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Which movie gets your vote for the best sports film?

Have Your Say Aug. 15, 2008 - 06:02AM JST ( 55 )

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flammenwerferAug. 15, 2008 - 08:32AM JST

Man, great movies, but for me "Rudy" -

Rudy Rudy Rudy Rudy Rudy Rudy Rudy Rudy (classic scene from the movie)
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TheNewZenAug. 15, 2008 - 08:33AM JST

Tough one there were many good ones.

Can't really choose one from the following: Ice Castles, Brain's Song, Chariots of Fire, Rudy.
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TheNewZenAug. 15, 2008 - 08:34AM JST

Brian's Song I mean the 1971 movie.
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LIBERTASAug. 15, 2008 - 08:38AM JST

Heaven Can Wait
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ApsaraAug. 15, 2008 - 08:42AM JST

Caddyshack
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techallAug. 15, 2008 - 09:29AM JST

Bull Durham and Tin Cup. Both Kevin Costner films, no tear jerkers here, just good fun and entertainment.
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GWAug. 15, 2008 - 09:56AM JST

longest yard and there was a soccer flick in a german pow camp, name escapes me, may have been mentioned above........
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NagoyaGaijinAug. 15, 2008 - 11:04AM JST

GW--you are thinkin of "Victory" That one was a great flick. Brain's Song (From Pinky and the Brain) was actually genius hehehe The Waterboy was also fun ;)
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nisegaijinAug. 15, 2008 - 12:08PM JST

Major League!!!!
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nigelboyAug. 15, 2008 - 12:12PM JST

From a tear jerker standpoint. "Field of Dreams".
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Nippon5Aug. 15, 2008 - 01:24PM JST

Hands down "Vision Quest" is the greatest sports movie of all times..
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nigelboyAug. 15, 2008 - 01:34PM JST

From a "rooting for the under dog" segment.

"Hoosiers".
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KaptainKichigaiAug. 15, 2008 - 02:18PM JST

Rocky
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ExPrinceskaAug. 15, 2008 - 02:19PM JST

A Russian movie about the battle of Russian and Japanese volleyball teams in the 80s. Very good!
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SargeAug. 15, 2008 - 02:46PM JST

Mr. Baseball, starring Tom Selleck as Jack Elliot.
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SargeAug. 15, 2008 - 02:48PM JST

Princess! What's the name of this volleyball movie??? Inquiring minds wanna know!
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thedesertfoxAug. 15, 2008 - 03:06PM JST

SLAP SHOT
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NoripinheadAug. 15, 2008 - 03:29PM JST

"Breaking Away" spawned a cycling boom in the 80s. It's also one of great "coming of age" movies.
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KissMintAug. 15, 2008 - 04:13PM JST

I really like "Invincible" with Mark Wahlberg (football movie).

I also like "Major League" and "Bend it Like Beckham".
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dontpanicAug. 15, 2008 - 05:01PM JST

Escape to Victory......genius!
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SargeAug. 15, 2008 - 05:14PM JST

"Caddyshack"

Al Czervik ( Rodney Dangerfield ) ( RIP, Rodney! ): Hey, everybody, we're all gonna get laid!
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blvtzpkAug. 15, 2008 - 06:49PM JST

Lots of good mentions here, especially

"Field of Dreams" (one of my all time top 10 of ALL movies) "Hoosiers" "Breaking Away" "Bull Durham" "Bend It Like Beckham" "Chariots of Fire"

A lot of sports movies have the actual sport as a backdrop to personal struggle/revelation - "Field of Dreams" is a classic example of that. The sport remains secondary, but still an important catalyst. Some other suggestions:

"Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker" "Hoop Dreams" "The Pride of the Yankees" "Knute Rockne All American" "Major League" "Cobb"

From Australia: "Australian Rules"
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Taka313Aug. 15, 2008 - 07:05PM JST

Best sports movie? Wow! As many people have mentioned, there are just SO many greats. Raging Bull, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, The Natural, Hoosiers, Rocky and Rocky 2, Victory, Breaking Away, Field of Dreams, etc.

What's amazing is how many great sports movies Kevin Costner has been in. Here's the list: Chasing Dreams - 1982 American Flyers - 1985 Bull Durham - 1988 Field of Dreams - 1989 Tin Cup - 1996 For the Love of the Game - 1999

That's pretty impressive, if you ask me.

