Rocky? Rocky 2-4? Slap Shot (1977) is fantastic.
For basketball I’d say Hoosiers (1986) is good. For American Football? Jerry Maguire (1996).
What are the best soccer, cricket, or racing movies?
Comedic Baseball: the Sandlot, Major League
Romantic baseball: For Love Of The Game
Baseball baseball: Moneyball
Historic baseball: A League Of Their Own
There is crying in baseball: Field of Dreams
“Who own de Chiefs?”
OWNS. OWNS.
Lagaan is great if you don’t mind subtitles
You already named my favorite sports movie: Slap Shot.
The Wrestler is my other pick that I haven’t seen yet in this thread
Dodgeball - a true underdog story
Warrior for MMA. It’s a bit of a guilty pleasure because it hits all of my traditional masculine buttons. Redemption, making dad proud, making wife proud, showing your brother you actually love him, fist fights, etc.
Miracle - hockey Senna - F1 Faster (series) - MotoGP
Space Jam.
Moneyball
Moneyball
Baseketball, Dodgeball, Happy Gilmore, and The Big Lebowski (I don’t watch sports)
Wind and Master and Commander for sailing. And maybe some Pirates of the Caribbean too :)
I haven’t watched Maiden yet, definitely this winter sometime.
The replacements
For Golf, Happy Gilmore! If you haven’t seen it yet, you can do it!
Yes that or Tin Cup (1996). Apparently peak year for golf movies. Legend of Baggar Vance (2000) was a few years later. There was a tiny window for mainstream golf movies.