What are some of the most influential sports movies?
>>214493822Moneyball, hands down. I still quote it.
Kino movie. Made me understand why everyone hated Madonna in the 90's.
>>214493822Broadly speaking, every sport has like 1-4 "definitive" movies. In some cases it's no contest, and in others there's room for debate.Golf: Caddyshack (no contest)Baseball: Field of Dreams, The Natural, Major League, Moneyball more recently, which is quite good, a few othersHockey: Slap Shotetc.
>>214493822Air Bud rule
>>214493822Jerry Maguire since a bunch of people wanted to be a sports agent after that. Also, Raging Bull is another big one
>>214493822sandlot. i played baseball for ten years and only ever enjoyed practice since you're actually doing stuff most of the time and don't have to wear stupid clothing, but even thinking about the movie makes me want to get my glove.
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>>214494085I still say "you're killing me smalls" a lot. We watched this about 6 times a year at my school.
Bang the Drum Slowly popularaized tegwar.
Rocky
Summer Catch with Biel and Freddie Prinze, MLB channel always plays it when there's a rain-delayed game.
>>214495544tits ?? There's no tits in baseball.
