Top 50 sport films
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Top 50 sport films
I nicked this off the Beeb site,there should be something for everybody on here,there's several I've not heard off,and i'm afraid to admit I've only viewed 3 of the ones mentioned on this list,a number of documentaries which someone requested recently,but also action movies and comedies to sink your teeth into,As you've probably noted they're in alphabetical order,so if there's any you think have been omitted feel free to offer your suggestions.my eyes were raised at the omission of Ali for starters,so there must be more that have slipped through the net.
1)A League Of Their Own(1992)
2)An Impossible Job(1994)
3)Any Given Sunday(1999)
4)A Sunday In Hell(1976)
5)Battle Of The Sexes(2017)
6)Bend It Like Beckham(2002)
7)Blades Of Glory(2007)
8)Borg vs McEnroe(2017)
9)Breaking Away(1979)
10)Caddyshack(1980)
11)Chariots Of Fire(1980)
12)Cool Runnings(1993)
13)Diego Maradona(2019)
14)Eddie The Eagle(2016)
15)Escape To Victory(1981)
16)Fever Pitch(1997)
17)Field Of Dreams(1989)
18)Fire In Babylon)2010)
19)Foxcatcher(2014)
20)Free Solo(2011)
21)Friday Night Lights(2004)
22)Happy Gilmore(1996)
23)Hoop Dreams(1994)
24)I, Tonya(2017)
25)Invictus(2009)
26)Living With Lions(1997)
27)Mike Bassett: England Manager(2001)
28)Million Dollar Baby(2004)
29)Moneyball(2011)
30)Murderball(2005)
31)National Velvet(1945)
32)Raging Bull(1980)
33)Rocky(1976)
34)Rush(2013)
35)Seabiscuit(2003)
36)Senna(2010)
37)Seve(2014)
38)Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby(2006)
39)The Damned United(2009)
40)The Edge(2019)
41)The Hurricane(1999)
42)The Mighty Ducks)1992)
43)The Wrestler(2008)
44)This Sporting Life(1963)
45)Tin Cup(1996)
46)Touching The Void(2003)
47)TT: Closer To The Edge(2011)
48)White Men Can't Jump(1992)
49)When We Were Kings(1997)
50)Wimbledon(2004)
1)A League Of Their Own(1992)
2)An Impossible Job(1994)
3)Any Given Sunday(1999)
4)A Sunday In Hell(1976)
5)Battle Of The Sexes(2017)
6)Bend It Like Beckham(2002)
7)Blades Of Glory(2007)
8)Borg vs McEnroe(2017)
9)Breaking Away(1979)
10)Caddyshack(1980)
11)Chariots Of Fire(1980)
12)Cool Runnings(1993)
13)Diego Maradona(2019)
14)Eddie The Eagle(2016)
15)Escape To Victory(1981)
16)Fever Pitch(1997)
17)Field Of Dreams(1989)
18)Fire In Babylon)2010)
19)Foxcatcher(2014)
20)Free Solo(2011)
21)Friday Night Lights(2004)
22)Happy Gilmore(1996)
23)Hoop Dreams(1994)
24)I, Tonya(2017)
25)Invictus(2009)
26)Living With Lions(1997)
27)Mike Bassett: England Manager(2001)
28)Million Dollar Baby(2004)
29)Moneyball(2011)
30)Murderball(2005)
31)National Velvet(1945)
32)Raging Bull(1980)
33)Rocky(1976)
34)Rush(2013)
35)Seabiscuit(2003)
36)Senna(2010)
37)Seve(2014)
38)Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby(2006)
39)The Damned United(2009)
40)The Edge(2019)
41)The Hurricane(1999)
42)The Mighty Ducks)1992)
43)The Wrestler(2008)
44)This Sporting Life(1963)
45)Tin Cup(1996)
46)Touching The Void(2003)
47)TT: Closer To The Edge(2011)
48)White Men Can't Jump(1992)
49)When We Were Kings(1997)
50)Wimbledon(2004)
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Good list. Seen 30 can’t say I enjoyed them all.
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Rocky at 33 is the most disgraceful thing I have ever seen !!
We need a thread on the best Rocky film !!
Loads of good films there - Creed and The Fighter not on which were both good.
Love Caddyshack - one of my fave films of any genre
Wimbledon was truly awful !!
We need a thread on the best Rocky film !!
Loads of good films there - Creed and The Fighter not on which were both good.
Love Caddyshack - one of my fave films of any genre
Wimbledon was truly awful !!
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Can't believe Rollerball isn't on the list (the original with James Caan not the crap remake)
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I've only seen 9 of those!
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Alphabetical order TVC15,Rocky would surely get in most peeps top 10,or even top 5.TVC15 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2020 8:14 pmRocky at 33 is the most disgraceful thing I have ever seen !!
