Favorite baseball movie (my top 15)

[Eragon]

What's your favorite? Mr. Destiny is a bit of a stretch but I decided to include it. And no, The Natural is not in my top 15 (not even close).

[flafson]

You forgot Trouble With The Curve.

[Eragon]

You forgot Trouble With The Curve.

 

No.

[Candy Maldonado]

You forgot 42.

[Eragon]

You forgot 42.

 

Not in my top 15, close though

[declan_44]

For Love of the Game is a close second for me, though I'd love a directors cut dropping the love story. His game is the exciting aspect.

[NorthOf49]

Mr. 3000!?!

[Dylan]

Loved The Sandlot growing up.

[Eragon]

Mr. 3000!?!

 

Actually would of put Mr. Baseball before Mr. 3000. Neither in top 15.

[Eragon]

For Love of the Game is a close second for me, though I'd love a directors cut dropping the love story. His game is the exciting aspect.

 

Agreed, thinking about it more I might move it up.

[KingKat]

Moneyball was too dumb-downed for public, but still the best premise of any here.

 

I don't love Eight Men Out but it has to be considered the most true to history of all the baseball films, much more so than Moneyball even if it's less entertaining.

 

Sugar, even though it's entirely fictional, might be the only other realistic baseball movie from the list.

[KingKat]

What's your favorite? Mr. Destiny is a bit of a stretch but I decided to include it. And no, The Natural is not in my top 15 (not even close).

 

Have you ever seen the Bad News Bears? I haven't seen it myself but it seems like it should be good enough to crack a top 15.

[Sammy225]

Moneyball was too dumb-downed for public, but still the best premise of any here.

 

Moneyball is a good movie but Bull Durham is a classic. Crash Davis would whoop your ass meat

[Sammy225]

61 is also a solid movie have not seen it in a while though

[KingKat]

The Naked Gun is not technically a baseball movie but it deserves some sort of honourable mention:

 

[Eragon]

Have you ever seen the Bad News Bears? I haven't seen it myself but it seems like it should be good enough to crack a top 15.

 

Haven't seen either, so can't really rank them.

[Flamingweazel]

Has to be bull durham.

[BlueJaysGirl]

I love the Natural and For Love of the Game.

 

I really enjoyed Trouble with with Curve recently.

 

When I was a youngster I laughed my ass off during Bull Durham.

 

What was that Tom Sellick in Japan movie? That's my dad's fave. I liked it, too.

[KingKat]

Pride of the Yankees is not good but because it ends with the stirring Gehrig speech, it's become a classic because everyone remembers that scene and no one remembers just how awful evertything leading up to it is.

 

http://youtu.be/HbNrCxqxzgo

[Eragon]

I love the Natural and For Love of the Game.

 

I really enjoyed Trouble with with Curve recently.

 

When I was a youngster I laughed my ass off during Bull Durham.

 

What was that Tom Sellick in Japan movie? That's my dad's fave. I liked it, too.

 

Mr. Baseball, it nearly made my list, perhaps I should of done top 20

[JuniorFelix]

The Natural.

[KingKat]

The Natural.

 

Ban.

[KingKat]

Mr. Baseball, it nearly made my list, perhaps I should of done top 20

 

I'm surprised The Babe beat out Mr. Baseball. I haven't seen either but The Babe seems to be nearly universally loathed.

[NorthOf49]

Irony is calling, and it has a message ... it's "dumbed-down," not "dumb-downed."

 

Or "dumned-down," as it were.

How is this ironic? JFaS didn't say "Moneyball's script had too many grammatical errors."

[theblujay]

How is this ironic? JFaS didn't say "Moneyball's script had too many grammatical errors."

 

Its ironic because the words his mis-phrased included "dumb"

[GoldBull]

The Sandlot is an all-time favourite

[dineke]

BASEketball

[KingKat]

Yeah, The Natural has to be on the list. It should be in anyone's top 5 baseball movies.

 

Bad News Bears definitely makes the list.

 

No clue what Mr. Destiny even is, but The Natural and The Bad News Bears (the original, not the sequels or the remake) are two legitimately good movies, not just good baseball movies.

 

And where's Bang the Drum Slowly and Pride of the Yankees? The Rookie? Bingo Long and the Traveling All-Stars?

 

The Natural is so over the top it's laughable. He doesn't just knock the cover off the ball, he literally knocks the cover the over the ball. He doesn't just hit a homerun, he hits it into the lights and practically starts a meteor shower. Nothing can ever just happen in that movie. Everything has to be cranked up to a ridiculous degree but I suppose it's entertaining even if you have to constantly roll your eyes at it.

 

Pride of the Yankees, on the other hand, is just plain bad. It is incredibly wooden and amateurish. Like I said earlier, it's a one scene movie. It's remembered for that Gehrig speech but it's shockingly inept up to that point.

[JuniorFelix]

double post.

[JuniorFelix]

Ban.

 

Give me a break. I'm not enjoying it for any sort of historical accuracy or realism. It was a good movie at the time and is my most memorable/enjoyed baseball movie.