# Greatest sports movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movie/590059 "2011-07-23T03:00:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movie/590059/21 "2011-07-23T13:28:29Z")
_Caddyshack_. Any questions? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movie/590059/22 "2011-07-23T13:39:41Z")
Top 3 for me, without question _**Bull Durham When We Were Kings The Black Stallion**_ ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movie/590059/23 "2011-07-23T14:22:43Z")
The Natural. Second place goes to Major League. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movie/590059/24 "2011-07-23T14:26:33Z")
_Hoop Dreams_, if docs count. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movie/590059/25 "2011-07-23T15:30:57Z")
What no love for [The Longest yard](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071771/) ? (the original) ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movie/590059/26 "2011-07-23T16:06:51Z")
Raging Bull would get a vote… Eight Men Out would be another choice for me… \*No love for Will Farrell in Semi-Pro? Yeah, me either… ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movie/590059/27 "2011-07-23T16:22:03Z")
> [@mac\_bolan00](#): > > #3 the mickey rooney movie (most inspiring) What movie is that? > [@dropzone](#): > > Complained to a Jewish co-worker when _Olympiad_ was being shown in the lunch room by our former Assyrian terrorist co-workers. Can you explain that? What kind of co-workers? As for the OP, I love Breaking Away although it’s as much about growing up as it is about the sport. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movie/590059/28 "2011-07-23T17:40:50Z")
Geez, I can’t believe I didn’t think of Million Dollar Baby. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movie/590059/29 "2011-07-23T17:49:50Z")
Miracle Bull Durham Field of Dreams ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movie/590059/30 "2011-07-23T18:15:35Z")
[Eight Men Out](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095082/) ---
**Author:** ![Vannort54](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8dc957/32.png) [@Vannort54](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vannort54)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movie/590059/31 "2011-07-23T19:59:03Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > One does not mention “Brian’s Song.” It’s not for everybody else. ☹ what about something for joey ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movie/590059/32 "2011-07-23T20:36:10Z")
Why? Does joey need a sports movie suggestion? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movie/590059/33 "2011-07-23T20:49:08Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I have to remember to do a thread asking for votes for the “Best Nazi”, or “Who’s your favorite Nazi?” The **Red Skull,** no contest. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movie/590059/34 "2011-07-23T20:53:32Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Can you explain that? What kind of co-workers? The kind who had to leave Iraq real fast in the 80s. Saddam didn’t much like Christians, nor they him. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movie/590059/35 "2011-07-23T22:30:45Z")
I am not a horse racing fan, but if you consider horse racing a sport, one of the contenders has to be \*\*The Black Stallion \*\*which I consider to be one of the best five movies I have seen in over 65 years of going to the movies. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movie/590059/36 "2011-07-23T22:48:44Z")
Hoosiers, easily. Every response that’s not Hoosiers should have to explain why. I’m a huge fan of Rocky, but it’s more of a character study than a movie that captures the essence of sports. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movie/590059/37 "2011-07-23T23:11:28Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > What movie is that? Maybe he meant Mickey Rourke, not Mickey Rooney. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movie/590059/38 "2011-07-23T23:45:02Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Maybe he meant Mickey Rourke, not Mickey Rooney. Well, Rooney was in both _The Black Stallion_ (for which he got an Oscar nod) and _National Velvet_ 30+ years earlier ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movie/590059/39 "2011-07-24T00:02:19Z")
The answer is Dodgeball. Seabiscuit is second, followed by Remember the Titans. (By greatest, you do mean, “would rather watch right now”, dont you?) ---
**Author:** ![mac\_bolan00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movie/590059/40 "2011-07-25T00:20:20Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > What movie is that? rooney as johnny czar, the roller derby star. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movie/590059.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movie/590059.md?page=3)