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Best sports film
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The obvious ones are Raging Bull, Slapshot, and This Sporting Life, but I'd add the original Burt Reynolds Mean Machine to that list.1
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Friday Night Lights
Any Given Sunday
Mike Bassett1 -
When Saturday comes1
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Kes has one of the best football scenes in movies. Len Glover back of the net!2
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Someone has already said Senna - that gets my vote, along with Le Mans.
Le Mans isn't a great film, but it does manage to give you an idea of what that iconic race is all about.2 -
Sports films (that aren't documentaries) have the deck stacked against them from the outset, because they're not real sport and so the narratives don't compel, unless they're simply retelling something that really happened.
As documentaries go, I saw Pumping Iron the other day and it's lovely. Arnie really was always a star, wasn't he?1 -
Field of dreams
Bull Durham
Eight men out
For dumb entertainment: Major league.2 -
Loved the Rocky films back in the day and of course Cool Runnings.0
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The dammed United1
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Senna, if documentaries are allowed.
I also thought Rush was a good film. Tried to get into the heads of F1 drivers like Lauda and Hunt.2 - Sponsored links:
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Bull Durham
Field of Dreams
The Games
Raging Bull
The Club
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No surprise it's had many mentions already as it stands alone for me as the greatest sporting film ever made, in fact one of the greatest films ever made - Raging Bull.0
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Love Actually1
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Gregorys girl3
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Big lebowski
Rush
Senna
Enjoyed any given Sunday as a kid
Escape to victory2 -
On the topic of sports documentaries, Hoop Dreams is absolutely brilliant. It's a film about high school basketball players trying to make it to university and then the pros. It's been a long time since I've seen it but if you can track it down it's definitely worth it.Leuth said:Sports films (that aren't documentaries) have the deck stacked against them from the outset, because they're not real sport and so the narratives don't compel, unless they're simply retelling something that really happened.
As documentaries go, I saw Pumping Iron the other day and it's lovely. Arnie really was always a star, wasn't he?0 -
Chariots of Fire
Seabiscuit
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My favourites are,
The blind side
Southpaw
50 to 1
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If you like sea biscuit watch 50 to 1newyorkaddick said:Chariots of Fire
Seabiscuit0 -
Closer to the Edge: Isle of Man TT
Senna1 - Sponsored links:
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Bend it like Beckham1
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In no particular order
Senna
Rush
Goal! (Only the first one)
When Saturday Comes
There's only one Jimmy Grimble
Mighty Ducks Series
Rookie of the Year (Loved that film as a kid)
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Le Mans (Steve McQueen)
Escape to Victory
Rush
Senna
Mean Machine (the Burt Reynolds original)
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The Program.
Its not a documentary (as such) and is about the fight from David Walsh to prove that Lance Armstrong was cheating throughout the Tour de France years and is very good... Its not just about the cycling either as there is a scene when Armstrong visits some children at hospital who are all suffering from cancer, he is about to leave and there is one child he missed who is really suffering from the illness and stops to spend time with him.
Might not be have happened and not much gets to me (especially film wise) but that gets right to me!!0 -
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Major League with Charlie Sheen.1
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I haven't seen it yet, but I'm told "I believe in Miracles" is very good1
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Cinderella Man Russell Crowe is excellent against the odds success.
Raging Bull
Senna
Blindside
Moneyball
Not seen Road or the The Damned United yet but will definitely check them out. Good tips.
There was a good movie about the a non league team that beating an Italian team in one of the early European competitions. Can't remember the name.0 -
An old eighties one I forgot to add earlier:
The Natural.2
