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    The Nominated Films

    Ali (Boxing)
    Will Smith - Jamie Foxx - Jon Voight

    Angels in the Outfield (Baseball)
    Danny Glover - Joseph Gordon Levitt

    Any Given Sunday (Gridiron)
    Al Pacino - Cameron Diaz - Jamie Foxx - Dennis Quaid

    A Shot to Glory (Football)
    Robert Duvall - Michael Keaton - Fat Sally McCoist

    A Captain's Tale (True - Football)
    Richard Griffiths - Dennis Waterman

    Battle of the Sexes
    (True - Tennis)
    Emma Stone - Steve Carell - Sarah Silverman

    The Babe (True - Baseball)
    John Goodman - Kelly McGillis - James Cromwell

    The Bad News Bears 1976 (Baseball)
    Walter Matthau - Tatum O'Neal - Vic Morrow

    BASEketball (Baseketball)
    Matt Stone - Trey Parker - Robert Vaughn

    Bend it Like Beckham (Football)
    Parminder Nagra - Keira Knightley - Jonathan Rhys Meyers

    Bang the Drum Slowly (Baseball)
    Robert DeNiro - Michael Moriarty - Vincent Gardenia

    Bull Durham (Baseball)
    Susan Sarandon - Kevin Costner - Tim Robbins

    Balls of Fury (Table Tennis)
    Dan Fogler - Christopher Walken - Maggie Q

    Blades of Glory (Figure Skating)
    Will Ferrell - Jon Heder - Amy Poehler - Will Arnett

    Bloodsport (MMA Tournament)
    Jean Claude Van Damme - Forest Whitaker

    The Blind Side ('True' - Gridiron)
    Sandra Bullock - Quinton Aaron - Lily Collins

    Borg v McEnroe
    (True - Tennis)
    Shia LaBeouf - Svernr Gudnason

    The Bob Mathias Story (True - Athletics)
    Bob Mathias - Ward Bond - Ann Doran

    Crackerjack
    (Lawn Bowls)
    Mick Molloy - John Clarke - Bill Hunter

    Caddyshack (Golf)
    Rodney Dangerfield - Bill Murray - Chevy Chase

    Concussion (True - Sports Medicine)
    Will Smith - Gugu Mbatha Raw - Albert Brooks

    The Champ 1979 (Boxing)
    Jon Voight - Faye Dunaway - Ricky Schroder

    Champion (Boxing)
    Kirk Douglas - Marilyn Maxwell

    Champions (Horse Racing)
    John Hurt - Gregory Jones - Edward Woodward

    Chariots of Fire (True - Athletics)
    Ben Cross - Ian Charleston - Ian Holm

    Cinderella Man (True - Boxing)
    Russell Crowe - Renee Zellweger

    Coach Carter (True - Basketball)
    Samuel L Jackson - Channing Tatum

    The Color of Money (Billiards)
    Paul Newman - Tom Cruise - Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

    Cool Runnings (True - Bobsled)
    John Candy - Doug E Doug

    The Damned United (True - Football)
    Michael Sheen - Timothy Spall - Colm Meaney - Stephen Graham

    Days of Thunder (Motor Racing)
    Tom Cruise - Nicole Kidman - Robert Duvall - Michael Rooker

    Dodgeball (Dodgeball)
    Vince Vaughn - Ben Stiller - Alan Tudyk - Christine Taylor

    Draft Day (Am. Football)
    Kevin Costner - Chadwick Boseman

    D2: The Mighty Ducks (Ice Hockey)
    Emilio Estevez - Joshua Jackson

    Downhill Racer (Skiing)
    Robert Redford - Gene Hackman

    Eight Men Out (True - Black Sox Scandal Baseball)
    John Cusack - Charlie Sheen - Christopher Lloyd - Michael Rooker

    Eddie the Eagle (True - Ski Jump)
    Hugh Jackman - Taron Edgarton - Christopher Walken

    Escape to Victory (Football)
    Sylvester Stallone - Michael Caine - Pele

    Everest (True - Mountaineering)
    Jake Gyllenhaal - Josh Brolin - Keira Knightley

    Everybody Wants Some (Baseball)
    Blake Jenner - Zoey Deutch

    Fighting With My Family
    (True - Wrestling)
    Florence Pugh - Dwayne Johnson - Nick Frost - Vince Vaughn

