Ben Shapiro's DEFINITIVE Sports Movie Ranking

[@loganleroy8622]

The idea that you gentlemen didn't even consider "The Sandlot" is absolutely incredible to me.

[@joebwankenobi5194]

I was looking for this comment, absolutely

[@martinrheaume5393]

Wow, would've been a contender for the while thing

[@ctuck8644]

They pick brackets like a girl

[@Flibbeterjibbet]

To be fair, Sandlot is more about boyhood, and growing up, but Sandlot is my favorite movie in the sports arena, in my top 10 pf all time, and one the best American movies ever made. Fight me, if you want

[@perfectsense3240]

Sandlot should be a final four shoe in

[@REDLIGHTNING191]

How is the sandlot not in the baseball region?

[@vindigregorio6697]

It’s so awesome to see Ben just literally relaxing and being one of the guys. I guarantee this was his favorite interview in ages to just hangout and not talk politics.

[@IcanGOwithTHEflow]

"being one of the guys" lol

[@cristinahopkins5870]

Gentlemen… Miracle is and always will the #1 movie… the grit, life lessons and most of all the determination portrayed is what every sports team strives to achieve… every message in that movie applies to ALL sports… its the ultimate sports movie

[@conureron3792]

Agreed!

[@chrisod22]

The documentary is better than the movie

[@steves1584]

You misspelled Rudy.

[@tb88202]

30 for 30 or HBO?

[@ChalupaBatman1]

​@tb88202 the Disney movie from '04

[@TheRalphusLaw]

The clear final matchup that didn’t even make the list has got to be “The Longest Yard” vs “Cool Running”. Still a great video fellas!

[@tginc991]

I'm sure this won't even matter, but you win. The longest yard is absolutely my favorite sports movie of all time, then happy Gilmore, and finally remember the titans. I love waterboy but TLY and happy Gilmore are way better.

[@musicianethanhopper]

We talking remake of Longest Yard or the original?

[@tginc991]

@@musicianethanhopper I'm definitely talking about remake, cuz the star power in the remake is absolutely top notch. You will never see a movie with that many great stars in a movie ever again

[@0409MONKEYBOY]

Mine would have been Miracle. I remember as a little boy watching that game and how important it was for this country. Those boys gave and left everything they had out on that ice. It truly was a Miracle.

[@moonglow630]

Me too

[@paxtonthompson1784]

The Replacements, Slap shots, Blue Chips, The Program, The longest yard, Money Ball, and Tin cup should have made the list.

[@gayplamondon2665]

Love Moneyball

[@alex__zander]

I would have added the Rookie to the list, really great Baseball movie and a real tear jerker seeing a middleaged man being able to once again chase his dreams after he was forced to step away from the game due to injury and responsablity.

[@ambeatch]

Can't believe slap shot didn't make the list

[@jamesb0255]

90% of their viewership probably has never even heard of Slapshot 😂 that's an old movie...like me😊

[@HunterKing1112]

Miracle wins this bracket for me. My favorite movie ever, but the Friday Night Lights run I’m all about as someone who grew up around and loves Texas high school football!

[@Joseph-xt3el]

The fact that Ben gave 61 it's due is awesome. One of the greatest original Sports movies ever. But field of dreams is not better than 61.

[@BoricuaBoy88]

Sandlot, Coach Carter, and The Replacements should've all been on the list.

[@reggie286]

Little Giants, Million Dollar Baby, Rookie of the Year, Necessary Roughness, All the Right Moves, North Dallas Forty, Bad News Bears, The Replacements, Blue Chips, Bend It Like Beckham, The Greatest Game Ever Played, Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius, Coach Carter, Glory Road, Love & Basketball, The Program, Varsity Blues, Invincible, The Express, LeatherHeads, Wimbledon, King Richard, 42

[@DontLetTheOldManIn]

The Bad News Bears, man…. I think I saw that like 5x in the theater. I was 11 when it came out, was so awesome!

[@jimswanson9885]

North Dallas Forty was, for me, the funniest sports ever.

[@dylanjackson2682]

I’m pretty disappointed that Remember the Titans got the bad draw against Friday night lights. Classic ncaa mistake!!!

[@IcanGOwithTHEflow]

Remember the Titans is better but fnl got a conservative QB so it had no chance

[@mgentles3]

Rudy is my favorite simply because I was raised as a Catholic and Notre Dame was the ONLY college football team. And I'm so old they were still legitimately called the Fighting Irish back then, which meant they were a really good team with a great battle song. There were a lot of good movies to choose from though, and I loved Hoosiers too. A lot of these I never saw.

