Rocky? Rocky 2-4? Slap Shot (1977) is fantastic.

For basketball I’d say Hoosiers (1986) is good. For American Football? Jerry Maguire (1996).

What are the best soccer, cricket, or racing movies?

  • triptrapper@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    51 minutes ago

    Warrior for MMA. It’s a bit of a guilty pleasure because it hits all of my traditional masculine buttons. Redemption, making dad proud, making wife proud, showing your brother you actually love him, fist fights, etc.

  • lemmyng@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    7 hours ago

    Live action: Major League 2 had a streak of getting played on TV, so it’s probably the one I’ve seen bits of the most, followed by Rudy for the same reason.

    Animated: Cars.

  • Transient Punk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    21·
    8 hours ago

    The only sport I actually watch is Drifting. I have never seen a good drifting movie.

    I do enjoy The Big Lebowski for bowling, and Cool Runnings for bobsled

  • veee@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    8 hours ago

    For Golf, Happy Gilmore! If you haven’t seen it yet, you can do it!

    • RoidingOldMan@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      8 hours ago

      Yes that or Tin Cup (1996). Apparently peak year for golf movies. Legend of Baggar Vance (2000) was a few years later. There was a tiny window for mainstream golf movies.

  • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    7 hours ago

    I don’t watch many sports now but watched these movies a ton as a kid:

    the rookie - baseball

    the air up there - basketball

    caddyshack - golf

    kingpin - bowling (the big Lebowski is my favorite movie of all time, but I don’t really consider it a “bowling” movie)

    the wizard - competitive gaming

    cool runnings - bobsledding

    the big green - soccer

  • ghost_towels@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    3 hours ago

    Wind and Master and Commander for sailing. And maybe some Pirates of the Caribbean too :)

    I haven’t watched Maiden yet, definitely this winter sometime.

  • ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    6 hours ago

    Teenwolf.

    Caddyshack. Happy Gilmore a close second.

    Bend it Like Beckham, or Victory.

    Edit: Bad News Bears or Major League.