Top 10 Greatest Baseball Movies
1. The Natural
2. Bull Durham
3. Eight Men Out
4. The Bad News Bears (original 1976 movie)
4. Moneyball
5. Bang The Drum Slowly
6. 42
7. Bingo Long and The Traveling All Stars
8. Million Dollar Arm
9. The Pride of the Yankees
10. Field of Dreams
Honorable Mention:
Trouble With the Curve
The Stratton Story
A League of Their Own
For The Love of the Game
The Rookie
You nailed pretty much all the good ones there. I even have almost the same order. My top five:
1 - Bull Durham is the best baseball made ever made. So funny, and Susan Sarandon is SO HOT in it. I can't imagine a better baseball movie.
2 - Eight Men Out
3 - The Natural
4 - Pride of the Yankees (my love/hate relationship with the Yankees rears its head)
5 - Field of Dreams
Field of Dreams
The Natural
Bull Durham
Eight Men Out
Major League
A League Of Their Own
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1. The Natural
2. Field of Dreams
3. Bull Durham
4. Major League
5. Pride of the Yankees
6. Bingo Long and the Traveling All Stars
7. The Sandlot (I can't believe no one has put Sandlot in their list? You're killin' me, Smalls)
8. The Bad News Bears
9. Eight Men OUt
10. A League of Their Own (begrudgingly. I swear the ending of that movie was changed. I saw it in the theater and remember the collision at home between the sisters. I swear it went into slow motion and the ball SLOWLY rolls out of Dottie's hand.. almost like she intentionally let it happen.. just for her bratty little sister)
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser. Socrates All good choices. But what is missing is Ken Burn's, Baseball
The Sandlot is my favorite, reminds me of my childhood.
The Natural
Field of Dreams
61 (a made for television movie about Roger Maris)
A League of Their Own
I love them all, but Moneyball has got to be my fav.
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Pride of the Yankees gets me every time.
"Today... I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth."
Here's my list.
The Pride of the Yankees
Moneyball
Eight Men Out
61*
42
Bull Durham
Field of Dreams
The Natural
Bang the Drum Slowly
The Bingo Long Travelling All Stars
The Stratton Story
Not a ball fan so baseball movies focussed on the game tend to lose me. However, I loved "Field of Dreams" because it isn't really about the game as much as having dreams and pursuing a vision (and it was based on a novel by a great Canadian author).
Ken Burns' "Baseball" is probably the best way to immerse yourself in baseball. You can almost smell the roasted peanuts and hear the crack of the bat when you watch it... If you have 11 hours to spend doing so....
Even though its not a movie, I'd like to add "The Bronx is Burning." It's a miniseries about the 1977 Yankees playoff run. Reggie Jackson, Billy Martin, Steinbreiner, and the crew.
Maybe its time they made a movie about the Cubs?? PS Rookie of the Year Definitely doesn't count.
No one mentioned "The Babe" either.... come on... John Goodman.. 1992... anybody...?
Depending on your definition, "When it was a Game" is my favorite. All color home movies made by players before expansion.
For the love of the game was pretty good.
The babe Ruth Story is up there with Babe, not sure which is more over the top.
Did I miss reading some that listed Major League?
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Bull Durham is the funniest and most knowing baseball movie of all time