American Film Institute's Top Ten Sports Film of all Time.

[wilheim]

Rank Film Year
1 Raging Bull 1980
2 Rocky 1976
3 The Pride of the Yankees 1942
4 Hoosiers 1986
5 Bull Durham 1988
6 The Hustler 1961
7 Caddyshack 1980
8 Breaking Away 1979
9 National Velvet 1944
10 Jerry Maguire 1996


Personally you can loose National Velvet and replace it with Field of Dreams (listed #6 in the Fantasy Film category) as far as I am concerned..The other nine are among my favorite movies, sports related or not...


wil..

PS. The list was announced along with several other lists from various generes on a CBS TV broadcast in June of 2008.

Just for the hell of it the top ten gangster films:

Rank Film Year
1 The Godfather 1972
2 Goodfellas 1990
3 The Godfather Part II 1974
4 White Heat 1949
5 Bonnie and Clyde 1967
6 Scarface 1932
7 Pulp Fiction 1994
8 The Public Enemy 1931
9 Little Caesar 1930
10 Scarface 1983

Link to entire batch of generes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI's_10_Top_10

 

[KidKash]

field of dreams should most definetely be on that top 10 list, i also liked "61"

 

[wilheim]

KidKash

I enjoyed the movie 61 also. Directed by Billy Cyrstal the story is supposedely very close to to what really happend during the 1961 Home Run Race in The American League between teamates Roger Maris and Micky Mantle as they chased Babe Ruth's most famous record of 60 homers in a season. Maris hit his 61st on the last day of the season into the right field porch at Yankee Stadium off Boston's Tracy Stallard.

Then MLB Commissioner Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick announced that unless Ruth's record was broken in the first 154 games of the season, the new record would be shown in the record books as having been set in 162 games while the previous record set in 154 games would also be shown.

Good baseball movie with an interesting plot and especially enjoyable to fans who remember that season and the different Yankee ballplayers that were depicted in the movie.


Field of Dreams got it's due but in the fantasy category - 6th place.



wil.

 

[johnboland]

I always enjoyed "Rudy" and "Radio". Two very good films about football.

 

[ChrisParadise]

Bad News Bears (the original) and The Longest Yard (the original) should both be in there

Bad News Bears - all the different players personalities/roles perfectly captured little league baseball

sponsored by Chico's Bail Bonds etc...great movie!

 

[ChrisParadise]

oh - as for Gangster films - Scarface 1983 > all

Who do i trust?
Me - thats who!

 

[FairWarning]

Bad News Bears and Slapshot should be in there. Thought Jerry Maguire was overrated.

 

[VIEJODINOSAUR]

Fear Strikes Out should be there somewhere....

 

[wilheim]

Viejo dinosaur

Fear Strikes Out should be there somewhere....
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The story was very compelling and Karl Malden was excellent as Jimmy Piersall's dad but Anthony Perkins was badly miscast as a pro athelete (Piersall) IMOH. Still in it's day a very good movie about mental illness that happened to effect the career of a major league ball player.



wil..

 

[SportSavant]

Few of these movies on the list I havent seen as of yet, gotta add them.

Love sports movies

 

[quantumleap]

Just remember that the American Film Institute is a bunch of gay art men and know very little about sports. Take this list for what it's worth.

 

[Wynn]

The Natural, Chariots of Fire, Rocky III and Major League make my top 10 sports movies.

 

[bearmz]

"Somebody up there likes me" about Rocky Graziano starring Paul Newman is always forgotten.

 

[mrcrash]

I always enjoyed "Rudy" and "Radio". Two very good films about football.

Rudy should be on the list.

 

[DrunkenHorseplayer]

Let it Ride (1989) is #1 and everything else is running for second.

 

[Willie99]

Brian's Song is missing from that list

 

[earl]

...."heaven can wait" as well.

 

[WorldNumberOne]

Brian's Song is missing from that list

top 5 for sure

 

[bucsfan67]

Let it Ride (1989) is #1 and everything else is running for second.

That is the 1st movie that comes to mind for me anytime anyone asks about sports movies or gambling movies...although i guess it would be fair to say its more of a gambling movie, but a classic....


also on the list i would have thought would be A League of Thier Own (i know alot dont like it, but it was filmed here by my house, i have a special fondness), and Field of Dreams..

although i love it, i dont consider Caddyshack a "sports" movie

 

[louisvillekid]

glad "Rudy' wasn't on there. Most people always mention Rudy, i don't know it was good, but not that special, at least IMO.

can't believe Goodfellas was over GF PII.