Baseball Movies
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1. Knuckleball! (2012)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Sport
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
92. Freedom Park (2004)
98 min | Comedy, Sport
Directors: Jon Artigo, Chad Meserve | Stars: Tim Fields, Matt McDonald, Andrea Ajemian, Brendon Boyd
Votes: 58
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
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
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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