Watching a movie has never been so moving, motivating, and invigorating. These motion pictures are usually about never giving up, rising from the fall of shame and defeat, becoming a better person, and looking at life in a different perspective. Let us check the top 10 sports movies of all time and see what shaped the lives of people, when it comes to sports and its lessons.
10. The Hustler
This is an all time classic about Eddie Felson and his dreams of becoming the best player in the country. His path was never easy since he was beaten by the legendary pool player “Minnesota Fats”. He faced challenges and gets help from Bert Gordon, his deceitful manager. He managed to rise up from the ashes and beaten Fats, but paying for a dear price.
9. Caddyshack
Quoted by many people as the funniest sports movie ever, Caddyshack is remembered for Bill Murray’s talk about the Dalai Lama and Chevy Chase’s Zen golfing, that gives a funny spin in the world of golf. Even up until now, there are still golfers that quote some lines of the movie, making players chuckle.
8. Million Dollar Baby
A great motivation to trainers, teachers, and other people of rank, position, and power; Million Dollar Baby is about a coach that failed in the past and tried to redeem himself by training a female boxing underdog amateur and making her a professional.
7. Field of Dreams
Dreams drive people to achieve what they think are next to impossible. Field of Dreams portray just that, along with that special relationship and bond between fathers and sons. Everyone who has played fetch will relate very much to the movie, or they may have been influenced to play fetch because of the movie.
6. Rudy
The movie portrayed the feelings of many sports fans, where they dream of playing for a certain team, and see that they do everything to achieve it. Rudy dreamt of playing to Notre Dame, and he was able to achieve it despite of many challenges.
5. Cinderella Man
Even though your hands may be crushed, your dreams never will. Cinderella Man had this story about James J. Braddock who broke his hand in a boxing match, which ended his career. However, everything changed when he turned a substitute match into a ticket to bring him back to boxing, and had eventually beaten a heavyweight champion.
4. Slap Shot
Before the Mighty Ducks got quacking and influencing kids on the sport of Hockey, Charlestown Chiefs have already taken the scene with the movie Slap Shot. They were the definition of dirty play, but their antics have inspired people to stick together, through thick and thin.
3. Remember the Titans
In a sports team that needs to win, it cannot be divided by any trial, even if it could be as sensitive as racism between black and white. This movie showed that differences could be sacrificed for the sake of reaching that one goal that fulfills the dream of the whole team.
2. Hoosiers
It was hailed as the classic David and Goliath movie of basketball. Hoosiers proved that players trusting the coach and the coach trusting the players create a great formula of success that can never be lost so easily. Whether it may be a small group facing a big dream or small players playing against the big guys, winning is never impossible.
1. Rocky
His life was a million-to-one shot. He needed to fulfill his dreams from a nobody to a somebody. Many people have related well to Rocky because it had touched the hearts of those who are failing in some things, with the movie telling that working hard and becoming the best will assure success. It was a lesson worth keeping