    The Final Winter ('true' - Rugby League)
    Matthew Nable - Matthew Johns

    Forget Paris (Basketball)
    Billy Crystal - Debra Winger

    Fever Pitch 1997 (Football)
    Colin Firth - Ruth Gemmell - Mark Strong

    Fever Pitch 2005 (Baseball)
    Drew Barrymore - Jimmy Fallon

    Field of Dreams (Baseball)
    Kevin Costner - James Earl Jones - Ray Liotta

    The Fighter (Boxing)
    Christian Bale - Mark Wahlberg - Amy Adams

    The Firm 2009 (Football)
    Eddie Webber - Paul Anderson

    Friday Night Lights (Gridiron)
    Billy Bob Thornton - Lucas Black

    Foxcatcher (Olympic Wrestling)
    Steve Carell - Channing Tatum - Mark Ruffalo

    Free Solo (Mountaineering Doco)
    Alex Hannold

    Gentleman Jim (True - Boxing)
    Errol Flynn - Ward Bond

    Geordie (Athletics)
    Bill Travers - Alastair Sim

    Goon (Hockey)
    Seann William Scott - Liev Schreiber

    Gregory's Girl (Football)
    Dee Hepburn - John Gordon Sinclair

    The Gridiron Gang (True - Gridiron)
    Dwayne Johnson - Xzibit

    Happy Gilmour (Golf)
    Adam Sandler - Carl Weathers

    He Got Game (Basketball)
    Denzel Washington - Rosario Dawson - Ned Beatty

    Here Comes the Boom (Wrestling)
    Selma Hayek - Kevin James

    The Hurricane (Boxing... but not really)
    Denzel Washington - Leiv Schreiber

    Hoosiers (Basketball)
    Gene Hackman - Dennis Hopper

    The Hustler (Billiards)
    Paul Newman - George C Scott

    I, Tonya (True - Figure Skating)
    Margot Robbie - Sebastian Stan - Alison Janney

    Invictus (True - Rugby)
    Morgan Freeman - Matt Damon

    Invincible (Am. Football)
    Mark Wahlberg - Elizabeth Banks - Greg Kinnear

    The Jackie Robinson Story (True - Baseball)
    Jackie Robinson - Ruby Dee

    Jerry Maguire (Sport Agent / Am Football)
    Tom Cruise - Cuba Gooding Jr - Renee Zellweger

    The Karate Kid (Karate Tournament)
    Ralph Macchio - Pat Morita - Elisabeth Shue

    Kickboxer (Kickboxing)
    Jean Claude Van Damme - Dennis Chan - Dave Bautista

    Kingpin (Tenpin Bowling)
    Woody Harrelson - Randy Quaid - Bill Murray

    A League of Their Own (Baseball)
    Tom Hanks - Geena Davis - Madonna - Lori Petty

    The Longest Yard 1974 (Am Football)
    Burt Reynolds - Eddie Albert

    The Longest Yard 2005 (Am Football)
    Adam Sandler - Chris Rock

    The Lonliness of the Long Distance Runner (Running)
    Tom Courtney - Michael Redgrave

    The Legend of Bagger Vance (Golf)
    Will Smith - Charlize Theron - Matt Damon

    Le Mans '66 (aka Ford v Ferrari) (True - Motor Racing)
    Matt Damon - Christian Bale

    Little Giants (Gridiron)
    Rick Moranis - Ed O'Neill

    The Love Bug (Motor Racing)
    Dean Jones - Buddy Hackett

    The Match (Football)
    Max Beesley - Tom Sizemore - Richard E Grant - Laura Fraser

    Major League (Baseball)
    Charlie Sheen - Tom Berenger - Rene Russo - Wesley Snipes

    McFarland, USA (Running)
    Kevin Costner - Sergio Avalar

    Mean Machine (Football)
    Vinnie Jones - Jason Statham

    Miracle (True - Ice Hockey)
    Kurt Russell - Patricia Clarkson

    The Mighty Ducks (Ice Hockey)
    Emilio Estevez - Joshua Jackson

    Million Dollar Baby (Boxing)
    Clint Eastwood - Hilary Swank - Morgan Freeman

    Mike Basset - England Manager (Football)
    Ricky Tomlinson - Amanda Redman

    Moneyball (True -Baseball)
    Brad Pitt - Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Jonah Hill - Chris Pratt

    National Velvet (Horse Racing)
    Mickey Rooney - Elizabeth Taylor

    The Natural (Baseball)
    Robert Redford - Glenn Close - Kim Basinger

    Playing for Keeps (Football)
    Gerard Butler - Jessica Beil - Catherine Zeta-Jones

    Porridge (Football)
    Ronnie Barker - Richard Beckinsale

    Pride of the Yankees (True - Lou Gehrig - Baseball)
    Gary Cooper - Babe Ruth

    Phar Lap (True - Horse Racing)
    Tom Burlinson - Judy Morris

    The Program (True - Cycling - Lance Armstrong Scandal)
    Ben Foster - Chris O'Dowd - Dustin Hoffman - Jesse Plemons

    Pure Belter
    (Football Fans)
    Chris Beattie - Greg McLane

    The Rack Pack (True - Billiards)
    Will Merrick - Luke Treadway

    Race (True - Jessie Owens / Athletics)
    Stephen James - Jason Sudeikis - Jeremy Irons

    Raging Bull (Boxing)
    Robert DeNiro - Joe Pesci

    Remember the Titans (Gridiron)
    Denzel Washington - Ryan Gosling

    Rocky (Boxing)
    Sylvester Stallone - Carl Weathers - Burgess Meredith

    Rocky II (Boxing)
    Sylvester Stallone - Carl Weathers - Burgess Meredith

    Rocky III (Boxing)
    Sylvester Stallone - Mr T - Carl Weathers

    Rocky IV (Boxing)
    Sylvester Stallone - Dolph Lungren - Carl Weathers

    Rollerball 1975 (Rollerball)
    James Caan - Maud Adams

    Rush (Motor Sport)
    Chris Hemsworth - Daniel Bruhl

    Rudy (Gridiron)
    Sean Astin - Ned Beatty - Jon Favreau

    Semi-Pro (Basketball)
    Will Ferrell - Woody Harrellson - Will Arnett

    Rookie Of The Year (Baseball)
    Thomas Ian Nicholas - Daniel Stern - Gary Busey

