Top 10 Baseball Movies of All Time (from IMDb.com)

[Chuck]

http://www.imdb.com/list/x9dmZYfeX4w/.

 

1. Field of Dreams (1989)

2. The Bad News Bears (1976)

3. Bull Durham (1988)

4. The Pride of the Yankees (1942)

5. A League of their Own (1992)

6. Fever Pitch (2005)

7. The Natural (1984)

8. Moneyball (2011)

9. Mr. 3000 (2004)

10. Baseball (1994 Mini-Series)

[Chuck]

Thought for love of the game should be on the list somewhere. Loved that movie. 

 

But yeah, Field of Dreams was the best.

[mike_hllywa]

No "The Sandlot?" No "Jackie Robinson Story?" But Mr. 3000 gets a nod? I demand that we be shown the credentials of whoever made this list. 

 

And Bull Durham is numero uno. Now and forever. 

[tj_]

at least they didn't rank Mr. baseball.

[Tyler]

Ty Cobb

[JAHV76]

Eight men out was pretty good and its a historical event in baseball.

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

Get "Moneyball" out of there and replace it with "Major League".  

[DW711]

wow, no major league or sandlot.

[Taylor]

[Mark68]

MY Top 10 (Disclaimer: Have not seen 42 yet):

 

1. Field of Dreams

2. Major League

3. Bull Durham

4. The Natural

5. 61*

6. Moneyball

7. Eight Men Out

8. Fever Pitch

9. The Bad News Bears

10. The Pride of the Yankees

 

Ken Burns' Baseball, for me, is a separate category, because it's not a movie, it's a miniseries. But I have enjoyed watching it on numerous occasions.

[DW711]

61 was pretty good, too.

[mota_madness]

My kid's loved the perfect game.... total kids movie but actually inspired my son...

[Tyler]

Ken Burns' Baseball, for me, is a separate category, because it's not a movie, it's a miniseries. But I have enjoyed watching it on numerous occasions.

 

Yes! I own this as well and have watched it on my VHS many of times! You're not a real baseball fan until you own this series.

[Bashbrothers]

Rottentomatoes has moneyball as the highest rated baseball film.  Therefore I agree with their rankings.

[Tyler]

Moneyball is awful. The book is much better, as is usually the case.

[Bashbrothers]

Moneyball is awful. The book is much better, as is usually the case.

You are wrong when you say Moneyball is awful and you are wrong when you say the books are usually better.

It's just confirmation bias or people who like bad books defending bad books.

 

Hunger Games was an awful book and the movie was a ton better.

[Tyler]

Ok

[DW711]

For movies I have seen

 

Field of Dreams

Sandlot

Bull Durham

Major League

Bad News Bears

61

The Natural

Moneyball

Major League 2

League of Their Own

Major League 3

 

Fever Pitch was nothing special..only seen bits and pieces of eight men out and Pride of the Yankees.

 

Just kidding about Major League 3

[Mark68]

You are wrong when you say Moneyball is awful and you are wrong when you say the books are usually better.

It's just confirmation bias or people who like bad books defending bad books.

 

Hunger Games was an awful book and the movie was a ton better.

Moneyball, the book was better than the movie, but the movie was still good. The Hunger Games was better in movie form (saw the movie for both first). Most of the time, the book is better, because it's hard to condense the time frame of a book into two or three hours in a movie. Something's always going to be left on the cutting room floor.

[Brent Maguire]

The Sandlot has to be on any top 10 list. It's a baseball classic. 

[Mark68]

The Sandlot has to be on any top 10 list. It's a baseball classic. 

It might have made mine if I'd been a kid when it came out. I didn't necessarily identify with it because it came out when I was already in my 20s.

[HeavenlyHalos]

Fever Pitch, what the f**k?

[Punk]

The Sandlot is #1 on my list.

[stemyn]

After seeing 42, it goes on my list.

 

I really enjoyed Bang the Drum Slowly and Fear Strikes Out (both kinda old).

 

1.  The Natural

2.  Field of Dreams

3.  42

4.  Sandlot

5. Bang the Drum Slowly

6.  Bad News Bears

7.  Fear Strikes Out

8.  Major League

9.  Bull Durham

10.  A Leage of Their Own

[tomsred]

"Bang the Drum Slowly" needs to be in the top ten.

 

My top ten:

 

Field of Dreams

Bull Durham

61

Bang the Drum Slowly

Moneyball

A League of Their Own

The Natural

Pride of the Yankees

Bad News Bears

Major League