Sports Movies: Top 25

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Top 25 Sports Movies This list of the top 25 sports movies of all time was created by aggregating the resources at the bottom of this page along with overall ranking in Dave’s Movie Database. 1. Raging Bull (1980) 2. Hoosiers (1986) 3. Rocky (1976) 4. Bull Durham (1988) 5. Caddyshack (1980) 6. Field of Dreams (1989) 7. Chariots of Fire (1981) 8. Hoop Dreams (1994) 9. The Wrestler (2008) 10. The Hustler (1961) 11. Million Dollar Baby (2004) 12. The Bad News Bears (1976) 13. The Pride of the Yankees (1942) 14. Rudy (1993) 15. Jerry Maguire (1996) 16. The Natural (1984) 17. Slap Shot (1977) 18. Breaking Away (1979) 19. Miracle (2004) 20. The Fighter (2010) 21. Remember the Titans (2000) 22. A League of Their Own (1992) 23. Major League (1989) 24. Creed (2015) 25. The Karate Kid (1984) Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Genre Lists American Film Institute (2016). “Top 10 Sports” azcentral.com (4/8/2014). “Top 10 sports movies…” Best-Sports-Movies.com “Top 100 Sports Movies” BleacherReport.com (12/4/2011). “Top 10 Greatest Sports Movies of All Time” BusinessInsider.com (5/12/2018). “The 50 best sports movies of all time, according to critics” ESPN.com “Page 2’s Top 20 Sports Movies of All Time” FoxSports.com (2/22/2017). “The 25 greatest sports films of all time” Internet Movie Database (7/4/2012). “100 Best Sport Movies” MensHealth.com (2/14/2019). “These Are the 26 Best Sports Movies Ever Made” Ranker.com “The Best Sports Movies Ever Made” Rolling Stone (8/10/2015). “30 Best Sports Movies of All Time” RottenTomatoes.com “130 Best Sports Movies of All Time” Sports-Management-Degrees.com “30 Greatest Sports Movies of All Time” Vulture.com (1/31/2019). “The 50 Best Sports Movies of All Time” Yardbarker.com (4/26/2019). “The best sports movies of all time, ranked” Originally posted 9/12/2019; last updated 5/25/2023.