[@justinannpeasee295]

we know it's you gerald

[@williamwagoner7857]

Are the not still the fighting Irish?

[@mgentles3]

@@williamwagoner7857 As to the Notre Dame students and players being heavily of Irish descent, that was many moons ago. Even when I was young (and I'm 72) there were very few Irish playing Notre Dame football. The school saw the worth of very large Nordic guys and sought their services. Now the team is majority African American. But of course their identity remains. After all, it didn't come from the football field at all, but from a brawl. It's claimed that the students disrupted and destroyed a meeting of the KKK in the 1920s when that group was just as vicious to Catholics as to Blacks. It's a good story, but I heard many years ago that it was simply a random brawl. On the other hand, if Lou Holtz said it, who am I to disagree? Notre Dame was a Catholic University. Nearly every Irish immigrant was Catholic. Of course that's where they chose to matriculate if they possibly could. See "Rudy".

[@NateeB1]

Moneyball not even being in the baseball bracket instantly told me this wasn't a serious movie list.

[@jimswanson9885]

Moneyball was a great story and the look at stastics becoming more important than other factors really is fascinating.

[@NateeB1]

@@jimswanson9885 absolutely! Plus, it's not only a great sports movie, it's critically a great film in and of itself. I feel like Moneyball, Remember the Titans, and Happy Gilmore all deserve to be in a top 10 at minimum.

[@martinrheaume5393]

Definitely the first thing I thought of when they were trying to figure out what the last Great sports movie was

[@EddieMichaels16]

It's more about running a business and less about what is happening on the field.

[@David-lf6rr]

if you watched the first 60 seconds of the video you’d understand why it isn’t on here

[@sisterrigs9937]

We owned Billly Bob's truck from Friday Night Lights for a little bit. Thing came with no seat belts and gas tanks on both sides. Was a monster to drive.

[@alex__zander]

Billy Bob was in Varsity Blues not Friday Night Lights

[@brianandrew85]

Can I just say, the fact that Brian’s Song isnt on the football list is unbelievable because its clearly the best football movie.

[@moonglow630]

Oh yes. A TV movie that was so incredibly well received that it actually then got a theater release. No matter how many times I see it, I always cry. “I love Brian Piccolo, & I’m asking you to love him tonight too” ugh. Just rips your heart out. Especially with the haunting score that accompanies those words.

[@leonardoroger3236]

Major League losing to Angels in the Outfield was a travesty! Hoosiers losing to Friday Night Lights??? Are you kidding me? Field of Dreams is the best sports movie of all time! you guys are wrong!!!!!

[@MrNRib]

The Sandlot and Little Big League should’ve been on this list.

[@tb88202]

Little Big League is absurdly underrated

[@logicalVerne]

Glory Road not being on here is CRIMINAL

[@CueCeeKristi]

This was so fun and definitely brought up some movies I need to watch (or rewatch). You need an Auto Racing bracket for the next go-round. "Rush" would be my number 1 seed, followed by "Talladega Nights," "Ford vs Ferrari," and maybe "Days of Thunder"(?).

[@chrisbonamici3861]

Yes, and Grand Prix

[@conureron3792]

I would have used We Are Marshall and the original The Longest Yard for football entries.

[@alex__zander]

We Are Marshall would have been a great addition

[@tginc991]

I'm young so I gotta say the Adam Sandler version was better for me

[@brianbauer8761]

Slapshot being left off the list was a true tragedy...

[@kokonanana1]

I’m listening to the f______ song!

[@mattwright9840]

Friday Night Lights should have lost to Remember the Titans! Tim McGraw's acting can't hold a candle to Denzel! And when you add the Motown element to football it simply can't be beat!

[@jamesb0255]

Tim McGraw's character was not even a main character of the movie. Denzel was the main character. So that's a bad comparison. Now Billy Bob was excellent in FNL. As good as Denzel in Remember the Titans, IMHO. Both fantastic movies!

[@Wilt11-14]

Billy Bob was not and can never be as good as denzel.

[@jamesb0255]

@@Wilt11-14 Well that is a matter of opinion but, I respect yours because I love Denzel.

[@coffeeguy957]

How does Cone not like The Other Guys? Best Wahlberg and Ferrell movie ever

[@DontLetTheOldManIn]

Highly underrated. A great movie.

[@shaneboegeman8638]

Can't take this bracket seriously when Slap Shot is not even on it.

[@jalago29]

You guys didn’t put Eight Men Out on the baseball movies. It’s very good.

