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1. Dazed and Confused (1993)
R | 103 min | Comedy
The adventures of high school and junior high students on the last day of school in May 1976.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey, Rory Cochrane
Votes: 200,687 | Gross: $7.99M
2. A League of Their Own (1992)
PG | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amid their own growing rivalry.
Director: Penny Marshall | Stars: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Madonna
Votes: 121,668 | Gross: $107.53M
3. Major League (1989)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Sport
The new owner of the Cleveland Indians puts together a purposely horrible team so they'll lose and she can move the team. But when the plot is uncovered, they start winning just to spite her.
Director: David S. Ward | Stars: Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen, Margaret Whitton
Votes: 76,833 | Gross: $49.80M
4. The Bad News Bears (1976)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow, Joyce Van Patten
Votes: 25,150 | Gross: $42.35M
5. The Spectacular Now (2013)
R | 95 min | Drama, Romance
A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."
Director: James Ponsoldt | Stars: Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Votes: 161,779 | Gross: $6.85M
6. Trouble with the Curve (2012)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
A daughter tries to remedy her dysfunctional relationship with her ailing father, a decorated baseball scout, by helping him in a recruiting trip which could be his last.
Director: Robert Lorenz | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, John Goodman, Justin Timberlake
Votes: 68,784 | Gross: $35.76M
7. Angels in the Outfield (1994)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
When a boy prays for a chance to have a family if the California Angels win the pennant, angels are assigned to make that possible.
Director: William Dear | Stars: Danny Glover, Brenda Fricker, Tony Danza, Christopher Lloyd
Votes: 34,573 | Gross: $50.24M
8. The Natural (1984)
PG | 138 min | Drama, Sport
A middle-aged unknown comes seemingly out of nowhere to become a legendary baseball player with almost supernatural talent.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger
Votes: 52,635 | Gross: $47.95M
9. For Love of the Game (1999)
PG-13 | 137 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
After 19 years of playing the game he's loved his whole life, Detroit Tigers pitcher Billy Chapel has to decide if he's going to risk everything and put everything out there.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly, Jena Malone
Votes: 37,580 | Gross: $35.17M
10. The Rookie (2002)
G | 127 min | Drama, Family, Sport
A Texas baseball coach makes the major league after agreeing to try out if his high school team made the playoffs.
Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Dennis Quaid, JD Evermore, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez
Votes: 37,341 | Gross: $75.60M
11. Stronger (I) (2017)
R | 119 min | Biography, Drama
Stronger is the inspiring real life story of Jeff Bauman, an ordinary man who captured the hearts of his city and the world to become a symbol of hope after surviving the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson, Richard Lane Jr.
Votes: 49,884 | Gross: $4.21M
12. Hardball (2001)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A gambling addict and ticket scalper living an aimless life reluctantly agrees to coach a Little League team from the Chicago projects as part of a loan agreement.
Director: Brian Robbins | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, John Hawkes, Bryan Hearne
Votes: 33,473 | Gross: $40.22M
13. Brewster's Millions (1985)
PG | 102 min | Comedy
A minor-league baseball player must spend $30 million in 30 days in order to inherit $300 million. However, he's not allowed to own any assets, destroy the money, gift it, give it to charity, or tell anyone about the deal.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee, Stephen Collins
Votes: 43,282 | Gross: $38.80M
14. Frankenweenie (2012)
PG | 87 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
When a boy's beloved dog passes away suddenly, he attempts to bring the animal back to life through a powerful science experiment.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau
Votes: 117,462 | Gross: $35.29M
15. Summer Catch (2001)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A rich girl whose family summers on Cape Cod has a romance with a local poor boy who hopes to become a major league baseball player.
Director: Michael Tollin | Stars: Freddie Prinze Jr., Jessica Biel, Fred Ward, Matthew Lillard
Votes: 16,690 | Gross: $19.69M
16. The Fan (1996)
R | 116 min | Action, Drama, Sport
An all star baseball player becomes the unhealthy focus of a down on his luck salesman.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, Ellen Barkin, John Leguizamo
Votes: 51,532 | Gross: $18.57M
17. Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
PG | 96 min | Drama, Sport
The story of the friendship between the New York Mammoths major-league baseball team's worldly-wise pitcher Henry "Author" Wiggen and half-wit catcher Bruce Pearson as they cope with Bruce's terminal illness during a baseball season.
Director: John D. Hancock | Stars: Michael Moriarty, Robert De Niro, Vincent Gardenia, Phil Foster
Votes: 6,258 | Gross: $0.35M
18. Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
Approved | 93 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Two turn-of-the-century baseball players, who work in vaudeville during the off-season, run into trouble with their team's new female owner and a gambler who doesn't want them to win the pennant.
Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly, Betty Garrett
Votes: 4,103
19. Meet John Doe (1941)
Passed | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A penniless drifter is recruited by an ambitious columnist to impersonate a non-existent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a social movement begins.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold, Walter Brennan
Votes: 14,966
20. Executive Suite (1954)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, Romance
When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice presidents vie to see who will replace him.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck, June Allyson, Fredric March
Votes: 4,632
21. Angels in the Outfield (1951)
Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The Pittsburgh Pirates' brash and abusive manager receives the help of an angel to win games and become a better person in the process.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn, Donna Corcoran
Votes: 3,023
22. Make Mine Music (1946)
Passed | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Animation done to contemporary popular music.
Directors: Robert Cormack, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Joshua Meador | Stars: Nelson Eddy, Dinah Shore, Laverne Andrews, Maxene Andrews
Votes: 4,977
23. Cannery Row (1982)
PG | 120 min | Drama, Romance
Monterey, California in the 1940's. Cannery Row - the section of town where the now closed fish canneries are located - is inhabited primarily by the down and out, although many would not ... See full summary »
Director: David S. Ward | Stars: Nick Nolte, Debra Winger, Audra Lindley, Frank McRae
Votes: 4,121 | Gross: $5.30M
24. Little Boy Blue (1997)
R | 105 min | Drama
19 y.o. Jimmy' s dad is a vicious, impotent Vietnam vet, who forces his wife and son to have incest. He has a secret he'll kill to keep. Jimmy won't abandon his two kid brothers by leaving.
Director: Antonio Tibaldi | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Nastassja Kinski, John Savage, Shirley Knight
Votes: 2,259
25. Remember the Day (1941)
Passed | 86 min | Drama, Romance, War
Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Claudette Colbert, John Payne, Shepperd Strudwick, Ann E. Todd
Votes: 634
26. The Happy Years (1950)
G | 110 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperdink "Dink" Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School, in 1896, whose family, in Eastcester, New York, have... See full summary »
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Dean Stockwell, Darryl Hickman, Scotty Beckett, Leon Ames
Votes: 764
27. Undrafted (2016)
Unrated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
When twelve ragtag teammates set out to play what should be a meaningless summer intramural baseball game, it ends up becoming the most important game of their lives.
Director: Joseph Mazzello | Stars: Tyler Hoechlin, Chace Crawford, Joseph Mazzello, Duke Davis Roberts
Votes: 1,563
28. It Happens Every Spring (1949)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Ray Milland, Jean Peters, Paul Douglas, Ed Begley
Votes: 1,903
29. The Phenom (2016)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Sport
A rookie pitcher undergoes psychotherapy to overcome the yips.
Director: Noah Buschel | Stars: Johnny Simmons, Ethan Hawke, Paul Giamatti, Sophie Kennedy Clark
Votes: 2,404
30. Black Irish (2007)
R | 95 min | Drama
A teenage boy longs to win the attention of his emotionally distant father.
Director: Brad Gann | Stars: Michael Angarano, Brendan Gleeson, Emily VanCamp, Tom Guiry
Votes: 2,688 | Gross: $0.01M
31. The Comeback Kid (1980 TV Movie)
97 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
A down and out former minor league ballplayer finds romance and a renewed zest for life when he takes a job coaching a group of underprivileged kids.
Director: Peter Levin | Stars: John Ritter, Susan Dey, Doug McKeon, James Gregory
Votes: 268
32. Baseball Bugs (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bugs plays every defensive position against the Gashouse Gorillas.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Frank Graham, Tedd Pierce
Votes: 2,293
33. The Squid Girl: The Invader Comes from the Bottom of the Sea! (2010–2014)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Furious about ocean pollution, Squid Girl launches a one-squid land invasion to subjugate all humanity.
Stars: Hisako Kanemoto, Miki Ôtani, Rie Tanaka, Ayumi Fujimura
Votes: 506
34. Ferrell Takes the Field (2015 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 49 min | Documentary, Comedy, Sport
A documentary that follows Will Ferrell as he takes the field in five Major League Baseball training games, playing all nine positions for ten different teams in a single day.
Director: Brian McGinn | Stars: Will Ferrell, Robert Scheer, Sean Graham, Victor Winters-Junco
Votes: 1,209
35. Click Your Heart (2016– )
Romance
Viewer choices lead an ostracized high school girl into a relation with one of four boys, a baseball pitcher, a street thug, a boy-band dancer or a childhood friend.
Stars: Min-ah Kwon, Da-won Lee, Kim Ro-Woon, Yeong-bin Kim
Votes: 231
36. The Ravine of Goodbye (2013)
Not Rated | 116 min | Drama
A child's horrific murder brings to light the haunted truth of an affair between her mother and a neighbor. As a magazine reporter investigates the case, he finds that nothing is as it seems.
