Semi Pro and Talladega Nights with Wil Ferrell were both very funny pisstakes of sports movies.
Any ESPN 30 for 30 doco is outstanding.
As mentioned before The Damned Utd and Any Given Sunday were great movies.
The old cycling movie, Breaking Away, fascinated me when I was a kid.
Loved Days Of Thunder too at the time. Maybe not such a popular choice for most here but Cole Trickle was a legend to me.
Semi Pro and Talladega Nights with Wil Ferrell were both very funny pisstakes of sports movies.Any ESPN 30 for 30 doco is outstanding.
As mentioned before The Damned Utd and Any Given Sunday were great movies.
The old cycling movie, Breaking Away, fascinated me when I was a kid.
Loved Days Of Thunder too at the time. Maybe not such a popular choice for most here but Cole Trickle was a legend to me.
30 for 30 docos are the best. I’m watching a double feature of a couple of all time favourites tonight - Survive & Advance followed by Once Brothers
Once Were Brothers is an amazing doco.Semi Pro and Talladega Nights with Wil Ferrell were both very funny pisstakes of sports movies.Any ESPN 30 for 30 doco is outstanding.
As mentioned before The Damned Utd and Any Given Sunday were great movies.
The old cycling movie, Breaking Away, fascinated me when I was a kid.
Loved Days Of Thunder too at the time. Maybe not such a popular choice for most here but Cole Trickle was a legend to me.
30 for 30 docos are the best. I’m watching a double feature of a couple of all time favourites tonight - Survive & Advance followed by Once Brothers
Being from a Balkan background myself with parents from both sides it really hits home what Vlade Divac went through.
7 days in hell
So many great gridiron movies. Most already named, but I'll throw in Friday Night Lights & Rudy.For something different I really liked The Wrestler.
For comedic value Caddyshack & Dodgeball.
For grid iron l like Dallas North 40 (1979) with Nick Nolte.
Interesting treatment as well, as at times it is one of the pioneers of the mocumentary style of film making.
Rudy!!!Rudy!!!Rudy!!!
I could have sworn this was a thread already but can't find any traceMiracle On Ice was definitely thrown out there by a few people
Hoosiers.
No love for Aussie Rules?
It covers issues. And my cousin’s in it!!
Shut up all of you. The best by far is Space Jam.
Field of Dreams closely followed by The Natural.
As for 30 for 30.
Catching Hell - another baseball one, Chicago Cubs in NLCS where fan caught the ball
And there was one about the lochinisland massacre in ireland during the 1994 world cup. That was seriously stomach turning
I could have sworn this was a thread already but can't find any traceMiracle On Ice was definitely thrown out there by a few people
Is that about Ben Cousins?
Cool Runnings is probably more apt, given it’s about dudes running on ice.
Regarding longest yard /mean machine, which one was first? I know there was Longest yard in 60s or 70s with Burt Reynolds, was there also mean machine (Soccer version of it) around that time or just the one with Viney Jones?
No love for Aussie Rules?It covers issues. And my cousin’s in it!!
Was your cousin ‘tea bag’ from neighbours?
I liked Field of Dreams as well - gave an amazing insight into America’s love for baseball which I’ve come to appreciate.
The best though? That is tough.
When I was young I enjoyed a few of the light hearted kids sport flicks - Mighty Ducks, Cool Runnings, Bend it like Beckham etc.
For the more mature flicks Remember the Titans, Rocky, Goal, Jerry MacGuire (great film), Rush was a great film and eye opener.
Very close if not my number one though would be Million Dollar Baby - incredible film, incredible acting. I love Clint Eastwood and if you like his more recent films and need a film to watch with the wife - try Trouble with the Curve - another good sport film for mine.
Moneyball was pretty sweet too
raging bulls a sport movie like titanic is a movie about boatingYou know nothing about everything.
No love for Aussie Rules?It covers issues. And my cousin’s in it!!
Was your cousin ‘tea bag’ from neighbours?
I dunno, I think he did neighbours at some point (he’s an actor who’s worked in Australia in the past 30 years… stands to reason) but not for all that long IIRC. You’ve done stage stuff yeah? You may have crossed paths with him.
Mighty Ducks
Moneyball- as someone who is not a baseball fan i found the behind the scenes wheeling and dealing really cool to see.
Friday Night Lights is a great film, but the ending sucked
Million Dollar Baby was a very good film, but i have only watched it once, the ending was just too sad