What can be better than combining the best of two? Your favorite Sport and a little bit of Humor. Sports Comedy movies are a complete entertainment package that you can enjoy with your entire family. I can think of many Sports Dramas that are motivational and sometimes biographical. But Sports-Comedy is a genre that doesn’t bring out a lot other than, Yes, Tin Cup.
Sports Comedy Movies You Must Watch
I am sure there are a lot more Funny sports movies that you can choose from, so without wasting more of your time, here you go. Check out some of the funniest sports movies of all time.
Major League
Starring Wesley Snipes and Charlie Sheen, the movie follows the exploits of a fictional Cleaveland Indians baseball team. Although the movie has two more sequels, it was the original that left the audience speechless and remains the favorite of the lot.
Major League (1989)
Director: David S. Ward
Cast: Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen
An exotic dancer marries a rich, old baseball team owner. But after the man dies during their honeymoon, the wife no longer wants the team. She hires a bunch of losers so the team would fail and she could more to the place of her choice. However, the misfit team learns of this plot ad turn the tables on her by winning games.
A League of Their Own
We have Pitch, but before that, this movie tells us a fictional story of All American Girls Professional Baseball league. With Geena Davis and Tom Hanks in the lead roles. Set in the post World War era, Baseball organizers decide to start a women’s league, in absence of enough men.
A League of Their Own (1992)
Director: Penny Marshall
Stars: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Lori Petty
Two Oregon sisters are recruited, but their rivalry continues on and off the field. A troubled, drunk team manager does not help and the team is about to shut down until . . .
The Waterboy
This 90s sports-comedy in both funny as well as inspirational. Bobby Boucher is invisible. Invisible to team mates and selectors and functions as a waterboy on the footbal team. That is until his unique talent is spotted by his coach.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8yv9eq5s14
The Waterboy (1998)
Director: Frank Coraci
Stars: Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler
Bobby has another problem. His mother is not too happy with his success and keeps pulling him down. He must keep his phenomena success secret from her.
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Goodman, owner of Globo Gym has a problem. He must fight a powerful national chain to save his gym from a hostile takeover. There is only one way to get enough money to save his gym. Play Dodgeball.
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Stars: Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Vince Vaughn
Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughan fight it out n Vegas for prize money of whopping $50,ooo and save their businesses.
Space Jam
This funny sports movie brings two greats – Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny – together in an entertaining couple of hours.
Space Jam (1996)
Director: Joe Pytka
Stars: Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight, Theresa Randle
Bugs Bunny and his friends are forced to joining an amusement park against their will. But the wily rabbit tricks them into a game of basketball. But the opponents get better with professional help. Left with no other choice Bugs Bunny must get Michael Jordan to help them win the game and earn their freedom.
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Rookie of the Year
90s seem to be full of sports comedy movies. This one is about Henry who grew up dreaming of making it big in Baseball Major League. The distant dream becomes a reality when his arm get hurt in an accident and a freak recovery heals it a tad too good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQKFE5EZ_TE
Rookie of the Year (1993)
Director: Daniel Stern
Stars: Thomas Ian Nicholas, Gary Busey, Albert Hall
Join Henry in his amazing journey to stardom and the final battle when the miracle arms gives way.
The Replacements
A fictional Pro Football team is hit with a players’ strike in the middle of the season. The owner of the team decides to build a new team in the ongoing season and gets a former coach for the job.
The Replacements (2000)
Director: Howard Deutch
Writer: Vince McKewin
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Brooke Langton
Promising to not interfere, the owner gives the coach a free hand to assemble and train a team of former and disgraced players and ensure that they reach the playoffs.
Bull Durham
Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon come together in this romatic Sports-Comedy film based on Minor League Baseball. A rookie pitcher needs a mature hand to stabilize his over enthusiasm.
Bull Durham (1988)
Director: Ron Shelton
Stars: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins
But when both, the rookie and the senior player fall in love with the baseball groupie, sparks begin to fly.
Necessary Roughness
NCAA sanctions have forced Texas State University’s Fightin’ Armadillos to form a team from their student body, without any external players. With no scholarships to offer, the team of misfits must take on the best state teams.
Necessary Roughness (1991)
Director: Stan Dragoti
Stars: Scott Bakula, Hector Elizondo, Robert Loggia
White Men Can’t Jump
Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson entertain you in this Basketball sports-comedy. Billy and Gloria are on the run from mobsters, who are hunting them to recover debt.
White Men Can’t Jump (1992)
Director: Ron Shelton
Stars: Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Rosie Perez
To earn a quick buck, Billy hustles neighborhood players into bets as they think he cannot play because he is white. He strikes a friendship with Sidney and eventually earns money to get out of his debt. Quirky characters and jokes will keep you smiling through this one.
Tell us which sport-comedy movie do you like most?
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