Director: Tatsushi Ômori | Stars: Hirofumi Arai, Joe Hyûga, Mansaku Ikeuchi, Arata Iura
Votes: 505
37. Deadball (2011)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Horror, Sport
Baseball prodigy Jubeh Yakyu (Tak Sakaguchi) is the most feared and dangerous juvenile delinquent in all of Japan. After accidentally causing the death of his father with a super-powered, ... See full summary »
Director: Yûdai Yamaguchi | Stars: Tak Sakaguchi, Mari Hoshino, Miho Ninagawa, Takamasa Suga
Votes: 615
38. Death on the Diamond (1934)
Passed | 71 min | Drama, Mystery, Sport
Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debts. He hires ace player Larry Evans to ensure the victory. As well as rival teams, ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Robert Young, Madge Evans, Nat Pendleton, Ted Healy
Votes: 341
39. BATTERY the animation (2016)
TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Drama, Sport
Takumi Harada is a talented baseball player. Takumi meets Go Nagakura, a catcher who can catch Takumi's fastest pitches. They join the school baseball team and grow together as a battery unit.
Stars: Kôki Uchiyama, Kaito Ishikawa, Ayumu Murase, Yûichirô Umehara
Votes: 119
40. Crazylegs (1953)
Approved | 87 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The story of the life and career of football star Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch (who plays himself).
Director: Francis D. Lyon | Stars: Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch, Lloyd Nolan, Joan Vohs, James Millican
Votes: 195
41. Alibi Ike (1935)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Idiosyncratic new recruit Francis "Ike" Farrell tries to help the Cubs to the pennant with his pitching and hitting.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Olivia de Havilland, Ruth Donnelly, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 722
42. Bullpen (2022– )
Comedy
The trials and tribulations of a season in the bullpen of Major League baseball's newest franchise, the Las Vegas Vegans, as the relief pitchers battle for contracts, respect, and just ... See full summary »
Stars: Colleen Elizabeth Miller, Chris Cleveland, Micheal Marcelio, Jordan Simkovic
Votes: 5
43. The Busher (1919)
Not Rated | 63 min | Drama, Sport
A young baseball pitcher in the bush leagues is discovered by a big-league manager and given his chance in the major leagues. But will he be up to the challenge?
Director: Jerome Storm | Stars: Charles Ray, Colleen Moore, John Gilbert, Jay Morley
Votes: 733
44. His Hare Raising Tale (1951)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Bugs tells stories to his nephew Clyde, derived from earlier cartoons (Baseball Bugs (1946), Stage Door Cartoon (1944), Rabbit Punch (1948), Falling Hare (1943) and Haredevil Hare (1948)).
Directors: Friz Freleng, Robert Clampett, Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 317
45. The New Klondike (1926)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tom Kelly, a small-town baseball pitcher, is sent to a minor-league team in Florida, and fails to make the team. He starts dabbling in real estate, in the midst of the Florida land boom (in... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Thomas Meighan, Lila Lee, Paul Kelly, Hallie Manning
Votes: 38
46. Gone Batty (1954)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bobo the Elephant is baseball team mascot for the lean and meek Sweetwater Shnooks, all of whom are rendered unconscious by their opponents, the husky and brutal Greenville Goons. The ... See full summary »
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce, Stan Freberg
Votes: 192
47. Hot Curves (1930)
83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
One player on a baseball team lets his ego run his life and ends up losing the girl he is dating--who happens to be the team manager's daughter. Another player on the team is a great ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Benny Rubin, Pert Kelton, Rex Lease, Alice Day
Votes: 59
48. Boulevardier from the Bronx (1936)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Baseball. The Chicago Giants, led by rooster pitcher Dizzy Dan, are playing the Hicksville team. Dan arrives in Hicksville and sings the title song while eyeing local pitcher Claude's girl.... See full summary »
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Jack Carr, Melvin J. Gibby, Bernice Hansen, Tedd Pierce
Votes: 219
49. Brooklyn, I Love You (1946)
Approved | 10 min | Short, History, Sport
Long ago and far away there was a baseball team that played in Brooklyn, New York, known formally as the Brooklyn Dodgers but lovingly by their fans as "Dem Bums" (because they seldom won ... See full summary »
Director: Justin Herman | Stars: Red Barber, Leo Durocher, Pee Wee Reese, Pete Reiser
50. Slide, Speedy, Slide (1931)
18 min | Short
Myrtle Brady (Daphne Pollard)is a town flirt who is stringing along three players on the local baseball team, but the star pitcher, Speedy (Tom Dugan), thinks he is her one-and-only. When ... See full summary »
Director: Babe Stafford | Stars: Daphne Pollard, Tom Dugan, Wade Boteler, Syd Saylor