The best hockey movies of all time
The top 3 according to 962 votes from people: Slap Shot (1977) · Miracle (2004) · The Mighty Ducks (1992). (Updated Jan 6, 2023.)
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.
Top 10
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1
Slap Shot (1977)
Paul Newman's player-coach turns a failing minor-league team into brawlers.
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2
Miracle (2004)
Kurt Russell as Herb Brooks, coach of the 1980 US Olympic team that beat the Soviets.
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The Mighty Ducks (1992)
A lawyer sentenced to community service coaches a hopeless kids' team.
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4
Mystery, Alaska (1999)
Russell Crowe's small-town amateurs face the New York Rangers.
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5
Youngblood (1986)
Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze in junior hockey, with a young Keanu Reeves.
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6
Happy Gilmore (1996)
Adam Sandler's failed hockey player brings his slapshot to golf.
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7
Goon (2011)
A gentle bar bouncer becomes a minor-league enforcer.
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D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)
The Ducks represent the USA at the Junior Goodwill Games.
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9
The Rocket (2005)
Roy Dupuis as Maurice Richard, the legend of the Montreal Canadiens.
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10
Of Miracles and Men (2015)
ESPN's 30 for 30 tells the 1980 game from the Soviet side.
Candidates
They don't make it into the top 10… yet. Vote for them to move them up.
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11
Ice Guardians (2016)
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.
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Comments (10)
Youngblood hasn't aged great but young Swayze and Keanu on skates is worth it
Mystery, Alaska is such a cozy winter movie, rewatch it every December
Mighty Ducks was my whole childhood. Learned the flying V before I could skate backwards
As a Habs fan, The Rocket should be top 3. Roy Dupuis was amazing as Maurice Richard
Goon is so much better than it has any right to be. Liev Schreiber as the old enforcer is perfect
Of Miracles and Men is a great companion to Miracle, seeing the Soviet side changes the whole story
Happy Gilmore on a hockey list is a stretch lol but I'll allow it
Ice Guardians should be required viewing for anyone who wants fighting out of the game, it's more nuanced than you'd think
Slap Shot is the only correct answer. The Hanson brothers alone
Miracle gives me chills every single time, even knowing how it ends