Top 10 Most Inspirational Sports Movies
Top 10 Most Inspirational
Sports Movies
10.
The Natural,
1984
The film version of The Natural pulls off the neat trick of conveying the spirit of the
Bernard Malamud novel upon which it is based, even while changing both the outcome and the meaning of Malamud's closing chapters. In his first film appearance in four years,
Robert Redford plays Roy Hobbs, a farm boy with a hankering to be a great baseball player. With his faithful homemade bat
Wonderboy in hand, Roy heads to the big city. En route, he arouses the fascination of the mysterious
Harriet Bird (
Barbara Hershey)
9.
Field Of Dreams,
1989
If you build it, he will come. That's the ethereal message that inspires
Iowa farmer
Ray Kinsella (
Kevin Costner) to construct a baseball diamond in the middle of his cornfield. At first, he seems to be the ghost of disgraced ballplayer
Shoeless Joe Jackson (
Ray Liotta), who materializes on the ballfield and plays a few games with the awestruck Ray.
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8.
A League Of Their Own,
1992
The All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League was founded in 1943, when most of the men of baseball-playing age were far away in
Europe and
Asia fighting
World War II.
The league flourished until after World War II, when, with the men's return, the league was consigned to oblivion.
Director Penny Marshall and screenwriters
Lowell Ganz and
Babaloo Mandel re-create the wartime era when women's baseball looked to stand a good chance of sweeping the country.
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7.
Hoosiers,
1986
Nominated for two
Oscars® and hailed by
Sports Illustrated and
ESPN as one of the best sports movies of all time, Hoosiers is a triumphant tale of a high school basketball team's long-shot attempt to win the state championship. Filled with edge-of-your-seat suspense and breathless excitement, Hoosiers featuring "fast-break cinematography that catches the pace of the game" (
The Washington Post) and powerful performances from
Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey and
Dennis Hopper, Hoosiers is "a winner" (
Boxoffice)!
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6.
The Karate Kid, 2010
Twelve-year-old
Dre Parker could've been the most popular kid in
Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in
China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying -- and the feeling is mutual -- but cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feelings make an enemy of the class bully, and
kung fu prodigy, Cheng. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han, who is secretly a master of kung fu. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.
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5.
The Blind Side, 2009
The Blind Side is a 2009
American semi-biographical sports drama film. It was written and directed by
John Lee Hancock, and based on the
2006 book The Blind Side:
Evolution of a
Game by
Michael Lewis.
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4.
Remember The Titans,
2000
Remember the Titans is a 2000
American sports drama film produced by
Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by
Boaz Yakin. The plot was conceived from a screenplay written by
Gregory Allen Howard.
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3.
Rocky,
1976
A slightly dimwitted amateur boxer from
Philadelphia's tough neighborhood gets a surprise shot at fighting for the heavyweight championship, while at the same time he finds love in the arms of a shy, reclusive girl who works in the local pet store.
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2.
Miracle, 2004
Miracle is a 2004 American biographical sports film about the
United States men's hockey team, led by head coach
Herb Brooks, that won the gold medal in the
1980 Winter Olympics.
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1.
Rudy,
1993
Rudy is a 1993 American sports film directed by
David Anspaugh. It is an account of the life of
Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger, who harbored dreams of playing football at the
University of Notre Dame despite significant obstacles.
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