15   Best Sports Movies ( as requested by Gary Whaley, one of our Oscar Contest Winners)

 

1. Hoosiers (1986)  Basketball (Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey).
2. Bull Durham (1988)   Baseball (Kevin Costner, Tim Robbins)
3. Field of Dreams (1989)   baseball (Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones)
4. Raging Bull(1980)   Boxing (Robert DeNiro, Cathy Moriarty)
5. Rocky (1976)  Boxing ( Sylvester Stallone Carl Weathers)
6. The Natural (1984)   Baseball (Robert Redford, Robert Duval)
7. A League of Their Own (1992)  Baseball  (Tom Hanks, Geena Davis.)
8. Chariots of Fire (1981)  Running (Ben Cross, Ian Charleson)
9. Brian's Song (1970)   Football  (James Caan, Billy Dee Williams).
10. Remember the Titans (2000)  Football (Denzel Washington, Will Patton)

11.. Breaking Away (1979)   Cycling (Dennis Christopher, Paul Dooley)

12. Hoop Dreams (1994)  Basketball Documentary.

13.  Slap Shot (19770 , Hockey (Paul Newman, Strother Martin.)

14.   Million Dollar Baby (20040  Boxing (Clint Eastwood Hilary Swank)

3 Way Tie for 15:

15.  Rudy (1993)   Football  (Sean Astin, Ned Beatty.)

      15.  The Hustler (1961)  Pool (Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason)

15.  Major League (1989)   Baseball (Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen.)

 

 

Honorable Mentions in no order of preference… actually chronologically:

 

Fear Strikes Out (1957)  Baseball

Downhill Racer (1969)  Snow Skiing

Bang the Drum Slowly  (1971)  Baseball

The Longest Yard  (1974)  Football

The Bad News Bears  (1976)

Caddyshack  (1980) Golf
The Karate Kid  (1984)  Karate

The Color of Money  )1986)  Pool

The Mighty Ducks (1992)  Hockey

White Men Can’t Jump  (1992)  Basketball

Cool Running  (1993)  Bob Sledding

Jerry Maguire  (1996)  Football

Tin Cup  (19960  Golf

The Hurricane   (1999)   Boxing

Ali  (2001)  Boxing

Bend It Like Beckham  (2002) Soccer

The Rookie  (2002)

Friday Night Lights  (2004)

Miracle  (2004)  Hockey

Cinderella Man  (2005)

Murderball (2005)  Documentary on Quadriplegics, who play full-contact rugby in wheelchairs

We Are Marshall  (2006)  Football

 

 

I couldn’t include all but feel free to tell me ones you’d put in your Top 15.

 

Clark