Description: From Baseball to Hockey, drama to comedy, this list has it all for sports
Creator: rickruger304
Posted: 6 years ago
|
|
Favorite
18 favorites
4076 views
|
|
info
|
Movie:
42
( 2013 )
In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process.
|
info
|
Movie:
Moneyball
( 2011 )
Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.
|
info
|
Movie:
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
( 2014 )
In 1973, Hollywood actor Bing Russell starts an independent minor league baseball team in Portland consisting of outcasts and misfits, and turns them into unlikely overnight success.
|
info
|
Movie:
The Benchwarmers
( 2006 )
A trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard children's Little League squads.
|
info
|
Movie:
The Bad News Bears
( 1976 )
An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
|
info
|
Movie:
Bad News Bears
( 2005 )
A grizzled little league coach tries to turn his team of misfits into champs.
|
info
|
Movie:
Mr 3000
( 2004 )
Aging baseball star who goes by the nickname, Mr. 3000, finds out many years after retirement that he didn't quite reach 3,000 hits. Now at age 47 he's back to try and reach that goal.
|
info
|
Movie:
The Sandlot
( 1993 )
In the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures.
|
info
|
Movie:
A League of Their Own
( 1992 )
During World War II, sisters Dottie and Kit join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amid their own growing rivalry.
|
info
|
Movie:
Field of Dreams
( 1989 )
Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife, Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true.
|
info
|
Movie:
Major League
( 1989 )
The new owner of the Cleveland Indians puts together a purposely horrible team so they'll lose and she can move the team. But when the plot is uncovered, they start winning just to spite her.
|
info
|
Movie:
Major League II
( 1994 )
The Cleveland Indians are now a World Series contender. But last year's hunger is now replaced with complacency, and bad decisions by the team's new owner Roger Dorn threaten to tear the team apart.
|
info
|
Movie:
The Natural
( 1984 )
A middle-aged unknown comes seemingly out of nowhere to become a legendary baseball player with almost supernatural talent.
|
info
|
Movie:
Rookie of the Year
( 1993 )
When an accident miraculously gives a boy an incredibly powerful pitching arm, he becomes a major league pitcher for the Chicago Cubs.
|
info
|
Movie:
Bull Durham
( 1988 )
A fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him.
|
info
|
Movie:
Eight Men Out
( 1989 )
A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.
|
info
|
Movie:
Cobb
( 1994 )
A reporter hired to write the 'official' biography of Ty Cobb discovers just how dark the baseball legend's real story is.
|
info
|
Movie:
Mr. Baseball
( 1992 )
Jack Elliot, once a great baseball player, is forced to play in Japan where his brash, egotistical ways cause friction with his new teammates and friends.
|
info
|
Movie:
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
( 1977 )
In the late 1930s during racial segregation, a star of the Negro League Baseball, Bingo Long, leaves his team and convinces other stars of the league to join him as free agent players touring the towns of the Midwest.
|
info
|
Movie:
The Babe
( 1992 )
Babe Ruth becomes a baseball legend but is unheroic to those who know him.
|
info
|
Movie:
Trouble with the Curve
( 2012 )
A daughter tries to remedy her dysfunctional relationship with her ailing father, a decorated baseball scout, by helping him in a recruiting trip which could be his last.
|
info
|
Movie:
Semi-Pro
( 2008 )
Jackie Moon, the owner-coach-player of the American Basketball Association's Flint Michigan Tropics, rallies his teammates to make their NBA dreams come true.
|
info
|
Movie:
Glory Road
( 2006 )
In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.
|
info
|
Movie:
Space Jam
( 1996 )
In a desperate attempt to win a basketball match and earn their freedom, the Looney Tunes seek the aid of retired basketball champion, Michael Jordan.
|
info
|
Movie:
Blue Chips
( 1994 )
A college basketball coach is forced to break the rules in order to get the players he needs to stay competitive.
|
info
|
Movie:
He Got Game
( 1998 )
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter sentence.
