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Favourite sporting movies

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:55 pm
by TroyGFC
Remember the Titans
Any Given Sunday
Rocky 1 /2 and Balboa (ah the whole series)
The Replacements
Days of Thunder
Ali
Hurricane
Karate kid 1,2,3 not last one though The Next Karate Kid
Young Blood
Mystery Alaska (Russel Crowe)

I like most American gridiron / baseball movies but dont remember names at present.

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:01 pm
by JK
Cinderella Man
Breaking Away
Happy Gilmour
Bloodsport

Heaps of them, but can't remember them all

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:05 pm
by blink
Dodgeball
Happy Gilmore
Remember The Titans
Talladega Nights
The Waterboy

and

Space Jam!!!

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:10 pm
by Rik E Boy
The Club
Bodyline (mini series WTF)
Wildcats
Breaking Away
Personal Best (girlie action GRRRRRRL)
Mighty Ducks
Major League
Rocky I, II, III
The Natural
Slapshot
All the Right Moves
Dodgeball
Players
Raging Bull
Year of the Dogs


regards,

REB

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:28 pm
by The Real Number 3
Remember The Titans
The Replacemants
Jerry Maguire
Any Given Sunday
Days Of Thunder
Mighty Ducks

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:30 pm
by am Bays
Year of the Dogs was good

Best two sports movies IMHO

Chariots of Fire
Bull Durham

Both show the philosophies and emotions of the sports and their eras perfectly

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:56 pm
by Footy Chick
Remember the Titans
Bring it on
The Longest Yard
SpaceJam :wink:
Bad News Bears
Mighty Ducks


Havent caught the new movie the Gridiron Gang yet... anyone seen it?

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:00 pm
by am Bays
FC which longest yard, the original or the more recent version....

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:01 pm
by JK
Does Ace Venture - Pet Detective qualify?

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:06 pm
by crackers
Without Limits - the Steve Prefontaine story and nike

Rudy - about a US college gridiron player

One Day In September - the munich olympics story

and the 1985 SANFL Grand Final video

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:08 pm
by Footy Chick
1980 Tassie Medalist wrote:FC which longest yard, the original or the more recent version....


Have seen them both, i'm leaning towards the newer version, but thats just me... not a big fan of Burt

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:34 pm
by The Real Number 3
Hey FC, Gridion Gang is a good movie. We watched it the other for a team bonding thing! The Rock actually does ok in the film

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:37 pm
by Stumps
Field of Dreams-
If you build it they will come..

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:40 pm
by Snaggletooth Tiger
The Football Factory
I.D.
The Club
Slapshot
Caddyshack

Plus Documentaries...
Year of the Dogs
Beyond the Mat

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:47 pm
by ORDoubleBlues
Any Given Sunday
Major League
The Natural
The Club
Hoosiers
Hoop Dreams (not actually a movie of course)
Ali
Rocky I II III
Cobb
Bodyline
Coach Carter
Soul of the Game.

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:27 pm
by bayman
a day at the races :shock: :shock: :shock: oh it's a comedy :roll: :wink:

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:11 pm
by Pseudo
Snaggletooth Tiger wrote:Caddyshack


Arguably the best movie EVER!

"50 bucks says the Smails kid picks his nose"
"Another 50 says he eats it"

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:17 pm
by am Bays
Pseudo wrote:
Snaggletooth Tiger wrote:Caddyshack


Arguably the best movie EVER!

"50 bucks says the Smails kid picks his nose"
"Another 50 says he eats it"


" Nice kid, nice kid, now I know why Tigers eat their young"

"Billy, Billy Billy Billy"

"Hey Lama, how about something for the effort hey? He said when you die you shall achieve extreme consciousness for 100 years, so I have that going for me...."

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:33 pm
by zipzap
As a kiddie I liked that Jon Voight boxing film 'The Champ'. Dunno if it's any good these days though

Re: Favourite sporting movies

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:49 pm
by Mr66
TroyGFC wrote:Mystery Alaska (Russel Crowe)

I like most American gridiron / baseball movies but dont remember names at present.


WTF? :shock:
I'm an ice hockey fanatic and I thought this was dreadful.
Could not have been more cliched.