The best baseball movies of all time
The top 3 according to 135 votes from people: Field of Dreams (1989) · Bull Durham (1988) · The Natural (1984). (Updated Oct 6, 2025.)
Field of Dreams, Bull Durham and Moneyball: the baseball films critics and fans rank highest (Looper, Newsweek, Time Out).
Top 11
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1
Field of Dreams (1989)
Kevin Costner builds a ballfield in his cornfield.
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2
Bull Durham (1988)
The most astute portrait of minor league life.
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3
The Natural (1984)
Robert Redford and an iconic score.
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4
Moneyball (2011)
Brad Pitt and the statistics revolution in Oakland.
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5
Eight Men Out (1988)
John Sayles and the 1919 Black Sox scandal.
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6
Major League (1989)
The worst team in the league, assembled on purpose.
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7
A League of Their Own (1992)
The women's league of World War II; there's no crying in baseball.
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8
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Gary Cooper as Lou Gehrig, nominated for Best Picture.
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9
42 (2013)
Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier.
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10
The Bad News Bears (1976)
Walter Matthau coaches a hopeless kids' team.
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11
The Sandlot (1993)
A summer of neighbourhood baseball and a legendary dog.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (7)
A League of Their Own deserves to be higher.
The Sandlot was my entire childhood.
Bull Durham is the smartest one, nobody understands the minor leagues like that film.
The Natural's ending with the lights exploding is iconic.
Major League is pure fun, Charlie Sheen as Wild Thing 🔥
Moneyball made spreadsheets exciting, that's an achievement.
Field of Dreams makes grown men cry, I'm one of them.