One of my favorite websites is The Athletic and since they have little sports to write about these days the staff attempted to determine the best sports movies of all-time. Here is the list, let the arguing begin.
I have questions. Like, is The Big Lebowski a sports movie? Rounders? The Hustler? Finding Bobby Fischer? Excellent movies all…but sports movies?
Movies too low in my opinion include The Natural, Chariots Of Fire and Secretariat. You can argue all day about what should be higher or lower but there certainly are some great films here…even if you don't like sports. How many have you seen. Incredibly, I have only seen 40 of these (I'm not a big movie guy). I have some work to do. My top 10 would be heavy on baseball movies of course and would be 1. Miracle, 2. The Natural, 3. Chariots of Fire, 4. The Bad News Bears (Original), 5 Bull Durham, 6 Hoosiers, 7 Moneyball, 8 Field Of Dreams. 9 Caddyshack 10 Rush…although I could change this randomly at any time and include Eight Men Out, Bingo Long, Rocky 3, Major League, When We Were Kings, Slap Shot or Hoop Dreams.
If you havent seen “When We Were Kings” or “Hoop Dreams” put them on your list. When We Were Kings tells the story and backstory of the Ali-Foreman fight in Zaire. Hoop Dreams is a documentary on some inner city Chicago kids and their basketball journey (good and bad)
What's the highest ranked movie I haven't seen? It's actually Raging Bull. I've never been able to sit through it. Planning on watching it during this “social distancing ” time.
I'm not watching OJ:Made in America. I lived through the actual story at the time. I have no interest in re-living any of that.
Top 100 Sports Movies
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MOVIE | YEAR | RUN TIME (MIN) | BOX OFFICE ($M) | RT SCORE | STAFF SCORE | |
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1 | Rocky | 1976 | Boxing | 119 | 117 | 94% | 91.0 |
2 | Raging Bull | 1980 | Boxing | 128 | 23 | 94% | 90.5 |
3 | Hoop Dreams | 1994 | Basketball | 171 | 8 | 98% | 89.8 |
4 | Bull Durham | 1988 | Baseball ⚾️ | 107 | 51 | 97% | 89.5 |
5 | Miracle | 2004 | Hockey | 135 | 64 | 81% | 89.5 |
6 | The Big Lebowski | 1998 | Bowling | 118 | 18 | 82% | 89.4 |
7 | Breaking Away | 1979 | Cycling ♂ | 100 | 16 | 94% | 89.3 |
8 | O.J.: Made in America | 2016 | Football | 467 | – | 99% | 89.3 |
9 | When We Were Kings | 1996 | Boxing | 84 | 3 | 98% | 89.3 |
10 | Major League | 1989 | Baseball ⚾️ | 106 | 50 | 83% | 89.2 |
11 | The Sandlot | 1993 | Baseball ⚾️ | 101 | 32 | 61% | 88.3 |
12 | Free Solo | 2018 | Climbing ♂ | 97 | 18 | 97% | 88.2 |
13 | Caddyshack | 1980 | Golf ️♂ | 98 | 40 | 74% | 87.9 |
14 | The Hustler | 1961 | Billiards | 134 | – | 98% | 87.6 |
15 | Hoosiers | 1986 | Basketball | 116 | 29 | 89% | 87.4 |
