# The best hockey movies of all time

From the Charlestown Chiefs to the 1980 Miracle on Ice: the ice hockey films that fans and critics keep ranking highest, according to MovieWeb and Play Hockey in Europe.

- 962 votes · 11 items
- Jan 6, 2023 · gareth_cinephile
- https://even.best/en/l/4219/the-best-hockey-movies-of-all-time

## Top 10

1. **Slap Shot (1977)** (111 · ▲119 ▼8) — Paul Newman's player-coach turns a failing minor-league team into brawlers.
2. **Miracle (2004)** (99 · ▲103 ▼4) — Kurt Russell as Herb Brooks, coach of the 1980 US Olympic team that beat the Soviets.
3. **The Mighty Ducks (1992)** (81 · ▲89 ▼8) — A lawyer sentenced to community service coaches a hopeless kids' team.
4. **Mystery, Alaska (1999)** (67 · ▲84 ▼17) — Russell Crowe's small-town amateurs face the New York Rangers.
5. **Youngblood (1986)** (65 · ▲74 ▼9) — Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze in junior hockey, with a young Keanu Reeves.
6. **Happy Gilmore (1996)** (57 · ▲68 ▼11) — Adam Sandler's failed hockey player brings his slapshot to golf.
7. **Goon (2011)** (50 · ▲69 ▼19) — A gentle bar bouncer becomes a minor-league enforcer.
8. **D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)** (44 · ▲56 ▼12) — The Ducks represent the USA at the Junior Goodwill Games.
9. **The Rocket (2005)** (38 · ▲58 ▼20) — Roy Dupuis as Maurice Richard, the legend of the Montreal Canadiens.
10. **Of Miracles and Men (2015)** (32 · ▲50 ▼18) — ESPN's 30 for 30 tells the 1980 game from the Soviet side.
11. **Ice Guardians (2016)** (28 · ▲47 ▼19) — A documentary about the enforcers, hockey's fighters.

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.