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1. Knuckleball! (2012)

Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Sport

73 Metascore

A documentary that showcases baseball's most unpredictable pitch.

Directors: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg | Stars: Tim Wakefield, Dave Lennon, Jim Bouton, Charles Hough

Votes: 1,783

2. Un été sans point ni coup sûr (2008)

104 min | Drama, Sport

Martin is 12 years old and dreams of making the neighbourhood baseball team. When he gets cut, his father steps in and together they spend a summer full of hope and disappointment, line drives and foul balls.

Director: Francis Leclerc | Stars: Patrice Robitaille, Pier-Luc Funk, Jacinthe Laguë, Roy Dupuis

Votes: 502

3. Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002 Video)

G | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Josh has gone to college and his little sister Andrea enlists their dog Buddy in her baseball team just as Buddy's puppies are kidnapped by Rocky the Raccoon.

Director: Robert Vince | Stars: Jeffrey Ballard, Jay Brazeau, Jason Bryden, Patrick Cranshaw

Votes: 2,458

4. Alibi Ike (1935)

Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

Idiosyncratic new recruit Francis "Ike" Farrell tries to help the Cubs to the pennant with his pitching and hitting.

Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Olivia de Havilland, Ruth Donnelly, Roscoe Karns

Votes: 720

5. Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)

PG | 114 min | Drama, Sport

A little league player named Chuck refuses to ever pitch again until nuclear weapons are disarmed. Basketball star "Amazing Grace" Smith follows the boy's example, and starts a trend.

Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Gregory Peck, Dean Alexander, Jim Allen

Votes: 1,533

6. AmerAsian (2009)

103 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

Eric, an American-born Asian college graduate, must steal a younger student's identity to take back the one last year of baseball eligibility that he lost when his dad passed away. Monica, ... See full summary »

Director: Roger Lim | Stars: Roger Lim, Evlin Lake, Bobby Dodge, Shannon Gayle Hurd

Votes: 62

7. Young American Dream (2013)

107 min | Drama, Sport

Attempting to reverse the disheartening memories of his late father, Eric, an AmerAsian graduate, assumes a younger athlete's identity to take back hi.

Director: Roger Lim | Stars: Roger Lim, Angel Monroe, Andy Hnilo, Bruce Childs

Votes: 27

8. Young Again (2025 TV Movie)

120 min | Drama, Sport | Post-production

American-born Asian graduate student, Eric Young, is lured back to college baseball field one final time, passing himself off as 10 years younger to try out for the Division 2 Volcanos.

Director: Roger Lim | Stars: Roger Lim, Lori McShane, Nico Lombardo, John Gearries

9. American Pastime (2007)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

The dramatic impact World War II had on the home front as American families of Japanese descent were uprooted from their daily lives and placed in internment camps in the Western United States in the early 1940s.

Director: Desmond Nakano | Stars: Aaron Yoo, Olesya Rulin, Carleton Bluford, Sami Roe

Votes: 775

10. The Wonderful World of Disney (1997–2023)
Episode: Angels in the Infield (2000)

TV-PG | 87 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A group of angels try to help a baseball team win a championship game, while at the same time helping to reunite the pitcher's family.

Director: Robert King | Stars: Patrick Warburton, Britt Irvin, Kurt Fuller, Rebecca Jenkins

Votes: 584

11. Angels in the Outfield (1951)

Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

72 Metascore

The Pittsburgh Pirates' brash and abusive manager receives the help of an angel to win games and become a better person in the process.

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn, Donna Corcoran

Votes: 2,993

12. Angels in the Outfield (1994)

PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

44 Metascore

When a boy prays for a chance to have a family if the California Angels win the pennant, angels are assigned to make that possible.

