Top 10 Best Sports Movies

Every sports site under the sun does Top 10 lists, so i'm jumping on the bandwagon. It's time for The Sports Slice's “Top 10 Best Sports Movies”.

10. Chariots of Fire – I can't overlook the great story, iconic music and the fact that it's about running. Who ever dreamed that long distance running could be entertaining onscreen? Genius.

9. Invincible - It's a new one but I believe a worthy one. The true story is almost unbelievable; a 30-year old bartender plays for the Philadelphia Eagles—you couldn't come up with a better premise if you locked Steven Spielberg, John Madden and a team of Disney writers in an NFL locker room.

8. Eight Men Out - One of the best baseball films around, complete with an all-star cast and a brilliant period backdrop. The White Sox cheating wasn’t good for the sport, but then again, it was fantastic for Hollywood.

7. All The Right Moves - This was Cruise before he was jumping on sofas and doing cheesy finger points. It's the typical small town story with a feel good finale, but is big on energy and low on hype—the opposite of today’s Cruise flicks.

6. Major League – “You may run like Mays but you hit like sh*t!” And with that, I give you the funniest baseball film of all time.

5. Caddyshack - Chevy, Bill and Rodney...need I say more? This is sports comedy at its finest. Nanananana...nannnananaa.

4. Rocky - The original and still one of the best. It's perhaps the only film in Sly's back-catalogue where mumbles and grunts were Oscar material.

3. When We Were Kings - A first-class documentary about the amazing Ali. It's spine-tingling stuff to see the great man dance like a butterfly and sting like a bee, in all walks of life.

2. Field of Dreams - Strange and moving, baseball and fantasy in one. Costner gives a nice performance and the film's simplicity does both the game and the story justice.

1. Hoosiers - I can't go past the scene in which Dennis Hopper's character coaches a game after Gene Hackman is ejected. It's one of those water works moments that even the hardest basketball afficianados can't withstand. Yes, even Knicks fans. Hackman shines as the big city coach in smallville Indiana and Hopper is superb in support. This is the ultimate underdog movie--even better than Revenge of the Nerds. Hard to believe, I know.

Runners-up: Days of Thunder, Happy Gilmore, The Natural, Kingpin, Hoop Dreams, White Men Can't Jump.