to go with Field of Dreams for baseball. Other than that the best movies have already been mentioned.

Ken Lagerquist · Post by **Ken Lagerquist** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:28 am

I have to agree with Casey, best High School Wrestling Movie, VISION QUEST by far, great movie. Casey, you living in Spokane??? We will be moving up there in Sept 08 after i return from Korea

Ken Lagerquist · Post by **Ken Lagerquist** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:33 am

Best movies

Boxing- Rocky 1-4, or Rocky Balboa
Golf- Happy Gilmore or Tin Cup
Basketball- Blue Chips
Baseball- Major League
Football- Varsity Blues or Necessary Roughness, haha

Casey Fisher · Post by **Casey Fisher** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:19 am

Excellent selections Ken. Yep, I live in Spokane. We will have to get together and watch some Zags games in the 08-09 season when you move to town...

Ken Lagerquist · Post by **Ken Lagerquist** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:42 pm

Casey, most definitely we will get together for some Zags games, thats one of the things im looking forward to most!! Plus being back close to the Valley, im sure i will be over that direction quite a bit.

Mike Nordin · Post by **Mike Nordin** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:43 pm

Rotten tomatoes (the movie site) has a terrible list of the top 100 sports movies. In the top 10 is a movie about cricket in india and rudy is # 46. Are these people on crack! I love movies but these geeks really don't know anything about sports and what makes a good sports movie.

Casey Fisher · Post by **Casey Fisher** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:32 am

If Rudy is #46, then that is a terrible site plu. You are right on that one. I would like to see their top 10?

Mike Nordin · Post by **Mike Nordin** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:00 am

Sorry I miss spoke, Rudy is #45
Here you go...
1.Bull Durham
2.Murderball (Doc.)
3.Raging Bull
4.When We Were Kings (Doc.)
5.Hoop Dreams (Doc.)
6.Offside-About Iranian girls want to watch Soccer.
7.The Hustler
8.Laagon-A Bollywood epic about cricket and taxes.
9.Hank Greenburg
10.Bad News Bears
11.Pumping Iron
12.Bang the Drum Slowly
13.Breaking Away
14.Touching the Void
15.Rocky I
16.Million Dollar Baby
17.Hoosiers
18.Dog Town and Z-Boys
19.Field of Dreams
20.League of Ordinary Gentleman

52. Remember the Titans
50. Cool Runnings
46. Sea Biscuit
45. Rudy
31. The Natural
27. Bend it like Beckham
24. The Karate Kid
21. SHAOLIN SOCCER- I can’t believe this!

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/features/ ... id=1113507

Casey Fisher · Post by **Casey Fisher** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:35 pm

I can't believe that list plu. Like you said, they must not have been big sports fans who composed this list. Many of their top 10 I have no desire to see or just plain weren't that great. Bull Durham is a good movie and is perhaps Top 40 worthy, but definitely not #1. Crazy... I think they got 1-10 and 11-20 mixed up as they have Rocky, Million Dollar Baby and Hoosiers in their second 10.

Mike Nordin · Post by **Mike Nordin** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 2:20 pm

"21. SHAOLIN SOCCER- I can’t believe this! " This is probably the stupidest entry. This movie, a Disney daytime movie at best, higher that those other movies. I'm sorry but, "what the h***"
I usually find Rotten Tomatoes an entertaining site but this is nuts.

Gentry Woolman · Post by **Gentry Woolman** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 10:54 pm

Here are a few more worth mentioning:

Baseball - A League of Their Own
Hockey - The Mighty Ducks
Golf - The Legend of Bagger Vance
Skating - The Cutting Edge
Football - The Longest Yard
Racing - Days of Thunder
Arm Wrestling - Over The Top
Fighting - Any Which Way But Loose
Boxing - Diggstown
Bull Riding - 8 Seconds

Casey Fisher · Post by **Casey Fisher** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:26 am

Great additions Gentry. I particularly love your addition of the greatest arm wrestling movie of all-time - "Over the Top".

Gentry Woolman · Post by **Gentry Woolman** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:39 am

Hey Casey - thanks for the reply - I'm pretty sure that "Over the Top" was the only arm wrestling movie ever made - but had to list it all the same - I figured it could just fit into the general wrestling catergory. Since you already listed the best wrestling movie ever (Vision Quest), I had to go with the second best.