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Top 20 Greatest Sports Movies of All Time (The Ultimate List) by ChrisWalczyk55 • Created 11 years ago • Modified 7 years ago. The movies on this list are ranked according to their success (awards & nominations), their popularity, and their true greatness from a directing/writing standpoint.
- Rocky (1976) Film. Action and adventure. He’s called a bum, a chump, a never-was—even a “tomato.” Truthfully, if you were to watch boxer Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) in his two-bit amateur matches, you’d think he was on the express train to Palookaville.
- Raging Bull (1980) Film. Drama. Martin Scorsese’s evocative black-and-white biopic about real-life brawler Jake LaMotta (Robert De Niro) is an intensely physical movie, tracing with operatic grandeur its protagonist’s life from volatile middleweight contender to an obese has-been.
- Hoop Dreams (1994) Film. Documentaries. Arthur Agee is a wispy kid who worships Isiah Thomas; William Gates is a soft-spoken young man with a killer layup.
- Bull Durham (1988) Film. Comedy. Baseball’s finest comedy celebrates the sport in ways that are often overlooked: the long stretches of bum luck, the wispiness of job security, the transient thrill of a valiant at-bat.
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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.
May 23, 2014 · The scene is a commercial for the chain and the first of many tie-ins, the most prominent with Dick’s Sporting Goods: Not only does Jim manage a Dick’s, but Dick himself figures in the plot.
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Directed by Howard Hawks. With Rock Hudson, Paula Prentiss, Maria Perschy, John McGiver. The author of a best-selling fishing guide is actually extremely inexperienced in the sport, which causes mayhem when he is entered into a competition.
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Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. Salesman Roger (Rock Hudson) is revered for his ability to sell fishing supplies; he's even authored a book on the art of angling. So, when a fishing tournament comes...
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3 days ago · We’ve put together the ultimate starting lineup of inspiring sports movies! In no time, you’ll be riding horses, climbing rocks, driving powerful race cars, bolting cross-country, and coaching...
