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Sports Film Poll!
🕑 Added 2025-03-29 00:55:18 +0000 UTCIn honor of Opening Day & March Madness, help pick the Sports movie we will react to!
Please feel free to suggest other options in the comments for future polls!
*NOTE: I have seen Hoosiers so this would only be Sam's first time watching!
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Jeremy Charlie
Major League 2.
DracJeriba
Invictus (2009) (Matt Damon, Morgan Freemann, directed by Clint Eastwood); rugby Goon (2011) hillarious hockey movie Rush (2013) f1-racing
Neal Romanek
The Hustler and The Natural are almost companion pieces. Paul Newman in one, Robert Redford in the other, and both about what can happen to young talents. But one is gritty reality, the other is epic mythmaking. Just one more cool connection between the careers of these two amazing movie star friends.
Aaron Barlow
Borat for the 'Running of the Jews' sport!
Aaron Barlow
Searching for Bobby Fischer is better
Aaron Barlow
Wrong. If it has an Olympiad, world champs like Chess does, involves physical exertion and skill, it's a sport. Chess is physically exhausting believe it or not. Magnus Carlsen works out a lot to stay in shape for the long, exhausting chess tournaments.
Aaron Barlow
It's a sport. They have the chess olympiad, the world championship etc. I mean a sport is defined as "an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment." Chess is exhausting physically. As someone who has competed in a few chess tournaments, I know the concentration and mental stress leaves you feeling a bit drained. Magnus Carlsen the best player in the world for some time now and possibly the GOAT exercises regularly and says it's vital to be physically fit in long classical matches.
Pacmule
Suspect in which way Oh like Bull Durham is really a love story
james repka
Ron Shelton + Kevin Costner: Bull Durham + Tin Cup!
Mark M
I went with Caddyshack because it’s hilarious. I also know Daniel will love it because it’s an 80’s comedy with boobs.😉😁
Paul Cox
I saw his interview with Rich Eisen, but I imagine he spoke with several outlets. Not having ever read the book, I was hella surprised to find out about one very key difference between the book and the film. Sometimes "Hollywoodization" is a benefit.
Paul Cox
Caddyshack has been an entrant in several different genre and decade polls and has never won, thankfully, but now it might and I hate that for us.
Miles E Coburn
Along with "The Four Musketeers" (1974).
Miles E Coburn
Not a Sports movie.
Miles E Coburn
It would have been better to have it on a Comedy poll.
Miles E Coburn
Really? Golf - "Caddyshack" (1980) and "Tin Cup" (1996), Pool - "The Hustler" (1961), and Chess - "Searching for Bobby Fischer" (1993)? No matter what ESPN tries to tell us, Golf, Pool, Chess, Darts, etc. ARE NOT SPORTS.
Antmovies
I'm sitting here trying to to think of a baseball or basketball movie to recommend and thinking of sports and drama all I came up with were actual games. 🤣 Anyhoo, I am in between going to the figure skating world championships in Boston. So I'll recommend ice skating movies, ICE CASTLES (1978), BLADES OF GLORY, THE CUTTING EDGE, and I, TONYA. 🙏🏼
Antmovies
Anyone not voting for RUDY is suspect. I get that the CADDYSHACK people are a bunch of goofballs but still. 🤭
Aaron Barlow
That show was fantastic. However, even though the character was female, that doesn't determine the gender of the audience. Still, no doubt it created some more interest in the female viewership in chess, but the appeal was largely driven by the fact that it was a female prodigy and the marketing was quite prominent on Netflix. Mpst women/girls would be there for the drama rather than being chess enthusiasts, as her life was quite dramatic.
Jonathan Patrick
Rudy
Birdie Num Num
The Natural resurrected the baseball movie. Barry Levinson just talked about that this week while promoting his new film (how reluctant the studio was to make it because it was thought to be a dead genre). Without The Natural there would be no Field of Dreams, Major League, Bull Durham etc.
Birdie Num Num
The Queen's Gambit was one of the highest rated shows in the history of Netflix. It's about a female chess prodigy.
Boris-N
Diego Maradona, documentary from 2019.
Toc
Great poll! For next sports poll, may I add two eventual musts? "The Bad News Bears" (1976) and "Rollerball" (1975)!!!! Love the choices on this poll, though!
Florian Meier
Hoosiers,The Hustler, The Natural and Slap Shot are my favorites Here !!! I Recommend "Downhill Racer" from 1969 and "The Replacements" from 2000 (Both Gene Hackman)
Aaron Barlow
Also Patreon subscribers to Youtube reactors tend to be female in the majority so chess is less popular amongst the female base.
Aaron Barlow
The longest yard with Sandler is good too.
Aaron Barlow
Not really niche but the majority don't play, especially regularly.
