SPORTS

AFI가 정의하는 "스포츠 (sports)"란 "운동 경기 또는 다른 경쟁 게임을 하는 주인공이 나오는 영화의 장르"이다.

미국 영화 중 스포츠 장르의 영화 톱 10 후보작 50편을 정리한다. 각각의 제목 옆에는 그 영화가 다루고 있는 스포츠의 종목을 표시한다.

1 알리 ALI [권투]
Columbia, 2001
PRINCIPAL CAST Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles
DIRECTOR Michael Mann
PRODUCERS Paul Ardaji, A. Kitman Ho, James Lassiter, Michael Mann, Jon Peters
SCREENWRITERS Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Eric Roth, Michael Mann

2 외야의 천사들 ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD [야구]
MGM, 1951
PRINCIPAL CAST Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn
DIRECTOR Clarence Brown
PRODUCER Clarence Brown
SCREENWRITERS Dorothy Kingsley, George Wells

3 애니 기븐 선데이 ANY GIVEN SUNDAY [미식축구]
Warner Bros., 1999
PRINCIPAL CAST Al Pacino, Dennis Quaid, Cameron Diaz, James Woods, Jamie Foxx, LL Cool J
DIRECTOR Oliver Stone
PRODUCERS Dan Halsted, Lauren Shuler Donner, Clayton Townsend
SCREENWRITERS John Logan, Oliver Stone

4 꼴찌 야구단 THE BAD NEWS BEARS [야구]
Paramount, 1976
PRINCIPAL CAST Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Jackie Earle Haley
DIRECTOR Michael Ritchie
PRODUCER Stanley R. Jaffe
SCREENWRITER Bill Lancaster

5 대야망 BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY [야구]
Paramount, 1973
PRINCIPAL CAST Robert De Niro, Michael Moriarty, Vincent Gardenia
DIRECTOR John D. Hancock
PRODUCERS Lois Rosenfield, Maurice Rosenfield
SCREENWRITER Mark Harris

6 빙고 롱 트래블링 올스타 앤 모터 킹 THE BINGO LONG TRAVELING ALL-STARS & MOTOR KINGS [야구]
Universal, 1976
PRINCIPAL CAST Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor
DIRECTOR John Badham
PRODUCER Rob Cohen
SCREENWRITERS Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins

7 육체와 영혼 BODY AND SOUL [권투]
United Artists, 1947
PRINCIPAL CAST John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere
DIRECTOR Robert Rossen
PRODUCER Bob Roberts
SCREENWRITER Abraham Polonsky

8 블루밍튼의 여름 BREAKING AWAY [사이클]
Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979
PRINCIPAL CAST Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern
DIRECTOR Peter Yates
PRODUCER Peter Yates
SCREENWRITER Steve Tesich

9 열아홉번째 남자 BULL DURHAM [야구]
Orion, 1988
PRINCIPAL CAST Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins
DIRECTOR Ron Shelton
PRODUCERS Mark Burg, Thom Mount
SCREENWRITER Ron Shelton

10 캐디쉑 CADDYSHACK [골프]
Orion, 1980
PRINCIPAL CAST Michael O'Keefe, Bill Murray, Rodney Dangerfield, Chevy Chase
DIRECTOR Harold Ramis
PRODUCER Douglas Kenney
SCREENWRITERS Brian Doyle-Murray, Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney

11 챔피언 CHAMPION [권투]
United Artists, 1949
PRINCIPAL CAST Kirk Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell, Arthur Kennedy
DIRECTOR Mark Robson
PRODUCER Stanley Kramer
SCREENWRITER Carl Foreman

12 불의 전차 CHARIOTS OF FIRE [육상]
Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
PRINCIPAL CAST Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Ian Holm
DIRECTOR Hugh Hudson
PRODUCER David Puttnam
SCREENWRITER Colin Welland