Director: William Dear | Stars: Danny Glover, Brenda Fricker, Tony Danza, Christopher Lloyd

Votes: 34,474 | Gross: $50.24M

13. Babe Comes Home (1927)

Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Sport

Babe Dugan, star player of the Angels baseball team, chews tobacco and gets his uniform dirtier than any of his teammates. Vernie, the laundress who cleans his uniform every week, becomes ... See full summary »

Director: Ted Wilde | Stars: Babe Ruth, Anna Q. Nilsson, Louise Fazenda, Ethel Shannon

Votes: 26

14. The Babe (1992)

PG | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

Babe Ruth becomes a baseball legend but is unheroic to those who know him.

Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: John Goodman, Kelly McGillis, Trini Alvarado, Bruce Boxleitner

Votes: 11,522 | Gross: $17.53M

15. The Babe Ruth Story (1948)

Passed | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Family

William Bendix suits up in Yankee flannels as the renowned pitcher-turned-outfielder Babe Ruth in a sports biopic that mixes facts with fiction.

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: William Bendix, Claire Trevor, Charles Bickford, Sam Levene

Votes: 1,142

16. Bad News Bears (2005)

PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Sport

65 Metascore

A grizzled little league coach tries to turn his team of misfits into champs.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden, Sammi Kane Kraft

Votes: 22,771 | Gross: $32.87M

17. The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977)

PG | 100 min | Comedy, Family, Sport

47 Metascore

A troubled, rebellious teen drives his rambunctious baseball team out to Houston where they play an exhibition game and the boy meets his estranged father, and hires him as the teams coach.

Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: William Devane, Jackie Earle Haley, Clifton James, Jimmy Baio

Votes: 3,690 | Gross: $19.10M

18. The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Family, Sport

31 Metascore

A small-time hustler takes the pint-sized baseball team to Japan for a match against the country's best Little League baseball team, sparking off a series of adventures and mishaps.

Director: John Berry | Stars: Tony Curtis, Jackie Earle Haley, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Antonio Inoki

Votes: 3,275 | Gross: $14.00M

19. The Bad News Bears (1979–1980)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Sport

To dodge jail, pool cleaner Buttermaker coaches misfit Little League team the Bears. With principal Rappant's help, he earns their respect and even wins some games.

Stars: Jack Warden, J. Brennan Smith, Tricia Cast, Billy Jayne

Votes: 339

20. The Bad News Bears (1976)

PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

84 Metascore

An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.

Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow, Joyce Van Patten

Votes: 25,047 | Gross: $42.35M

21. Ball of Wax (2003)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Thriller

An evil baseball player turns the game into a blood sport by pitting his teammates against one another in violent competitions.

Director: Daniel Kraus | Stars: Mark Mench, Justin Matthew Smith, Thunderbird Dinwiddie, Cullen Moss

Votes: 61

22. The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963)
Episode: Bang the Drum Slowly (1956)

52 min | Comedy, Drama

A pitcher on a major-league baseball team finds out that his catcher is desperately trying to hide something, he is dying of a terminal disease and he doesn't want the owner to find out and fire him.

Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Paul Newman, Albert Salmi, Barbara Babcock, Rudy Bond

Votes: 177

23. Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)

PG | 96 min | Drama, Sport

80 Metascore

The story of the friendship between a worldly-wise star pitcher and a half-wit catcher as they cope with the catcher's terminal illness through a baseball season.

Director: John D. Hancock | Stars: Michael Moriarty, Robert De Niro, Vincent Gardenia, Phil Foster

Votes: 6,244 | Gross: $0.35M

24. Baseball (1994–2010)

TV-PG | 104 min | Documentary, History, Sport

A documentary on the history of the sport with major topics including Afro-American players, player/team owner relations and the resilience of the game.

Stars: Daniel Okrent, George F. Will, John Chancellor, Doris Kearns Goodwin

Votes: 4,740

25. Baseball, Minnesota (1996)

Documentary, Sport

An FX Network television documentary series that followed the 1996 St. Paul Saints, a minor league baseball team in the independent Northern League.