16 | Slap Shot | 1977 | Hockey | 123 | 28 | 85% | 87.3 |
17 | Senna | 2011 | Auto racing | 104 | 2 | 93% | 87.2 |
18 | Icarus | 2017 | Cycling ♂ | 110 | – | 94% | 86.9 |
19 | The Bad News Bears | 1976 | Baseball ⚾️ | 102 | 32 | 97% | 86.7 |
20 | A League of Their Own | 1992 | Baseball ⚾️ | 128 | 108 | 78% | 86.7 |
21 | Field of Dreams | 1989 | Baseball ⚾️ | 106 | 64 | 86% | 86.4 |
22 | Sugar | 2008 | Baseball ⚾️ | 114 | 1 | 92% | 86.3 |
23 | White Men Can’t Jump | 1992 | Basketball | 115 | 76 | 76% | 85.4 |
24 | The Wrestler | 2008 | Wrestling ♂ | 109 | 26 | 98% | 85.2 |
25 | Moneyball | 2011 | Baseball ⚾️ | 133 | 76 | 94% | 84.7 |
26 | Remember the Titans | 2000 | Football | 113 | 116 | 73% | 84.5 |
27 | Ford v Ferrari | 2019 | Auto racing | 152 | 118 | 92% | 84.5 |
28 | Creed | 2015 | Boxing | 132 | 110 | 95% | 84.4 |
29 | Friday Night Lights | 2004 | Football | 117 | 61 | 81% | 84.2 |
30 | The Karate Kid | 1984 | Martial Arts | 122 | 91 | 88% | 84.1 |
31 | The Natural | 1984 | Baseball ⚾️ | 132 | 48 | 82% | 84.1 |
32 | Dear Basketball | 2017 | Basketball | 6 | – | 75% | 84.0 |
33 | Rocky II | 1979 | Boxing | 119 | 85 | 71% | 83.1 |
34 | The Boxer | 1998 | Boxing | 114 | 6 | 80% | 82.3 |
35 | Million Dollar Baby | 2004 | Boxing | 133 | 100 | 91% | 82.2 |
36 | The Color of Money | 1986 | Billiards | 119 | 52 | 89% | 82.1 |
37 | Win Win | 2011 | Wrestling ♂ | 106 | 10 | 94% | 82.0 |
38 | Fighting with my Family | 2019 | Wrestling ♂ | 107 | 23 | 93% | 81.8 |
39 | Searching for Bobby Fischer | 1993 | Chess | 109 | 7 | 99% | 81.7 |
40 | Bang the Drum Slowly | 1973 | Baseball ⚾️ | 96 | – | 92% | 81.6 |
41 | I, Tonya | 2017 | Figure Skating ⛸ | 119 | 30 | 89% | 81.5 |
42 | Jerry Maguire | 1996 | Football | 138 | 154 | 83% | 81.5 |
43 | The Fighter | 2010 | Boxing | 115 | 94 | 91% | 81.4 |
44 | The Damned United | 2009 | Soccer ⚽️ | 97 | 0 | 92% | 81.1 |
45 | North Dallas Forty | 1979 | Football | 119 | 26 | 83% | 80.6 |
46 | Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars… | 1976 | Baseball ⚾️ | 111 | – | 88% | 80.5 |
47 | Everybody Wants Some!! | 2016 | Baseball ⚾️ | 117 | 3 | 87% | 80.3 |
48 | He Got Game | 1998 | Basketball | 138 | 22 | 81% | 80.2 |
49 | Foxcatcher | 2014 | Wrestling ♂ | 130 | 12 | 87% | 80.2 |
50 | Uncut Gems | 2019 | Basketball | 135 | 50 | 92% | 80.2 |
51 | Rounders | 1998 | Poker ♠️ | 120 | 23 | 65% | 80.1 |
52 | The Longest Yard | 1974 | Football | 125 | 43 | 79% | 80.1 |
53 | Eight Men Out | 1988 | Baseball ⚾️ | 121 | 6 | 86% | 79.7 |
54 | Kingpin | 1996 | Bowling | 113 | 25 | 50% | 79.4 |
55 | Happy Gilmore | 1996 | Golf ️♂ | 92 | 39 | 61% | 79.3 |
56 | Murderball | 2005 | Rugby | 85 | 2 | 98% | 79.2 |
57 | Warrior | 2011 | MMA | 139 | 14 | 83% | 79.1 |
