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- DirectorRon SheltonStarsKevin CostnerSusan SarandonTim RobbinsA 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.
- DirectorDavid Mickey EvansStarsTom GuiryMike VitarArt LaFleurIn the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures.
- DirectorPenny MarshallStarsTom HanksGeena DavisLori PettyTwo sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amid their own growing rivalry.
- DirectorKevin Rodney SullivanStarsDelroy LindoMykelti WilliamsonEdward HerrmannBlack baseball greats, Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson, vie to be the first afro-American major leaguer, only to see the outspoken rookie, Jackie Robinson, be chosen.
- DirectorJohn SaylesStarsJohn CusackClifton JamesJace AlexanderA dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.
- DirectorDavid S. WardStarsTom BerengerCharlie SheenCorbin BernsenThe new owner of the Cleveland Indians puts together a purposely horrible team so they'll lose and she can move the team. But when the plot is uncovered, they start winning just to spite her.
- DirectorBilly CrystalStarsBarry PepperThomas JaneAnthony Michael HallRoger Maris and Mickey Mantle race to break Babe Ruth's single-season home run record.
- DirectorBennett MillerStarsBrad PittRobin WrightJonah HillOakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.
- DirectorBrian HelgelandStarsChadwick BosemanT.R. KnightHarrison FordIn 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process.
- DirectorJohn Lee HancockStarsDennis QuaidJD EvermoreRachel GriffithsA Texas baseball coach makes the major league after agreeing to try out if his high school team made the playoffs.
- DirectorPhil Alden RobinsonStarsKevin CostnerJames Earl JonesRay LiottaIowa 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.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancBea BenaderetFrank GrahamBugs plays every defensive position against the Gashouse Gorillas.
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsRay MillandJean PetersPaul DouglasA scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.
- DirectorSam WoodStarsGary CooperTeresa WrightBabe RuthThe story of the life and career of famed baseball player Lou Gehrig.
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsRobert RedfordRobert DuvallGlenn CloseA middle-aged unknown comes seemingly out of nowhere to become a legendary baseball player with almost supernatural talent.
- DirectorJohn BadhamStarsBilly Dee WilliamsJames Earl JonesRichard PryorIn 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.
- DirectorMichael RitchieStarsWalter MatthauTatum O'NealVic MorrowAn aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsKevin CostnerKelly PrestonJohn C. ReillyAfter 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.
- DirectorGeorge AbbottStanley DonenStarsTab HunterGwen VerdonRay WalstonA frustrated fan of the hopeless Washington Senators makes a pact with the Devil to help the baseball team win the league pennant.
- DirectorRon SheltonStarsTommy Lee JonesRobert WuhlLolita DavidovichA reporter hired to write the 'official' biography of Ty Cobb discovers just how dark the baseball legend's real story is.
- DirectorJohn D. HancockStarsMichael MoriartyRobert De NiroVincent GardeniaThe 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.
- DirectorGregory J. LaneseyStarsRay LiottaTrevor MorganRory CulkinTwo brothers drive across country to see their hero, Roberto Clemente, get his 3000th hit.
- DirectorFrancis LeclercStarsPatrice RobitaillePier-Luc FunkJacinthe LaguëMartin 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.
- DirectorMichael RitchieStarsAlbert BrooksBrendan FraserDianne WiestThe story of a baseball scout who discovers a talented but troubled baseball player.
- CreatorDan FogelmanRick SingerStarsKylie BunburyMark-Paul GosselaarMark ConsuelosA young pitcher becomes the first woman to play in the Major Leagues.
- DirectorWilliam DearStarsClifton Collins Jr.Cheech MarinMoises AriasBased on a true story, a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who became the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series.
- DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsKeiji SadaKeiko KishiMinoru ÔkiA talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to his team.
- DirectorRobert M. YoungStarsEdward James OlmosLorraine BraccoJohn E. ColemanVirgil Sweet is on the verge of losing his job as a talent scout with the California Angels when he discovers Sammy Bodeen, a country boy with no pro ball experience, but with a pitching arm no one has seen the like of.