Stars: Darryl Strawberry, Mike Veeck, Jack Morris, Marty Scott

26. BASEketball (1998)

R | 103 min | Comedy, Sport

38 Metascore

Two childhood friends are pro athletes of a national sport called BASEketball, a hybrid of baseball and basketball, and must deal with a greedy businessman scheming against their team.

Director: David Zucker | Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Dian Bachar, Yasmine Bleeth

Votes: 66,447 | Gross: $6.94M

27. Battlefield Baseball (2003)

Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

Battlefield Baseball is a tough game--it doesn't end until all the members on the opposing team are dead. In this game the Gedo High team is composed of blue-faced zombies, and their ... See full summary »

Director: Yûdai Yamaguchi | Stars: Tak Sakaguchi, Atsushi Itô, Hideo Sakaki, Yoshikazu Ebisu

Votes: 1,522

28. Beer League (2006)

R | 86 min | Comedy, Sport

40 Metascore

An unemployed slacker inspires his softball teammates to improve their game so they won't get kicked out of the local league.

Director: Frank Sebastiano | Stars: Artie Lange, Ralph Macchio, Anthony DeSando, Cara Buono

Votes: 8,469 | Gross: $0.48M

29. The Benchwarmers (2006)

PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Sport

25 Metascore

A trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard children's Little League squads.

Director: Dennis Dugan | Stars: David Spade, Jon Heder, Rob Schneider, Jon Lovitz

Votes: 54,951 | Gross: $59.84M

30. Big Guns (2006 Video)

Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy

The fun-loving, easy-going, 60- to 75-year-old Senior Softball team "Kids At Heart" suddenly decide to go for their secret dream -- win the World Series (BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!) Renaming ... See full summary »

Director: John Rester Zodrow | Stars: Barry Primus, Mel Novak, Susan Thomas, Geno Giordan

Votes: 23

31. Big Leaguer (1953)

Passed | 71 min | Drama, Family, Sport

John Lobert runs a training camp in Florida for the New York Giants. Every year, he evaluates the hopefuls to pick the best for a minor league contract. They all have dreams and talent, but... See full summary »

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Vera-Ellen, Jeff Richards, Richard Jaeckel

Votes: 498

32. The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)

PG | 110 min | Comedy, Sport

In the late 1930s during racial segregation, a star of the Negro League Baseball, Bingo Long, leaves his team and convinces other stars of the league to join him as free agent players touring the towns of the Midwest.

Director: John Badham | Stars: Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor, Rico Dawson

Votes: 2,166

33. Black Irish (2007)

R | 95 min | Drama

A teenage boy longs to win the attention of his emotionally distant father.

Director: Brad Gann | Stars: Michael Angarano, Brendan Gleeson, Emily VanCamp, Tom Guiry

Votes: 2,685 | Gross: $0.01M

34. Brewster's Millions (1985)

PG | 102 min | Comedy

37 Metascore

A minor-league baseball player must spend $30 million in 30 days in order to inherit $300 million. However, he's not allowed to own any assets, destroy the money, gift it, give it to charity, or tell anyone about the deal.

Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee, Stephen Collins

Votes: 43,122 | Gross: $38.80M

35. Bleacher Boys (2009)

Approved | 80 min | Documentary, Sport

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Director: Ziad H. Hamzeh | Stars: Ed Lucas, Patrick Cannon, Neal Freeling, Paul Paravanno

Votes: 22

36. Bleacher Bums (2001 TV Movie)

R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

A day in the life of a group of gambling buddies, as they sit in on their beloved baseball team game.

Director: Saul Rubinek | Stars: Sarain Boylan, Matt Craven, Brad Garrett, Jeff Geddis

Votes: 484

37. Bull Durham (1988)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport

73 Metascore

A fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him.