13 컬러 오브 머니 THE COLOR OF MONEY [당구]
Touchstone, 1986
PRINCIPAL CAST Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
DIRECTOR Martin Scorsese
PRODUCERS Irving Axelrad, Barbara De Fina
SCREENWRITER Richard Price

14 쿨 러닝 COOL RUNNINGS [봅슬레이]
Touchstone, 1993
PRINCIPAL CAST John Candy, Malik Yoba, Leon, Doug E. Doug
DIRECTOR Jon Turteltaub
PRODUCER Dawn Steel
SCREENWRITERS Lynn Siefert, Tommy Swerdlow, Michael Goldberg

15 댐 양키즈 DAMN YANKEES! [야구]
Warner Bros., 1958
PRINCIPAL CAST Gwen Verdon, Tab Hunter, Ray Walston
DIRECTORS George Abbott, Stanley Donen
PRODUCERS George Abbott, Stanley Donen
SCREENWRITERS George Abbott, Douglass Wallop

16 다운힐 레이서 DOWNHILL RACER [스키]
Paramount, 1969
PRINCIPAL CAST Robert Redford, Gene Hackman
DIRECTOR Michael Ritchie
PRODUCER Richard Gregson
SCREENWRITER James Salter

17 여덟명의 제명된 남자들 EIGHT MEN OUT [야구]
Orion, 1988
PRINCIPAL CAST John Cusack, Clifton James, D. B. Sweeney, Charlie Sheen
DIRECTOR John Sayles
PRODUCERS Sarah Pillsbury, Midge Sanford
SCREENWRITER John Sayles

18 피어 스트라이크 아웃 FEAR STRIKES OUT [야구]
Paramount, 1957
PRINCIPAL CAST Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Norma Moore
DIRECTOR Robert Mulligan
PRODUCER Alan J. Pakula
SCREENWRITERS Ted Berkman, Raphael Blau

19 꿈의 구장 FIELD OF DREAMS [야구]
Universal, 1989
PRINCIPAL CAST Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Amy Madigan, Ray Liotta, Burt Lancaster
DIRECTOR Phil Alden Robinson
PRODUCERS Charles Gordon, Lawrence Gordon
SCREENWRITER Phil Alden Robinson

20 신입생 THE FRESHMAN [미식축구]
Pathé, 1925
PRINCIPAL CAST Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Brooks Benedict
DIRECTOR Sam Taylor, Fred C. Newmeyer
PRODUCER Harold Lloyd
SCREENWRITERS Sam Taylor, John Grey, Ted Wilde, Tim Wheelan

21 프라이데이 나잇 라이츠 FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS [미식축구]
Universal, 2004
PRINCIPAL CAST Billy Bob Thornton, Lucas Black, Derek Luke
DIRECTOR Peter Berg
PRODUCER Brian Grazer
SCREENWRITERS Peter Berg, David Aaron Cohen

22 위대한 희망 THE GREAT WHITE HOPE [권투]
Twentieth Century-Fox, 1970
PRINCIPAL CAST James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander
DIRECTOR Martin Ritt
PRODUCER Lawrence Turman
SCREENWRITER Howard Sackler

23 내 마음의 질주 HEART LIKE A WHEEL [레이싱]
Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
PRINCIPAL CAST Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges, Leo Rossi
DIRECTOR Jonathan Kaplan
PRODUCER Chuck Roven
SCREENWRITERS Ken Friedman, Joan McCall, David E. Peckinpah

24 후지어 HOOSIERS [농구]
Orion, 1986
PRINCIPAL CAST Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper
DIRECTOR David Anspaugh
PRODUCERS Carter DeHaven, Angelo Pizzo
SCREENWRITER Angelo Pizzo

25 풋볼 대소동 HORSE FEATHERS [미식축구]
Paramount, 1932
PRINCIPAL CAST Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx
DIRECTOR Norman Z. McLeod
PRODUCER Herman J. Mankiewicz
SCREENWRITERS Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, S. J. Perelman, Will B. Johnstone