- CreatorBen BestJody HillDanny McBrideStarsDanny McBrideSteve LittleKaty Mixon GreerMany 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.
- DirectorFred SchepisiStarsTom SelleckKen TakakuraAya TakanashiJack Elliot, once a great baseball player, is forced to play in Japan where his brash, egotistical ways cause friction with his new teammates and friends.
- DirectorLawrence Ah-MonScudStarsYu Chung LeungRon HeungJohn TaiThe actual members of the Hong Kong Baseball Team all prove themselves to be natural actors by playing themselves in this fictional youth drama set in 2004. In a city where baseball culture is non-existent, these baseball players are a minority by choice. The experience teaches them to be free-thinkers in dealing with love, friendship and their own sexuality. It also enables them to find the will to live in the face of death and the strength to conquer losing in a spectatorless sport.
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsJohn GoodmanKelly McGillisTrini AlvaradoBabe Ruth becomes a baseball legend but is unheroic to those who know him.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsJackie RobinsonRuby DeeMinor WatsonBiography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces his career in the negro leagues and the major leagues. Restored in original Black and White.
- DirectorCraig GillespieStarsJon HammAasif MandviAlan ArkinA sports agent stages an unconventional recruitment strategy to get talented Indian cricket players to play Major League Baseball.
- DirectorDaniel SternStarsThomas Ian NicholasGary BuseyAlbert HallWhen an accident miraculously gives a boy an incredibly powerful pitching arm, he becomes a major league pitcher for the Chicago Cubs.
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsPaul DouglasJanet LeighKeenan WynnThe Pittsburgh Pirates' brash and abusive manager receives the help of an angel to win games and become a better person in the process.
- DirectorBrian RobbinsStarsKeanu ReevesDiane LaneJohn HawkesA gambling addict and ticket scalper living an aimless life reluctantly agrees to coach a Little League team from the Chicago projects as part of a loan agreement.
- DirectorRobin B. ArmstrongStarsWilliam RussGlenn PlummerNoble WillinghamPastime is a story of an aging, white pitcher on a minor league baseball team who takes a young, talented, black pitcher under his wing in 1957.
- DirectorBobby FarrellyPeter FarrellyStarsDrew BarrymoreJimmy FallonJason SpevackLindsay is stuck in the middle of her relationship with Ben and his passion for the Boston Red Sox.
- DirectorRobert LorenzStarsClint EastwoodAmy AdamsJohn GoodmanA daughter tries to remedy her dysfunctional relationship with her ailing father, a decorated baseball scout, by helping him in a recruiting trip which could be his last.
- DirectorKang Woo-sukStarsJeong Jae-yeongSeon YuKang Shin-ilKim Sang-nam (Jeong Jae-yeong), a hot-tempered former professional baseball player, is sent to the countryside to coach a team of hearing-impaired players in order to avoid media coverage of his recent involvement in an assault case. At first, Kim has a difficult time imagining how he can teach baseball to a group of boys who can't hear, but as he spends time with them he starts to believe that they can play the game. Motivated, Kim decides to help them prepare for the nationals. But things don't go the way Kim plans and their difficulties communicating with one another exacerbates the situation.
- DirectorMichael HoffmanStarsMichael KeatonRobert Downey Jr.Griffin DunneCombining 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.
- DirectorHarmon JonesStarsDan DaileyJoanne DruRichard HyltonThe story of Jerome "Dizzy" Dean, a major-league baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs in the 1930s and 1940s.
- DirectorDavid Mickey EvansStarsSean AstinPowers BootheRachael Leigh CookKent Stock disrupts his life to become coach of the Norway High School baseball team and try to lead them to victory.
- DirectorLeslie GoodwinsStarsLupe VelezEddie AlbertPatsy KellyA top baseball pitcher "loses" his pitching skills whenever he falls in love. His teammates try to get him to settle down with one woman so they can start winning some games.