Director: Ron Shelton | Stars: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Trey Wilson

Votes: 59,434 | Gross: $50.89M

38. Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush (2007 TV Movie)

120 min | Documentary, Sport

The Brooklyn Dodgers, from Jackie Robinson's breaking baseball's color barrier to their move to Los Angeles, a dozen years later. The Dodgers epitomize the diverse working-class, in ... See full summary »

Stars: Buzzie Bavasi, Pat Cooper, Mel Durslag, Carl Erskine

Votes: 269

39. Breaking Into the Big League (1913)

19 min | Drama, Short

An air of excitement pervades the little town of Squashville. The local baseball team is to cross bats with the determined organization from Stringtown and the game will decide the season's... See full summary »

Stars: Harry F. Millarde, Marguerite Courtot, Henry Hallam, Christy Mathewson

40. Blue Skies Again (1983)

PG | 96 min | Comedy, Sport

A hard-hitting, fast, sure-handed baseball player tries to break into the sport by applying for a spot on a major-league-league team. The only problem is that the player is female, which ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Michaels | Stars: Harry Hamlin, Mimi Rogers, Kenneth McMillan, Robyn Barto

Votes: 234 | Gross: $0.08M

41. The Bronx Is Burning (2007)

60 min | Drama, Sport

A look at the New York Yankees attempt to win the 1977 World Series. Based on Jonathan Mahler's book "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning."

Stars: Oliver Platt, Kevin Conway, Daniel Sunjata, John Turturro

Votes: 1,392

42. The Busher (1919)

Not Rated | 63 min | Drama, Sport

A young baseball pitcher in the bush leagues is discovered by a big-league manager and given his chance in the major leagues. But will he be up to the challenge?

Director: Jerome Storm | Stars: Charles Ray, Colleen Moore, John Gilbert, Jay Morley

Votes: 733

43. Chasing 3000 (2010)

PG | 115 min | Family, Sport

Two brothers drive across country to see their hero, Roberto Clemente, get his 3000th hit.

Director: Gregory J. Lanesey | Stars: Ray Liotta, Trevor Morgan, Rory Culkin, Lauren Holly

Votes: 976

44. Calvin Marshall (2009)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

A college student is determined to become a Major League Baseball star, but finds his true calling instead.

Director: Gary Lundgren | Stars: Alex Frost, Noah Scott, Abbey Merow, Diedrich Bader

Votes: 752

45. The Catcher (1998)

Not Rated | 77 min | Horror, Sport

In Taft, California, 1981, Johnny (Fred Meyers) is a unassuming baseball hopeful who turned against his stern and demanding father (Joe Estevez) and beat him to death with a baseball bat on... See full summary »

Directors: Guy Crawford, Yvette Hoffman | Stars: David Heavener, Monique Parent, Joe Estevez, Sean Dillingham

Votes: 223

46. Casey at the Bat (1899)

TV-G | 1 min | Short, Sport

"The umpire makes a decision that Casey doesn't like, and an argument follows, during which Casey deftly trips him up, and continues the argument on the ground. The other players run from ... See full summary »

Votes: 118

47. Casey at the Bat (1913)

6 min | Comedy, Short

The Mudville B.B. Club has one sure winner: Casey, the idol of the fans and the admiration of the ladies. Housemaid Kitty and cook Mary can see nothing but Casey. Grady, a police officer, ... See full summary »

Director: James Young | Stars: Harry T. Morey, Norma Talmadge, Harry Northrup, Kate Price

48. Casey at the Bat (1916)

50 min | Drama, Sport

Casey lives with his sister and works in Hicks' general store and post office. The greatest thing in his life is his love for his little niece. To the people of Mudville, Casey is a hero ... See full summary »

Director: Lloyd Ingraham | Stars: DeWolf Hopper Sr., Kate Toncray, Mae Giraci, Carl Stockdale

49. Casey at the Bat (1922)

TV-G | 6 min | Short

Famous actor DeWolf Hopper (Sr.) recites the poem "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer in an early sound film produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.

