100 Greatest Sport Movies

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)