There are so many good movies involving athletes and their chosen sports. These are a few of my favorites!
22. The Greatest Game Ever Played
Who doesn't want to see Shia LaBeouf, most well known for his role in the action franchise Transformers, play golf?
21. Mighty Ducks
A group of kids playing hockey led by Emilio Estevez in the early 1990s? Yes please!
20. Go Figure
Though the acting is comically horrible, the plot is still engaging. I mean, the story of a female figure skater becoming an ice hockey player has got to be interesting.
19. Rocky Franchise
This movie series about a working-class boxer from Philadelphia is one of the more well known sports films, that doesn't mean it isn't great!
18. Air Bud Franchise
A dog playing sports! Everybody loves man's best friend, dogs are even better when they are kicking butt playing sports.
No, it is not a sexual movie but super tall twin girls playing basketball makes for a surprisingly interesting story.
16. Happy Gilmore
Adam Sandler, Jewish funnyman, plays golf... sort of.
15. Dodgeball
A comedy meets the pinnacle of high school gym games.
14. Moneyball
A new type of baseball team is born, formed based solely on statistics.
13. Angels in the Outfield
Angels provide supernatural help for a baseball team in trouble.
12. Sandlot Franchise
The story of children playing baseball on a neighborhood field.
11. Rookie of the Year
After an injury to his arm, a young child becomes able to throw incredibly fast baseballs and joins a professional team.
10. Gracie
A teenage girl challenges gender norms in order to play the sport she loves, soccer.
9. Gridiron Gang
A group of juvenile delinquents play football, led by Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson.
8. We Are Marshall
In the wake of a tragedy, a football team rebuilds itself.
7. Bend it Like Beckham
A young woman challenges her family in the effort to play soccer, a sport she loves.
6. Invincible
A long shot Eagles fan tries out and makes the professional football team.
5. The Blindside
A football-eccentric white family takes in an impoverished black teenager and teaches him to play football.
4. A League of Their Own
Women during WWII are finally given the opportunity to play baseball while the men are deployed.
3. Little Giants
An age old rivalry between brothers leads them to build football teams to coach in competition with each other.
2. Remember the Titans
In the wake of desegregation, this story follows the integration of a football team in the south.
1. Invictus
A magificient movie about South-African politics and the popular game of rugby.
There are so many amazing sports movies out there. These are the best of the best that I have seen.
