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#620400 - Sat Apr 30 2011 05:35 AM Best Sports Movies
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Having just watched "Invictus" for the upteenth time I am putting it straight to the top of my list of best sport's movies ever.

What's on your list?

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#620583 - Sat Apr 30 2011 01:27 PM Re: Best Sports Movies
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I'd have to put "Raging Bull" on my list, and an old (probably forgotten) TV movie called "Brian's Song". "Bull Durham" was pretty awesome, too, I thought. "Field of Dreams" as well. When it comes to classic oldies, I'm always a sucker for that Lou Gehrig biopic "The Pride of the Yankees". I still haven't seen "Invictus", Copago ... but you're another person I know, then, who says it was a truly remarkable film. I need to rent that one next time I'm out ...
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#620732 - Sat Apr 30 2011 11:12 PM Re: Best Sports Movies
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Major League, 1989 Tom Berenger/Charlie Sheen

Pride of the Yankees, 1942 Gary Cooper/Babe Ruth

Caddyshack, 1980 Rodney Dangerfield/Bill Murray

Damn Yankees, 1958 Tab Hunter/Ray Walston

Rocky, 1976 Sylvester Stallone
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#620742 - Sun May 01 2011 12:22 AM Re: Best Sports Movies
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A lot of those already mentioned, but "Slap Shot" is right up there near the top.

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#620772 - Sun May 01 2011 02:35 AM Re: Best Sports Movies
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Caddyshack? smile

'Chariots of Fire' is on my list as is the mini-series 'Bodyline'.
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#621002 - Sun May 01 2011 06:04 PM Re: Best Sports Movies
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Caddyshack?

Yep, and the movie that I have seen at least 25 times is number one with me all-time, "My Cousin Vinny". Second for most watched is "Naked Gun", and third is "Forrest Gump". Didn't you play Bubba in that movie?
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#621004 - Sun May 01 2011 06:17 PM Re: Best Sports Movies
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I have both 'Naked Gun' and Forrest Gump' in my DVD collection, and I did not even get a small walk-on part in either!
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#621017 - Sun May 01 2011 08:21 PM Re: Best Sports Movies
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Happy Gilmore. The only Adam Sandler movie I like.

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#621358 - Mon May 02 2011 04:41 PM Re: Best Sports Movies
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Remember the Titans ranks well up there...
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#621713 - Tue May 03 2011 04:40 PM Re: Best Sports Movies
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yep,
it was on cable tv three times last month. I watched all of them!

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#621822 - Wed May 04 2011 04:48 AM Re: Best Sports Movies
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Would have to agree with Copago and Ozzz....."Invictus" was a great film and I was just thinking of "Chariots of Fire" and the "Bodyline" series myself.

From those that I watched, would love to add "Jerry Maguire", "Ali" and "Space Jam" smile to this list.....and oh!, "Lagaan" from Bollywood should be up there too (the last 60 minutes or so of this 3 hour film is all cricket! :)) "Chak De India" is another good sports movie in Hindi...
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#652400 - Fri Sep 09 2011 12:25 AM Re: Best Sports Movies
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I like "Pride of the Yankees", It is my all time favorite.

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#652422 - Fri Sep 09 2011 05:14 AM Re: Best Sports Movies
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"We need a new manager to take us to the World Cup. Now I've phoned around Italy, France, Spain. But no-one wants the job. So you know where we're going to have to start looking."
"Scandinavia?"
"England."
"Oh Christ."

If you want a deep insight into English football and the English (and who wouldn't, after all?), there's no better place to go than the hilarious mockumentary 'Mike Bassett: England Manager'. S'on Youtube. (*Bad Language though!*)


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#652444 - Fri Sep 09 2011 09:14 AM Re: Best Sports Movies
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"Slapshot" most definately... I laughed like a drain!

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#1051575 - Sat Jul 05 2014 11:02 AM Re: Best Sports Movies
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Mine favourite sports movies are

Rocky 1&2
Major League 1-3
The Cup
Caddyshack
The Mighty Ducks 1&2

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#1061491 - Tue Aug 26 2014 09:30 PM Re: Best Sports Movies
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Very good film, not relly sports film but you can see why i mention it

The Wizard (1989) with Fred Savage

This boy goes on a trip to attend a major video game competition with other young people and I think it involves the original NES Nintendo. Really fun kids movie from when I was a kid.

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#1084759 - Wed Feb 18 2015 11:58 AM Re: Best Sports Movies
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Bang the Drum Slowly starring very young Robert DiNro, Danny Aiello, Vincent Gardenia and Michael Moriarity. It is from the early 1970's and if you can get a copy it is well worth your time.
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#1103336 - Sat Jul 25 2015 07:51 PM Re: Best Sports Movies
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"For the Love of the Game", I know, another Costner baseball movie, but well worth the cost of popcorn.
"Remember the Titans", Denzel Washington, based on a true story, High School American football and some old southern racism thrown into the mix.
"American Flyers", a biking movie, not many of them out there + it's got Kevin Costner + he's got health issues.
"Cinderella Man" very good boxing movie w/Russell Crowe.
"Million Dollar Baby" another good boxing movie w/Clint Eastwood.
"Slap Shot" for rude crude ice hockey, w/Paul Newman.
and on and on, everybody is going to have their faves, depending on their favorite sport.

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