Sports Movies

By Shane Rivers

Our site has plenty of sports movie reviews and sports movie essays for films like the following:

1. – 4. The Rocky Series – (1976, 1979, 1982, 1985, Sylvestor Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith) An underdog boxer has a million-to-one shot at the world heavyweight title. Each movie makes you want to stand up and cheer. The original won the Oscar for best picture and best directing (John Avildsen). The original film was loosely based on the story of Chuck Wepner, a journeyman fighter who nearly upset Muhammed Ali.

5. The Natural – (1984, Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Kim Bassinger, Glenn Close) A once-promising baseball player restarts his career 15 years after battling the demons of his past. Thanks to the performance from Redford, it remains one of the best sports movie ever.

6. Raging Bull – (1980, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty) The out-of-control life of former middleweight champion Jake LaMotta. A well-deserved Oscar for Best Actor (De Niro), although Scorsese was criminally overlooked for Best Director. Considered a masterpiece of filmmaking, a wide range of sports movie essays exist on Raging Bull.

7. Hoosiers – (1987, Gene Hackman, Dennis Hopper) A small-town high school boys basketball team attempts to win the Indiana state championship in 1954. Dennis Hopper doesn’t phone it in as the town drunk, and Gene Hackman is his usual brilliant self.

8. Karate Kid – (1984, Ralph Macchio, Elizabeth Shue, Noriyuki Morita) A teen is tormented by bullies until an elderly Japanese karate master teaches him how to defend himself and take on the local bully in a karate tournament. Wax on, wax off.

9. Major League – (1989, Tom Berenger, Renee Russo, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen, Wesley Snipes) A baseball team of losers unexpectedly become winners. Great fun with a mixture of veteran actors and young stars.

10. Remember the Titans – (2000, Denzel Washington) A white Southern high school is integrated with black students from a nearby school in 1971. Both schools are recognized for their football programs, which are now unified. The black coach is chosen to be the head coach of the integrated team, leaving the previous white head coach with feelings of animosity. According to sports movie reviews, it’s one of the best sports movies ever made.

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What’s Your Number? (2011)
Moneyball (2011)
Contagion (2011)
Apollo 18 (2011)
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (2011)
The Guard (2011)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)
Horrible Bosses (2011)
Larry Crowne (2011)
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Green Lantern (2011)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
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Bill Cunningham New York (2011)
The Hangover: Part II (2011)
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Everything Must Go (2011)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
Midnight in Paris (2011)
Bridesmaids (2011)
Hesher (2011)
Thor (2011)
The Beaver (2011)
Something Borrowed (2011)
Fast Five (2011)
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Super (2011)
Stake Land (2011)
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We Are What We Are (2011)
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Unknown (2011)
Just Go with It (2011)
Barney’s Version (2011)
The Eagle (2011)
Cold Weather (2011)
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The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009)
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35 Shots of Rum (2009)
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Me and Orson Welles (2009)
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The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
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2012 (2009)
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The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
The Fourth Kind (2009)
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The Boondock Saints II: All Saint’s Day (2009)
The House of the Devil (2009)
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500 Days of Summer (2009)
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The Hurt Locker (2009)
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Moon (2009)
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Mutant Chronicles (2009)
Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009)
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Taken (2009)
Revolutionary Road (2009)
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
My Bloody Valentine (2009)
Gran Torino (2009)
Defiance (2008)
Valkyrie (2008)
The Spirit (2008)
Punisher: War Zone (2008)
Yes Man (2008)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Transporter 3 (2008)
Australia (2008)
Twilight (2008)
Quantum of Solace (2008)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Nite Tales (2008)
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
Let the Right One In (2008)
I’ve Loved You So Long (2008)
Passengers (2008)
Trailer Park of Terror (2008)
Body of Lies (2008)
Righteous Kill (2008)
Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
Martyrs (2008)
Death Race (2008)
Pineapple Express (2008)
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
Donkey Punch (2008)
Timecrimes (2008)
JCVD (2008)
Crowley (2008)
Detective Story (2007)
Inside (2007)
Special (2006)
Imprint (2006)
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Frostbitten (2006)
Storm (2005)
Batman Begins (2005)
Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Calvaire (2005)
Hotel Rwanda (2005)
Super Size Me (2004)
2LDK (2002)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Monsters, Inc (2001)
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
American Pie (1999)
Wild Things (1998)
The Night Flier (1998)
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Crime Story (1993)
Of Mice and Men (1992)
Bugsy (1991)
Mississippi Burning (1989)
Better Off Dead (1985)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
The Wicker Man (1975)
American Graffiti (1973)

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