Here at GCS, we’re unveiling a new feature called The List. Every week or two, we’ll publish a list solely based on our opinions, and no others. You’ve seen some of these lists before and you may even have your own, but when you want the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, you come to GCS.
Seven GCS writers developed their Top 10 lists. In order to fairly score each movie based on where it landed in each person’s list, the following system was developed:
- Selections were scored based on the following points system: 1st place vote = 10 points, 2nd place = 9 points, 3rd = 8 points, and so on.
- Any movie given a No. 1 overall rating received 5 additional points.
- No movie receiving 1 vote total was eligible for the Top 10, no matter what.
Without further ado, here are the Best Sports Movies of all time according to Grand Central Sports with tweet explanations following (total points in parentheses):
- Hoosiers (50) – Jimmy Chitwood. Enough said.
#15 Jimmy Chitwood
- Bull Durham (39) – Minor League hero jacks homers and dreams big. Downfall = women. What a surprise.
- Field of Dreams (37) – If you film it, we will love. Put Iowa on the map.
- Rocky (36) – Ultimate underdog story. Rocky might be illiterate, but he knocks fools out.
- Caddyshack (35) – Gopher. Rodney Dangerfield. Bill Murray. Absolute gold mine.
- Rudy (30) – Tear-inducing, but no one wants to play for Notre Dame that bad anymore.
- The Natural (29) – Bad book-to-movie adaptation, but still classic. Roy Hobbs = power hitter with no steroid connection. Lights out.
- Brian’s Song (20) – If you watch and don’t cry, you have no heart. Rips you apart inside… in a good way.
- Slapshot (18) – Will make you want to play hockey, just so you can drop the gloves and brawl.
- Remember the Titans (14) – Brian’s Song 2.0, but not quite as good. Great depiction of overcoming racism in a cynical society.
Honorable Mentions: Miracle, Chariots of Fire, Major League, Days of Thunder, White Men Can’t Jump
Listed, but not quite: The Sandlot, Varsity Blues, Glory Road, Without Limits, A League of Their Own, For the Love of the Game, Rocky IV, Over the Top, Raging Bull, North Dallas 40, Tin Cup, Mighty Ducks, Cool Runnings, Ali, The Express, Blue Chips
January 25th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
cant believe I left caddyshack off of my original list… I definitely don’t believe Hoosiers should be number one though…
January 25th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
that’s because you’re a baseball elitist who doesn’t appreciate such a brilliant film.
January 25th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
and i think you have a thing for Kevin Costner… judging by your list anyway
January 25th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
he is an attractive man… My list was hardly all baseball. In all actaulity, I would have like to see brian’s song higher up on the list… Who said Over The Top was one of the best? Days of Thunder? Ouch…
January 26th, 2010 at 9:47 pm
Days of Thunder = high quality.. For the Love of the Game, not there’s an ouch.
January 27th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
It was a little bit too much chick flick, but like I said it depicts the psychology of such a situation very well. What would you be thinking about if you were in the middle of a perfect game and about to retire for good… Plus Kelly Preston is Hot, even though she is a scientologist and married to that disco guy.
February 3rd, 2010 at 7:28 pm
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