26 허리케인 카터 THE HURRICANE [권투]
Universal, 1999
PRINCIPAL CAST Denzel Washington, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber, John Hannah
DIRECTOR Norman Jewison
PRODUCERS Armyan Bernstein, Norman Jewison, John Ketcham
SCREENWRITERS Armyan Bernstein, Dan Gordon

27 허슬러 THE HUSTLER [당구]
Twentieth Century-Fox, 1961
PRINCIPAL CAST Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, George C. Scott, Piper Laurie
DIRECTOR Robert Rossen
PRODUCER Robert Rossen
SCREENWRITERS Sidney Carroll, Robert Rossen

28 제리 맥과이어 JERRY MAGUIRE [스포츠 에이전트]
TriStar, 1996
PRINCIPAL CAST Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Renée Zellweger
DIRECTOR Cameron Crowe
PRODUCERS James L. Brooks, Cameron Crowe, Laurence Mark, Richard Sakai
SCREENWRITER Cameron Crowe

29 베스트 키드 THE KARATE KID [가라데]
Columbia, 1984
PRINCIPAL CAST Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue
DIRECTOR John G. Avildsen
PRODUCER Jerry Weintraub
SCREENWRITER Robert Mark Kamen

30 누트 로크니 KNUTE ROCKNE – ALL AMERICAN [미식축구]
Warner Bros., 1940
PRINCIPAL CAST Pat O'Brien, Ronald Reagan, Gale Page, Donald Crisp
DIRECTOR Lloyd Bacon
PRODUCERS Hal B. Wallis
SCREENWRITER Robert Buckner

31 그들만의 리그 A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN [야구]
Columbia, 1992
PRINCIPAL CAST Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Lori Petty, Madonna
DIRECTOR Penny Marshall
PRODUCERS Elliot Abbott, Robert Greenhut
SCREENWRITERS Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel

32 터치 다운 THE LONGEST YARD [미식축구]
Paramount, 1974
PRINCIPAL CAST Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert
DIRECTOR Robert Aldrich
PRODUCER Albert S. Ruddy
SCREENWRITER Tracy Keenan Wynn

33 메이저 리그 MAJOR LEAGUE [야구]
Paramount, 1989
PRINCIPAL CAST Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen
DIRECTOR David S. Ward
PRODUCER Chris Chesser, Irby Smith
SCREENWRITER David S. Ward

34 마이티 덕 THE MIGHTY DUCKS [아이스 하키]
Disney, 1992
PRINCIPAL CAST Emilio Estevez, Joshua Jackson, Joss Ackland
DIRECTOR Stephen Herek
PRODUCERS Jon Avnet, Jordan Kerner
SCREENWRITER Steven Brill

35 밀리언 달러 베이비 MILLION DOLLAR BABY [권투]
Warner Bros, 2004
PRINCIPAL CAST Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman
DIRECTOR Clint Eastwood
PRODUCERS Clint Eastwood, Paul Haggis, Tom Rosenberg, Albert S. Ruddy
SCREENWRITER Paul Haggis

36 미라클 MIRACLE [아이스 하키]
Disney, 2004
PRINCIPAL CAST Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson
DIRECTOR Gavin O'Connor
PRODUCERS Mark Ciardi, Gordon Gray
SCREENWRITER Eric Guggenheim

37 미스테리 알라스카 MYSTERY, ALASKA [하키]
Hollywood, 1999
PRINCIPAL CAST Russell Crowe, Hank Azaria, Burt Reynolds
DIRECTOR Jay Roach
PRODUCERS David E. Kelley, Howard Baldwin
SCREENWRITERS Joshua Brand, David E. Kelley, Sean O’Byrne

38 녹원의 천사 NATIONAL VELVET [경마]
MGM, 1944
PRINCIPAL CAST Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor
DIRECTOR Clarence Brown
PRODUCER Pandro S. Berman
SCREENWRITERS Theodore Reeves, Helen Deutsch