Director: Lee De Forest | Star: DeWolf Hopper Sr.

Votes: 80

50. Casey at the Bat (1927)

Passed | 68 min | Action, Comedy, Sport

Casey is a slovenly junk man in a turn of the twentieth century hick town who has a remarkable ability to play baseball. An unscrupulous New York scout signs him up, so Casey and his ... See full summary »

Director: Monte Brice | Stars: Wallace Beery, Zasu Pitts, Ford Sterling, Sterling Holloway

Votes: 38 | Gross: $0.43M

51. Casey at the Bat (1946)

9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Animated version of classic baseball poem.

Director: Jack Kinney | Stars: Jerry Colonna, John Brown, Dessie Flynn, James MacDonald

Votes: 569

52. Casey Bats Again (1954)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Hoping for a son to redeem his name, Casey has several daughters instead who happen to be all dynamite baseball players themselves.

Directors: Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi, Burt Gillett | Stars: June Foray, William Woodson

Votes: 409

53. Casey at the Met(s) (1965)

18 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy

A human interest story of baseball fans who remain faithful to their lackluster team, the New York Mets, even though the players are "perennial cellar-dwellers". Beloved manager Casey Stengel promises "never to go below last place."

Director: Arthur Cohen | Stars: Casey Stengel, Richie Ashburn, Roger Craig, Larry Elliot

54. Chasing Dreams (1989)

PG | 94 min | Drama

A young man (David G. Brown) is bogged down by his family, farm and school life, but after the baseball coach convinces him to play, he finds a bit of comfort in the sport and ends up excelling in it

Directors: Therese Conte, Sean Roche | Stars: David G. Brown, Kevin Costner, John Fife, Jim Shane

Votes: 291

55. Chasing October (2007)

Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary, Comedy, Sport

"Chasing October" is filmmaker Matt Liston's docu-comedy that chronicles his crusade to take the Cubs to the World Series "by any means necessary." Liston quits his job and decides that by ... See full summary »

Director: Matt Liston | Stars: Ben Brimer, Nathaniel O. Calloway, Hallie Faben Comfort, Billy Corgan

Votes: 40

56. The Comeback Kid (1980 TV Movie)

97 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport

A down and out former minor league ballplayer finds romance and a renewed zest for life when he takes a job coaching a group of underprivileged kids.

Director: Peter Levin | Stars: John Ritter, Susan Dey, Doug McKeon, James Gregory

Votes: 267

57. Cobb (1994)

R | 128 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

66 Metascore

A reporter hired to write the 'official' biography of Ty Cobb discovers just how dark the baseball legend's real story is.

Director: Ron Shelton | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Wuhl, Lolita Davidovich, Ned Bellamy

Votes: 8,155 | Gross: $1.01M

58. Clubhouse (2004–2005)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family, Sport

A teenage boy lives out his biggest dream as the batboy for a major league baseball team.

Stars: Jeremy Sumpter, Dean Cain, Dan Byrd, Kirsten Storms

Votes: 634

59. Cooperstown (1993 TV Movie)

104 min | Drama, Sport

A baseball pitcher who never had quite the professional career he dreamed about is visited by the ghost of his former catcher, for whom he always harbored a secret jealousy. The spirit of ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Haid | Stars: Ernie Harwell, Miles Perlich, Byron Thames, Robbie T. Robinson

Votes: 187

60. The Comrades of Summer (1992 TV Movie)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Sport

To teach a team of Russian wanna-be baseball players the finer points of the all-American game is no easy task, but for a grudgingly resentful, recently fired baseball manager from the ... See full summary »

Director: Tommy Lee Wallace | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Natalya Negoda, Michael Lerner, Mark Rolston

Votes: 396

61. The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990 TV Movie)

M | 100 min | Biography, Drama

A film about the early life of the baseball star in the army and in particular his court-martial for insubordination regarding segregation.

Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Andre Braugher, Daniel Stern, Ruby Dee, Stan Shaw

Votes: 246

62. Dear Mr. Fidrych (2009)

118 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

It's 1976 in Detroit. Twelve-year-old poet Marty Jones wants to be a baseball star. Motivated by the quirky success of Mark 'The Bird' Fidrych, Marty writes a poem to the Detroit Tigers' ... See full summary »

Director: Mike Cramer | Stars: Jon Barinholtz, Robert Belushi, Jimmy Binns, Jack Cramer

Votes: 10

63. Damn Yankees (1958)

Approved | 111 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A frustrated fan of the hopeless Washington Senators makes a pact with the Devil to help the baseball team win the league pennant.

Directors: George Abbott, Stanley Donen | Stars: Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston, Russ Brown

Votes: 3,449

64. Deadly Strike 1 (2008)

20 min | Short, Comedy, Horror

In order to boost morale at Dirkschneider Inc., Boss Franz decides to create a company baseball team. In short time, members of the group wind up dead due to baseball related deaths. Could ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Chandler | Stars: Todd Therrien, Caitlin Robert, Aurora Grabill, Richard Chandler

Votes: 11

65. Diminished Capacity (2008)

Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy

54 Metascore

A Chicago journalist suffering from memory loss takes leaves from his job and returns to his rural hometown, where he bonds with his Alzheimer's-impaired uncle Rollie and his old flame.

Director: Terry Kinney | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Virginia Madsen, Alan Alda, Jimmy Bennett

Votes: 1,338 | Gross: $0.02M

66. Diamond in the Dunes (2014)

80 min | Documentary

Muslim Uyghur and Han Chinese students at China's Xinjiang University live segregated lives, except on the baseball field. Lacking enough students from a single ethnic group, they need each... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Rufo

Votes: 17

67. Death on the Diamond (1934)

Passed | 71 min | Drama, Mystery, Sport

Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debts. He hires ace player Larry Evans to ensure the victory. As well as rival teams, ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Robert Young, Madge Evans, Nat Pendleton, Ted Healy

Votes: 338

68. Dizzy & Daffy (1934)

Approved | 18 min | Short, Comedy, Sport

A half-blind minor league pitcher meets, and nicknames, Dizzy and Daffy Dean, who go on to play for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Dizzy Dean, Paul 'Daffy' Dean, Roscoe Ates, Shemp Howard

Votes: 29

69. Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige (1981 TV Movie)

98 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, star pitcher in the Negro Leagues, and later in the major leagues. Traces his life from his troubled youth, including his life in a detention school for ... See full summary »

Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Beverly Todd, Cleavon Little, Ernie Barnes

Votes: 139

70. I See The Crowd Roar: The Story of William Dummy Hoy (2007)

40 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

A true story of a courageous boy who becomes a legend. Living a dream that wouldn't die; his passion empowered him to historically change the course of baseball. Facing challenges on every ... See full summary »

Director: David Risotto | Stars: Deanne Bray, Ryan Lane, Roy Firestone, Victoria Lea Rudd

Votes: 126

71. Eastbound & Down (2009–2013)

TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Many years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach Physical Education at his old middle school.

Stars: Danny McBride, Steve Little, Katy Mixon Greer, Elizabeth De Razzo

Votes: 64,173

72. The Sons of Summer

R | Action, Drama, Sport | Completed

Three brothers battle through death, decline and war in the baseball-obsessed town of Rupland.

Director: Michael Dault | Stars: Scott Patterson, Michael Moriarty, Brent Briscoe, Melissa Anschutz

73. The Dreyfus Affair

Comedy, Romance, Sport | Announced

During the race for the World Series, Randy Drefyus - the handsome, married, spectacularly talented shortstop for the Los Angeles Valley Vikings - discovers he's fallen in love with the team's second baseman.

Director: David Frankel

74. Ed (1996)

PG | 94 min | Comedy, Family, Sport

25 Metascore

A trained chimpanzee plays third base for a minor-league baseball team.