    Seabiscuit (True - Horse Racing)
    Tobey Maguire - Elizabeth Banks - Chris Cooper

    Secretariat (True - Horse Racing)
    John Malkovich - Diane Lane

    Slapshot (Ice Hockey)
    Paul Newman - Michael Ontkean

    The Sandlot (Baseball)
    Denis Leary - Karen Allen - James Earl Jones

    South Paw (Boxing)
    Jake Gyllenhaal - Rachel McAdams

    Space Jam (Basketball, w/ baseball & golf also)
    Michael Jordan - Bugs Bunny

    Stir Crazy (Rodeo)
    Gene Wilder - Richard Pryor

    Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
    (Sumo Wrestling)
    Masahiro Matoki - Misa Shimizu

    The Scout
    (Baseball)
    Brendan Fraser - Albert Brooks

    The Slugger's Wife (Baseball)
    Rebecca DeMornay - Michael O'Keefe - Randy Quaid

    Teen Wolf (Basketball)
    Michael J Fox - Susan Ursitti

    The Terry Fox Story (True - Running)
    Eric Fryer - Robert Duvall

    Tommy's Honour
    (Golf)
    Jack Lowden - Sam Neill

    Trouble With the Curve (Baseball)
    Clint Eastwood - Amy Adams - John Goodman

    Tin Cup
    (Golf)
    Kevin Costner - Rene Russo

    This Sporting Life (Rugby League)
    Richard Harris - Rachel Roberts

    Tyson (True - Boxing)
    Michael Jai White - George C Scott - Paul Winfield

    Talladaga Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (Motor Sport)
    Will Ferrell - John C Reilly - Sasha Baron Cohen

    Undisputed
    (Boxing)
    Wesley Snipes - Peter Falk

    Varsity Blues
    (Gridiron)
    Jon Voight - James Van Der Beek

    The Waterboy
    (Gridiron)
    Adam Sandler - Kathy Bates

    Warrior (MMA Tournament)
    Tom Hardy - Joel Edgarton

    When Saturday Comes (Football)
    Sean Bean - Pete Postlethwaite

    White Men Can't Jump
    (Basketball)
    Wesley Snipes - Woody Harrelson

    Wildcats
    (Am. Football)
    Goldie Hawn - Wesley Snipes - Woody Harrelson

    Whip It
    (Roller Derby)
    Elliot Page - Kristen Wiig - Drew Barrymore

    The Wrestler (Wrestling)
    Mickey Rourke - Marisa Tomei

    The Way Back
    (Basketball)
    Ben Affleck - Al Madrigal

    Youngblood
    (Hockey)
    Rob Lowe - Patrick Swayze

    42
    (True - Jackie Robinson - Baseball)
    Chadwick Boseman - Harrison Ford - Alan Tudyk

    61* (True - Maris & Mantle - Baseball)
    Barry Pepper - Thomas Jane



    Documentaries

    When We Were Kings (Boxing Doco)
    Muhammad Ali - George Foreman

    TT 3D: Closer to the Edge (Motor Sport Doco)
    Guy Martin - John McGuinness

    Touch the Wall (Swimming Doco)
    Missy Franklin - Kara Lynn Joyce

    Touching The Void (Mountaineering Docudrama)
    Brendan Mackey - Nicholas Aaron

    The Three Kings (Football Doco)
    Jock Stein - Matt Busby - Bill Shankly

    Senna (Motor Racing Doco)
    Ayrton Senna

    Pumping Iron (Bodybuilding)
    Arnold Schwartzenegger

    Murderball (wheelchair rugby doco)
    Joe Soarse - Keith Caville

    The Lord of the Wing (Football Doco)
    Jimmy Johnstone - Jock Stein

    The Wrestlers: Fighting With My Family (Wrestling Doco)
    The Knight Family​
     
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    Nominations are now CLOSED.

    Which means that it is now time for everyone to rank your favourites from the films listed above.

    Am really pleased that we have had a number of new people contribute to the nominations for the first time also. You are most welcome and that goes for rankings also - indeed, everyone is welcome irrespective of prior participation or not. The more the merrier. :50:

    As with previous editions of this, please PM your Top 10 selections to me. Please don't post them in the thread.

    You can send more than just a Top 10, and this is always very much welcomeed and appreciated, but please at least submit a Top 10.

    NB:- The films I have tagged as 'true' may be to varying degrees of truth. Some are simply 'inspired by true stories'... so please don't get in a twist over these.


    The deadline for these is Sunday 17 January @ 2pm

    Please Note:

    Those films that are Documantaries I will be counting SEPERATELY.

    So if you wish to vote for these, I will do a seperate ranking of these, so no need to include them in your Top 10. Rather if you can put them in a seperate Top 5.​
     
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