39 내츄럴 THE NATURAL [야구]
TriStar, 1984
PRINCIPAL CAST Robert Redford, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger
DIRECTOR Barry Levinson
PRODUCER Mark Johnson
SCREENWRITERS Roger Towne, Phil Dusenberry

40 달라스의 투혼 NORTH DALLAS FORTY [미식축구]
Paramount, 1979
PRINCIPAL CAST Nick Nolte, Mac Davis
DIRECTOR Ted Kotcheff
PRODUCER Frank Yablans
SCREENWRITER Peter Gent

41 팻과 마이크 PAT AND MIKE [골프]
MGM, 1952
PRINCIPAL CAST Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn
DIRECTOR George Cukor
PRODUCER Lawrence Weingarten
SCREENWRITERS Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin

42 퍼스널 베스트 PERSONAL BEST [육상]
Warner Bros., 1982
PRINCIPAL CAST Mariel Hemingway, Scott Glenn, Patrice Donnelly
DIRECTOR Robert Towne
PRODUCER Robert Towne
SCREENWRITER Robert Towne

43 야구왕 루 게릭 THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES [야구]
RKO, 1942
PRINCIPAL CAST Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Walter Brennan
DIRECTOR Sam Wood
PRODUCER Samuel Goldwyn
SCREENWRITERS Herman J. Mankiewicz, Jo Swerling, Paul Gallico

44 분노의 주먹 RAGING BULL [권투]
United Artists, 1980
PRINCIPAL CAST Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci
DIRECTOR Martin Scorsese
PRODUCERS Robert Chartoff, Irwin Winkler
SCREENWRITERS Mardik Martin, Paul Schrader

45 록키 ROCKY [권투]
United Artists, 1976
PRINCIPAL CAST Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith, Carl Weathers
DIRECTOR John G. Avildsen
PRODUCERS Robert Chartoff, Irwin Winkler
SCREENWRITER Sylvester Stallone

46 루디 이야기 RUDY [미식축구]
TriStar, 1993
PRINCIPAL CAST Sean Astin, Jon Favreau, Ned Beatty
DIRECTOR David Anspaugh
PRODUCERS Robert N. Fried, Cary Woods
SCREENWRITER Angelo Pizzo

47 씨비스킷 SEABISCUIT [경마]
DreamWorks, 2003
PRINCIPAL CAST Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper
DIRECTOR Gary Ross
PRODUCERS Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Gary Ross, Jane Sindell
SCREENWRITER Gary Ross

48 슬랩 샷 SLAP SHOT [아이스 하키]
Universal, 1977
PRINCIPAL CAST Michael Ontkean, Paul Newman
DIRECTOR George Roy Hill
PRODUCERS Stephen J. Friedman, Robert J. Wunsch
SCREENWRITER Nancy Dowd

49 상처뿐인 영광 SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME [권투]
MGM, 1956
PRINCIPAL CAST Paul Newman, Pier Angeli
DIRECTOR Robert Wise
PRODUCER Charles Schnee
SCREENWRITER Ernest Lehman

50 덩크 슛 WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP [농구]
Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
PRINCIPAL CAST Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Rosie Perez
DIRECTOR Ron Shelton
PRODUCERS David Lester, Don Miller
SCREENWRITER Ron Shelton


이들 영화를 스포츠 종목별로 분류해보면 다음과 같다.

야구: 13
권투: 9
미식축구: 8
아이스 하키: 3
농구: 2
골프: 2
당구: 2
육상: 2
경마: 2
하키: 1
사이클: 1
봅슬레이: 1
레이싱: 1
가라데: 1
스키: 1
스포츠 에이전트: 1

역시 야구 영화가 가장 많다. 아무래도 스포츠 영화는 작품성보다는 오락성이 큰 것이 보통이다. 그렇긴 해도 걸작은 나오기 마련이라, 이 장르의 1, 2위를 다툴 것으로 예상되는 걸작 영화는 권투 종목에 관한 것으로 <밀리언 달러 베이비>와 <분노의 주먹>이다.