Director: Bill Couturié | Stars: Matt LeBlanc, Jayne Brook, Gene Ross, Paul Hewitt

Votes: 8,937 | Gross: $6.29M

75. Elmer, the Great (1933)

Not Rated | 72 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

Country bumpkin Elmer Kane joins the Chicago Cubs as the greatest hitter in baseball. His skill with a bat takes the team to the World Series, but on the way to the championship he has to deal with gamblers and crooked pitchers.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Patricia Ellis, Frank McHugh, Claire Dodd

Votes: 602

76. Eight Men Out (1988)

PG | 119 min | Drama, History, Sport

71 Metascore

A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.

Director: John Sayles | Stars: John Cusack, Clifton James, Jace Alexander, Gordon Clapp

Votes: 22,102 | Gross: $5.68M

77. Eden Court (2008)

Comedy

Eden Court is a dramatic comedy of a washed up baseball star stuck in a trailer park trying to escape his current world by running off to Australia in pursuit of his "American Dream." The ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Leuer | Stars: Thomas Lennon, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Stephnie Weir, Christian Finnegan

Votes: 45

78. The Emerald Diamond (2006)

Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary

The story of Irish baseball, from County Cork to Fenway Park.

Director: John J. Fitzgerald | Star: Chris Foy

Votes: 21

79. Everyone's Hero (2006)

G | 87 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

51 Metascore

A boy begins a grand journey to return Babe Ruth's baseball bat before the deciding game of the 1932 World Series comes to a close.

Directors: Colin Brady, Christopher Reeve, Daniel St. Pierre | Stars: Jake T. Austin, Brian Dennehy, Whoopi Goldberg, Ritchie Allen

Votes: 9,660 | Gross: $14.52M

80. The Fan (1996)

R | 116 min | Action, Drama, Sport

32 Metascore

An all star baseball player becomes the unhealthy focus of a down on his luck salesman.

Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, Ellen Barkin, John Leguizamo

Votes: 51,425 | Gross: $18.57M

81. Faded Glory (2009)

PG-13 | 90 min | Documentary

The story of one man's journey to find all his ex-teammates from past baseball glories and bring them back 17 years later to compete for a championship in the 2007 35+ National Amateur Baseball World Series.

Director: Richard A. Cohen | Stars: Patrick Armstrong, Brien Blakely, Chad Brown, Chris Bruno

Votes: 13

82. Fancy Curves (1932)

9 min | Short, Sport

After talking to a young coed in the stands at a game, Ruth agrees to go out to her girls college to give some instruction to their ball team. He does so and when their big game takes place... See full summary »

Director: Lou Breslow | Stars: Babe Ruth, Claire Merritt Hodgson, Madalynne Field

Votes: 43

83. Fear Strikes Out (1957)

Approved | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.

Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Norma Moore, Adam Williams

Votes: 2,160

84. Fastpitch (2000)

Documentary, Sport

67 Metascore

Members of the Ashland Abbot Labs, a men's fast-pitch softball team, play for the love of the game despite the decline of their sport.

Directors: Jeremy Spear, Juliet Weber | Stars: Ken Billingley, Tony Hunhoff, Shane Hunuhunu, Lila Leiter

Votes: 39 | Gross: $0.01M

85. Fever Pitch (2005)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

56 Metascore

Lindsay is stuck in the middle of her relationship with Ben and his passion for the Boston Red Sox.

Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly | Stars: Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, Jason Spevack, Jack Kehler

Votes: 47,781 | Gross: $42.07M

86. Field of Dreams (1989)

PG | 107 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

57 Metascore

Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife, Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true.