But for the best ever, I'd probably give the nod to either Bull Durham or The Natural, depending upon my mood.

Taka
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wanderlustAug. 15, 2008 - 07:36PM JST

Cool Runnings - "I'm feeling very Olympic today....."
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spudmanAug. 15, 2008 - 07:36PM JST

Rudy by far!
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PuffinMuffinAug. 15, 2008 - 10:50PM JST

Cool Runnings for me too, love that saying by Sanka btw wanderlust. 'Jamaica has a bobsled team'
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lipscombeAug. 16, 2008 - 01:04AM JST

slap shot, and sleepless in seattle
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motytrahAug. 16, 2008 - 01:50AM JST

Happy Gilmore!
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kimiganoAug. 16, 2008 - 07:16AM JST

Happy Gilmore, Goodfellas, Casino, Midnight Express
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SargeAug. 16, 2008 - 08:11AM JST

"Rocky" "Rocky 2"

What abut Rocky 3? Hulk Hogan was in that one!
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conqueror_of_UranusAug. 16, 2008 - 05:12PM JST

Step Into Liquid. Great movie about surfing and surfing lifestyle

Lords of Dogtown. Documentary film about LA skaters.
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kimiganoAug. 16, 2008 - 06:11PM JST

Lords of Dogtown.

Struck me as a bunch of guys jerking off over how great they thought they were. They should have gotten real jobs.
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SargeAug. 16, 2008 - 11:20PM JST

Princess! Are you going to tell me the name of that Russian movie about volleyball or not?
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ExPrinceskaAug. 16, 2008 - 11:37PM JST

Sarge, The name of the volleyball film in russian is "Путь к медалям" (1980 I think), in English literally translated the title should be "The road to the medals" and it is about the great competition between USSR and Japan, and their two strong schools of volleyball. The training of the USSR team, the competitions and fights with Japan, tactics, the adversary between the teams and destinies of the players. Very good professional movie about volleyball and very dramatic too.
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NessieAug. 17, 2008 - 01:14AM JST

Deathrace 2000.
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SargeAug. 17, 2008 - 11:48AM JST

"Deathrace 2000"

Ha ha ha ha ha! Good one, Nessie!

Princess, your link to the Russian volleyball film ( which, for incomprehensible reasons has been deleted ) didn't work. I cannot find this movie! Can you give me another link or title?
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flammenwerferAug. 17, 2008 - 12:26PM JST
sports movies as ranked by users on the IMDB: Internet movie database

Rank Rating Title Votes
1. 8.4 Mis (1981) 1,465
2. 8.4 Raging Bull (1980) 65,445
3. 8.3 Strangers on a Train (1951) 24,023
4. 8.2 Million Dollar Baby (2004) 96,692
5. 8.1 The Hustler (1961) 17,948
6. 8.0 This Sporting Life (1963) 1,438
7. 8.0 Rocky (1976) 61,195
8. 8.0 Flåklypa Grand Prix (1975) 4,364
9. 8.0 Cinderella Man (2005) 47,183
10. 8.0 Maurice Richard (2005) 1,564
11. 8.0 Chak De! India (2007) 3,052
12. 7.9 The World's Fastest Indian (2005) 13,265
13. 7.9 Body and Soul (1947) 1,096
14. 7.9 Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001) 8,373
15. 7.8 Boyz n the Hood (1991) 22,376
16. 7.8 The Freshman (1925) 1,069
17. 7.8 The Set-Up (1949) 2,191
18. 7.7 Horse Feathers (1932) 4,071
19. 7.7 The Pride of the Yankees (1942) 3,491
20. 7.6 The Odd Couple (1968) 8,757
21. 7.6 Field of Dreams (1989) 35,700
22. 7.6 Breaking Away (1979) 7,331
23. 7.6 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) 1,524
24. 7.5 The Harder They Fall (1956) 1,570
25. 7.5 Cars (2006) 44,629
26. 7.4 Hoosiers (1986) 11,626
27. 7.4 Saint Ralph (2004) 2,725
28. 7.4 Miracle (2004) 12,442
29. 7.4 Shelter (2007/II) 1,106
30. 7.4 Seabiscuit (2003) 24,319
31. 7.4 Remember the Titans (2000) 36,355
32. 7.4 Woman of the Year (1942) 2,515
33. 7.4 Rocky Balboa (2006) 47,964
34. 7.4 The Natural (1984) 13,614
35. 7.4 Fat City (1972) 1,383
36. 7.4 Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) 1,650
37. 7.3 National Velvet (1944) 1,756
38. 7.3 The Sandlot (1993) 13,595
39. 7.3 The Hurricane (1999) 24,426
40. 7.3 College (1927) 1,015
41. 7.3 Chariots of Fire (1981) 12,294
42. 7.3 Siu lam juk kau (2001) 17,493
43. 7.3 The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005) 4,964
44. 7.3 Caddyshack (1980) 27,205
45. 7.2 Offside (2006/I) 1,386
46. 7.2 Jerry Maguire (1996) 61,914
47. 7.2 Eight Men Out (1988) 6,932
48. 7.2 Rudy (1993) 13,565
49. 7.2 Swimming Upstream (2003) 1,295
50. 7.2 The Hammer (2007) 1,774
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flammenwerferAug. 17, 2008 - 12:30PM JST

