Best-Baseball-Movies And Cinema GoldBaseball Movies Worth ViewingBest-Baseball-Movies as Baseball Cinema Gold has captured some of baseballs finest moments of cinematic luster from the game to the players the human and personal drama and all worth watching. Here are some great baseball stories and best-baseball-movies well worth the rental price or the purchase and hold in your personal library of good baseball to enjoy. Summertime you should be out at the ballpark but in the dead cold of winter toss another a log in the fireplace flip one of your best-baseball-movies into the DVD or VCR machine and enjoy. Parch up a cookie sheet running over with peanuts go get a big orange from the fridge and have a ball. Enjoy baseball in the cold winter wtching the best-baseball-movies as the finest of Cinema Gold.
Upbeat, widely appealing Hollywood fantasy/drama about Iowa farmer who builds baseball diamond after hearing mysterious voices. Hugely popular redemptive tale, with a magical feel. This movie ranks with the all-time best baseball dramas. (1989) Stars: Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan Rated PG A biography film of Jackie Robinson, uniquely starring as himself. Follow Jackie's struggles against prejudice from childhood, through college, the Negro Leagues and finally as he fights triumphantly to overcome the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers. (1950) Stars: Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee, Minor Watson, Louise Beavers Rated NR The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg Writer and director Aviva Kempner's documentary about baseball's first major Jewish star is a fascinating study of a man, a time in America, and a battle against anti-Semitism that Greenberg waged with his spirit and baseball skills. (1998) Stars: Rabbi Reeve Brenner, Hank Greenberg Rated PG Slow-paced, offbeat period fantasy/drama about gifted, mysterious baseball player. With its opulent sets, polished period detail, charismatic star power, and twist-filled plot, this pleases fans of deeply sentimental fare. (1984)
Stars: Robert Redford, Robert Duvall
Rated PG
The Sandlot Nostalgic, sentimental drama about 60s neighborhood baseball team. Light entertainment for all ages, and especially survivors of Little League. (1993) Stars: Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar Rated PG and one of the Best-Baseball-Movies Major League (Wild Thing Edition) High-spirited, upbeat baseball comedy/farce about underdog team that goes for the pennant. Critics frowned on formulaic plot, but this is one of the all-time best baseball comedies. (1989) Stars: Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen Rated R Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms. (1949) Starring: James Stewart, June Allyson Rated: NR Cookie-cutter biography of colorful sports legend Dizzy Dean. Dated, lighthearted, old-fashioned film pulls out all the old baseball cliches. Recommended only for rabid fans. (1952) Stars: Dan Dailey, Joanne Dru Rated PG A drunken ex-baseball star manages a girls' baseball league while male baseball players are off fighting WWII. (1992) Stars: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis Rated PG Eight Men Out (20th Anniversary Edition) True-to-life account of fixed 1919 World Series involving "Chicago Black Sox." Gritty period piece/sports drama will please die-hard baseball fans and lovers of historical, character-driven drama who don't mind a slower pace. (1988) Stars: John Cusack, Clifton James Rated PG Documentary that chronicles the amazing baseball career of William Ellsworth. "Dummy" Hoy, the first - and best - deaf player in Major League history. You'll learn that Hoy played in 1,798 big-league games and compiled a .288 lifetime batting average, 2,054 hits and 1,004 walks. He also threw three runners out at home plate from the outfield in one game. (2007) Stars: Ryan Lane, Deanne Bray Rated NR 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 Negroes, to his highs and lows in baseball and in his personal life. Rated NR Bull Durham (20th Anniversary Edition) Popular romantic comedy about love triangle between hotshot rookie, minor leaguer, and a team groupie. With its high laugh quotient and steamy sexiness, this hits home with comedy, romance, baseball buffs. This movie ranks with the all-time best baseball dramas. (1988) Stars: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins Rated R Classic relationship study looks at friendship evolving between two professional baseball players. Not as appealing to sports movie fans as to those who like sensitive, emotionally provocative drama, strong performances. Rated PG Energetic, upbeat, children's sports drama about an alcoholic who coaches a ramshackle Little League team. Big hit with kids in its day. Still makes them cheer out loud today. (1976) Stars: Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal Rated PG Missing any of these Best-Baseball-Movies and you have missed a lot of good baseball. Return to the Top of Best-Baseball-Movies and Cinema Gold. Batter Up----Let's Play Ball.... Have you ever had the itch to have Your Own Website? Dare To Build Your Own Website 
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