1. The Natural
   Angels in the Outfield
2. The Pride of the Yankees
   42

Jackie Robinson was the first African American player in Major League Baseball. His time with the Dodgers helped break down color barriers in sports throughout the United States.

1. Angles in the Outfield
   Moneyball
2. Eight Men Out
   A League of Their Own

A League of Their Own is based on a real women's baseball league that formed during World War II. A variety of stars make up the cast, including Tom Hanks and Madonna.

1. The Sandlot
   The Natural
2. The Phenom
   Major League

Roy Hobbs lives a difficult life in The Natural. Not only does his father die when he was young, but he also gets shot by a psychotic fan known for killing athletes.

1. The Pride of the Yankees
   Angels in the Outfield
2. Sugar
   Rookie of the Year

Lou Gehrig was a star who played for the New York Yankees, playing first baseman for the team from 1923 to 1939. A legend on the field, Gehrig suffered from ALS, often referred to as Lou Gehrig's Disease, and died at the age of 37.

1. Rookie of the Year
   Bull Durham
2. Sugar
   Summer Catch

Released in 1988, Bull Durham starred Kevin Costner and Tim Robbins. The movie is consistently ranked among the greatest sports movies of all time.

1. The Bad News Bears
   Field of Dreams
2. Mr. Baseball
   Major League

Major League was the first of three movies in this baseball series. The other two movies, Major League II and Back to the Minors, weren't quite as successful as the first of the bunch.

1. Field of Dreams
   Rookie of the Year
2. Eight Men Out
   The Bad News Bears

Rookie of the Year was actually a remake of an older film called Roogie's Bump. Both films depict children who become baseball stars after freak accidents.

1. The Bad News Bears
   Eight Men Out
2. The Sandlot
   For Love of the Game

The original The Bad News Bears starred Walter Matthau as Coach Morris Buttermaker. Buttermaker is a former baseball player with an alcohol problem; he's put in charge of coaching the Bears.

1. Eight Men Out
   The Rookie
2. 61*
   Moneyball

61* follows baseball stars Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris and their 1961 season on the New York Yankees. During that season, both players tried to break Babe Ruth's single-season​ home run record of 60.

1. Pitch Perfect
   For Love of the Game
2. The Rookie
   Bang the Drum Slowly

The announcer during the game in the movie was none other than Vin Scully, a legendary Major League Baseball broadcaster. Scully called four actual perfect games during his career.

1. Moneyball
   The Rookie
2. Bang the Drum Slowly
   Angels in the Outfield

Though the Angels win the final game of the season, they do so without the help of actual angels. Instead, their pitcher, Mel Clark, comes through in the end.

1. Eight Men Out
   The Sandlot
2. The Rookie
   Mr. Baseball

The 1919 Black Sox scandal was one of the most controversial events in sports history. After throwing the 1919 World Series, all eight players were banned from baseball, including "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, who many believe was not involved.

1. Moneyball
   The Sandlot
2. The Rookie
   Mr. Baseball

The Sandlot is a story of kid baseball players during the summer of 1962. The story follows Scotty Smalls as he tries to fit into a new town.

1. Moneyball
   The Rookie
2. Field of Dreams
   Fear Strikes Out

Field of Dreams was an adaptation of a book called Shoeless Joe. The United States National Film Registry selected the film in 2017 for preservation because of its cultural significance.

1. Mr. 3000
   Moneyball
2. The Rookie
   Bang the Drum Slowly

Mr. 3000 follows Stan Ross as he tries to get three final hits to reach 3,000, a record he was inaccurately given before he first retired. However, Stan is already 47 years old, so time is not on his side.

1. The Rookie
   Fear Strikes Out
2. Mr. Baseball
   Moneyball

Moneyball is based on a true story about the Oakland Athletics. In 2002, Billy Beane put together a team on a minimum budget using sabermetrics that he hoped would be competitive in the playoffs.

1. The Rookie
   Bang the Drum Slowly
2. Fever Pitch
   Little Big League

The Rookie is based on the true story of Jim Morris. Morris, despite having shoulder surgery when he was younger, joined the Tampa Bay Rays organization from 1999 until 2001.