- DirectorCharles Stone IIIStarsBernie MacAngela BassettMichael RispoliAging baseball star who goes by the nickname, Mr. 3000, finds out many years after retirement that he didn't quite reach 3,000 hits. Now at age 47 he's back to try and reach that goal.
- DirectorAlfonso RodríguezStarsLuis Jose LopezMarlene FavelaHemky MaderaA promising MLB player is forced to return to his country after being found to be using steroids, and the only option he gets to rebuild his life is joining a team of losers in the Dominican league.
- DirectorJohn Kent HarrisonStarsMatthew ModineKristin DavisShawn HatosyA young lad dreams of playing with the great Honus Wagner in his 1909 World Series duel with hall-of-famer Ty Cobb.
- DirectorTony ScottStarsRobert De NiroWesley SnipesEllen BarkinAn all star baseball player becomes the unhealthy focus of a down on his luck salesman.
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsAllan JonesJane FrazeeMarjorie LordSinging Johnny Norton is the star catcher of the Blue Sox baseball team but he is suspended because of insubordination. Producer Barney Crane hears Johnny singing and signs him to appear with Gloria Jackson, with the promise their first engagement will be in Havana. Johnny, hoping to get his baseball job back, is anxious to get to Cuba where the Blue Sox are having spring training. Patsy Clark, daughter of Blue Sox owner, Joe Clark, helps Johnny get another chance with the team. But Johnny has fallen in love with Gloria and hates to walk out on his singing contract. Johnny's troubles are solved when rain prevents the important All-Star exhibition game which was scheduled for the same evening.
- DirectorBusby BerkeleyStarsFrank SinatraEsther WilliamsGene KellyTwo turn-of-the-century baseball players, who work in vaudeville during the off-season, run into trouble with their team's new female owner and a gambler who doesn't want them to win the pennant.
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsBilly Bob ThorntonGreg KinnearMarcia Gay HardenA grizzled little league coach tries to turn his team of misfits into champs.
- DirectorSam WoodStarsJames StewartJune AllysonFrank MorganStar major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms.
- DirectorGary LundgrenStarsAlex FrostNoah ScottAbbey MerowA college student is determined to become a Major League Baseball star, but finds his true calling instead.
- DirectorHal AshbyStarsMichael O'KeefeRebecca De MornayMartin RittA major league star who is on the verge of breaking a record, meets a singer and they get married, but they have different goals, so they separate, jeopardizing his opportunity in sports and the possibility of making up with his wife.
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsWilliam BendixUna MerkelRay CollinsAn umpire-hating ex-baseball player loses many jobs because of his passion for watching ball games during working hours, but he decides to combine business with pleasure by becoming an umpire himself.
- DirectorEdward SedgwickStarsRobert YoungMadge EvansNat PendletonPop 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, mobsters are trying to prevent the wins, and as the pennant race nears the end, Pop's star players begin to be killed, on and off the field. Can Larry romance Pop's daughter, win enough games, and still have time to stop a murderer before he strikes more than three times?
- DirectorDavid ZuckerStarsLeslie NielsenPriscilla PresleyO.J. SimpsonIncompetent police Detective Frank Drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
- DirectorWilliam DearStarsDanny GloverBrenda FrickerTony DanzaWhen a boy prays for a chance to have a family if the California Angels win the pennant, angels are assigned to make that possible.
- DirectorLogan MillerNoah MillerStarsEd HarrisBrad DourifRobert ForsterThe true story about a father struggling to make amends with his twin sons as they pursue their dreams of professional baseball.
- DirectorJohn WarrenStarsScott BakulaCorbin BernsenDennis HaysbertA lousy minor league baseball team full of many different personalities gets a new manager, an aging minor league pitcher.
- DirectorJerome StormStarsCharles RayColleen MooreJohn GilbertA 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?
- DirectorFrank SebastianoStarsArtie LangeRalph MacchioAnthony DeSandoAn unemployed slacker inspires his softball teammates to improve their game so they won't get kicked out of the local league.
