100 Greatest Sport Movies
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List of 100 Greatest Sport Movies including the year, director, sport, and staring actors, plus top 10 Sport Documentary films.
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Title - (Year, Primary Director) (Sport) (Staring Actors) 1. Raging Bull - (1980, Martin Scorsese) (Boxing) (Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty)

2. The Hustler - (1961, Robert Rossen) (Pool) (Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie)

3. Rocky - (1976, John G. Avildsen) (Boxing) (Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Carl Weathers)

4. Bull Durham - (1988, Ron Shelton) (Baseball) (Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins)

5. The Pride of the Yankees - (1942, Sam Wood) (Baseball) (Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth)

6. Hoosiers - (1986, David Anspaugh) (Basketball) (Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper)

7. Requiem for a Heavyweight - (1962, Ralph Nelson) (Boxing) (Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney)

8. Chariots of Fire - (1981, Hugh Hudson) (Olympic Running) (Nicholas Farrell, Nigel Havers, John Gielgud)

9. Slap Shot - (1977, George Roy Hill) (Hockey) (Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Jennifer Warren)

10. Brian's Song - (1970, Buzz Kulik) (Football) (James Caan, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Warden)

11. Breaking Away - (1979, Peter Yates) (Bicycling) (Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern)

12. The Set-Up - (1949, Robert Wise) (Boxing) (Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias)

13. Million Dollar Baby - (2004, Clint Eastwood) (Boxing) (Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman)

14. Field of Dreams - (1989, Phil Alden Robinson) (Baseball) (Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Amy Madigan)

15. The Natural - (1984, Barry Levinson) (Baseball) (Robert Redford, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger)

16. The Longest Yard - (1974, Robert Aldrich) (Football) (Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Bernadette Peters)

17. Bang The Drum Slowly - (1973, John D. Hancock) (Baseball) (Robert De Niro, Michael Moriarty)

18. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner - (1962, Tony Richardson) (Running) (Michael Redgrave)

19. Seabiscuit - (2003, Gary Ross) (Horse Racing) (Jeff Bridges, Tobey Maguire, Chris Cooper)

20. Cinderella Man - (2005, Ron Howard) (Boxing) (Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti)

21. Body and Soul - (1947, Robert Rossen) (Boxing) (John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, William Conrad)

22. Champion - (1949, Mark Robson) (Boxing) (Kirk Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell, Arthur Kennedy)

23. This Sporting Life - (1963, Lindsay Anderson) (Rugby) (Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel)

24. The Hurricane - (1999, Norman Jewison) (Boxing) (Denzel Washington, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Rod Steiger)

25. Somebody Up There Likes Me - (1956, Robert Wise) (Boxing) (Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Sal Mineo)

26. Remember the Titans - (2000, Boaz Yakin) (Football) (Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris)

27. Miracle - (2004, Gavin O'Connor) (Hockey) (Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson, Sean McCann)

28. Eight Men Out - (1988, John Sayles) (Baseball) (John Cusack, Charlie Sheen, Christopher Lloyd)

29. North Dallas Forty - (1976, Ted Kotcheff) (Football) (Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, Charles Durning)

30. A League Of Their Own - (1992, Penny Marshall) (Baseball) (Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna)

31. Chak De! India - (2007, Shimit Amin) (Hockey) (Sagarika Ghatge, Chon Chon Zimik, Anaitha Nair)

32. Vision Quest - (1985, Harold Becker) (Wrestling) (Matthew Modine, Linda Fiorentino, Ronny Cox)

33. The Deadliest Season - (1977, Robert Markowitz) (Hockey) (Michael Moriarty, Kevin Conway, Meryl Streep)

34. National Velvet - (1944, Clarence Brown) (Horse Racing) (Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Angela Lansbury)