1. Fever Pitch
   Bang the Drum Slowly
2. Little Big League
   Trouble with the Curve

Bang the Drum Slowly stars Robert De Niro, who was still making a name for himself in the film industry when the film came out. This role helped put him on the map.

1. Trouble with the Curve
   Million Dollar Arm
2. Mr. Baseball
   The Scout

This is more than just a film about baseball; it also gives insight into Japanese culture.

1. Little Big League
   Fever Pitch
2. Million Dollar Arm
   Fear Strikes Out

In Fever Pitch, the Red Sox win the World Series. This was mirrored in real life when the Red Sox won the 2004 World Series while the movie was being filmed.

1. Soul of the Game
   Trouble with the Curve
2. Summer Catch
   The Perfect Game

The film was directed by Mike Tollin. Tollin is also known for other sports films like Radio and Varsity Blues.

1. The Benchwarmers
   Trouble with the Curve
2. The Scout
   Million Dollar Arm

The movie depicts an actual event where an agent signs two pitchers, Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel, who won a reality television competition. They both were the first Indian nationals to sign with an American professional baseball team.

1. The Benchwarmers
   The Scout
2. Trouble with the Curve
   It Happens Every Spring

The Benchwarmers stars comedic heavyweights like David Spade and Rob Schneider. Both comedians were once part of Saturday Night Live.

1. Soul of the Game
   Hardball
2. The Fan
   The Babe

Released in 2001, Hardball was based on a book by Daniel Coyle. For his role in the film, Keanu Reeves was named worst actor in the Razzie Awards.

1. Trouble with the Curve
   It Happens Every Spring
2. The Babe
   The Scout

Released in 1994, this film was directed by Michael Ritchie. Ritchie was also known for directing The Bad News Bears, among other films.

1. It Happens Every Spring
   The Perfect Game
2. Trouble with the Curve
   The Fan

Trouble with the Curve was directed by Robert Lorenz. This was unique for Clint Eastwood because he had spent most of the latter half of his career directing his own films.

1. The Babe
   Sugar
2. Long Gone
   The Fan

Despite a cast featuring Robert De Niro and Wesley Snipes, The Fan was a flop at the box office. It lost over $30 million.

1. Soul of the Game
   It Happens Every Spring
2. The Stratton Story
   The Perfect Game

Branch Rickey was a baseball executive who refused to settle for the norm in Major League Baseball. Not only did he help break the color barrier, but he also drafted Roberto Clemente, the first Hispanic​ player to make it into the Hall of Fame.

1. The Stratton Story
   The Perfect Game
2. It Happens Every Spring
   The Babe

1957 was the first year that a team outside of the United States competed in the Little League World Series. Not only did the new team, the Industrial Little League from Monterrey, Mexico, compete in the tournament, but they won the whole thing.

1. The Babe
   The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
2. Everyone's Hero
   Long Gone

Long Gone was based on a book by Paul Hemphill, which was titled the same as the movie. Hemphill was also known for writing The Nashville Sound: Bright Lights and Country Music.

1. The Babe
   The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
2. The Stratton Story
   The Kid from Left Field

Monty Stratton was a Major League Baseball pitcher in the 1930s for the Chicago White Sox. Even after having his leg amputated, Stratton came back to pitch in the minor leagues for several years.

1. The Babe
   Sugar
2. Brewster's Millions
   Everyone's Hero

Babe Ruth was known as "The Bambino." When he was traded from the Red Sox to the Yankees, the Curse of the Bambino began where the Red Sox failed to win a World Series until 2004.

1. Fear Strikes Out
   The Kid from Left Field
2. Brewster's Millions
   It Happens Every Spring

It Happens Every Spring starred Ray Miller as Vernon Simpson. Miller was also known for films like The Lost Weekend and Reap the Wild Wind.

1. Brewster's Million
   The Kid from Left Field
2. The Pride of St. Louis
   Fear Strikes Out

Jay "Dizzy" Dean was the pitcher for St. Louis when they won the World Series in 1934. Despite a dominant first half of his career, injuries in his foot and arm cut that success short.

1. The Kid from Left Field
   Brewster's Millions
2. Everyone's Hero
   Fear Strikes Out

Originally released in 1953, this film was remade in 1979 for television. The remake starred Gary Coleman and Robert Guillaume.