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Best sport related films

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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,291
    Taika Waititi's version of "Next Goal Wins" will be interesting

    I enjoy his films but part of me thinks a Hollywood version isnt needed with the Documentary good enough as it is
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Dodgeball
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,730
    edited April 2020
    supaclive said:
    The Wrestler
    The Fighter
    Million Dollar Baby 
    Rush
    Moneyball
    Damned United


    Documentaries 
    Road
    Senna
    Class of 92
    I Believe In Miracles
    Miracle in Medinah
    Seve (too much archive to not be classed for me as a documentarry)
    Next Goal Wins
    Fire in Babylon
    TT3D
    When We Were Kings
    Free Solo

    Road is a brilliant film.

  • supaclive
    supaclive Posts: 6,514
    Bedsaddick said:
    supaclive said:
    The Wrestler
    The Fighter
    Million Dollar Baby 
    Rush
    Moneyball
    Damned United


    Documentaries 
    Road
    Senna
    Class of 92
    I Believe In Miracles
    Miracle in Medinah
    Seve (too much archive to not be classed for me as a documentarry)
    Next Goal Wins
    Fire in Babylon
    TT3D
    When We Were Kings
    Free Solo

    Road is a brilliant film.

    Probably/arguably the best film I ever acquired.   Very lucky to now sell the film worldwide too.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,842
    bazjonster said:
    'Champions'

    (Bob Champion's successful fight against cancer and then going on to win the Grand National on Aldaniti. 1984 film starring John Hurt).

    On a not altogether different theme - 'Secretariat' was a cracking film as well.

    Helps if you like horse racing of course.
  • Nug
    Nug Posts: 4,623
    Hands down best sports film is Rudy (Netflix)
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,350
    This Sporting Life

    Old school you can feel the tackles...
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    Chariots of Fire
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,615
    edited April 2020
    bazjonster said:
    'Champions'

    (Bob Champion's successful fight against cancer and then going on to win the Grand National on Aldaniti. 1984 film starring John Hurt).
    About 20 or so years ago I was on a jolly to Kempton organised by NatWest where they had Bob Champion come along to talk about the day’s races and give us a few tips as we were sipping our drinks and stuffing our faces with food beforehand. One of the races had just 3 horses in it, two joint favourites and a make weight it was suggested we ignore. We duly ignored the makeweight. The two JFs fell over.
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,846
    not a film and mentioned above, but last week watched "The class of 92; Full Time" back to back. Really interesting on so many levels (I started to like Neville, never thought I'd say that), Scholes (when he's on) deadpan responses are brilliant, the original management structure is weird (can't work out if they are brilliant or chancers), and there is a nice feel about the club in regards to how they respect the volunteers that were there long before the millions came in.
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  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,846
    edited April 2020
    Years ago saw a docu film called "Hoop Dreams" about two kids trying to make it in basketball - Brilliant
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,846
    heckington_reds said:
    Escape to victory 
    This is the only true answer...
  • UEAAddick
    UEAAddick Posts: 512
    How has no one mentioned Field of Dreams?
    The best sports film
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    UEAAddick said:
    How has no one mentioned Field of Dreams?
    The best sports film
    They have 
  • SomervilleAddick
    SomervilleAddick Posts: 3,575
    Slapshot 
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,730
    SomervilleAddick said:
    Slapshot 
    I like the sequal . Slopshat
  • redfox
    redfox Posts: 6
    Aussie rules film The club . 
  • hawksmoor
    hawksmoor Posts: 2,608
    The motor sports doc Uppity on Netflix is very, very good. The climactic qualifying scene - well, let’s just say a fly got into my eye, which was making it water.
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,651
    supaclive said:
    The Wrestler
    The Fighter
    Million Dollar Baby 
    Rush
    Moneyball
    Damned United


    Documentaries 
    Road
    Senna
    Class of 92
    I Believe In Miracles
    Miracle in Medinah
    Seve (too much archive to not be classed for me as a documentarry)
    Next Goal Wins
    Fire in Babylon
    TT3D
    When We Were Kings
    Free Solo

    I love Free Solo but I can't make up my mind whether Free Solo or Dawn Wall is my favourite rock climbing documentary. 
  • Anna_Kissed
    Anna_Kissed Posts: 3,302
    A Sunday in Hell - Jørgen Leth’s documentary about the 1976 edition of the Paris-Roubaix cycle race, featuring Eddy Merckx, Roger De Vlaeminck, Freddy Maertens and Francesco Moser.
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  • Blackheathen
    Blackheathen Posts: 6,655
    The Harder They Fall, said to be one of the best boxing films ever made (100% rotten tomatoes). It was Humphrey Bogart’s final film. Jersey Joe Walcott also appeared.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    soapy_jones said:
    This Sporting Life

    Old school you can feel the tackles...

    Superb film with a great performance by the late Rachel Roberts.
  • LTKapal
    LTKapal Posts: 1,312
    Talladega nights
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Seabiscuit
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    When Street Hockey was all the rage in early 90's (On proper roller skates, not them inline toot), there was a film that done the rounds on VHS about Ice Hockey called Youngblood. Remember that being a good film and all our mates loved it 
  • MOBY DUCK
    MOBY DUCK Posts: 196
    Let it Ride -

    Richard Dreyfus has a lucky day at the races.
    Light hearted easy watching.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    The Damned United was a great film. What interested me was it was much more sympathetic to the great man that was Brian Clough than the book was. His family was anti the film because of the book, but Clough is the hero of that film and the performance of Sheen is mesmeric. He is Brian Clough.
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,438
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    The Damned United was a great film. What interested me was it was much more sympathetic to the great man that was Brian Clough than the book was. His family was anti the film because of the book, but Clough is the hero of that film and the performance of Sheen is mesmeric. He is Brian Clough.
    Sheen is a very underrated actor.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,835
    SporadicAddick said:
    heckington_reds said:
    Escape to victory 
    This is the only true answer...
    Hold on lads, we can still win this...
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,846
    MrOneLung said:
    SporadicAddick said:
    heckington_reds said:
    Escape to victory 
    This is the only true answer...
    Hold on lads, we can still win this...
    its not as through we're being slaughtered skipper...

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