Top Ten Sport Movies

The following are my top ten personal favorite sports movies.  These are movies in which sports is a theme or an important part of the character’s life.  Some of these are so funny, romantic, and inspiring that one does not have to love sports to appreciate them. 

“You know, I believe we have two lives.

The life we learn with and the life we live with after that.” – Iris Gaines (The Natural).

10. The Pride of the Yankees (1942).  A classic movie about the legendary life of Lou Gehrig.

9. Field of Dreams (1989).   A great movie that is more about dreams than the field, based on the novel “Shoeless Joe”. 

8. Cool Runnings (1993).   A hilarious comedy about the true story of the Bobsled team from Jamaica that performed in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Canada.

7. Miracle (2004).  The story about the United States men’s hockey team, led by coach Herb Brooks, who defeated the heavily favored Russian team in the 1980 Winter Olympics. 

6. The Blind Side (2009).  The true story of Michael Oher, an NFL player. 

5. Seabiscuit (2003).   A story of the lengendary “underdog” race horse Seabiscuit, who lived from 1933-1947.  

4. Hoosiers (1986).  The story of a small town high school in Indiana that won the state championship in 1954, as a tribute to all the little schools. 

3. Finding Forrester (2000).    Loosely based on the life of author J.D. Salinger, this inspiring story shows that writing and sports can coexist, but in the end writing is more superior. 

2. The Rookie (2002).  The story of Major League baseball player Jim Morris. 

1. The Natural (1984).  Baseball’s (and Robert Redford’s) version of Rocky, this movie is simply astounding on many fronts.