Sports Movie Poll!
Added 2022-01-18 05:20:39 +0000 UTCHelp pick the Sports movie we will react to!
Please feel free to suggest other options in the comments for future polls!
NOTE: I have seen The Blind Side & Friday Night Lights, so this would only be Sam's first time reaction.
*We received a ton suggestions on the last polls, but we are trying to keep the poll sizes more reasonable. We have noted all suggestions for future polls!
Comments
I wish I could still vote on this one. I'd vote for Rudy , then Moneyball❤
Jonathan Patrick
2022-03-15 03:31:11 +0000 UTCSlap Shot!
Tom Servo
2022-03-04 01:01:26 +0000 UTCCinderella man is by far the best movie on this list , a true story . Directed by Ron Howard and starring Russel Crowe .
Mike Lipke
2022-01-29 03:38:39 +0000 UTCAnd A League Of Their Own - also comedy baseball.
Neal Romanek
2022-01-29 01:55:26 +0000 UTCI really love Field Of Dreams. Definitely not a movie for cynics though...or is it??
Neal Romanek
2022-01-29 01:50:17 +0000 UTCMillion Dollar Baby is a fine entertaining film and also addresses a very controversial social issue..10+ !
ron clint
2022-01-28 02:33:05 +0000 UTCAlso check out Eight Men Out, about the Black Sox scandal, and A League Of Their Own - Tom Hanks said it was one of his favorite roles (also with Geena Davis, Rosie O'Donnell, Jon Lovitz, and even Madonna)
Neal Romanek
2022-01-25 00:54:16 +0000 UTCI thought Hilary Swank stole the movie. Morgan Freeman was very good in his supporting role.
David Martin
2022-01-23 16:55:06 +0000 UTCField of Dreams is one of the corniest movies I've ever seen. Even as a kid, I rolled my eyes at that one. Million Dollar Baby is the best on this list, but only because of Clint Eastwood.
Mike Tocci
2022-01-22 06:59:50 +0000 UTCField of Dreams is much more a fantasy movie.
David Martin
2022-01-22 06:52:02 +0000 UTCWe need Major League on the sports poll
Ken Veader
2022-01-22 06:31:24 +0000 UTCSo heartbreakingly sad though
Aaron Barlow
2022-01-21 23:41:58 +0000 UTCAwesome. There are so many great sports movies, but The Natural (1984), with Robert Redford, is THE baseball movie. Gotta see that. Also check out: Chariots Of Fire (track & field) The Hustler (pool) Ali (Will Smith as Muhammed Ali) Searching For Bobby Fischer (chess) Slap shot (hockey) - and I'm assuming you've got Rocky in the pipeline, one of the greatest sports movies of all time!
Neal Romanek
2022-01-21 19:32:21 +0000 UTCThe Hustler is the only right answer.
Neal Romanek
2022-01-21 19:29:54 +0000 UTCAmazing movie.
Neal Romanek
2022-01-21 19:29:08 +0000 UTCYes that’s the one!
Michael Soukup
2022-01-21 17:35:14 +0000 UTCPacino's halftime speech is pretty epic. I can think of a few teams who could use it about now (cough cough Flyers cough cough)
Mike Tocci
2022-01-21 16:26:50 +0000 UTCIt's crazy because I don't care much for chess but yet that movie was incredible!
Scott Kerr
2022-01-20 23:59:09 +0000 UTCIsn't that the movie about the bicycle racing?
Scott Kerr
2022-01-20 17:41:20 +0000 UTCOh cool--thanks for letting me know. I'll have to check it out. 🙂
Arki Kali
2022-01-20 01:50:46 +0000 UTCThey need to check it out simply because of Pacino's speech. The movie itself is pretty bad, but Al carries it
Shehab Dawoud
2022-01-20 00:21:32 +0000 UTCMoneyball is also based on true events, although they do omit a few details about that Oakland A's team.
Mario
2022-01-19 23:47:34 +0000 UTCDefinitely Slap Shot!