58 | Cinderella Man | 2005 | Boxing | 144 | 62 | 80% | 79.0 |
59 | The Hurricane | 1999 | Boxing | 146 | 51 | 83% | 78.5 |
60 | The Mighty Ducks | 1992 | Hockey | 114 | 51 | 23% | 78.5 |
61 | Rush | 2013 | Auto racing | 123 | 27 | 88% | 78.5 |
62 | Rocky III | 1982 | Boxing | 99 | 125 | 64% | 78.4 |
63 | Prefontaine | 1997 | Track ♂ | 107 | 1 | 56% | 78.3 |
64 | Vision Quest | 1985 | Wrestling ♂ | 99 | 13 | 57% | 78.1 |
65 | Rocky IV | 1985 | Boxing | 91 | 128 | 40% | 78.0 |
66 | Chariots of Fire | 1981 | Track ♂ | 124 | 59 | 84% | 77.8 |
67 | Big Fan | 2009 | Football | 85 | 0 | 86% | 77.7 |
68 | Dogtown and Z-Boys | 2002 | Board sports ♂ | 91 | 1 | 92% | 77.6 |
69 | Creed II | 2018 | Boxing | 130 | 116 | 84% | 77.4 |
70 | Seabiscuit | 2003 | Horse racing | 141 | 120 | 78% | 77.4 |
71 | Dodgeball | 2004 | Dodgeball ♂ | 98 | 114 | 70% | 77.3 |
72 | Invictus | 2009 | Rugby | 134 | 37 | 76% | 77.2 |
73 | Talladega Nights | 2006 | Auto racing | 110 | 148 | 71% | 76.4 |
74 | Bend it Like Beckham | 2003 | Soccer ⚽️ | 112 | 33 | 85% | 76.4 |
75 | The Endless Summer | 1966 | Board sports ♂ | 95 | 0 | 99% | 75.9 |
76 | Rudy | 1993 | Football | 114 | 23 | 78% | 75.8 |
77 | McFarland, USA | 2015 | Cross country ♂ | 129 | 44 | 80% | 75.2 |
78 | Pumping Iron | 1977 | Bodybuilding ️♂ | 85 | – | 91% | 75.1 |
79 | Race | 2016 | Track ♂ | 134 | 19 | 61% | 75.0 |
80 | Love & Basketball | 2000 | Basketball | 124 | 27 | 82% | 74.8 |
81 | The Rookie | 2002 | Baseball ⚾️ | 127 | 76 | 84% | 74.7 |
82 | Glory Road | 2006 | Basketball | 117 | 43 | 56% | 74.6 |
83 | A River Runs Through It | 1992 | Fishing | 123 | 43 | 80% | 74.5 |
84 | Cool Runnings | 1993 | Boblsedding | 98 | 69 | 77% | 74.5 |
85 | We Are Marshall | 2006 | Football | 131 | 44 | 48% | 74.5 |
86 | Tin Cup | 1996 | Golf ️♂ | 133 | 54 | 70% | 74.4 |
87 | Blue Chips | 1994 | Basketball | 90 | 23 | 37% | 74.1 |
88 | Wildcats | 1986 | Football | 106 | 26 | 22% | 73.8 |
89 | Space Jam | 1996 | Basketball | 88 | 90 | 43% | 73.5 |
90 | Heaven Can Wait | 1978 | Football | 101 | 82 | 89% | 73.4 |
91 | Paper Lion | 1968 | Football | 107 | 2 | 47% | 73.3 |
92 | Youngblood | 1986 | Hockey | 111 | 15 | 38% | 73.3 |
93 | Secretariat | 2010 | Horse racing | 116 | 60 | 63% | 73.1 |
94 | Mystery, Alaska | 1999 | Hockey | 115 | 9 | 38% | 73.0 |
95 | Bloodsport | 1988 | Martial Arts | 92 | 12 | 39% | 72.9 |
96 | Beyond the Mat | 1999 | Wrestling ♂ | 102 | 2 | 82% | 72.9 |
97 | Above the Rim | 1994 | Basketball | 93 | 16 | 53% | 72.6 |
98 | Varsity Blues | 1999 | Football | 104 | 53 | 41% | 72.2 |
99 | Ali | 2001 | Boxing | 167 | 58 | 67% | 72.2 |
100 | The Pride of the Yankees | 1942 | Baseball ⚾️ | 128 | – | 93% | 72.1 |
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