Million dollar baby, Cinderella man, Hoosiers, Titans, man there were a few that had slipped my mind. Rudy only 47th! thats a travesty! Rudy Rudy Rudy!
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ExPrinceskaAug. 17, 2008 - 03:14PM JST

Sarge,

the link is: http://www.mosfilm.ru/films/about/put_ k _medalam.html

but you have to remove the spaces before and after the k which I inserted because enclosing k with_ _ makes the k italic in these pages.
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SargeAug. 17, 2008 - 08:40PM JST

Princess - I got the mosfilm page, but I can't find the movie! Help!
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TheNewZenAug. 17, 2008 - 09:35PM JST

ExPrinceska.

Try to find the film on IMDB, please.
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ExPrinceskaAug. 17, 2008 - 10:22PM JST

ExPrinceska. Try to find the film on IMDB, please.

Sarge:

I finally found the movie in JMDB. Its name in Japanese is Yomigaere Majo 甦れ魔女 (Revive, Witch) - this is the Japanese name of the movie, half of the movie is made by a Russian director, half of it by japanese. The link is:

http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1980/dd001080.htm
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ExPrinceskaAug. 17, 2008 - 10:33PM JST

Sarge Here is more information about the movie with photos:

http://elib.doshisha.ac.jp/cgi-bin/retrieve/srbookview.cgi/UCHARSET.utf-8/BD00004537/Body/g00104.pdf
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SargeAug. 18, 2008 - 12:16AM JST

Princess - Thanks for your efforts. The jmdb link works, though it's all in Japanese. Your other link doesn't work. I'm literally crying now in frustration...
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ExPrinceskaAug. 18, 2008 - 10:07AM JST

Sarge, don't cry, you try to watch this movie, it is very good!
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TheNewZenAug. 18, 2008 - 10:37AM JST

I checked the TOEI site and the film was recently broadcast on the TOEI channel, might try to catch it when it comes around again next week.

Sounds interesting, I like films that were done in a co-effort between Japan and other countries.
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KaptainKichigaiAug. 18, 2008 - 04:48PM JST

Does Fast Times at Ridgemont High count? Forest Whitaker has a great sports scene in that movie.
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NessieAug. 19, 2008 - 03:04AM JST

Don't forget Logans's Run.
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Blue_TigerAug. 21, 2008 - 07:38PM JST

"Hoosiers"

That movie was one of Gene Hackman's best, and Dennis Hopper's best, and it accurately shows the love for basketball in Indiana and Kentucky, as well, though it was primarily aobut Indiana High School Basketball. Great portrayal.
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lipscombeAug. 21, 2008 - 09:46PM JST

hoosiers is dennis hoppers best film? yikes man
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Blue_TigerAug. 21, 2008 - 10:39PM JST

Yes, libscombe, compared to a lot of the other trash he's been a part of since then. I wil ladmit he did do a good job in "Waterworld" as the villain, but since then, its pretty-much been downhill for Dennis Hopper since then.
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lipscombeAug. 22, 2008 - 08:20PM JST

blue velvet, easy rider