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsWilliam BendixClaire TrevorCharles BickfordWilliam Bendix suits up in Yankee flannels as the renowned pitcher-turned-outfielder Babe Ruth in a sports biopic that mixes facts with fiction.
- DirectorRobert MilazzoStarsBrian DennehyMary Kay PlaceMare WinninghamA high school baseball star must choose between pursuing a college sports career and staying near family and friends in his struggling rural Ozark mountains community.
- DirectorRichard MichaelsStarsHarry HamlinMimi RogersKenneth McMillanA 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 engenders resistance and resentment among many players and officials.
- DirectorDavid S. WardStarsCharlie SheenTom BerengerCorbin BernsenThe Indians are now a World Series contender. But last year's hunger is now replaced with complacency, and bad decisions by the new owner threaten to tear the team apart.
- DirectorTim RogersStarsThomas SneedRebecca KaserBen AscherMilltown Pride is an entertaining evangelistic movie that recalls a bygone era while conveying relevant truths for today.
- DirectorJonathan HockStarsKevin CostnerDerek JeterDenard SpanWith Kevin Costner narrating, lead a cast of baseball legends and scientists who explore the magic within the 396 milliseconds it takes a fastball to reach home plate, and decipher who threw the fastest pitch ever.
- DirectorWalter DonigerStarsMickey MantleRoger MarisWilliam FrawleyLegendary Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle stars with his Yankee teammate Roger Maris in this good-natured story of dreams that really do come true.
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsJoe E. BrownOlivia de HavillandRuth DonnellyIdiosyncratic new recruit Francis "Ike" Farrell tries to help the Cubs to the pennant with his pitching and hitting.
- DirectorLawrence C. WindomStarsBabe RuthRuth TaylorWilliam SheerThe "true story" of baseball great Babe Ruth; Ruth plays himself.
- DirectorHoward ZieffStarsMichael KeatonChristopher LloydPeter BoyleFour mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperon, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accidentally witnessing a murder, before the killers can find him and finish the job.
- DirectorHarmon JonesStarsDan DaileyAnne BancroftBilly ChapinFormer ballplayer Larry Cooper secretly and unofficially manages a struggling major league club, the Bisons, through his nine year old son, Christie, who is a bat-boy for the team.
- DirectorAndrew ScheinmanStarsLuke EdwardsTimothy BusfieldJohn AshtonA young boy is bequeathed the ownership of a professional baseball team.
- DirectorBob GosseStarsTom GuiryDanielle ComerfordJonathan FlaxDying doctor Jonathan Lyle's last wish is granted, to be young again and play baseball, but only for five days.
- DirectorTom DempseyStarsJim FitzpatrickBilly GillespieTom NowickiA group of high school friends who have been on the same softball team for twenty years deal with the break-up of their team.
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsEdward G. RobinsonVera-EllenJeff RichardsJohn 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 the elimination whittles them down to a lucky few who'll get the $150 a month contract. This year John's niece comes down from the home office in New York and is attracted to tall quiet Adam.
- DirectorDavid ZuckerStarsTrey ParkerMatt StoneDian BacharTwo 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.
- DirectorBill CouturiéStarsMatt LeBlancJayne BrookGene RossA trained chimpanzee plays third base for a minor-league baseball team.
- DirectorAviva KempnerStarsReeve BrennerHank GreenbergWalter MatthauThe life and career of Hank Greenberg, the first major Jewish baseball star in the Major Leagues.
- DirectorJeremy GardnerStarsJeremy GardnerAdam CronheimNiels BolleThe personalities of two former baseball players clash as they traverse the rural back roads of a post-plague New England teeming with the undead.
- DirectorDavid R. BrooksStarsBrian WimmerBart JohnsonDon MostAbout Charlie Jones, a washed up, ex major league ballplayer, and how he gets a second chance at life and love by managing a Jewish, orthodox yeshiva baseball team.
- DirectorJohn SturgesFred ZinnemannStarsSpencer TracyFelipe PazosHarry BellaverAn old Cuban fisherman's dry spell is broken when he hooks a gigantic fish that drags him out to sea.
