Best Baseball Movies

The Cleveland Indians are perennial losers. For years, few things have gone right with the team, and when Rachel Phelps (Margaret Whitton), a former Las Vegas showgirl, inherits the team from her late husband, it doesn't look like their fortunes will change any time soon. The greedy Phelps hates. . . more

The Natural is a 1984 movie based on the 1952 novel by Bernard Malamud. The movie follows the career of Roy Hobbs, an outstanding pitching prospect whose career is sidetracked when he is shot by a crazed fan. Most of the movie concerns itself with Hobbs' comeback with the fictional New York. . . more

Field of Dreams is a movie about a farmer who becomes convinced by a mysterious voice that he is supposed to construct a baseball diamond in his corn field. It stars Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffmann, Ray Liotta, Timothy Busfield, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster, and Frank Whaley. The. . . more

Kevin Costner stars as "Crash" Davis (named after Lawrence "Crash" Davis, an actual player for the Durham Bulls in the 1940s and 50s), a veteran of countless years in the minor leagues unwillingly sent down to single-A Bulls for a specific purpose: to educate a hotshot rookie pitcher "Nuke". . . more

The Bad News Bears is a 1976 film directed by Michael Ritchie. It stars Walter Matthau and Tatum O'Neal. The film was followed by two sequels, The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training in 1977 and The Bad News Bears Go to Japan in 1978, and a short-lived 1979 CBS television series, none of which were. . . more

The story of the 1919 World Series as told in the 1963 nonfiction book Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series is brought to the big screen. The Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds fight it out in the baseball World Series, but questions arise when the heavily favorite White. . . more

When World War II threatens to shut down Major League Baseball, candy manufacturing magnate Walter Harvey (Garry Marshall) decides to create a women's league to make money. Ira Lowenstein (David Strathairn) is put in charge and scout Ernie Capadino (Jon Lovitz) is sent out to recruit players.. . . more

The film follows the real-life quest during the 1961 season of New York Yankees Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris to break Babe Ruth's single-season home run record of 60 set in 1927. The asterisk in the title reflects the fact that Ruth had 154 games to set the record, while Mantle and Maris had 162. . . more

From the author of Killer Angels (made into the movie Gettysburg), and other American Civil War books, comes For Love of the Game. For Love of the Game is the story of an aging, almost over-the-hill pitcher who has done the almost impossible, pitched a perfect game. The book was adapted by Dana. . . more

The Rookie is a 2002 drama, directed by John Lee Hancock. It is based on the true story of Jim Morris, who had a brief but famous Major League Baseball career. Twelve years prior to the setting of the movie, Jimmy Morris (played by Dennis Quaid) injured his shoulder, putting an end to his Minor. . . more

The Pride of the Yankees is a 1942 biographical film directed by Sam Wood about the New York Yankees' star baseball player, first baseman Lou Gehrig, who had his Hall-of-Fame career tragically cut short at 36 years of age when he was stricken with the fatal disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. . . more

Henry Rowengartner (Nicholas), a 12-year-old Little Leaguer, has dreams of playing in the major leagues. One day, Henry breaks his arm trying to catch a fly ball and has to wrap it in a cast. When the cast is removed, he celebrates the occasion by attending a Chicago Cubs game in the bleachers of. . . more

Damn Yankees is a musical comedy, a modern retelling of the Faust legend set during the 1950s (when the New York Yankees dominated Major League Baseball), in Washington, D.C., with a script by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop and music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. It was based on. . . more

Major League II (1994) is a sequel to the 1989 film Major League. Major league II stars most of the same cast from the original, including Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, and Corbin Bernsen. However, Omar Epps replaces Wesley Snipes as the character Willie 'Mays' Hayes. This film also welcomes some. . . more

The story of a New York pro baseball team and two of its players. Henry Wiggen is the star pitcher and Bruce Pearson is the normal, everyday catcher who is far from the star player on the team and friend to all of his teammates. During the off-season, Bruce learns that he is terminally ill, and. . . more

Conor O'Neill is a gambler who has bet on his dead father's account and is now severely in debt. In order to repay the debt he must coach a baseball team of troubled kids in the Cabrini-Green housing projects of Chicago. He had decided that once he repaid his debts he would leave the team but soon. . . more

'Fever Pitch is based on the book by Nick Hornby. The movie follows Ben Wrightman as he attempts to intensely follow his favorite team, the Boston Red Sox, while also trying to fit in other less important things, like say a girlfriend, into his life. Trailer. . . more

The Fan is a 1996 thriller film directed by Tony Scott and starring Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, and Benicio del Toro. Based on the novel of the same name by Peter Abrahams, The Fan is a psychological thriller that follows Gil Renard (De Niro) as he progresses into his own insanity. The majority. . . more

Based on the 1948 book by Babe Ruth and Bob Considine, the movie follows Babe Ruth's life. The famed slugger is played by Bendix, who resembles Ruth slightly in looks and not at all in baseball ability. The film traces the "life and times" of Ruth, including his famous "called shot" in the 1932. . . more

Mr. 3000 follows Stan Ross (Bernie Mac) who was a Milwaukee Brewers baseball star with 3,000 hits that earned him the nickname "Mr. 3000." After recording what's believed to be his 3000th hit, Ross retires and leaves the Brewers, leaving the team without one of their star players in the middle of. . . more

Based on the 1955 autobiography by Jim Piersall, the movie follows Jim Piersall's life in baseball, the stress and pressure of which caused a mental and nervous breakdown. Trailer Trivia External Links. . . more

Major League: Back to the Minors is a 1998 movie, distributed by Warner Bros., directed and written by John Warren, with David S. Ward taking the co-writer duties. It is the third film in the Major League series. The movie features a mostly new cast, with only Dennis Haysbert, Bob Uecker, Corbin. . . more

It's Good to be Alive is based on the autobiograhy written by Roy Campanella. The movie is about a baseball catcher, Roy Campanella, who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers before having his career cut short by an auto accident (which damaged Campanella's legs).. . . more

Based on the 1934 book by Cortland Fitzsimmons called Death on the Diamond: A Baseball Mystery Story, the movie is a murder mystery. Larry Kelly is hired to pitch for Pop Clark's team. While trying to help Clark win the pennant, Kelly also must try to stop a killer from killing his teammates,. . . more