For 11-20, please see the previous post here.  And now your top 10:

10. Any Given Sunday (1999)

Dude, Al Pacino is really cool.  Jaimie Foxx is pretty cool.  Oliver Stone can be cool.  LL Cool J has got cool in his freakin’ name.  And football is the coolest sport known to man.  Put all that together and Willie Beamen is most certainly steamin.’  So yeah, although Sunday falls short of being considered a classic, it makes for a good cinematic experience and I believe has some realistic character portrayals.  When I hear Brett Favre’s wife talk in interviews I can’t help but think of Jack Rooney’s (Dennis Quaid’s aging QB character) wife Cindy when she says, “You’re a football player! You have two or three more years in you. I will not listen to this bullshit (Brett!)” – Josh

9.  Rocky IV (1985)

What else needs to be said about the best of the Rocky franchise other than it successfully ended the Cold War with one great Rocky phrase: “I guess what I’m trying to say, is that if I can change, and you can change, everybody can change!”  This film belongs atop the mountain of great cheesy sports films.  An over-the-top Russian villain, a death to a major character early in the film, a montage training session in the frigid Russian climate and a final scene watched by the highest level of Soviet government.  Anyone else surprised this movie didn’t make it to #1 on this list? – Jason

8. Remember the Titans (2000)

Many films have tried to take on the issue of race in post-segregation American sports.  However, none quite succeed as well as Remember the Titans.  The film contains all the typical Disney fare, but somehow the story and acting take it to another level.  It is just one of those films that comes on during a lazy Sunday afternoon and you just can’t seem to change the channel. - Jason

7. Hoosiers (1986)

  There was a time when the high school playoffs for Indiana basketball were one of the biggest spectacles in amateur athletics. Certainly this story needed to be told and David Anspaugh did a helluva job directing this film.  Hoosiers indoctrinates you into this by telling the story of 2 coaches looking for redemption.  The late Dennis Hopper plays probably his best role ever (won Oscar for Best Supporting Actor) and Gene Hackman does an excellent job portraying the virtues of a true high school coach, molding young men in the fictional town of Hickory and leading them to an improbable state title behind star Jimmy Chitwood.  – Josh

6.  Jerry McGuire (1996)

Just when you thought that the world of sports had been fully revealed through movies, Jerry McGuire comes out and takes on the world of sports agents.  Tom Cruise and Cuba Gooding Jr. both give great performances as the agent-player pair and present the question of why do all sports agents have to come off as complete soulless assholes.  The movie is a story of relationships, whether from the professional level (“Show me the money”) or from the romantic level (“You complete me”), and how important they are to our well-being. – Jason

5. Sandlot (1993)

What better way to portray childhood in America than to revolve a film around our national pastime.  The Sandlot is a coming-of-age classic that revolves around a group of neighborhood children joined together by their daily summer baseball games at their local field.  The best thing about this film is about how it relates to all of us in some way.  Everyone remembers their childhood adventures; the hot summer days with friends, hanging out at the pool and the awkward early interactions with the opposite sex are things all of us have experienced at some point in their lives.  The Sandlot is one of the greatest baseball movies of our time because it shows us the power of the sport to bring us together, whether in childhood or later in life. – Jason

4. The Natural (1984)

The Natural should be a Top 5 contender for the final scene alone.  The set-up, production and execution of Hobbs’ famous light-shattering home run is the definition of perfect cinema.  That being said, the movie as a whole is nothing short of spectacular, a true Hollywood sports epic about a naturally gifted baseball player and his quest to reach the highest level of baseball before it’s too late.  The film has a vintage classic movie feel and a musical score that brings everyone to tears of joy by movie’s end.  To me, this is the essential baseball film. – Jason

3. Rudy (1993)

Another sports classic based in the state of Indiana directed by David Anspaugh.  Like Notre Dame football, a lot of people seem to love or hate this movie.  You should love it though.  If you’re a college football fan and in the 99% of that population that never had a shot of making it on a college team, this film should move you to the brink of tears.  Ok, so I cried.  A true underdog story made into what I would consider one of the greatest sports films of all time. – Josh

2. Major League (1989)

This slapstick comedy was for a long time the defining accomplishment for Cleveland Indians baseball (in fact, it might still be).  Great memorable characters all around (Wild Thing, Pedro Cerrano, Manager Lou Brown, Willie ‘Mays’ Hays), not to mention Tom Berenger’s powerhouse emotional performance as aging catcher Jake Taylor.  This is going to be one of those films that gets passed down to future generations without losing any its appeal.  If you want to see good Indians baseball, you might want to pass on Jacobs Field and just rent Major League. - Jason

1. Field of Dreams (1989)

Field of Dreams is a classic and unforgettable sports movie. It not only keeps us in tune with the fact that baseball is an intricate part of our nation’s past, but also illustrates the impact sports can have on relationships. Through baseball many father and sons have connected throughout the years in ways that would not have been possible without our nation’s pastime. The characters in the movie constantly repair relationships or live out their forgotten dreams on a baseball field in the middle of Iowa. James Earl Jones’ speech at the end of the movie alone puts this movie in the top 10 . It’s a fantastic sports movie that is also historically accurate, which is something that is often undervalued. The movie is about dreams, baseball, and the love between a father and a son; there’s isn’t anything more classic than that. - Ben