Best Sports Movies by Sport

[Josquius]

Rugby - This Sporting Life

Great film.
Amuses me how damn northern the people sound, its as if northerness has been steadily heading after more northwards and left modern Yorkshire people behind.


Best football film- Mike Basset, England Manager.
Another good film which is worth checking out despite not involving much actual football is the Iranian film Offside.

[PDH]

Shit wasn't funny in 1982, man.

At least you fucking had cable.  Bataan death march?  Try the old "Indian Head Pattern" at random times in the day for the fuckstick little TV stations that didn't want to splurge on tapes.

Ok, I also had books too, but sitting in Mom's bed with a warm 7-up, a fever, and the TV with 2 stations and a barely functioning antenna readied me for Hell.

[DontSayBanana]

Slapshot (Ice hockey)

Miracle for Star-Spangled erections, long may they wave.

Oh, say can you see, by the dong's early rise...

Sorry, saw it and couldn't resist.

[CountDeMoney]

Shit wasn't funny in 1982, man.

At least you fucking had cable.  Bataan death march?  Try the old "Indian Head Pattern" at random times in the day for the fuckstick little TV stations that didn't want to splurge on tapes.

Ok, I also had books too, but sitting in Mom's bed with a warm 7-up, a fever, and the TV with 2 stations and a barely functioning antenna readied me for Hell.

We're not going to discuss 1978.

[Ed Anger]

Shit wasn't funny in 1982, man.

At least you fucking had cable.  Bataan death march?  Try the old "Indian Head Pattern" at random times in the day for the fuckstick little TV stations that didn't want to splurge on tapes.

Ok, I also had books too, but sitting in Mom's bed with a warm 7-up, a fever, and the TV with 2 stations and a barely functioning antenna readied me for Hell.

Oh man, I remember flu TV. That is how I remember Kolchak, the Night Stalker.

[PDH]

For some reason for me during flu TV all shows became The Mike Douglas show.

[CountDeMoney]

For some reason for me during flu TV all shows became The Mike Douglas show.

Yeah, or game shows.  Wink  Fucking Martindale and Jack Fucking Barry.  Like that lever on The Joker's Wild actually fucking worked.  And watching a soused Richard Dawson feeling up polyester-suited non-MILFs from Arkansas during Family Feud provided little solace.

And people are, like, what about The Price Is Right? That came on at 11am, it was good for a mindless hour, right?
Dude, I'm staying home from school specifically because I don't want to deal with math.  And who gives a fuck about the actual retail cost of Turtle Wax and Rice-A-Roni, The San Francisco Treat.

[11B4V]

Ha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F0wlfmxKdU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ9xfNn09eQ&feature=related

[Valdemar]

Soccer: another weak field.  Maybe that one in the POW camp with Pele?  I haven't seen it.

Either The Damned United or Fever Pitch. Bend it like Beckham afterwards.

As for other sports, you have Invictus (rugby), Slapshot (Ice hockey), The Wrestler (pro wrestling), Nacho Libre (lucha libre, and based on a real story  ), Wimbledon (tennis), Caddyshack (golf)...

there is one about bringing Leeds? or some other club in Leeds in to the premier in the 70s..

And I think its called Hooligan about.. hooligans.._p

V

[CountDeMoney]

Ha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F0wlfmxKdU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ9xfNn09eQ&feature=related

What, are you trying to channel my mother?
Only thing missing is The Rockford Files.

[11B4V]

Ha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F0wlfmxKdU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ9xfNn09eQ&feature=related

What, are you trying to channel my mother?
Only thing missing is The Rockford Files.

Loved that show. Oh and......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C8EUrtEhfM

[Brazen]

Rugby - This Sporting Life

Great film.

Give Invictus a try

The Damned United was a great football film too.

For cycling I enjoyed Breaking Away but I daren't watch it these days, I suspect it's lost much of its charm.

Four Minutes about Roger Bannister was rather enjoyable and informative.

[Brazen]

Looking For Eric, which to be fair was more about the spirit of fandom rather than football itself, but very funny! Plus added Cantona

Actually, I'm surprised at how many sports films I've actually seen

[Gups]

Football: There's Only One Jimmy Grimble, closely followed by the Damned United.

Best football scene - Kes followed (quite a long way beyond) by Gregory's Girl.

Escape to Victory (as we call Victory) is what Orwell might have called a good bad film. You know it's shit, but it's enjoyable anyway.

There are very few cricket films but Wondrous Oblivian is decent. I couldn't sit through Lagaan.

Boxing - obv Raging Bull, followed by Cinderella Man. The Rocky films are fine apart from the boxing. When We Were Kings is fantastic is docs are allowed.

[Viking]

Baseball: Bull Durham (98%) with The Natural (82%) a close second
Rugby: Invictus (75%)
US Football: Rudy (84%)
Soccer: Bend it like Beckham (85%) (it is a sad state of affairs when the only good soccer movie is about girls soccer)
Ice Hockey: Miracle (80%) (don't usually give a shit about hockey, but for 90 minutes I did)

Best sports movie regardless of sport?

Chariots of Fire (87%)

(numbers are from rotten tomatos)