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For boxing, I love the Rocky series, especially Rocky Balboa, where he finally gets rid of the beast inside of him. I do like Creed and Creed II. Creed II a bit more than Creed. However, my favorite boxing movie is Undisputed with Ving Rhames and Wesley Snipes.
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Football - Water Boy (but honestly there's about 6 that I could put here.)
Basketball - Umm... Space Jam? Maybe Teen Wolf. Yeh, I'm going with Teen Wolf
Baseball - Major League. hands down
Hockey - Miracle
Boxing - Rocky
Golf - Caddyshack
NASCAR - Days of Thunder.
Martial Arts - Karate Kid
“Soccer”- Not applicable
Olympics- Eddie the Eagle (a seriously under the radar and awesome movie, based on true story)
Bowling - Kingpin
Extra additions.
Poker- Rounders. But Molly's Game almost won the title.
Dodge Ball - Dodge Ball
@amjadawgs Rocky III??? Explain yourself please. Lol
Football - Heaven can wait
Basketball - The White Shadow (TV Series I know, but had to give a shout out)
Baseball - The Natural
Hockey - Slap Shot
Boxing - Rocky
Golf - Caddyshack
Martial Arts - Bloodsport
Soccer- Victory (Classic WWII movie with Stallone, Pele, Bobby Moore, Ozzie Ardilles)
Olympics- Eddie the Eagle
On the opposite end of the spectrum, I never realized how many sports movies I liked with Adam Sandler in them.
My bad on The hockey mask. It was Friday The 13th. I ruined my own joke.
Oooo, I just thought of another honorable mention.
Tag - Tag. This is a recent comedy that way exceeded my expectations. It had me in stitches. It's based on a true story about this group of friends that has kept the same game of tag going since they were kids. They live in different cities now and will wear disguises to sneak up on their friends and "tag" them. Great concept, great movie.
Im surprised I haven’t seen Replacements. It’s definitely a show that I watch if I happen to stumble across it.
There's another one I thought someone might say. I'll hold off on mentioning it for now. Not that it's good, just a funny reference.
Great call on The White Shadow. And Victory. I totally forgot about that one.
Football - Remember the Titans; Rudy is a close second. Any movie ending with Tech losing has a lot going for it.
Baseball - Sandlot or The Natural, couldn't pick
Basketball - Hoosiers
Hockey - Mighty Ducks
Golf - Caddyshack
Boxing - Cinderella Man
Nascar - Days of Thunder
Martial Arts - Bloodsport
Poker - Casino Royale
BONUS - The original Michael Myers "Halloween" mask was actually a plastic "Captain Kirk" Halloween costume mask with heavy white paint on it.
One thing that I really like about sports movies is how they are often set in a specific time and place, more so than most movies. I'm a sucker for slice of time/period stuff so I enjoy a lot of the baseball movies that are set in the 50s-60s or football in the south or soccer in the UK, etc.
Even non authentic ones are usually trying to portray a milieu: Varsity Blues playing off small town TX HS ball or the Waterboy making fun of the bayou people and all the random Louisiana schools. Just a thought that I had lol.
PS: If it hasn't been mentioned already, He Got Game is a great basketball flick. Again, shows an approximation of NYC inner city b-ball.
Great topic
Football - Burt’s original version of “The Longest Yard” Honorable mention kid’s flick “Gus” with Don Knotts
Golf - Tough call between Happy Gilmore and Caddyshack, but in the end only one is truly an iconic flick.
Soccer - Victory
Bicycling - Breaking Away
Boxing - Rocky II
Martial Arts - Enter the Dragon
Basketball - Hoosiers but “White Men Can’t Jump” is a classic “We goin’ Sizzler....we goin’ Sizzler...”
Baseball - Bull Durham is my favorite but someone needs to mention Gary Coleman in the remake of “The Kid from Left Field” and don’t forget about “The Bad News Bears”.
Pool - The Color of Money
Road Racing - Death Race 2000
Drag Racing - Grease. 😄
Whitewater rafting - Deliverance
Too many good movies.
Remember the Titans, The Longest Yard(original), Varsity Blues, Brians Song
The Natural, Field of Dreams, Major League, Moneyball
Rocky 1and 2, all Bruce Lee
Adam Sandler is usually too obnoxious in his movies for me to bear watching. I do like The Water Boy though.