11 Great Sports Movies for Kids
Sometimes we all need a happy ending or a big team moment. Check out these great family-friendly sports movies. (All links are to IMDb pages)
A League of Their Own. Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amidst their own growing rivalry.
Cool Runnings. When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican Bobsled Team.
Field of Dreams. An Iowa corn farmer, hearing voices, interprets them as a command to build a baseball diamond in his fields; he does, and the 1919 Chicago White Sox come.
Hoosiers. A coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the championship.
Karate Kid. A boy and his mother move to California for a new job. He struggles to fit in, as a group of karate students starts to bully him for dating a rich girl from their clique. It's up to the Japanese landlord, Miyagi, to teach him karate.
Kicking & Screaming. Family man Phil Weston, a lifelong victim of his father's competitive nature, takes on the coaching duties of a kids' soccer team, and soon finds that he's also taking on his father's dysfunctional way of relating.
The Mighty Ducks. A self-centered Minnesota lawyer is sentenced to community service coaching a rag tag youth hockey team.
Miracle. The true story of Herb Brooks, the player-turned-coach who led the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team to victory over the seemingly invincible Soviet squad.
Rudy. Rudy has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame.
The Sandlot. In the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures.
Space Jam. In a desperate attempt to win a basketball match and earn their freedom, the Looney Tunes seek the aid of retired basketball champion, Michael Jordan.