|
info
|
Movie:
White Men Can't Jump
( 1992 )
Two basketball hustlers, black Sidney Deane and white Billy Hoyle, join forces to double their chances of winning money on the street courts as well as in a tournament.
|
info
|
Movie:
Hoosiers
( 1987 )
A coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small-town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the state championship in 1950s Indiana.
|
info
|
Movie:
Above the Rim
( 1994 )
Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.
|
info
|
Movie:
The Air Up There
( 1994 )
A basketball coach travels to Africa to recruit a new star.
|
info
|
Movie:
The Sixth Man
( 1997 )
A college athlete returns from the dead to help his brother's basketball team win the NCAA title.
|
info
|
Movie:
Teen Wolf
( 1985 )
An ordinary high school student discovers that his family has an unusual pedigree.
|
info
|
Movie:
BASEketball
( 1998 )
Two childhood friends are pro athletes of a national sport called BASEketball, a hybrid of baseball and basketball, and must deal with a greedy businessman scheming against their team.
|
info
|
Movie:
Sunset Park
( 1996 )
A white school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined black high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team.
|
info
|
Movie:
Celtic Pride
( 1996 )
Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship.
|
info
|
Movie:
Draft Day
( 2014 )
At the NFL Draft, General Manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to rebuild his team when he trades for the number one pick. He must decide what he's willing to sacrifice on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with NFL dreams.
|
info
|
Movie:
The Express
( 2008 )
A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
|
info
|
Movie:
Leatherheads
( 2008 )
In 1925, an enterprising pro football player convinces America's too-good-to-be-true college football hero to play for his team and keep the league from going under.
|
info
|
Movie:
Invincible
( 2006 )
Based on the story of Vince Papale, a 30-year-old bartender from South Philadelphia who overcame long odds to play for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles in 1976.
|
info
|
Movie:
Gridiron Gang
( 2006 )
Teenagers at a juvenile detention center, under the leadership of their counselor, gain self-esteem by playing football together.
|
info
|
Movie:
We Are Marshall
( 2006 )
In November, 1970, virtually the entire football team and coaches of Marshall University (Huntington, W.V.) die in a plane crash. That spring, led by Nate Ruffin, a player who was ill and missed the fatal flight, students rally to convince the board of governors to play the 1971 season. The college president, Don Dedman, must find a coach, who then must find players. They petition the NCAA to allow freshmen to play, and coach Jack Lengyel motivates and leads young players at the same time that he reexamines the Lombardi creed that winning is the only thing. The father and the fiancée of a player who died find strength to move on. Can Marshall win even one game in 1971?
|
info
|
Movie:
The Longest Yard
( 2005 )
Prison inmates form a football team to challenge the prison guards.
|
info
|
Movie:
The Longest Yard
( 1974 )
A sadistic warden asks a former pro quarterback, now serving time in his prison, to put together a team of inmates to take on (and get pummeled by) the guards.
|
info
|
Movie:
Friday Night Lights
( 2004 )
Based on H.G. Bissinger's book, which profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas and their heroic high school football team, The Permian High Panthers.
|
info
|
Movie:
Radio
( 2003 )
The story of a high school coach and the developmentally challenged man who he took under his wing.
|
info
|
Movie:
Remember the Titans
( 2000 )
In 1971, Virginia high-school football was everything to the people of Alexandria, but when the school board was forced to integrate an all-Black school with an all-white one, the foundation of football's tradition was put to the test.
|
info
|
Movie:
Any Given Sunday
( 1999 )
A behind-the-scenes look at the life-and-death struggles of modern-day gladiators and those who lead them.
|
info
|
Movie:
Rudy
( 1993 )
Rudy has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame.
|
info
|
Movie:
The Replacements
( 2000 )
During a pro football strike, the owners hire substitute players.
|
info
|
Movie:
Necessary Roughness
( 1991 )
Due to NCAA sanctions, the Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos must form a football team from their actual student body, with no scholarships to help, to play their football schedule.
|
info
|
Movie:
Brian's Song
( 1971 )
Buzz Kulik's beloved tearjerker is based on the real-life friendship between Chicago Bears teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond that was strengthened when Piccolo discovers that he has a fatal disease.
