Trouble with the Curve (
2012) | IMDb:
6.8
Slowed by age and failing eyesight, crack baseball scout Gus Lobel takes his grown daughter along as he checks out the final prospect of his career. Along the way, the two renew their bond, and she catches the eye of a young player-turned-scout.
Starring:
Clint Eastwood
,
Amy Adams
,
Justin Timberlake
,
Matthew Lillard
,
Jack Gilpin
,
John Goodman
The Number 23 (
2007) | IMDb:
6.4
Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.
Directed by:
Joel Schumacher
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (
2006) | IMDb:
6.6
The fastest man on four wheels, Ricky Bobby is one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. A big, hairy American winning machine, Ricky has everything a dimwitted daredevil could want, a luxurious mansion, a smokin' hot wife and all the fast food he can eat. But Ricky's turbo-charged lifestyle hits an unexpected speed bump when he's bested by flamboyant Euro-idiot Jean Girard and reduced to a fear-ridden wreck.
Starring:
Will Ferrell
,
John C. Reilly
,
Michael Clarke Duncan
,
Sacha Baron Cohen
,
Gary Cole
,
Jane Lynch
The Longest Yard (
2005) | IMDb:
6.4
Disgraced pro football quarterback Paul Crewe lands in a Texas federal penitentiary, where manipulative Warden Hazen recruits him to advise the institution's football team of prison guards. Crewe suggests a tune-up game which lands him quarterbacking a crew of inmates in a game against the guards. Aided by incarcerated ex-NFL coach and player Nate Scarborough, Crewe and his team must overcome not only the bloodthirstiness of the opposition, but also the corrupt warden trying to fix the game against them.
Seabiscuit (
2003) | IMDb:
7.3
True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.
Starring:
Tobey Maguire
,
David McCullough
,
Jeff Bridges
,
Chris Cooper
,
Elizabeth Banks
,
Gary L. Stevens
Thirteen Days (
2000) | IMDb:
7.3
The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.
Starring:
Kevin Costner
,
Bruce Greenwood
,
Steven Culp
,
Dylan Baker
,
Michael Fairman
,
Henry Strozier
Mulholland Falls (
1996) | IMDb:
6.3
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Starring:
Nick Nolte
,
Melanie Griffith
,
Chazz Palminteri
,
Michael Madsen
,
Chris Penn
,
Treat Williams
Directed by:
Lee Tamahori
The Rocketeer (
1991) | IMDb:
6.5
A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly. However, evil forces of the world also want this jetpack at any cost.
Starring:
Billy Campbell
,
Jennifer Connelly
,
Alan Arkin
,
Timothy Dalton
,
Paul Sorvino
,
Terry O'Quinn
Directed by:
Joe Johnston
Lassiter (
1984) | IMDb:
5.8
A handsome jewel thief is arrested and in order to avoid prison, must break into the heavily guarded German Embassy to steal millions in gems.
Directed by:
Roger Young
King Kong (
1976) | IMDb:
5.9
An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.
Starring:
Jeff Bridges
,
Jessica Lange
,
Charles Grodin
,
John Randolph
,
René Auberjonois
,
Julius Harris