Diamonds
on the
Silver Screen
Dave struck out looking for a good baseball movie page
on the Web, so he called up his own file from the dugout. Ratings range
from 4.0 (Excellent) to 1.5 (Poor); but in Dave's opinion, there is really
no such thing as a bad baseball movie.
YearRatingMovie
Title
19353.0Alibi
Ike
1986Amazing
Era (New York Mets 1962-1986)
1985TVAmos
19513.0Angels
in the Outfield
19942.5Angels
in the Outfield
1979TV
+Aunt Mary
1992The
Babe
1927Babe
Comes Home
1991TVBabe
Ruth
Babe
Ruth Profile
19482.0Babe
Ruth Story
19763.0Bad
News Bears
19802.5Bad
News Bears in Breaking Training
19772.0Bad
News Bears Go to Japan
1896Ballgame
1956Bang
the Drum slowly
19733.5Bang
the Drum Slowly
1995TV +Baseball,
A Film by Ken Burns
Baseball
Fever
Baseball
Fun and Games
Baseball
Funny Side Up
Baseball
Laughs, Gaffes, and Goofs
1984Bay
City Blues
1984Bay
City Blues 2
1990Best
of Bob Uecker's Wacky World
19532.5Big
Leaguer
19763.0Bingo
Long Travelling All-Stars and Motor Kings
Blood
Games
19832.5Blue
Skies Again
19683.0A
Boy Named Charlie Brown
Boys
of Summer
1946Boys'
Ranch
19852.0Brewster's
Millions
19862.5Brighton
Beach Memoirs
19383.0Brother
Rat
19402.5Brother
Rat and a Baby
19883.0Bull
Durham
19283.0The
Cameraman
19822.5Cannery
Row
1899Casey
at the Bat
1986Casey
at the Bat
1984Chicago
Cubs History 1876-1984
19942.5Cobb
1980Comeback
Kid
1992Comerades
of Summer
1993Cooperstown
1990TV +The
Court Martial of Jackie Robinson
19583.0Damn
Yankees
19342.0Death
on the Diamond
1992Diamonds
on the Silver Screen
Donkey
Baseball
1981TVDon't
Look Back: the Story of Satchel Paige
19892.0Dream
Team
19883.0Eight
Men Out
19333.0Elmer
the Great
1929Fast
Company
19573.0Fear
Strikes Out
19893.5Field
of Dreams
19322.0Fireman
Save My Child
1937Girls
Can Play
19482.0Give
My Regards to Broadway
19782.5Goodbye
Franklin High
1937Gracie
at the Bat
19562.0Great
American Pastime
1940Heckler
19781.5Here
Come the Tigers
1930Hot
Curves
1956I'll
Buy You (Anata Kaimasu)
Incredible
Ida Early
19853.5Insignificance
1942It
Happened in Flatbush
19493.5It
Happens Every Spring
1983It's
Arbor Day Charlie Brown
1974TV
+It's Good to Be Alive
19803.0It's
My Turn
1986It's
Three Strikes, Charlie Brown
19503.0The
Jackie Robinson Story
19512.5Jim
Thorpe All-American
1977Just
the Beginning
1938Juvenile
Court
19492.0The
Kid from Cleveland
19532.0The
Kid from Left Field
1979TV
+The Kid from Left Field
19502.0Kill
the Umpire
1943Ladies
Day
19923.0A
League of Their Own
19942.0Little
Big League
1987TV +Long
Gone
1932Loud
Mouth
1942Lovable
Trouble
1978TV +Love
Affair: the Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
19902.0Love
Hurts
19892.5Major
League
19941.5Major
League II
19833.0Max
Dugan Returns
1988Mickey
Mantle
1982TVMillion
Dollar Infield
1960Moochie
of the Little League
19922.5Mr.
Baseball
19902.0Mr.
Destiny
1977TV +Murder
at the World Series
19903.0My
Blue Heaven
19842.5The
Natural
19452.0Naughty
Nineties
1926New
Klondike
1987New
York Yankees: The Movie
19891.5Night
Games
19683.0The
Odd Couple
1994The
Official History of Baseball
1971One
Legged Ace (Kata Ashi No Ace)
1935One
Run Elmer
1978TV +One
in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
Only
the Ball Was White
1938Opening
Day
1977Over-Under,
Sideways-Down
19912.5Pastime
1993TVThe
Peewee Reese Story
Pinstripe
Power
1989Plays
of the '80's
19522.5The
Pride of St. Louis
19424.0The
Pride of the Yankees
19362.5Professional
Soldier
19513.0Rhubarb
19541.5Roogie's
Bump
19933.0Rookie
of the Year
19622.5Safe
at Home
19932.5The
Sandlot
19942.0The
Scout
19654.0Ship
of Fools
1927Slide,
Kelly, Slide
1936Slide
Nellie Slide
1931Slide
Speedy Slide
19852.0The
Slugger's Wife
1928Speedy
19801.5Squeeze
Play
1932Stealin'
Home
19882.5Stealing
Home
19552.5Strategic
Air Command
19493.5The
Stratton Story
1935Swell-Head
19493.0Take
Me Out to the Ball Game
19902.5Taking
Care of Business
19911.5Talent
for the Game
199?Teaching
Kids Baseball with Jerry
19622.5That
Touch of Mink
1930They
Learned About Women
1983TV +Tiger
Town
1932Too
Many Women
19871.5Trading
Hearts
1942Two
Mugs from Brooklyn
1928Warming
Up
When
It Was a Game
19442.5Whistling
in Brooklyn
1986TV +A
Winner Never Quits
19522.5The
Winning Team
19423.5Woman
of the Year
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