35. Knute Rockne: All American - (1940, Lloyd Bacon) (Football) (Pat O'Brien, Ronald Reagan, Gale Page)

36. The Rookie - (2002, John Lee Hancock) (Baseball) (Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez)

37. Rocky III - (1982, Sylvester Stallone) (Boxing) (Sylvester Stallone, Mr. T, Hulk Hogan, Burgess Meredith)

38. The Freshman - (1925, Silent, Fred C. Newmeyer) (Football) (Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Brooks Benedict)

39. Downhill Racer - (1969,Michael Ritchie ) (Skiing) (Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Dabney Coleman)

40. The Wrestler - (2008, Darren Aronofsky) (Wrestling) (Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei)

41. Gentleman Jim - (1942, Raoul Walsh) (Boxing) (Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson)

42. Phar Lap - (1983, Simon Wincer) (Horse Racing) (Tom Burlinson, Ron Liebman, Robert Grubb)

43. Here Comes Mr. Jordan - (1941, Alexander Hall) (Boxing) (Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes)

44. The Champ - (1931, King Vidor) (Boxing) (Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich)

45. Caddyshack - (1980, Harold Ramis) (Golf) (Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight)

46. Major League - (1989, David S. Ward) (Baseball) (Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen)

47. 61* - (2001, Billy Crystal) (Baseball) (Barry Pepper, Thomas Jane, Anthony Michael Hall)

48. Heaven Can Wait - (1979, Warren Beatty) (Football) (Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason)

49. Coach Carter - (2005, Thomas Carter) (Basketball) (Samuel L. Jackson, Rob Brown, Rick Gonzalez)

50. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India - (2001, Ashutosh Gowariker) (Cricket) (Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh)

51. Rocky II - (1979, Sylvester Stallone) (Boxing) (Sylvester Stallone, Carl Weathers, Talia Shire)

52. Fat City - (1972, John Huston) (Boxing) (Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Candy Clark)

53. Victory - (1981, John Huston) (Soccer) (Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Pelé)

54. Jerry Maguire - (1996, Cameron Crowe) (Football) (Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renée Zellweger)

55. Bend It Like Beckham - (2003, Gurinder Chadha) (Soccer) (Keira Knightley, Parminder Nagra)

56. Sugar - (2008, Anna Boden) (Baseball) (Algenis Perez Soto, Jose Rijo)

57. The Stratton Story - (1949, Sam Wood) (Baseball) (James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan)

58. Damn Yankees - (1958, George Abbott) (Baseball) (Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston)

59. Ali - (2001, Michael Mann) (Boxing) (Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Jada Pinkett Smith)

60. The Great White Hope - (1970, Martin Ritt) (Boxing) (James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Lou Gilbert)

61. The Blind Side - (2009, John Lee Hancock) (Football) (Quinton Aaron, Sandra Bullock)

62. Friday Night Lights - (2004, Peter Berg) (Football) (Billy Bob Thornton, Lucas Black, Garrett Hedlund)

63. Without Limits - (1998, Robert Towne) (Running) (Billy Crudup, Donald Sutherland, Monica Potter)

64. Rollerball - (1975, Norman Jewison) (Future Rollerball) (James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams)

65. Cobb - (1994, Ron Shelton) (Baseball) (Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Wuhl, Lolita Davidovich)

66. The Bad News Bears - (1976, Michael Ritchie) (Baseball) (Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Chris Barnes)

67. Fear Strikes Out - (1957, Robert Mulligan) (Baseball) (Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Norma Moore)

68. City for Conquest - (1940, Anatole Litvak) (Boxing) (James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Frank Craven)

69. Pat and Mike - (1952, George Cukor) (Golf) (Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Aldo Ray)

70. Soul of the Game - (1996, Kevin R. Sullivan ) (Baseball) (Delroy Lindo, Mykelti Williamson, Blair Underwood)

71. Grand Prix - (1966, John Frankenheimer) (Auto Racing) (James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand)

72. Days of Thunder - (1990, Tony Scott) (Auto Racing) (Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Nicole Kidman)

