Sports Movies (18 titles)

These are a collection of the sports movies that I've rented or rated on lovefilm. More to come...

by: A customer from Liverpool

45% from 4 members

The Sandlot Kids

Saw this when I was a kid and it reminded me of my childhood. This a classic

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The Sandlot Kids on DVD (1993)
Starring: Thomas Guiry, Mike Vitar, Patrick Renna
Director: David Mickey Evans
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Young Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood and manages to make friends with the ball-playing kids at the local sandlot. Together the gang has a series of hilarious and touching adventures. A terrific movie about growing up for all ages.

Rate this: 67% from 1,473 member

A League Of Their Own

Very funny and underrated film. This is another classic and Tom Hanks (like always) steals the show here

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A League Of Their Own on DVD (1992)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna
Director: Penny Marshall
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In 1943 when the ranks of professional male baseball players were leaving for the war, a group of ladies left their homes to become part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and kept baseball alive for a grateful nation. This is their story. Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis) is the team'..read more »

Rate this: 66% from 3,383 members

Green Street

This was a decent film but they miscasted Elijah Woods. He just not that convincing in this movie

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Green Street on DVD (2005)
Starring: Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam, Claire Forlani
Director: Lexi Alexander
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When the whistle blows, the blood flows... Rival football firms go head to head in this story of violence, adrenaline, loyalty and back-street warfare. Matt Buckner (Elijah Wood) moves to London after being kicked out of Harvard University for alleged drug dealing. Before long he gets sucked into ..read more »

Rate this: 63% from 28,548 members

The Longest Yard

I never saw the original, but I thought this was OK. Had a few funny moments but it was a typical Adam Sandler film.

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The Longest Yard on DVD (2005)
Starring: Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds
Director: Peter Segal
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Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, rap music superstar Nelly and screen legend Burt Reynolds star in this riotous comdey about a group of convicts putting together a football team to play against their greatest enemy - the menacing guards that keep them behind bars...

Rate this: 63% from 38,944 members

Friday Night Lights

Best American football movie made since Rudy. Some would argue (such as myself) that it's better.

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Friday Night Lights on DVD (2004)
Starring: Billy Bob Thorton, Lucas Black, Garrett Hedlund
Director: Peter Berg
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Based on H.G. Bissinger's book, which profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas and their heroic high school football team, The Permian High Panthers.

Rate this: 63% from 5,807 members

The Waterboy

This was the beginning of the mediocre streak of Sandler movies. Again this wasn't bad, but it wasn't one of his best.

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The Waterboy on DVD (1998)
Starring: Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Fairuza Balk
Director: Frank Coraci
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Bobby Boucher (Adam Sandler), the much-abused waterboy of a successful college football team, gets fired but finds his true calling as a player for the neighboring down-and-out team. Unfortunately, his Momma doesn't approve of football (or as she calls it, foosball) and Bobby has to keep his ..read more »

Rate this: 68% from 14,854 members

Happy Gilmore

Hands down Sandler's best movie....

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Happy Gilmore on DVD (1996)
Starring: Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Carl Weathers
Director: Dennis Dugan
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A would-be hockey player (Adam Sandler) who unfortunately can't skate transforms his slap-shot into a 400-yard golf drive in this slapstick comedy. Joining the pro tour to win enough money to get his grandma's house out of hock, this unsportsmanlike sportsman enrages the staid establishment with ..read more »

Rate this: 72% from 17,631 members

Any Given Sunday

I saw this awhile ago and wasn't very impressed. Only thing I remember was Pacino's speech at the end and Jamie Foxx's performance throughout the movie.

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Any Given Sunday on DVD (1999)
Starring: Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid
Director: Oliver Stone
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Oliver Stone's hard-hitting look at the adrenaline-fueled world of pro football stars Al Pacino as Miama Sharks coach Tony D'Amato. Having just lost his star quarterback, Jack Rooney (Dennis Quaid), he's forced to use the erratic Willie Beamen (Jamie Foxx) off the bench, hoping he can resuscitate ..read more »

Rate this: 64% from 7,064 members

Football Factory

Solid movie, but a lot of people don't see Danny dyer as a tough guy. I still like it though.

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Football Factory on DVD (2004)
Starring: Danny Dyer, Dudley Sutton, Frank Harper
Director: Nick Love
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A gripping story of football violence in middle England, based on John King's best-selling novel. Tommy Johnson is a typical twenty-something drug-taking lager-lout. Provoked into giving someone a good kicking on a Saturday afternoon he gets embroiled in an escalating petty war of violence and revenge.

Rate this: 63% from 18,532 members

Jerry Maguire

More of a love story but this was a solid film.

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Jerry Maguire on DVD (1996)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renee Zellweger
Director: Cameron Crowe
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Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise), a slick, high-living sports agent, is tired of the shallowness of his profession and wants to live a more fulfilling, ethical life. But Jerry's new outlook doesn't mesh with his agency's ethics, and he is promptly fired. Jerry finds himself left with one ally, one client,..read more »

Rate this: 67% from 25,018 members