Top 10 Inspirational Sports Movies

going for the gold knocking it out of

the park making a slam dunk in movies

sports provide not just action but also

motivation who's gonna win this game one

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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're

counting down our picks for the top ten

inspirational sports movies for this

list we've chosen those sports flicks we

deem most moving and have excluded those

we find funniest or those that are

mainly popular because of one great

speech those are lists for another day

take a lesson from the dead

if we don't come together we too will be

destroyed number 10

warrior sports are all about conflict

and competition so they're a perfect

metaphor for the family dynamics at work

in warrior mom needed you I needed you

my big brother you bailed on sibling

rivalry reaches new heights as two

estranged brothers each a mixed martial

arts expert fight it out

they're not just in it to win the crown

but also their dreams but one of them's

got to fail you can do this in the end

they learn that the Battle of the heart

is bigger than any battle of the body

number nine Seabiscuit damn this isn't

really about a racing horse that comes

from behind to win big it's about how

America still struggling through the

depression would come from behind and

win big lines like I guess you all are

here today because this is a horse who

won't give up even when life beats and

BIOS and you don't throw a whole life

away just cause he's banged up a little

are all about the American can-do spirit

corny a little but who can resist it

especially when the racing scenes pack

such a wallop

number eight The Blind Side thank me

later we all know that in life as in

sports playing fields aren't always

level in this real-life story Sandra

Bullock wages a one-woman campaign to

see that a disadvantage but good-hearted

and massively talented football player

gets the chance he deserves

honey you're changing that boy's life no

he's changing mine she's an unstoppable

force who shows its guts and not

greenbacks that carry the day you hear

me [ __ ]

No you hear me [ __ ] you threatened my

son you threatened me number seven the

natural to the best passer ever was

better is now best there ever will be

can you really mix metaphysics and

symbolism with baseball and still get a

film that makes you stand up and share

this flick proves you can

the natural is filled with texture

adversity and challenges but ultimately

it boils down to a man chasing the

chance to do what he was born to do no

matter what gets in his way I'm going to

break every record in the book number

six Rocky

you want inspiration as the famous

tagline said Rocky's whole life was a

million-to-one shot wonderdog living a

cinderella story he's captured people's

imaginations all over the world the fact

that the same applied to then struggling

actor writer Sylvester Stallone gives

the film an amazing added punch throw in

Bill Conte's fantastic score a run up

the stairs of the Philadelphia Museum of

Art and a knock-down drag-out climax

fight and you've got a classic and one

of the most thrilling underdog stories

ever put to film you had a challenge to

become a good fighter and instead of

that you became a leg-breaker number

five

Hoosiers how many underdogs can fit into

one film this is Hoosiers has a

down-on-his-luck basketball coach an

ex-alcoholic assistant coach and a

run-of-the-mill high school team these

six individuals

additionally should work watching all of

these losers turn into winners gets your

pulse racing and puts a smile on your

face and might even make you put down

that beer and go shoot a few hoops

yourself I don't care what the

scoreboard says at the end of the game

in my book we're gonna be winners all

right

number four miracle the inspirational

sports flip gets its name from the

real-life Miracle on Ice when the US

men's hockey team won a totally

unpredictable victory over the Soviets

at the 1980 Olympics great moments are

born from great opportunity telling the

story from the viewpoint of the men who

made it happen

this film employs electrifying

camerawork and real hockey players to

put you right in the game this is

unbelievable by the end you're

breathless and way way uplifted what do

you play for

playful United States of America number

three Field of Dreams that oft-quoted

movie line captures Field of Dreams

strange appeal some mystical fate moves

all of us but if we listen it will move

us in the right direction you believed

in the magic it happened isn't that

enough not only does this film capture

that spirit and those of some baseball

legends it also plays a Redemption song

we can all relate to

why completely nuts and that's good

comfort food for the Soul just heaven

that's not one number to Brian's song we

just got a call from the hospital Brian

piccolo has kids pulling all the right

emotional levers this movie tells the

true story of football players and

teammates Gale Sayers and Brian piccolo

man you talk about a white man a black

man Truman to galantine was never been

done before in addition to telling a

tale of interracial friendship during

less enlightened times Brian's song also

features exciting football sequences and

a fruitless struggle with a fatal

disease through it all the players

friendship shines like a beacon of

inextinguishable hope and love reminding

us of true heroism thank you how are you

beer I think he'll you a lot more than

that yeah number one Rudy

even the toughest guy won't be able to

hold back a tear when watching Rudy the

title character dreams of playing

football for Notre Dame but everything's

against him chasing a stupid dream

causes nothing but you want everyone

around you heartache his size is grades

his family's lack of money his learning

problems but the boy has one secret

weapon determination having dreams is

what makes life tolerable

Rudy celebrates the sheer unadulterated

power of the human spirit and that is

something never to be trifled with

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movie makes you want to win one for the

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