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Good Sports Movies

Parra

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Big Wednesday - surfing
Horse Feathers - Marx Brothers - American football
Let It Ride - best gambling movie ever made
Rocky I-IV - boxing
Phar Lap - horse racing
The Fighting Sullivans - boxing
Knute Rockne, All American - american college football
Senna - F1 doco
Tim Richmond - ESPN did an amazing doco on his life - NASCAR
Streetfighter - bare knuckle boxing
When We Were Kings - boxing - Ali vs Foreman
Karate Kid - karate
Bloodsport - martial arts
A Day at the Races - Marx brother horse racing
 
Danish

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Parra said:
Rudy - american football - college
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Have you read the actual story of Rudy? Rudy himself actually wrote the book and the screenplay himself, and basically made the whole thing up out of whole cloth about all the people telling him he couldn't do it, the coach hating him (it was the coach's idea to let him play) and all the players ceremoniously handing in their jerseys if Rudy didn't get to play.

Knowing the full story kind of takes the bloom off the rose for the movie for me, particularly as he wrote the screenplay himself so clearly tried to paint himself as the hero going against impossible odds instead of the determined and committed training squad member who was rewarded for his effort by a top coach putting him in a game.
 
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Basketball movies are the only good ones I can think of-
he got game
white men can't jump
above the rim
the air up there
Blue chips
 
T.S Quint

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Saw a doco on ESPN a while ago.
It was called "The Streak".
It's about a high school wrestling team that hadn't lost in years (can't remember how long but it was at least a couple of generations).
The pressure on this team to not lose was unbelievable. One of the best docos I've seen.
 
madunit

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Beyond the Mat - a behind the scenes look at the lives of well known pro wrestlers (from memory Jake Roberts and Mick Foley were the main two)
Another Bloody Sunday - almost a comedy this. A doco on the Doncaster RL team in England and its struggle for relevance as it creeps towards breaking the record for the longest streak without a win in Worldwide RL History. (the entire doco is on youtube in 3 or 4 parts I think)
 
LESStar58

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Rookie of the year; kid in the outfield breaks his arm and is superhuman when healed. Becomes a chicago cubs pitcher at 12.
 
Mr Chook

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A couple of quality boxing movies I don't think have been mentioned yet...

Cinderella Man
Million Dollar Baby
 
Buzzard Breath

Buzzard Breath

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A couple of baseball movies that weren't bad.
The Babe with John Goodman
Angels in the outfield (both versions)
The Fan with Snipes and De Niro.
and already mentioned Bad News Bears with Walter Matthau
 
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The best ever has to be A League Of Their Own, IMO. Not in a million, trillion years could I ever enjoy another film about a sport I don't give a shit about being played by friggin' women.

Even if you don't think it's the best outright, it's gotta win on handicap surely. IMO Tom Hanks' best ever performance. The original Dugan!!!
 
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