73. Tin Cup - (1996, Ron Shelton) (Golf) (Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Don Johnson)

74. Big Wednesday - (1978, John Milius) (Surfing) (Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey)

75. The Legend of Bagger Vance - (2000, Robert Redford) (Golf) (Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron)

76. He Got Game - (1998, Spike Lee) (Basketball) (Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Milla Jovovich)

77. Everybody's All-American - (1988, Taylor Hackford) (Football) (Dennis Quaid, Jessica Lange, Timothy Hutton)

78. Blue Chips - (1994, William Friedkin) (Basketball) (Nick Nolte, Mary McDonnell, J.T. Walsh)

79. It Happens Every Spring - (1949, Lloyd Bacon) (Baseball) (Ray Milland, Jean Peters, Paul Douglas)

80. The Black Stallion - (1979, Carroll Ballard) (Horse Racing) (Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr)

81. College - (1927 Silent, James W. Horne) (Baseball) (Buster Keaton, Anne Cornwall, Harold Goodwin)

82. Southpaw - (2015, Antoine Fuqua) (Boxing) (Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams)

83. The Babe Ruth Story - (1948, Roy Del Ruth) (Baseball) (William Bendix, Claire Trevor, Charles Bickford)

84. The Champ - (1979, Franco Zeffirelli) (Boxing) (Jon Voight, Rick Schroder, Faye Dunaway)

85. Rudy - (1993, David Anspaugh) (Football) (Sean Astin, Jon Favreau, Ned Beatty, Greta Lind)

86. The Express - (2008, Gary Fleder) (Football) (Rob Brown, Dennis Quaid)

87. Le Mans - (1971, Lee H. Katzin) (Auto Racing) (Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Andersen)

88. Prefontaine - (1997, Steve James) (Olympic Running) (Jared Leto, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Neill)

89. For Love of the Game - (1999, Sam Raimi) (Baseball) (Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly)

90. The Racers - (1955, Henry Hathaway) (Auto Racing) (Kirk Douglas, Bella Darvi, Gilbert Roland)

91. The Sandlot - (1993, David M. Evans) (Baseball) (Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Patrick Renna)

92. Game 6 - (2005, Michael Hoffman) (Baseball) (Michael Keaton, Catherine O'Hara, Robert Downey Jr.)

93. Personal Best - (1982, Robert Towne) (Olympic Running) (Mariel Hemingway, Scott Glenn, Patrice Donnelly)

94. Peaceful Warrior - (2006, Victor Salva) (Gymnastics) (Scott Mechlowicz, Nick Nolte, Amy Smart)

95. The Winning Team - (1952, Lewis Seiler) (Baseball) (Ronald Reagan, Doris Day, Frank Lovejoy)

96. Mr. Baseball - (1992, Fred Schepisi) (Baseball) (Tom Selleck, Ken Takakura, Dennis Haysbert)

97. The Replacements - (2000, Howard Deutch) (Football) (Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Brooke Langton)

98. Cool Runnings - (1993, Jon Turteltaub) (Jamacian Bobsled Team) (Leon, Doug E. Doug, John Candy)

99. Angels in the Outfield - (1994, William Dear) (Baseball) (Danny Glover, Tony Danza, Christopher Lloyd)

100. The Games - (1970, Michael Winner) (Marathon Running) (Ryan O'Neal, Sam Elliott, Michael Crawford)

5 More Worth Mentioning

101. The Mighty Ducks - (1992, Stephen Herek) (Hockey) (Emilio Estevez, Joss Ackland, Lane Smith)

102. All the Right Moves - (1983, Michael Chapman) (Football) (Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson)

103. Space Jam - (1996, Joe Pytka) (Basketball) (Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight, Theresa Randle)

104. Little Big League - (1994, Andrew Scheinman) (Baseball) (Luke Edwards, Timothy Busfield, John Ashton)

105. Rookie of the Year - (1993, Daniel Stern) (Baseball) (Thomas Ian Nicholas, Gary Busey, Albert Hall)