OT - Favorite Sports Movies, by Sport

Submitted by Harbaugh's Lef… on July 12th, 2020 at 11:35 AM

With the absence of sports and running out of shows to binge, I've been watching and re-watching a lot of movies, some of which are my favorite sports movies. There are so many good ones but which are your favorites, per sport? They can be based on real life events or original screenplays, just not Documentaries. Here are mine, feel free to add any sports that I didn't add.

Baseball - Major League

Football - The Program

Hockey - Youngblood

Basketball - White Men Can't Jump

Boxing - Rocky III

Tennis - Borg v. McEnroe

Golf - Happy Gilmore

Olympic Style Sports - I, Tonya

Martial Arts - The Karate Kid

Auto Racing - Talladega Nights

Davy Found

July 13th, 2020 at 3:00 AM ^

Awesome thread! Here's mine (almost all are documentaries!)

If you're not familiar with any of these, I highly highly recommend them, especially the ones tied to your favorite sports, and the last 3 listed under "other competitions." 

Basketball: Hoop Dreams; Once Brothers; Soul in the Hole; Medora (!!)

Football: Brian's Song; Friday Night Lights; Undefeated

Baseball: Sugar; Battered Bastards of Baseball

Hockey: The Russian Five

Auto Racing: Racing Dreams

Boxing: Southpaw (the documentary); Raging Bull; Rocky; Rumble in the Jungle

Wrestling: The Wrestler; Beyond The Mat

Other Competitions: Spellbound; The Kings of Kong; Hands on a Hard Body 

Coldwater

July 13th, 2020 at 10:55 AM ^

Football- All the Right Moves

Basketball-Hoosiers

Baseball-Bull Durham 

Boxing-Rocky II

Wrestling-Visionquest

Martial Arts-Karate Kid

 

Track & Field-Running Brave