# Greatest sports movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 6, 2010, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movies/523871 "2010-01-06T05:27:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movies/523871/81 "2010-01-09T04:55:57Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Funny at times, but as movies go it was badly written and in need of lots more editing. > > It’s probably the best comedy feature film I have ever seen that was about curling. It was also the worst. Yeah, it could have been better. Still, curling! ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movies/523871/82 "2010-01-10T01:20:48Z")
How is it we’ve gone 81 posts and nobody has mentioned **Heaven Can Wait**? Right there in the Pantheon with Breaking Away, Bull Durham & Field of Dreams (if you consider that a sports movie). Another one worth seeing in 1970-whatever: **Bang the Drum Slowly**. Hey, fun trivia question: Six actors who have played catchers have gone on to be nominated for an Academy Award: Kevin Costner (Bull Durham), “Dances with Wolves” Geena Davis (League of Their Own), “Thelma & Louise” James Earl Jones (Bingo Long’s Traveling All-Stars), “Great White Hope” Tom Berenger (Major League), “Platoon” Robert Deniro (Bang the Drum Slowly), six nominations John C. Reilly (For the Love of the Game), “Chicago” ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movies/523871/83 "2010-01-10T01:23:51Z")
With reference to that wonderful trivia question: Geena Davis also won an Oscar for “The Accidental Tourist.” ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movies/523871/84 "2010-01-10T01:36:05Z")
> [@Moonchild](#): > > Tom Berenger (Major League), “Platoon” “Major League” was released in 1989, 3 years after “Platoon”, so the wording “gone on to be nominated for an Academy Award” doesn’t work for him. ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movies/523871/85 "2010-01-11T22:55:37Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > “Major League” was released in 1989, 3 years after “Platoon”, so the wording “gone on to be nominated for an Academy Award” doesn’t work for him. Ah, excellent point (and that’s not the only case). Change it to, “… have also…” ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movies/523871/86 "2010-01-14T06:33:30Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > The director of Prefontaine also did a basketball documentary called [Hoop Dreams](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0416945/). Although I have _not_ seen it, everyone I know who has seen it, as well the “critics”, consider it an outstanding movie. It is an excellent film and I was coming here to mention it. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movies/523871/87 "2010-01-14T07:37:03Z")
> [@janis\_and\_c0](#): > > I was coming in to say this one, so thanks, **Equipoise**! It really is a beautiful movie, isn’t it? It is. As I said, I don’t like (American) football, but I really like/love every football movie I’ve seen, and this one was particularly moving and inspirational. And yeah, I can’t believe I forgot **Heaven Can Wait**! It’s one of my favorite Warren Beatty movies! He’s such a dreamboat, as is Julie Christie, and it’s so funny. > [@KarlGauss](#): > > The director of Prefontaine also did a basketball documentary called [Hoop Dreams](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0416945/). Although I have _not_ seen it, everyone I know who has seen it, as well the “critics”, consider it an outstanding movie. I didn’t know that, thanks! **Hoop Dreams** is pretty amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movies/523871/88 "2010-01-14T08:04:00Z")
I dunno why, but I think some of the greatest comedies ever made were sports movies: Caddyshack Slapshot Happy Gilmore ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movies/523871/89 "2010-01-15T15:39:45Z")
> [@In\_Winnipeg](#): > > _Slapshot_ has always been one of my favorites. Have you watched Slapshot recently? It doesn’t hold up well IMHO. If it weren’t for the Hanson brothers, it’s pretty much unwatchable if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movies/523871/90 "2010-01-15T15:49:06Z")
Pride Seabiscuit The Natural ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movies/523871/91 "2010-01-15T16:27:43Z")
Has anyone else seen The Blindside? It was excellent in every way. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movies/523871/92 "2010-01-15T16:33:40Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > And there’s also Gregory’s Girl. > > Surfing - Blue Crush Speaking of surfing, I haven’t seen mention of the film that Blue Crush was a remake of (with a couple twists)–Ride the Wild Surf. I would also put forth two Olympic Marathon films. _Running_ – with Michael Douglass _The Games_ – with Ryan O’Neal and of course crewing is mildly represented with, _Oxford Blue_. I would love to know are there any Australian rules football movies available in the U.S.? ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-sports-movies/523871/93 "2010-01-15T20:00:13Z")
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