|
info
|
Movie:
All the Right Moves
( 1983 )
An ambitious young football star is trapped in a dying mill town--unless his gridiron skills can win him a way out.
|
info
|
Movie:
The Program
( 1993 )
Several players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a major university. Each deals with the pressure differently, some turn to drinking, others to drugs, and some to studying.
|
info
|
Movie:
Little Giants
( 1994 )
Misfits form their own opposing team to an elite peewee football team, coached by the elite team coach's brother.
|
info
|
Movie:
The Waterboy
( 1998 )
A waterboy for a college football team discovers he has a unique tackling ability and becomes a member of the team.
|
info
|
Movie:
The Longshots
( 2008 )
The true story of Jasmine Plummer who, at the age of eleven, became the first female to play in Pop Warner football tournament in its 56-year history.
|
info
|
Movie:
Varsity Blues
( 1999 )
A back-up quarterback is chosen to lead a Texas football team to victory after the star quarterback is injured.
|
info
|
Movie:
The Best of Times
( 1986 )
A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
|
info
|
Movie:
Slap Shot
( 1977 )
A failing ice hockey team finds success with outrageously violent hockey goonery.
|
info
|
Movie:
Mystery, Alaska
( 1999 )
The residents of a small town get over-excited when their hockey team gets chosen to host a televised event.
|
info
|
Movie:
The Mighty Ducks
( 1992 )
A self-centered Minnesota lawyer is sentenced to community service coaching a rag tag youth hockey team.
|
info
|
Movie:
D2: The Mighty Ducks
( 1994 )
Can Gordon's team win the Junior Goodwill Games in California in spite of all the set-backs?
|
info
|
Movie:
D3: The Mighty Ducks
( 1996 )
The unruly team of hockey misfits grows up a bit and receives scholarships to a prestigious prep school, where they take on the snotty varsity team.
|
info
|
Movie:
Miracle
( 2004 )
The true story of Herb Brooks, the player-turned-coach who led the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team to victory over the seemingly invincible Soviet squad.
|
info
|
Movie:
Happy Gilmore
( 1996 )
After his grandmother's house is repossessed by the IRS, a bad tempered hockey player takes his talents to golf to earn the big bucks and get his grandmothers house back.
|
info
|
Movie:
The Greatest Game Ever Played
( 2005 )
In the 1913 U.S. Open, twenty-year-old Francis Ouimet played golf against his idol, 1900 U.S. Open champion, Englishman Harry Vardon.
|
info
|
Movie:
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
( 2004 )
Jim Caviezel stars as golf legend Bobby Jones, the icon who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.
|
info
|
Movie:
Caddyshack
( 1980 )
An exclusive golf course has to deal with a flatulent new member and a destructive dancing gopher.
|
info
|
Movie:
Caddyshack II
( 1988 )
When a crass new-money tycoon's membership application is turned down at a snooty country club, he retaliates by buying the club and turning it into a tacky amusement park.
|
info
|
Movie:
The Legend of Bagger Vance
( 2000 )
A down-and-out golfer attempts to recover his game and his life with help from a mystical caddie.
|
info
|
Movie:
Tin Cup
( 1996 )
A washed-up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the U.S. Open in order to win the heart of his successful rival's girlfriend.
|
info
|
Movie:
Raging Bull
( 1980 )
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
|
info
|
Movie:
Hands of Stone
( 2016 )
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
|
info
|
Movie:
The Fighter
( 2010 )
Based on the story of Micky Ward, a fledgling boxer who tries to escape the shadow of his more famous but troubled older boxing brother and get his own shot at greatness.
|
info
|
Movie:
Grudge Match
( 2013 )
A pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout, thirty years after their last match.
|
info
|
Movie:
Real Steel
( 2011 )
In a near future where robot boxing is a top sport, a struggling ex-boxer feels he's found a champion in a discarded robot.
|
info
|
Movie:
Cinderella Man
( 2005 )
The true story of James J. Braddock, a supposedly washed-up boxer, who returned to the spotlight to win the heavyweight championship of the world.
