Yes, this isn't your typical, feel-good dramatic sports film like the other movies on the list. However, it is a movie about golf and it makes me laugh every time I watch it (which is a lot). For my money, this is still Adam Sandler's funniest film.
4. Remember The Titans (2000)
Denzel Washington is not exactly my favorite actor, so I never gave this movie a chance until a couple years ago. I should have watched it sooner. A great (and true) story that is very inspirational and moving.
3. Hoosiers (1986)
This is one of the first movies I ever remember watching with my dad. Gene Hackman does some of his best work here, and as good as he is, Dennis Hopper may be even better.
2. Field of Dreams (1989)
Kevin Costner has been in several sports films, and all of them are good. Field of Dreams is great. If you are a dude, and you don't get choked up a little when he and his father play catch, then you have no heart.
1. Rocky (1976)
Why is the movie number one? Because it paved the way for all other sports films. There isn't a sports film made that doesn't borrow something from Rocky. The training montage, the underdog story, Rocky started it all.
I love Happy Gilmore and Hoosiers.
ReplyDeleteI would pick Rudy over Remember the Titans, though.
Does Teen Wolf count as a basketball movie? :)
When deciding if a movie is a "sports" movie, one should consider the dominant theme of the movie. If your movie has a basketball game, but also a dude morphing into a wolf, I think the wolf trumps the basketball. Therefore, Teen Wolf is not a sports movie. And even if it was, would it be top 5? :D
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