Mike Tocci
2022-01-19 09:17:02 +0000 UTCyou just like to complain huh
Sebastian Syrinx
2022-01-19 01:45:58 +0000 UTCall shit movies
dw
2022-01-18 23:30:24 +0000 UTCI vote Rudy. Everyone's (reactors) done Field of Dreams, and I dislike following the pack. Cinderella Man is also awesome, and both of them are based on true stories.
Arki Kali
2022-01-18 21:05:56 +0000 UTCBreaking Away
Michael Soukup
2022-01-18 20:51:28 +0000 UTCCouldn’t agree more. I watched TCM interview with Hackman and said they were all convinced that the movie was going to be terrible. I think it was the director’ first film perhaps. True story also if that’s any influence.
Michael Soukup
2022-01-18 20:51:02 +0000 UTCYes please!
Michael Soukup
2022-01-18 20:48:53 +0000 UTCYes yes yes!!!
Michael Soukup
2022-01-18 20:46:56 +0000 UTCOh yes Hoosiers for sure!
Michael Soukup
2022-01-18 20:46:27 +0000 UTCOh I was going to suggest this myself. I love this movie!! Tom Hardy and Nick Nolte are great. I have to have the tissues ready each time I watch it.
Michael Soukup
2022-01-18 20:45:55 +0000 UTCDefinitely Slap Shot.
Alex Fokas
2022-01-18 20:18:43 +0000 UTCI would like to add to that list Without Limits (1998). The running movie about Steve Prefontaine. That definitely should qualify as a sports movie.
Scott Kerr
2022-01-18 17:58:03 +0000 UTCVoted for Samwise I MEAN! Rudy.
Sammy Rebbo
2022-01-18 16:58:54 +0000 UTCList fails w/o Bull Durham. Slap Shot anyone?
softshoes
2022-01-18 15:55:54 +0000 UTCMoneyball!
f hf
2022-01-18 15:47:07 +0000 UTCField of Dreams! But man oh man...but Million Dollar Baby is a great movie.
AC Malin
2022-01-18 15:24:22 +0000 UTC‘Major League’ is fantastic. Wish it was on this list.
Rudy Hernandez
2022-01-18 14:56:05 +0000 UTCIn spite of ESPN trying to convince the general public, pool, like golf, is a skill. Not a sport.
Miles E Coburn
2022-01-18 14:28:44 +0000 UTCTrue. Unfortunately, it (the ideas and concepts) gave rise to accountants running the game of baseball.
Miles E Coburn
2022-01-18 14:27:56 +0000 UTCEven though it's not really a "sports" movie (you'll understand once you see it), "Field of Dreams" is a terrific movie. "Bull Durham" would be a better baseball movie. "Cinderella Man" or "Miracle" would be my other choices (both based on real-life events). Other Sports-Related Movies: "Bull Durham" (1988) Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins "Major League" (1989) Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Wesley Snipes "Remember the Titans" (2000) Denzel Washington, Wil Patton, Wood Harris "Mystery, Alaska (1999) Russell Crowe, Mary McCormick, Burt Reynolds "Chariots of Fire" (1981) Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Ian Holm
Miles E Coburn
2022-01-18 14:24:58 +0000 UTC“Hoosiers” by far! Gene Hackman and Dennis Hopper were fantastic! (And I’m not even much of a sports fan) Best sports movie (basketball and underdogs) such great character development and great pacing. Full of heart.
James Battista
2022-01-18 13:28:35 +0000 UTCI agree and that's why I'm not a fan of any of these polls. So many classics, like The Hustler, get totally ignored in favor of some tripe or another.
Mike Tocci
2022-01-18 12:02:41 +0000 UTCGotta check out Oliver Stone's football epic Any Given Sunday (1999). It's got a tremendous kid cast with stars like Al Pacino, James Woods, Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, John C. McGinley, Jim Brown and Charlton Heston.
Mike Tocci
2022-01-18 11:59:55 +0000 UTCWarrior (2011) is an absolute must!
Uncle 'Traveling' Matt
2022-01-18 11:28:53 +0000 UTCMoneyball really is a special movie. If it doesn't win, hopefully it will be in a future poll. Miracle is also a special movie. Being that it's about one of the greatest sports moments in history.