Aaron Barlow
"Here, let me help you.." Substitute teacher style sweeps everything off desk.
Paul Cox
The star of Chariots of Fire is the musical score by Vangelis. The film itself is dry af. Would love for this to be the time The Natural finally wins one. Looks neck and neck with *sigh* Caddyshack. Hoosiers, Slap Shot, Rudy, or Tin Cup would be my other hopefuls.
Paul Cox
I dunno, it was pretty well-known and highly regarded in the 90s. Whether people remember that or not depends on the average age of the patrons here, I guess. Chess is in no way niche, btw.
Tenn Seven
"Don't move until you see it."
Yann Laliberté
It got mine
Yann Laliberté
I don't consider Searching for Bobby Fischer to be a sports movie. A great movie for sure though.
Aaron Barlow
Searching for Bobby Fischer is a beautiful movie.
Aaron Barlow
It's a sport. They have the chess olympiad, the world championship etc. I mean a sport is defined as "an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment." Chess is exhausting physically. As someone who has competed in a few chess tournaments, I know the concentration and mental stress leaves you feeling a bit drained. Magnus Carlsen the best player in the world for some time now and possibly the GOAT exercises regularly and says it's vital to be physically fit in long classical matches.
Aaron Barlow
Adam Sandler version is great.
Tray-T
Add (The Greatest Game Ever Played) to the next sports poll. A hidden gem.
Aaron Barlow
'Baseketball' should be on here! It's made by and starring Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park. Thus naturally, it's very funny.
Jorge Lopez
Love and Basketball! Such an underappreciated movie, and one of my all-time fave sports and rom-com movies.
Aaron Barlow
Searching for Bobby Fischer is a fantastic film! I bet it flew under the radar of most people and won't get any votes. And it's about chess, and most people here probably don't even know what the pieces are called.
James
Hoosiers!!
Ray Johnson
Best of Times 1986. Robin Williams and Kurt Russell. It's so fun and overlooked.
thansen
I have seen most of these. Chariots of Fire, except the one opening scene with the great Vangelis music, is not very good at all. The most fun is Caddyshack. Rudy is a great movie, one of the few that captures college football. But the best sports movie of them all is The Bad News Bears (1976).
Brandon Royce
Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, RUDY...
EdmanXERO
"White Men Can't Jump" is definitely a classic must-watch. I hope it wins one of these days. Haha.
ShadowVessel π
I'm guessing you guys have already seen The Replacements (2000). I never see it on any sports polls. Lol
Athos Count de la Fère
Hah! The teenage version of myself was definitely that. Time has worn away that version of me.
Smooticus
So you were a goon
Athos Count de la Fère
My screen name is in honor of one of my favorite actors, Oliver Reed. Three Musketeers and the Four Musketeers. Love them both.
Athos Count de la Fère
Movies to add to the next poll; The Longest Yard 1974 Rollerball 1975
Connor Brennan
North Dallas Forty is a great underrated sports film. Fun fact: the NFL tried to prevent its release because a lot of it seemed too close to the truth.
dieselbeast
Thats fair, not enough reaction channels react to it, it does great numbers
Smooticus
Great movie but kind of a tough watch for me since I grew up watching the Von Erichs
Smooticus
Right? BTW, your screen name reminds me I need to push for the '73 version of the Three Musketeers with Michael York et al
Donna Castellano
I'm just glad it's on their radar. Ive only seen ONE reaction to it and it's such a good film.
Athos Count de la Fère
Agree. Gotta be the original, not the remake.
Smooticus
Great choices. Although i notice The Longest Yard (1974) is missing. I expect that discrepancy to be corrected on the next poll ;)
dieselbeast
Iron Claw (2023) starring Zac Efron for a future poll, I have shitty luck so there's no point in trying the monthly drawing lol it's not happening lol
Smooticus
I had to give it a vote
Smooticus
The Natural is a ten year old's fantasy in cinema form. Great schmalzy fun. Bull Durham is a hoot. Had to give some love to Chariots of Fire. It's an incredibly well made movie, and had to give a special vote to Searching for Bobby Fischer. A nice little gem of a movie
John Fitzpatrick
You forgot The Bad News Bears and North Dallas Forty.
CJ
There's a few good ones on here, but Robert Redford in The Natural I think you guys would really like.
Athos Count de la Fère
The Hustler is a great film. My sentimental favorite is Slap Shot. Lol, that's how I played hockey in school.
Tinker
RUDY!! your reactions would be fantastic on this one!!!
David Martin
I love Searching for Bobby Fischer, but chess isn't a sport -- it's a game. As is pool/billiards.
Roy Wright
That pole was hard to vote for lol. Every one of them solid
Kurt Bohnstadt
You can’t go wrong with any of these
UnlicensedOkie
Caddyshack, varsity blues, coach Carter, Hoosiers In that order
