What are the Greatest Sports Films ever made?

I'm not sure which one is number one but here a few I think are in the top five, in no particular order.

Raging Bull
Caddy shack
Field of Dreams
Rudy
Rocky
Slap Shot
Miracle
Brian's Song
Bull Durham
The Longest Yard
Friday Night Lights
The Program
Ali
Remember the Titans
He Got Game
Seabiscuit
Semi-Pro
Hoop Dreams
All the Right Moves
Vision Quest
Wildcats
Major League
The Mighty Ducks
Blue Chips
Warrior
Invincible
Tin Cup
Legend of Bagger Vance
Any Given Sunday
Days of Thunder
Driven
Bang the Drum Slowly
61*
The Babe
The Fan
Big Fan
Hoosiers
Glory Road
The Natural
Mr. 3000
Johnny B Goode
The Replacements
The Express
The Sandlot
Bad News Bears
Youngblood
Goon
The Blind Side
The Fighter
White Men Can't Jump
All Things Fall Apart
Blood Sport
North Dallas Forty
Varsity Blues
Coach Carter
We Are Marshall
A League of Their Own
The Rookie
The Waterboy

Cinderella Man
Searching For Bobby Fischer

Endless Summer

If I had to pick one... Rocky.

Not in an order, but my top five are probably

Rocky
Eight Men Out
Raging Bull
Hoosiers
Hurricane

Honorable Mentions to

The Cutting Edge
Diggstown
Every which way but loose

Semi Tough
Dead Solid Perfect
Kingpin

Rocky and Ali

1) North Dallas Forty
2) Fat City
3) Number One
4) Raging Bull
5) Downhill Racer
6) Goalie's Anxiety At The Penalty Kick
7) The Champ (1931)
8) Personal Best
9) Rocky
10) The Wrestler
11) Paper Lions
12) White Men Can't Jump
13) Champion
14) Rudy
15) The Big Blue
16) Junior Bonner
17) Tokyo Olympiad
18) The Fighter
19) Endless Summer
20) On Any Sunday
21) Pumping Iron
22) Pumping Iron II: The Women
23) Lagaan
24) The Babe Ruth Story

25) errrrrrr.... Ice Castles

of coarse...forgot

Bull Durham and The Natural

on your list Robert I swear by Big Fan, glad someone else saw it ...just don't consider it a sports film.

Breaking Away

Moneyball was good too

Talladega Nights

Hoosiers is number one.

Field of Dreams

I'm surprised by how many really good sports films I left off my initial list.

Moneyball
Breaking Away
Talladega Nights
Cinderella Man
Eight Men Out
Semi-Tough
Hurricane
The Champ
The Endless Summer
Pumping Iron
Gridiron Gang
For the Love of the Game
Hardball
The Game Plan

Raging Bull - Bull Durham - Ali - Rocky I

Bend It Like Beckham

Ping Pong Playa

A kid dreams of playing professional basketball in order to escape his dead-end job, living in the suburbs, his bossy older brother and running his Mom's ping pong classes.

All of those films are good too. I forgot Bend it like Beckham.

Victory (1981)

Not strictly a sports movie but it's centred around a soccer game... and it has Pelé.

Anything with Pelé and soccer can't help but be a sports movie ;)


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083284/


The movie might not be as enduring as Rocky
but the actual game they play pays for it's self... and of course a little Pelé magic to top it off.

Based on all these lists, would an easier question be: "What are the worst Sports films?"

Another good one Angus.

That is a great idea Joe, you should post a topic with that.

Rocky
Rocky Balboa
Million Dollar Baby
Cinderella Man
The Wrestler
Escape to Victory
Rudo y Cursi
Field of Dreams
The Hustler
The Color of Money
The Cincinnati Kid
The Foosball Film (www.foosballfilm.com)

WORSE: Any Given Sunday.

Don't forget "Chariots of Fire". Isn't it the only one to win a Best Picture Oscar?

Best Picture: "Rocky", "Million Dollar Baby" and to a certain extent I suppose "Gladiator"