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From football (The Longest Yard, Remember the Titans) to baseball (A League of Their Own, Moneyball) to boxing (Raging Bull, Creed) to...let's just say there's a lot of sports out there, and a lot...
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- 'The Pride of the Yankees' (1942) A fitting tribute to Lou Gehrig. Perhaps a little like Brian's Song, The Pride of the Yankees is another bittersweet biopic/sports movie that was released shortly after its central subject had passed away.
- 'Million Dollar Baby' (2004) Eastwood and Swank go the distance. 12 years on from Unforgiven, Clint Eastwood delivered another all-timer with Million Dollar Baby, with both those aforementioned films deservedly winning Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
- 'I, Tonya' (2017) A darkly comedic real-life tragedy. I, Tonya is one of the best biopics of its decade, and certainly one of the greatest sports-related movies of the 21st century so far.
- 'Bull Durham' (1988) Kevin Costner + Baseball + Romance. Perhaps Kevin Costner can't get enough when it comes to baseball-related film roles, or maybe it's audiences who continually demand he feature in such movies.
1. National Velvet. 1944 2h 3m Approved. 7.3 (8K) Rate. 83 Metascore. A jaded former jockey helps a young girl prepare a wild but gifted horse for England's Grand National Sweepstakes. Director Clarence Brown Stars Mickey Rooney Elizabeth Taylor Donald Crisp. 10/10. 2. Space Jam. 1996 1h 28m PG. 6.5 (214K) Rate. 57 Metascore.
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- Cool Runnings. Released: 1993. Rated: PG. Memorable quote: “I had made winning my whole life, and when you make winning your whole life, you have to keep on winning, no matter what.”
- Hoosiers. Released: 1986. Rated: PG. Memorable quote: “Gods come pretty cheap nowadays, don’t they?” Hoosiers is an iconic comeback story that also has one of the best movie soundtracks, for which composer Jerry Goldsmith received an Oscar nomination.
- Field of Dreams. Released: 1989. Rated: PG. Memorable quote: “If you build it, they will come.” One of the most well-known family movies that’s centered around baseball, Field of Dreams follows Ray Kinsella (the always charming Kevin Costner), an Iowa farmer who hears a voice telling him to build a baseball field on his farm.
- Moneyball. Released: 2011. Rated: PG-13. Memorable quote: “Adapt or die.” Based on the bestselling book by Michael Lewis and one of this list’s many books made into movies, Moneyball is a story of statistics, opportunity and a man who changed the game of baseball forever.
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Almost all of the best sports movies focus on one key narrative, redemption. In most cases you see a rags to riches type player, who has all of the potential but just never quite got there, giving it one last roll of the dice. This story is probably best exemplified in Rocky, with an ageing amateur boxer attempting to break into the industry. In a ...
If you’ve found yourself scoping though streaming platforms in an attempt to find the best sports movies, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. We’ve put together a list of the top films in the genre, but before you go in on us for not including Any Given Sunday, just know that our list comes by way of critics’ choice. The movies on this list have be...
These are the films that didn’t quite make the Rotten Tomatoes cut, but we still believe the deserve a mention when it comes to the best sports films of all time.
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May 23, 2022 · 60 Best Sports Movies Of All Time Ranked. Universal Pictures. By Zoë Z. Dean / Updated: May 23, 2022 8:56 am EST. Nothing brings us to our feet quite like a good sports movie. Basketball...
Dec 17, 2023 · But which films constitute the best sports movies ever made? There are so many factors at play. Is it an underdog sports story, about loveable losers who overcome the odds to achieve...