We need a thread on the best Rocky film !!
Loads of good films there - Creed and The Fighter not on which were both good.
Love Caddyshack - one of my fave films of any genre
Wimbledon was truly awful !!
Just checked out the Caddyshack cast list,it features a pre-Ghostbusters Bill Murray,i didn't know that fact,
Wimbledon's one i haven't seen,but the reviews have been mixed at best.It does have Kirsten Dunst in it though.
Fire In Babylon and The Edge are new to me even as an avid cricket fan.
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Oh I missed that nuance !!tiger76 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2020 9:33 pmAlphabetical order TVC15,Rocky would surely get in most peeps top 10,or even top 5.
Just checked out the Caddyshack cast list,it features a pre-Ghostbusters Bill Murray,i didn't know that fact,
Wimbledon's one i haven't seen,but the reviews have been mixed at best.It does have Kirsten Dunst in it though.
Fire In Babylon and The Edge are new to me even as an avid cricket fan.
Tin Cup is a really good golf film too.
Caddyshack is that 1980s Animal House type humour.
Chevy Chase and Bill Murray are both in it - and both are comic geniuses.
Liked Damned United too and the both of the Will Ferrell films are good.
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Draft Day is a good one not on there
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The Natural has to be on there.
Lots of good baseball films, but that has to be the best.
Lots of good baseball films, but that has to be the best.
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Bull Durham
42
Great films
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Great films
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That's rubbish, Dodgeball isn't even on it.
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When Saturday comes- Sean bean worth a watch
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Find it strange that coincidentally the top 50 just happen to be in alphabetical order
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Seen 21 out of the 50 .... " A League of their own " is a brilliant film, as is " Field of Dreams " ..... both make me cry like a baby at the end !
" Tin Cup " is funny, but not nearly as funny as " Escape to Victory ", watching Sylvester Stallone as a goalkeeper, or looking at the crowd as they pour out of the stadium at the end, clearly wearing Adidas T shirts inside out ...
" Tin Cup " is funny, but not nearly as funny as " Escape to Victory ", watching Sylvester Stallone as a goalkeeper, or looking at the crowd as they pour out of the stadium at the end, clearly wearing Adidas T shirts inside out ...
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'Kes'.....if only for the football scene !!!!!
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The replacements would be in my top 3 and it's not there. I also enjoy Jimmy grimbles boots, but I guess it was better when city were a lot worse than United. Give it to Gordon.
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One that i should have remembered is Gregory's Girl,though IDK how authentic the football scenes were,it's years since i viewed it.
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Major League
Secretariat
42.
42 is the Jackie Robinson film. Must be on the list.
Secretariat was better than Sea Biscuit IMO, and Major League (in spite of copious swearing) is funny as well as realistic. (And filmed in the former home of the Milwaukee Brewers!).
Wimbledon is a very good film, almost entirely because of the presence of the lovely Kirsten Dunst.
Secretariat
42.
42 is the Jackie Robinson film. Must be on the list.
Secretariat was better than Sea Biscuit IMO, and Major League (in spite of copious swearing) is funny as well as realistic. (And filmed in the former home of the Milwaukee Brewers!).
Wimbledon is a very good film, almost entirely because of the presence of the lovely Kirsten Dunst.
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I agree with The Replacements, although it is a very similar storyline to Necessary Roughness.
Varsity Blues is another decent American Football movie, but the best by far is Friday Night Lights
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Phar Lap, an Australian racehorse is a good show. Same vein as Seabiscuit and Secretariat.
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The Games. Michael Winner's film about the Olympics starring Michael Crawford attempting to win the marathon.
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'The Club' About Aussie Rules Footie's worth a watch, probably made mid/late 70's.
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GOAL! The official film of the ‘66 World Cup was excellent.
There was a decent film made about the Oxford/Cambridge boat race rivalry and the Oxford coach, Dan Topolski. True Blue.
There was a decent film made about the Oxford/Cambridge boat race rivalry and the Oxford coach, Dan Topolski. True Blue.
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You've just reminded me of another one TT.Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 2:38 pmGOAL! The official film of the ‘66 World Cup was excellent.
There was a decent film made about the Oxford/Cambridge boat race rivalry and the Oxford coach, Dan Topolski. True Blue.
Varsity Blues about a high-school football(American) team in Texas,the cast includes the late Paul Walker of Fast & Furious fame.
No idea if the movie's any good or not,guess it depends on how much you relate to American sport and culture.
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missed that postTricky Trevor wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 5:01 pmCoincidentally it was mentioned higher up and that was what reminded me of the rowing film.
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Wild Thing, was good entertainment if you wanted to watch something not too taxing.