[@stevesactionfigurefrenzy9409]

@Crain & Company......HOW COULD YOU NOT ASK BEN ABOUT THE 88 PUSH-UPS IN ONE MINUTE!!!

[@josmbrake]

Breaking Away (5 Academy Award nominations, won for original script) MUST be in the bracket.

[@earlybird9679]

Final Four: -Miracle -Cinderella Man -Seabiscuit -Field of Dreams ____

[@reidcreel5149]

Vince Vaughn was the 3rd string Halfback not QB

[@anthonystarke893]

Vince Vaughn wasn't the QB in Rudy. He was the cocky RB that got demoted to 3rd string. He threw the ball on a RB pass.

[@drvn8]

He was the QB in Wedding Crashers though.

[@job1.21]

My top pick would've been Miracle, but FNL would be up there as well.

[@conureron3792]

I sorta hated all the football movies, so Miracle definitely is tops in my mind.

[@jamesb0255]

​@@conureron3792blasphemy!! 😂😂 Just joking...

[@foresthillvillagedentistry4558]

Field of Dreams maybe in the top five greatest movies of all times. In our world where there is an epidemic of loneliness this movie shows the sanctity of the one on one relationship is critical, especially father and son. There are times when tears well up and we need to ask ourselves "Where did that come from?" It is gateway to our soul

[@benzoFE88]

I know anime isn't really a thing y'all watch, but Ashita no Joe/Tomorrow's Joe is a fantastic and gritty boxing show. If you want something a bit shorter and newer then Megalo Box is also a great boxing anime.

[@notsure64]

What about Dodgeball? and the basketball sequence in Cable Guy? And the boxing in Pulp Fiction?

[@thorondor4012]

The program Blue Chips 42 eight men out all of these deserved places on this list 😭😭😭

[@hunterboyenga]

McFarland USA is the Best “Sports” Movie, lmao 😅 Even if you don’t think running is a “sport”, it has my ❤

[@scottpugh100]

Vince Vaughn was one of the backup RB not QB in Rudy. The TD that he threw in the movie was off a HB toss. Just thought I'd point that out. If someone doesn't believe me just go back and watch all the scenes with Vince

[@leftymcnally6913]

My personal favorite...Eight Men Out Baseball and conspiracy, as well as being one of the few "dead ball era" Baseball movies ever made

[@benjihoward4394]

Rocky would be my winner in the bracket but y’all definitely should have had Varsity Blues in the football region

[@IcanGOwithTHEflow]

The players revolted against the racist coach these racist can't like woke stuff like that

[@gregsaunders8500]

The baseball ratings are absolutely brutal… Angels in the Outfield? Guys… cmon… 😂

[@EddieMichaels16]

I agree, that's a very average movie.

[@seminoleboy96]

Boxing movies are undefeated so many absolute kino films. Warrior, Rocky, Cinderella man, the fighter,million dollar baby, etc

[@DumbAndDumberMC]

American Underdog is really underrated

[@grantstevensbreak]

My friends and I ask: “Why are movies so BAD nowadays?” This conversation explains why.

[@timkakarot]

The Natural getting knocked out in the first round is ridiculous

[@jimswanson9885]

I guess I loved Pride of the Yankees for the same reason Angels In the Outfield got so much love. Not a deep or well written movie, but a great baseball movie for kids. Brian's Song is another movie missing from the list. I would probably toss Bingo Long's Travelling All Stars in the bracket as well.

[@carlfrye1566]

Older movies get easily pushed aside by the younger generations.

[@EddieMichaels16]

I'm in the same age group as these guys but they gave Angels way too much love. It's a cute movie but that's about it.

[@dawnhiggins2121]

This is so entertaining! American Underdog and for cross-country McFarland, USA are my votes.

[@58Herm]

Missing:"42" "League of their own" "Chariots of fire" "Vision quest" "Breaking away" "Dodgeball" "Brian Song (original)" "The Sandlot" "Ford vs Ferrari" "The Blindside"

[@jamesb0255]

Well if they included every sports movie that was ever made it would be a 4-hour show 😂

[@58Herm]

Agree, However Chariots of fire won Oscar; League of their own and Sandlot are referenced and quoted often. "There's no crying in baseball" "Your killing me Smalls"

[@brianbauer8761]

Seabiscuit was a classic left off....

[@jamesb0255]

@@brianbauer8761 yeah no horse racing movies at all...

[@josmbrake]

Breaking Away: 5 Oscar nominations, won for original screenplay. MUST be in the bracket.

[@erikrichards5072]

Slap Shot???? Miracle deserved to win this.