- DirectorPeter MastersonStarsRoy ScheiderKaren YoungLane SmithA Texas police detective ties pitcher's strikes to a serial throat slasher.
- DirectorJonathon KimbleBob MahaffeyStarsLouis BonfanteLili ReinhartJonnie WagnerUnderdog baseball team wins 6 games and loses 17 games in the regular season. In a magical way, the team wins 8 games in a row to become the first high school baseball team, in any state, to win a state championship with a losing record.
- DirectorHerbert KlineStarsGeorge BrentLynn BariRuss TamblynBaseball team (the Cleveland Indians) helps a troubled teenaged fan.
- DirectorSteven KampmannWilliam PorterStarsMark HarmonJodie FosterBlair BrownEx-baseball player Billy comes home to receive his childhood darling's ashes.
- StarsMark ScottArt PassarellaHank AaronA series of filmed home run contests between two sluggers of the late 1950s/early 1960s, one National Leaguer, one American Leaguer. The batters had to swing at every pitch in the strike zone. Any called strike or batted ball that did not go for a home run was an out. (Three outs per inning.) The batter with the most runs at the end of nine innings won $2000. The loser got $1000. As an added incentive, any batter who hit three home runs in a row got a $500 bonus. Each consecutive home run after the first three in a row was worth an additional $500. While one hitter was at bat, the other sat in the press box with host Mark Scott and talked about both his and the other hitter's career. Filmed at Wrigley Field--home of the Pacific Coast League Los Angeles Angels--where the power alleys were a generous 345 feet from home plate.
- DirectorHerman HoffmanStarsTom EwellAnne FrancisAnn MillerBruce Hallerton becomes coach of the Panthers, a little league baseball team. The fact that an attractive widow has her son in the team causes problems with his wife.
- StarsKanae ItôMai NakaharaKana UedaIn Taisho period Japan where women are seen as only good for housework, nine students at an all-girls high school learn how to play baseball to prove that they can compete with the boys.
- DirectorRoss FinkelTrevor MartinJon PaleyStarsJean Carlos BatistaMiguel Angel SanoJohn LeguizamoTwo top baseball prospects in the Dominican Republic face fierce competition and corruption as they chase their big league dreams.
- DirectorMichael MeredithStarsJustin TimberlakeTed DansonHarry Dean StantonA man embarks on a road trip with his girlfriend and estranged baseball legend dad.
- DirectorRobert FloreyStarsJames DunnClaire DoddPatricia EllisJoe is a reporter who is looking for his big break and he gets it when he takes over George Gorman's sports column. Marty is a hood who would fix any sporting event he could and Joe keeps the pressure of the paper on him. His wife Maxine, however, wants only the finer things in life and when Joe is on the road, she becomes Marty's Gal. That and the money that she owes Marty ends Joe's career as a New York Register columnist and starts his new career as a drunk. But Connie, who has had a crush on Joe for years, will try to make him the reporter he once was.
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsJoe E. BrownEvalyn KnappLilian BondJoe 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 present his invention to a fire-extinguisher company at the same time when he is supposed to play. Will he be able to show the effectiveness of his invention and win the game ?
- DirectorKim Jong-hyunStarsLee Beom-suYoon Jin-seoGong YooA relief pitcher for the worst team in the league seizes the unlikely opportunity to work nine innings against the star starting pitcher of the league's best team when no one else wants to face him.
- DirectorDavid BoydStarsScott ElrodDorian Brown PhamCharles Henry WysonA pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties for a misfit Little League team.
- DirectorHarold YoungStarsRobert MarriottRuth WarrickOlive BlakeneyA 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.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsJoe E. BrownPatricia EllisFrank McHughCountry 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.
- CreatorTakuya MitsudaStarsYûko SasamotoShunsuke SakuyaJunko NodaHonda Goro the son of a famous baseball player loves nothing more than baseball itself. His biggest dream is to show his father that he can become the best pitcher in the world despite all the hardships he had to endure he keeps on running towards his goal at full speed.