Scott Kerr
2022-01-18 10:39:44 +0000 UTCHoosiers and Glory Road are my two favorite basketball movies
Scott Kerr
2022-01-18 09:09:06 +0000 UTCI'm not sure if you've seen Rocky yet? A true classic, and the start of another great series of films you could watch. Directed by John G. Avildsen with music by Bill Conti - the same team from The Karate Kid films!
Future Boy
2022-01-18 08:48:36 +0000 UTCTrue. "The Color of Money" was pretty mainstream when it released though, being a Tom Cruise, Paul Newman, Martin Scorsese movie. Too bad it gets no attention these days.
Mr. Writhms
2022-01-18 08:45:22 +0000 UTCboth are amazing films but sadly not very mainstream and im guessing they wouldnt get votes
benjamin freeman
2022-01-18 08:39:04 +0000 UTCIs pool considered a sport? "The Hustler" (1961) "The Color of Money" (1986)
Mr. Writhms
2022-01-18 08:17:08 +0000 UTCThe statistical analysis... it's so beautiful
Erich Bomke
2022-01-18 08:15:55 +0000 UTCI have no interest in Baseball, even less in the economics of Baseball, and when I watched Moneyball for the first time I thought "Well that was way better than any film about the economics of baseball has any right to be". It's a lesson that regardless of the subject a great movie is a great movie, and Moneyball is a truly great movie.
Richard Akhtar-Dobson
2022-01-18 08:07:53 +0000 UTC100%
Jason Dolan
2022-01-18 07:00:05 +0000 UTCField of Dreams is well into the discussion of greatest sports movie of all time. Competing with Rocky, A League of Their Own, and Raging Bull
Erich Bomke
2022-01-18 06:51:03 +0000 UTCIn my opinion, only Moneyball and Million Dollar Baby are worth considering. I don't really like sports movies with a few exceptions because in my opinion a lot of them feel very samey.
Jeffrey Miller
2022-01-18 06:43:45 +0000 UTCBull Durham (1988)
Uncle 'Traveling' Matt
2022-01-18 06:17:47 +0000 UTCMillion Dollar Man is So Good !!! Clint Eastwood is So Great in this Movie !!!
Florian Meier
2022-01-18 06:16:03 +0000 UTCField of Dreams is great but Bull Durham should be the first Sports Movie of Kevin Costner’s that anyone watches
william
2022-01-18 06:08:48 +0000 UTCTotally, a fascinating character. This is also cool, a 60 minutes segment about Magnus Carlsen the current world champion and regarded by some as the best chess player ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc_v9mTfhC8
Aaron Barlow
2022-01-18 06:07:29 +0000 UTCGreat movie. Also great: any documentary about Bobby Fischer! lol. (not for a reaction channel, per se, but to watch!)
Toc
2022-01-18 05:53:38 +0000 UTCI strongly recommend Searching for Bobby Fischer, a great family movie. It's about a chess prodigy. I classify chess as a sport :) Like the Queen's gambit you don't have to be a chess player to appreciate the movie either.
Aaron Barlow
2022-01-18 05:47:34 +0000 UTCWarrior from 2011. A modern day version of Rocky.
David Crabtree
2022-01-18 05:45:49 +0000 UTCHoosiers should be on any future lists.
Mitchell Smilie
2022-01-18 05:45:15 +0000 UTCWarrior (2011). My favorite. And I'm not into MMA at all. The movie that makes men cry 🤣
Ellie Miller
2022-01-18 05:41:51 +0000 UTCIt's on the comedy list! I totally overlooked it when I was making this poll :( Thank you, Jeff! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2022-01-18 05:35:26 +0000 UTCField of Dreams is too much of a classic not to vote for
bosho11
2022-01-18 05:28:29 +0000 UTCCan we add Major League to next comedy or sports poll? It is a hilarious comedy with Wesley Snipes, Renee Russo, Charlie Sheen and it is a great movie! Thanks for your continuous reactions TBR and Sam!
Jeff
2022-01-18 05:26:16 +0000 UTCMoneyball! But these are all gud.
Jason Dolan
2022-01-18 05:23:20 +0000 UTC