Director: Phil Alden Robinson | Stars: Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta, Amy Madigan

Votes: 128,221 | Gross: $64.43M

87. Favorite Son (2008)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

A story of family, of dreams deferred, and of a final chance at redemption. David Paxton, nearing the end of his minor league baseball career, returns to his hometown as much less the hero ... See full summary »

Director: Howard Libov | Stars: Pablo Schreiber, Connor Paolo, Kellie Overbey, Richard Bekins

Votes: 174

88. Finding Buck McHenry (2000 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Family, Sport

When an 11 year old boy (Michael Schiffman) gets cut from his Little League baseball team, he sets out to form his own team. He persuades a school custodian (Ossie Davis) to be the coach. ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Burnett | Stars: Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Ernie Banks, Michael Schiffman

Votes: 284

89. The Final Season (2007)

PG | 119 min | Drama, Sport

43 Metascore

Kent Stock disrupts his life to become coach of the Norway High School baseball team and try to lead them to victory.

Director: David Mickey Evans | Stars: Sean Astin, Powers Boothe, Rachael Leigh Cook, Jesse Henecke

Votes: 2,784 | Gross: $1.16M

90. Fireman, Save My Child! (1932)

67 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport

Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small home town. He gets an offer to play in a big team, he hopes to get more money for his inventions. But he is invited to ... See full summary »

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Evalyn Knapp, Lilian Bond, Guy Kibbee

Votes: 297

91. For Love of the Game (1999)

PG-13 | 137 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

43 Metascore

After 19 years of playing the game he's loved his whole life, Detroit Tigers pitcher Billy Chapel has to decide if he's going to risk everything and put everything out there.

Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly, Jena Malone

Votes: 37,480 | Gross: $35.17M

93. The Franchise: A Season with the San Francisco Giants (2011– )

Documentary, Sport

A candid look at the struggles, relationships and day-to-day lives of San Francisco Giants players.

Votes: 29

94. Girls Can Play (1937)

Passed | 59 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Foy Harris (John Gallaudet) is a bootlegger selling illegal booze and also running a girl's professional softball team and is romancing the team's catcher Sue Collins (Rita Hayworth). The ... See full summary »

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Julie Bishop, Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth, John Gallaudet

Votes: 157

95. Game 6 (2005)

R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

56 Metascore

Combining real and fictional events, this movie centers around the historic 1986 World Series, and a day in the life of a playwright who skips opening night to watch the momentous game.

Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Griffin Dunne, Ari Graynor

Votes: 2,969 | Gross: $0.10M

96. Goodbye, Franklin High (1978)

PG | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

During his senior year, a high-school student must deal with his girlfriend and parents, and make a difficult decision whether to do the safe thing and go to college or try for a glamorous baseball career.

Director: Mike MacFarland | Stars: Lane Caudell, Julie Adams, William Windom, Darby Hinton

Votes: 59

97. Rhubarb (1951)

Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Family, Sport

Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet. Then T.J. dies, leaving to Rhubarb most of his money and a pro baseball team, the Brooklyn Loons. When the ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Ray Milland, Jan Sterling, Gene Lockhart, William Frawley

Votes: 846

98. Road to the Big Leagues (2008)

Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary

Baseball in the Dominican Republic is not just a game. For many Dominicans the long, competitive road to a professional baseball career is one of the few viable alternatives to a life of ... See full summary »

Director: Jared Goodman | Stars: Vladimir Guerrero, Jesus Alou, David Ortiz

Votes: 69

99. Roogie's Bump (1954)

Approved | 71 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sport

A young boy who loves baseball develops a strange bump on his arm. The bump has such an effect on his pitching arm that he soon finds himself playing for a major league baseball team.

Director: Harold Young | Stars: Robert Marriott, Ruth Warrick, Olive Blakeney, Robert F. Simon

Votes: 52

100. The Rookie (2002)

G | 127 min | Drama, Family, Sport

72 Metascore

A Texas baseball coach makes the major league after agreeing to try out if his high school team made the playoffs.

Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Dennis Quaid, JD Evermore, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez

Votes: 37,198 | Gross: $75.60M



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