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DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrantvido
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Sandlot
Rebound the story of Earl "The Goat" Manigualt
Kingpin
Sometimes you are the bowling ball, sometimes you are the pins.
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Some that haven't been mentioned, though they may focus around sporting culture rather than directly on it:

Australian Rules (Australian rules football)
Crackerjack (Lawn bowls)
Green Street Hooligans (soccer hooliganism)
The Football Factory  (soccer hooliganism)

I guess A Knight's Tale would count, since jousting was/is a sport.  Gambling movies would too, since *apparently* poker is a sport.  What about a movie like Fearless, where there's competitive martial arts?
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"Radio" is another good one. Cuba Gooding, Jr. does a wonderful job in this film. And who can forget "Chariots of Fire"?


I hated "Chariots of Fire" I remember being a kid asking my dad does it ever end we ended walking out of the movie. My 2 sports movies I love are "Radio" and "Facing The Gaints"
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Angels in the Outfield (Tony Danza, Christopher Lloyd)
Little Big League
Rookie of the Year

-- all are solid and entertaining baseball comedies (though Angels has a dramatic element)

"Major League" (Charlie Sheen, Wesley Snipes, Tom Berenger) is my favorite baseball film ever - great one liners --- "just a little bit outside"........ Bob Uecker as Harry Doyle

Mighty Ducks was a decent movie as well.
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I can't believe you guys missed one of the best football movies ever made!

North Dallas Forty starring Nick Nolte, and a bunch of NFL stars.
John

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Thank you everyone for helping me find a few new movies!
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If it can be considered as a "sport" movie, H.O.T.S. is kinda fun.
Dan
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Some of favorites and not so
Auto Racing -
Le Mans (great camera work ans extras)
'72 Olympics  -
21 Hours at Munich

Baseball -
World Series 2001 (documentary, Diamondbacks Beat the Yankees)
61*  (Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle)
Angels in the Outfield (Pittsburg Pirates manager)
Bang The Drum Slowly
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Eight Men Out (Chicago White Scandal)
Fear Strikes Out (Jimmy Piersall, Red Sox)
A League of Their Own (Woman's Baseball)
Legends in Pinstripes (documentary -  Babe Ruth, Joe Dimaggio, Mantle)
The Natural (hookey hollywood story)
Pastime
The Pride of the Yankees (Lou Gehrig Yankees got ALS)
The Stratton Story (Chicago White Sox pitcher lost leg
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly musical)
The Winning Team (Grover Cleveland Alexander pitcher)

Basketball -
Hoosiers

Football -
Friday Night Lights (High School))
Gridiron Gang
Invincible
Knute Rockne All-American (Notre Dame)
The Longest Yard

Golf -
Tin Cup

Hockey -
Miracle (U.S. Olympic team)

Quadriplegic Rugby -
Murderball (great doscumentary)

Boxing -
Body and Soul
Cinderella Man (Jim Braddock)
Fat City
The Hurricane (Rubin "Hurricane" Carter)
Monkey on my Back
Raging Bull (Jake La Motta)
Rocky
Rocky II
Rocky Balboa
Somebody Up There Likes Me (Rocky Graziano)
When We Were Kings (Ali)
We don't need stinkin' IMDB's errors, we make our own.
Ineptocracy, You got to love it.
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The Junction Boys -- football movie detailing legandary coach Bear Bryant's arrival at Texas A&M
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story -- well done, really surprised me
Hustle -- depressing look at Pete Rose's downward spiral
Caddyshack -- has it been mentioned yet?
Mystery, Alaska
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Yeah, Slap Shot was hilarious. I remember seeing it in the theater. I normally wouldn't go to the theater to see something like this, but several of the players were actual players in the International Hockey League, and played for our local team.


And for one time the dubbing is great. The french canadian version is a classic, so many great lines. This is the only movie in my collection that I have never watch in it's original language.
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The Sandlot and Bend it like Beckham
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Breaking Away
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Grand Prix and The Hustler?
Erik

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