Rewatched Remember the Titans last night and it’s gotta be in my top 10 sports movies. Up there with..
White Men Can’t Jump
The Longest Yard
Rocky
Raging Bull
Major League
Warrior
Any Given Sunday
Happy Gilmore
Slap Shot
The weird thing is that I really can’t get into watching real American Football but love pretty much any movie about it that I come across. Probably because it’s made to look much more dramatic on screen than in real life - which I guess is the opposite of soccer movies as it’s rare to find a soccer movie more thrilling than the real thing. (Shaolin Soccer excepted).
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comment by Firkin (U19526)
posted on 19/5/20
Coach Carter
Hoop Dreams (more of a documentary, but it was feature length)
comment by Firkin (U19526)
posted on 19/5/20
comment by Colemanballs (U22246)
posted 1 hour, 58 minutes ago
Senna
Rush
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Senna: good call. Love that film.
comment by The Tuesday Club🍷🍻🍹🍸 (U14109)
posted on 19/5/20
Foxcatcher (dark AF but a superb movie)👌🏻
comment by Garnacho cheese (U5318)
posted on 19/5/20
comment by Bumble (U6465)
posted 1 hour, 22 minutes ago
comment by The Tuesday Club🍷🍻🍹🍸 (U14109)
posted 25 minutes ago
Has there ever been a decent cricket film? (Actual film not a doco with Viv Richards etc)
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Hard to make a film about the most boring sport ever.
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Lagaan is a great cricket movie. Mix of Bollywood and British. It's old school and pretty long, but defo worth the watch.
comment by Garnacho cheese (U5318)
posted on 19/5/20
Mean machine
Escape to victory.
comment by Garnacho cheese (U5318)
posted on 19/5/20
Oh, let's not forget motorsport.
Days of thunder
Ford vs Ferrari
Herbie
Cars
comment by Thor (U22388)
posted on 19/5/20
Warrior was excellent.
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted on 19/5/20
I'd argue that Raging Bull isn't a sports film. It's a character study film where the protagonist happens to be a boxer. The narrative isn't really built around the fortunes of the sporting career to qualify for the genre.
Robb, how about we remove that from your list and replace it with Kingpin (I know that one is dear to your heart)?
comment by Robbnaldo (U22311)
posted on 19/5/20
Just watched the Blind Side. Was very good and may even have shed a tear or two.
Wonder why Lily Collins played the character Collins. And why is that even a name?
comment by Robbnaldo (U22311)
posted on 19/5/20
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 8 minutes ago
I'd argue that Raging Bull isn't a sports film. It's a character study film where the protagonist happens to be a boxer. The narrative isn't really built around the fortunes of the sporting career to qualify for the genre.
Robb, how about we remove that from your list and replace it with Kingpin (I know that one is dear to your heart)?
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Kingpin is a classic that sadly not enough people have seen.
However, Raging Bull is included because of a decision by committee. You will have to appeal 🙈
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