Rocky? Rocky 2-4? Slap Shot (1977) is fantastic.
For basketball I’d say Hoosiers (1986) is good. For American Football? Jerry Maguire (1996).
What are the best soccer, cricket, or racing movies?
Hijacking this thread to ask if there’s any good rugby movies besides Invictus
Baseketball.
The only other one about a real sport I’ve watched multiple times and is a sport I actually like would be The Mighty Ducks.
For Golf, Happy Gilmore! If you haven’t seen it yet, you can do it!
Yes that or Tin Cup (1996). Apparently peak year for golf movies. Legend of Baggar Vance (2000) was a few years later. There was a tiny window for mainstream golf movies.
You already named my favorite sports movie: Slap Shot.
The Wrestler is my other pick that I haven’t seen yet in this thread
Goon and Goon 2
Civil War
What sport is that?
Baseketball, Dodgeball, Happy Gilmore, and The Big Lebowski (I don’t watch sports)
The only sport I actually watch is Drifting. I have never seen a good drifting movie.
I do enjoy The Big Lebowski for bowling, and Cool Runnings for bobsled
The Natural
Happy Gilmore
Dodgeball
Ted Lasso
Play it to the Bone
Warrior
Bloodsport
North Shore
The Waterboy
Gran Prix The Karate Kid
Semi ProI don’t watch most of these sports but watched most of these movies a ton as a kid:
the rookie - baseball
the air up there - basketball
caddyshack - golf
kingpin - bowling (the big Lebowski is my favorite movie of all time, but I don’t really consider it a “bowling” movie)
the wizard - competitive gaming
cool runnings - bobsledding
the big green - soccer
The replacements
Moneyball
Space Jam.
Dodgeball - a true underdog story
