Baseball movie
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A baseball movie refers to a sports film belonging to a genre where the game of baseball is prominently featured in the plot.
If movies are often referred to as an American art form, then the baseball movie must be the most American of all. The inherent conflict present in sports very often makes for intriguing subject matter for motion pictures. Throughout movie history, filmmakers have often turned to baseball.
Many baseball films are true stories which follow a particular team or player. Many of the greatest players in the game's history (Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, etc.) have had their life stories turned into film.
Other baseball films are pure fiction, using baseball as a backdrop for humor (The Bad News Bears) or even mythology (The Natural).
Notable baseball movies include:
Fiction
- A League of Their Own (1992)
- Alibi Ike (1935)
- Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
- Angels in the Outfield (1951)
- Angels in the Outfield (1994 remake)
- The Bad News Bears (1976) & sequels
- Bad News Bears (2005) - remake of 1976 original
- Bang the Drum Slowly (made for television, 1956; remade for screen, 1973)
- The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
- Blue Skies Again (1983)
- Brewster's Millions (1985)
- Bull Durham (1988)
- The Comrades of Summer (1992)
- Damn Yankees (1958)
- Ed (1996)
- Elmer, the Great (1933)
- The Fan (1996)
- Field of Dreams (1989)
- Fever Pitch (2004)
- Fireman, Save My Child (1932)
- For Love of the Game (1999)
- Hardball (2001)
- It Happens Every Spring (1949)
- Little Big League (1994)
- Long Gone (made for television, 1987)
- Major League (1989)
- Major League II (1994)
- Major League: Back to the Minors (1998)
- Mickey (2004)
- Mr. 3000 (2004)
- Mr. Baseball (1992)
- Mr. Destiny (1990)
- The Natural (1984)
- Night Game (1989)
- Pastime (1991)
- Perfect Game (2000)
- Princess Nine (1998)
- Rhubarb (1951)
- Rookie of the Year (1993)
- Safe At Home (1962)
- The Sandlot (1993)
- The Sandlot 2 (2005)
- The Scout (1994)
- The Slugger's Wife (1985)
- Squeeze Play (1980)
- Stealing Home (1988)
- Summer Catch (2001)
- Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
- Talent For The Game (1991)
- Tiger Town (1983)
- Trading Hearts (1987)
- When It Was A Game (1992, 1993, 1998)
Non-Fiction
- 61* (made for television, 2001)
- The Babe (1992)
- The Babe Ruth Story (1948)
- Cobb (1994)
- Eight Men Out (1988)
- Fear Strikes Out (1957)
- Hustle (made for television, 2004)
- The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
- The Kid from Left Field (1953)
- The Pride of St. Louis (1952)
- The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
- The Rookie (2002)
- Soul of the Game (1996)
- The Stratton Story (1949)
- Touching the Game-The Story of the Cape Cod Baseball League (2004)
- The Winning Team (1952)