Sports related movies... Your choice..

[vkurup]

Finally got around to watching Invictus... Loved it. Was not a big Springbok supporter, but gave me the goose bumps... Feel for their skip at that time..
I think it gets my vote for one of the better sports related movies out there... Pretty much close to Cool Runnings...

Any other true life sports movies worth a watch?

 

[Astraeus]

42. The story of Jackie Robinson. Superb film.

Also very much enjoyed The Blind Side, an American Football film and Friday Night Lights although the latter has aged poorly in my view.

I will watch this thread with interest as I have a particular interest in this sub-genre.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Raging Bull, still one of my favourites.

 

[paddyc]

Have you not watched SEVE

 

[Deleted member 18645]

American Football - Any Given Sunday, The Replacements. And if anyone suggests The Waterboy, punches will be thrown!
Baseball - For Love of the Game, Major League, Eight Men Out, 42.
Hockey - Slapshot.
Golf - Seve.
F1 - Senna, Rush.

 

[Hobbit]

Mmm, not watched Seve yet for fear of spoiling the memories. Might need a rethink. "The greatest game ever played," followed by "The legend of Bagger Vance" for me. Another would be "Remember the titans."

 

[Blue in Munich]

Another vote for Remember The Titans here, great film. If you're into motorcycling the On Any Sunday is a good watch.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Add another for Remember the Titans

Also

Any Given Sunday
Bagger Vance
Tin Cup
We are Marshall
Invictus

 

[MashieNiblick]

Saw Rush recently about James Hunt and Nikki Lauda and loved it. Superb performances by the 2 leads. Caught the era and the characters fantastically well.

Still can't watch Chariots of Fire without getting a bit of a lump in the throat. Wonderful stuff!

 

[Bazz]

Escape to victory. Totally implausible but still a decent watch.

 

[Hacker Khan]

Moneyball for true sporting stores.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Based on reality but still fiction, Rush. Senna was excellent but a documentary. Chariots of Fire was top notch and who doesn't like Cool Runnings?

In terms of fiction, Tin Cup. Cracking film and whether or not you like golf is actually incidental to the film.

 

[Astraeus]

Forgot about, but agree with, Moneyball and Remember the Titans.

For something a little closer to home, how about When Saturday Comes?

 

[moogie]

Happy Gilmore.....

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Happy Gilmore.....

How could I have forgotten that. Genius. Anyone else have a similar "Happy place"?

 

[Tiger man]

Mighty Ducks

 

[freddielong]

I haven't seen it for a long time but the longest yard was very good.

 

[MegaSteve]

Le Mans
Field of Dreams
Ali
Rush

To name but a few...

 

[Norrin Radd]

caddyshack.
Rocky

 

[SteveJay]

Field of Dreams for me.......know it doesn't fit the OP criteria but one of my fave films of all time.