Best Sports movies - even minor sports

[MU82]

One of my Marx Brothers faves: A Day at the Races. It's STILL effen funny a bazillion years after it was made.

[warriorchick]

I'm pretty certain that even my 2 y/o daughter could ascertain that Cars was a movie about auto racing.  Granted, the cars were anthropomorphic, so I suppose one could make the argument that it was more analogous to long distance running than auto racing (since the cars aren't actually driving cars).  But my guess is that wasn't what you were getting at by putting auto racing in quotes, because, of course, there is no athletic element in auto racing.  Which is somewhat confusing because a) I thought we weren't making restrictions and b) Racing was one of the categories in the OP.

It's a moot point, anyway. "Talladega Nights" is the best auto racing movie.

[MU B2002]

Spelunking - Goonies

[Benny B]

Spelunking - Goonies

[keefe]

Circus acrobats as world class athletes

Trapeze

[HouWarrior]

Here are some more:

Football:
The Blind Side (Michael Oher story)
Gridiron Gang (the Rock Johnson)
The Replacements
Draft Day (Costner)
The Program (James Caan)
Best of Times (Robin Williams Kurt Russell)
Everybody's All American (Dennis Quaid- The Grey Ghost)
The U
Varsity Blues
Johny Be Good

Sports Fandom:
The Fan (Snipes/DeNiro)
Fever Pitch (Jimmy Fallon)
Big Fan (Patton Oswalt)
Offside

Rollerball/Roller derby:
Rollerball
Whip It

Wrestling:
The Hammer

Baseball:
Mr 3000 (he played a Brewer- after all-lol)
Million Dollar Arm
The Sluggers Wife
Baseball Ken Burns
When it Was a Game
Reverse The Curse (Red Sox)
Wait Till Next Year (Cubs)
Boys of summer (Yankees)
Nine Innings From Ground zero -ditto
House of Steinbrenner- ditto

Soccer:
Kicking and Screaming (Will Farrell Mike Ditka)
Gracie (Eliz. Shue)

Racing:
Days of Thunder (Tom Cruise formula movie)
Winning - Paul Newman- yes he really could drive
Road to Lemans (patrick dempsey-ditto)

Basketball:
Clutch City
Basketball Diaries (diCaprio)
Eddie (Whoopi G)
Teen Wolf
Space Jam
Rebound (Don Cheadle- The "GOAT")
White Men Cant Jump

Every 30 for 30 ever:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_for_30

[Benny B]

According to RT, perhaps the best sports movie no one here has seen (myself included) is Murderball (Quad-Rugby).

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Good call on rollerball. That movie ages pretty well all things considered. I feel like that will be remade at some point.

[warriorchick]

Good call on rollerball. That movie ages pretty well all things considered. I feel like that will be remade at some point.

It was. Or are you thinking the 2002 version was the original?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246894/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073631/?ref_=nv_sr_2

[HouWarrior]

It was. Or are you thinking the 2002 version was the original?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246894/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073631/?ref_=nv_sr_2

I was noting the James Caan version. I havent seen the remake

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

I was talking about the James Caan verson.

Didn't know there was a remake either which is surprising considering my age.

[barfolomew]

Where's my early 90's gradz at???

The 1987 zen surfing classic North Shore is clearly the best movie ever made ever.
John Philbin's role as the enigmatic Turtle was grossly snubbed by the Academy that year.

[LloydsLegs]

One of my Marx Brothers faves: A Day at the Races. It's STILL effen funny a bazillion years after it was made.

+1,000

[LloydsLegs]

Circus acrobats as world class athletes

Trapeze

Anything with Burt Lancaster looking fine (see my The Swimmer love above).

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

You are old school, sir.  Love that movie--just had a vibe.

 

[mu03eng]

Has anyone done sailing movies?  One of my favorite movies of all time is Wind

Jennifer Grey, post Ferris, pre-nose
Matthew Modine
Stellan Skarsgard before he was full Skarsgard
Cliff Robertson who kids know as Uncle Ben from Spiderman but was awesome in this and as Wing Commader Roy Grant in 633 Squadron.

Good plot and the Cup racing scenes are pretty spectacular.  Loosely based on Dennis Connors and the retaking of America's Cup after it was lost for the first time in 1983.

[keefe]

Cliff Robertson who kids know as Uncle Ben from Spiderman but was awesome in this and as Wing Commader Roy Grant in 633 Squadron.

Gotta love Angus Lennie as Flying Officer Hoppy Hopkinson who pulled the Wing Commander out of the burning aircraft. Great movie.

[Marqevans]

As far as hockey goes "Slap Shot" with Paul Newman and the infamous Hansen brothers ha to be one of the best. It is the "Major League" of hockey.

[Skitch]

Has anyone done sailing movies?  One of my favorite movies of all time is Wind

Jennifer Grey, post Ferris, pre-nose
Matthew Modine
Stellan Skarsgard before he was full Skarsgard
Cliff Robertson who kids know as Uncle Ben from Spiderman but was awesome in this and as Wing Commader Roy Grant in 633 Squadron.

Good plot and the Cup racing scenes are pretty spectacular.  Loosely based on Dennis Connors and the retaking of America's Cup after it was lost for the first time in 1983.

There are no sailing movies better than Summer Rental or One Crazy Summer.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Summer catch is my favorite, god awful sports movie. Complete crap but still makes me laugh. BASEketball as well, but I don't think that's necessarily an awful movie.