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Some dude at Bleacher Report decided to put 100 movies together and call it the greatest sports movies ever (to avoid giving B/R an extra hundred page views, I've compiled the list below for you). Not even sure if half of these can even be considered AVERAGE sports movies. Still, here's some stuff to check out on Netflix the next time you want some other sports action.
No. 100: Space Jam
No. 99: Youngblood
No. 98: Rookie of the Year
No. 97: The Great White Hope
No. 96: All the Right Moves
No. 95: Blades of Glory
No. 94: Kickboxer
No. 93: The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
No. 92: The Waterboy
No. 91: The Program
No. 90: Redbelt
No. 89: Blue Crush
No. 88: The Champ
No. 87: Varsity Blues
No. 86: The Basketball Diaries
No. 85: Kingpin
No. 84: Diggstown
No. 83: BASEketball
No. 82: Green Street Hooligans
No. 81: Cool Runnings
No. 80: More Than a Game
No. 79: Over the Top
No. 78: Blue Chips
No. 77: The Mighty Ducks
No. 76: Any Given Sunday
No. 75: Something for Joey
No. 74: Vision Quest
No. 73: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
No. 72: Days of Thunder
No. 71: The Replacements
No. 70: Bend It Like Beckham
No. 69: Ali
No. 68: The Express
No. 67: North Dallas Forty
No. 66: Above the Rim
No. 65: We Are Marshall
No. 64: Girlfight
No. 63: Happy Gilmore
No. 62: Victory
No. 61: Tyson
No. 60: Radio
No. 59: Heaven Can Wait
No. 58: Mystery, Alaska
No. 57: The Bingo Long Travelling All-Stars & Motor Kings (James Earl Jones & Billy Dee Williams? Intriguing)
No. 56: Love & Basketball
No. 55: Damn Yankees!
No. 54: Coach Carter
No. 53: Tin Cup
No. 52: Dogtown and The Z-Boys
No. 51: Seabiscuit
No. 50: Sugar
No. 49: Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
No. 48: The Color of Money
No. 47: Eight Men Out
No. 46: Rocky IV (This movie should be #1. Or a number that's better than one.)
No. 45: Invictus
No. 44: Friday Night Lights
No. 43: The Longest Yard
No. 42: Bang the Drum Slowly
No. 41: Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns
No. 40: The Damned United
No. 39: Cinderella Man
No. 38: Big Fan
No. 37: Invincible
No. 36: The Rookie
No. 35: White Men Can't Jump
No. 34: For Love of the Game
33: Jerry Maguire
32: Rocky II
31: Riding Giants
30: The Bad News Bears
29: The Hurricane
28: The Blind Side
27: He Got Game
26: Pride Of The Yankees
25: Murderball
24: Rocky III
23: The Karate Kid
22: A League Of Their Own
21: Brian's Song
20: Miracle
19: The Sandlot
18: Rounders
17: Chariots Of Fire
16: Remember The Titans
15: Major League
14: When We Were Kings
13: The Wrestler
12: The Hustler
11: Million Dollar Baby
10: Slapshot
9: Hoop Dreams
8: Caddyshack
7: The Natural
6: Rocky
5: Bull Durham
4: Rudy (Gag.)
3: Raging Bull
2: Field Of Dreams
1: Hoosiers
I'm not a big sports movie buff, but let me go on record to say Rookie of the Year was criminally underrated. It was sure better than f***ing Radio. And Victory is a top five movie.
How many of these have you watched? How many of these would you consider great?
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