|
info
|
Movie:
Million Dollar Baby
( 2005 )
Frankie, an ill-tempered old coach, reluctantly agrees to train aspiring boxer Maggie. Impressed with her determination and talent, he helps her become the best and the two soon form a close bond.
|
info
|
Movie:
Ali
( 2001 )
A biography of sports legend Muhammad Ali, focusing on his triumphs and controversies between 1964 and 1974.
|
info
|
Movie:
The Hurricane
( 2000 )
The story of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
|
info
|
Movie:
The Boxer
( 1998 )
Young Danny Flynn is released from prison 14 years after "taking the rap" for the IRA and tries to rebuild his life in his old Belfast neighborhood.
|
info
|
Movie:
The Great White Hype
( 1996 )
The boxing champ's promoter thinks change is needed. He finds the one man who's beaten his champ, a white man now in a rock band. Like Rocky, he trains heavily whereas the champ slacks.
|
info
|
Movie:
Diggstown
( 1992 )
Gabriel's released from prison. His con man friend makes a foolish bet with Diggstown's owner on who'd win the boxing matches - their man against ten Diggstown men.
|
info
|
Movie:
Gladiator
( 1992 )
Tommy Riley has moved with his dad to Chicago from a 'nice place'. He keeps to himself, goes to school. However, after a street fight he is noticed and quickly falls into the world of illegal underground boxing - where punches can kill.
|
info
|
Movie:
Play It to the Bone
( 2000 )
Two best friends and former middleweight contenders travel to Las Vegas to fight each other for the first time.
|
info
|
Movie:
Annapolis
( 2006 )
Set against the backdrop of boxing at the Naval Academy, centers on a young man from the wrong side of the tracks whose dream of attending Annapolis becomes a reality.
|
info
|
Movie:
Homeboy
( 1988 )
A simple self-destructive drifter and tough small-time boxer with a brain injury that could kill him meets and falls for a cute beach carnival owner, Ruby, but also befriends a sleazy friendly criminal, Wesley, who's planning a big score.
|
info
|
Movie:
Rocky
( 1976 )
A small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the world heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.
|
info
|
Movie:
Rocky II
( 1979 )
Rocky struggles in family life after his bout with Apollo Creed, while the embarrassed champ insistently goads him to accept a challenge for a rematch.
|
info
|
Movie:
Rocky III
( 1982 )
Rocky faces the ultimate challenge from a powerful new contender, and must turn to a former rival to help regain his throne as the undisputed fighting champion.
|
info
|
Movie:
Rocky IV
( 1985 )
Rocky Balboa proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago, a six-foot-six, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union.
|
info
|
Movie:
Rocky V
( 1990 )
Reluctantly retired from fighting, Rocky takes charge of Mickey's gym and agrees to train a young protégé who's hungry for success.
|
info
|
Movie:
Rocky Balboa
( 2006 )
Thirty years after the ring of the first bell, Rocky Balboa comes out of retirement and dons his gloves for his final fight against the reigning heavyweight champ Mason 'The Line' Dixon.
|
info
|
Movie:
Creed
( 2015 )
The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.
|
info
|
Movie:
Creed II
( 2018 )
Under the tutelage of Rocky Balboa, newly crowned heavyweight champion Adonis Creed faces off against Viktor Drago, the son of Ivan Drago.
|
info
|
Movie:
Southpaw
( 2015 )
After a fatal incident sends him on a rampant path of destruction, a champion boxer fights to get custody of his daughter and revive his professional career.
|
info
|
Movie:
Bleed for This
( 2016 )
The inspirational story of World Champion Boxer Vinny Pazienza who, after a near fatal car crash which left him not knowing if he'd ever walk again, made one of sports' most incredible comebacks.
|
info
|
Movie:
Fighting Tommy Riley
( 2004 )
An aging trainer and a young fighter, both in need of a second chance, team-up to overcome the demons of their past...and chase the dreams of their future.
|
info
|
Movie:
Fat City
( 1972 )
Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take different directions.
|
|
Dragonsword86 : I hate every great show keeps getting canceled