AFI's "10 Greatest Sports Films: The 50 Nominees"

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The American Film Institute’s official 50 nominees for the Top 10 Sports Films of All-Time (to be announced June 17, 2008)

"AFI defines “sports” as a genre of films with protagonists who play

athletics or other games of competition."

"Whether smashing a ball into the outfield, landing a right hook in the

final round or crossing a finish line to the roar of a crowd, sports movies

create myths and larger-than-life heroes. The stakes in sports may be

simple—someone wins and someone loses—but cheering for a character

who faces adversity and aims for the top is an exhilarating reminder of

the power of the human spirit."

Check out all the entries from "AFI’s Top 10" here: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/55322/tagged_as?name=afi+top+10

In alphabetical order.

  1. 1.
    Ali

  2. 2.
    Angels in the Outfield
    by Clarence Brown

  3. 4.
    The Bad News Bears
    by Michael Ritchie

  4. 5.
    Bang the Drum Slowly

  5. 6.
    The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings
    by John Badham

  6. 7.
    Body and Soul
    by Robert Rossen

  7. 8.
    Breaking Away
    by Peter Yates

  8. 9.
    Bull Durham
    by Ron Shelton

  9. 10.
    Caddyshack

  10. 11.
    Champion

  11. 12.
    Chariots of Fire (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Hugh Hudson

  12. 13.
    The Color of Money
    by Martin Scorsese

  13. 14.
    Cool Runnings
    by Jon Turteltaub

  14. 15.
    Damn Yankees
    by Stanley Donen

  15. 16.
    Downhill Racer (The Criterion Collection)
    by Michael Ritchie

  16. 17.
    Eight Men Out
    by John Sayles

  17. 18.
    Fear Strikes Out
    by Robert Mulligan

  18. 19.
    Field of Dreams (Widescreen Two-Disc Anniversary Edition)
    by Phil Alden Robinson

  19. 20.
    The Freshman (1925)
    by Fred C. Newmeyer & Sam Taylor

  20. 21.
    Friday Night Lights (Widescreen Edition)
    by Peter Berg

  21. 22.
    The Great White Hope
    by Martin Ritt

  22. 23.
    Heart Like a Wheel

  23. 24.
    Hoosiers (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by David Anspaugh

  24. 25.
    Horse Feathers
    by Norman Z. McLeod

  25. 26.
    The Hurricane
    by Norman Jewison

  26. 27.
    The Hustler (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Robert Rossen

  27. 28.
    Jerry Maguire
    by Cameron Crowe

  28. 29.
    The Karate Kid (Special Edition)
    by John G. Avildsen

  29. 30.
    Knute Rockne All American
    by Llyod Bacon

  30. 31.
    A League of Their Own
    by Penny Marshall

  31. 32.
    The Longest Yard (Lockdown Edition)
    by Robert Aldrich

  32. 33.
    Major League
    by David S. Ward

  33. 34.
    The Mighty Ducks

  34. 36.
    Miracle (Widescreen Edition)

  35. 37.
    Mystery, Alaska
    by Jay Roach

  36. 38.
    National Velvet
    by Clarence Brown

  37. 39.
    The Natural
    by Barry Levinson

  38. 40.
    North Dallas Forty
    by Ted Kotcheff

  39. 41.
    Pat and Mike
    by George Cukor

  40. 42.
    Personal Best

  41. 43.
    The Pride of the Yankees
    by Sam Wood

  42. 44.
    Raging Bull (Special Edition)
    by Martin Scorsese

  43. 45.
    Rocky
    by John G. Avildsen

  44. 46.
    Rudy (Special Edition)
    by David Anspaugh

  45. 47.
    Seabiscuit (Widescreen Edition)

  46. 48.
    Slap Shot (25th Anniversary Special Edition)
    by George Roy Hill

  47. 49.
    Somebody Up There Likes Me
    by Robert Wise

  48. 50.
    White Men Can't Jump
    by Ron Shelton

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Created by Mark Kaiserman on May 20, 2008.
 

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