[@CountSamwell]

Air Bud isn't in this bracket because it would be like putting the 95-96 Bulls into the NCAA Tournament. Just unfair.

[@DreadPathZone]

Hot take incoming: A Knight’s Tale is the best sports movie of all time

[@jakeedgell591]

That's like if I had a bracket of Wyoming high school football teams and you said "I think the 2015 Patriots would smoke them all" it's true, but it's a whole different league

[@alf1380]

How the hell is Moneyball not in this?

[@Puckett.]

I think "Greatest Game Ever Played" should have made the golf section. I think it was a great film.

[@silverguard8105]

It really is. The only problem is some of the crappy cgi. Which it actually isn't that bad, it just should be significantly better for such a good movie. That and that one clip where Shia is swinging lefty. Can't believe they left that in.

[@RAYVISS]

You guys came up with “Friday Night Lights” as the greatest sports movie? Were you all back up kickers on your high school teams?

[@BookLionQueen]

I could write a dissertation on how great the movie Miracle is and why it's important. I just love it so much.

[@Wilt11-14]

They lost me when the Titans lost its match up. So many great movies lost in the first round, and so many mediocre movies made it to round 2.

[@IcanGOwithTHEflow]

Titans was always going to lose Ben Shapiro wishes that blacks and whites kept being separate

[@drrd4127]

I hate golf but always loved "Legend of Baggar Vance"

[@CoreIreland]

One of my favorites, a religious Rocky that's a legitimate moving drama and an excellent period piece with the perfect ending.

[@chrisanderson3257]

Final four should have been Rocky, Remember the Titans, The Sandlot, and Miracle.

[@T0PF1VE_D-O-A]

Guys I would like to offer myself, for free, to come up with better choices for any future movie brackets for Crain and Co.

[@claycasassa4757]

Angels in the Outfield/Major League vs Rookie of the Year would have been a interesting matchup

[@tstwahine]

Also Little Big League!

[@MrWCLewis12]

This was fun for sure. Good call on Friday night lights over Field. It’s not often I get to say Ben was wrong haha.

[@jamesb0255]

Friday Night Lights my winner hands down. I played HS football in Florida and it's almost as important to the fabric of a small town like it is in West Texas. Plus, I can relate to Billingsley's character quite a bit. I too played fullback. My sophomore year I too had a little fumbling problem And yes my dad walked onto The practice field to berate me in front of my teammates. My head coach had to grab him by the arm and escort him off the field. Yep I had one of those dads, God rest his soul. My coach solved my fumbling problem by doing the old carry the football wherever you go trick, all day long, and other players would sneak up behind me and try and knock it out of my arms 😂 all day... In the hallways, in the bathrooms, at lunch, before and after school in the parking lot, everywhere! It worked! Not a single fumble my junior and senior year.

[@MusicAaronAndrews]

My boy James B from watchant on Crain and co 😂

[@jamesb0255]

@@MusicAaronAndrews I'm all over bro!!

[@tstwahine]

Rudy and Miracle come to mind but I have to mention, “For Love of the Game”. Such a phenomenal film, and it was my Fathers favorite.

[@ctuck8644]

Yes! For Love of the Game is a great book and same author as Killer Angels so I’m surprised it’s not on Shapiro’s radar. But really really Rudy would have won this bracket for me 😊

[@gabrielparker8939]

How could you forgot MVP: Most Valuable Primate?! Jokes aside, Miracle is one of the best sports movies there is

[@lindsayrobinson3817]

Uhm the best part of hook is Hook himself. Not gonna lie this is my entire childhood 😂😂

[@KINGPOOPS]

Unbelievable. How can you not have Slapshot in the hockey section?

[@c00lhand208]

Miracle is the best. Haven’t watch this video yet, but if it isn’t picked as #1 Ben is just wrong.

[@s2meister]

Great you picked the best sports movies to come behind Gran Prix and Slap Shot. Seriously guys, where are the other than just a game sports in this?

[@BandStar2]

It should've been Caddyshack

[@Rsbraun126]

Slapshot should've been in the hockey section

[@borrachox8791]

Oh my! Best football movie (ask any NFL player) and maybe best sports movie not even mentioned! North - Dallas- Forty!

[@CG87343]

You missed The Longest Yard, Cool Runnings not to mention The Replacements. You really missed some good ones.

[@judahburlingame]

Remember the Titans should have made it through the football bracket!

[@TheCoasterFoodie]

Talledega nights should have been on the random section

[@jamessgian7691]

Missing from the list: Secretariat; Seabiscuit; Moneyball; The Sandlot; Searching for Bobby Fisher; A River Runs Through It; Cool Runnings; 42; Chariots of Fire; The Blindside; and Bend it Like Beckham. The Natural & Cinderella Man should have gone much higher.

