Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Top 5 Sports Movies Of All Time

If you have been reading this blog since its inception one month ago, you know that we like to mix in a lot of sports and movie posts. Today we combine those with our top 5 sports movies of all time.

A couple of rules you should be aware of with our selection process. First, if your favorite sports movie was made in the 40s or 50s...it is not on this list. I'm going to speak the truth right now and say what a lot of people won't say, Pauly Shore would've been a 5 time Oscar winner in the 40s. For the most part the acting was terrible.

Second, being that this list is so short we decided that sports comedies would be put under a different category. So while Slapshot, Major League, and Caddyshack are some of the great movies ever made, they fall under a different list.

So here is the list:

5) Hoop Dreams- Best documentary ever made. Starting in the 8th grade I would watch this movie at the beginning of each one of my basketball seasons. If you can get an 8th grader to sit through a documentary, you know it must be good. Even though I'm pretty sure Arthur Agee has 37 kids, it's still a great movie.


4) The Natural- Roy Hobbs is the best baseball player to ever live...even though he only played one season of pro ball. If it comes out that Hobbs was juicin, I might commit suicide.


3) Rudy- Even though throughout most of this movie, Rudy is the most irritating human being alive, the ending makes up for it. He finally gets in a game, with his father in the stands, and sacks the QB...followed by Roc giving the slow clap and walking away.


2) Hoosiers- Even though this was about the 50s , it is probably the most accurate depiction of high school basketball ever made. From the crowds to the locker room atmosphere, it doesn't get any better than this. Does Gene Hackman make some questionable decisions as coach? Of course. Who would set up a play with 10 seconds left in the championship and not get the ball to Jimmy Chitwood?


1) Rocky- The first and best Rocky movie, and I'll take that to the grave

1 comment:

  1. I haven't seen Hoop Dreams, but I'd put Miracle over Rudy or The Natural. Rudy and The Natural both had rousing climaxes, and I think the opening of The Natural was great too. But I think they both lagged in the mid-section.

    Being old enough to remember the 1980 Olympic hockey team, I was amazed that Miracle could so accurately convey the emotion of that whole event. Got tears in my eyes all over again.

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