[@BigDaddy-dr8gf]

They left out my all time favorite..."Slap Shot"

[@fabiorodriguez4207]

No racing movies?! “Rush”, about old school Formula 1 is one of the best sports movies ever.

[@armoredinf]

No movie before 1976? the original "angels in the Outfield"; someone mentioned "Brians Song". The original "Longest Yard", "LeMans" "Bang the Drum Slowly", "The Husler", original "Bad News Bears". on a different subject "Happy Gilmore" and "The Waterboy" are about the same character(Like so many of Adam Sandlers).

[@zgilly2157]

Miracle is my favorite out of these. Fun episode!

[@rafisanders]

Miracle is the greatest sports movie of all time. Sorry but it's not a contest

[@MarioCrosby]

Thank you.

[@Joe_Biden915]

Sandlot, Longest Yard, A league of their own, The program, Greatest Game ever played. When y'all were talking about friday night lights, I thought you were talking about Varsity Blues. I was like how??? Friday night Lights was a great book.

[@TheTish]

I never saw Friday Night Lights. So, for me Field of Dreams, Hoosiers, Rocky are my top of the remainder on your playoff list. This was a FUN video! Thanks.

[@petme79]

Interesting that the championship matchup features two movies with serious father-son confrontations. Just an observation. Also I think Hoop Dreams deserved some consideration; although it was originally a PBS documentary, which might explain its immediate disqualification. Phenomenally great movie though, in my book. Anyway, of the movies presented, I agree that Friday Night Lights is the best. Reuniting Billy Bob Thornton and Lucas Black, the heartbreaking scene when Booby Miles cries on is uncle's shoulder after realizing the his football career ended in high school; and the tearjerking end when Permian loses to Dallas Carter (which was fictional, by the way)...great soundtrack, solid acting. Field of Dreams was my favorite sports move until I saw Friday Night Lights.

[@Ignats75]

Bull Durham, Hoosiers, Miracle and Remember the Titans are my final 4. The best part of Field of Dreams is James Earl Jones' soliloquy about baseball and America.

[@dang1861]

What about The Longest Yard? The original version? Better than most they've mentioned

[@NighthawkScope]

“Field is Dreams” - Blain Crain

[@TheFireballReview]

1) Rocky 4 2) Rocky 1 3) Seabiscuit 4) Rocky 3 5) Major League

[@isaactruesdale238]

Saying it's a fist fight right now is crazy

[@conureron3792]

Miracle over Hoosier for my final 2 .

[@MarioCrosby]

That's exactly how it should have been.

[@Theislands1991]

How about the following: Trouble Along the Way, football with John Wayne. Bicycling movie called Breaking Away. Then a baseball movie called Fear Strikes Out.

[@jsullivan4444]

Friday Night Lights beating Rudy, Remember the Titans, Hoosiers, and Field of Dreams is probably the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.

[@djquibblez12]

Love the video, but … Remember the Titans over FNL for sure. Where was Glory Road? And why was Warrior not in the boxing region. Probably doesn’t beat Rocky, but it’s amazing. You can’t have it beating Hoosiers. It was fun though.

[@nicknack5697]

The White Sox have been rebuilding since the Black Sox Also, as a side note, I think it would be so fun to just debate sports on this show.

[@jplifesong]

Almost stopped watching as soon as The Natural was bumped (insane)…as it is one of the best sports movies of all time in my opinion, and VASTLY better than the awful one it was up against. Lol. That was absurd. And then you knock out Rudy…unreal. Fantastic movie. Both of these movies have perfect / memorable soundtracks which add so much to any movie..especially sports if they get it right. And they nailed it on both. Both superbly acted…with perfect endings that any audience wants to see. Maybe will watch the rest of this over-technical / missing the entire point of what sports movies are meant to be…babble. Lol. But carry on fellas! 👍🏻

[@DavidLongo22]

Miracle or Hoosiers for me.

[@MarioCrosby]

That's what it should be.

[@darciehumphries7152]

Field of Dreams, Hoosiers, Miracle, and Caddyshack were all amazing movies. Hard to compete against each other. This was fun to watch though. Thank you! 😁

[@wacokid30]

The fact that the sandlot wasn’t even mentioned is crazy to me. You put angels in the outfield over the sandlot? Lmao

[@justinmullen80]

So, I'd have taken Remember the Titans over FNL.

[@IcanGOwithTHEflow]

Lucas black is the QB in fnl they were always gonna pick that