# The best golf movies of all time

From Caddyshack and Happy Gilmore to The Greatest Game Ever Played: the golf films ranked highest by Golf Oklahoma and The Left Rough.

- 291 votes · 13 items
- Jun 6, 2025 · courtney_filmbuff
- https://even.best/en/l/4314/the-best-golf-movies-of-all-time

## Top 12

1. **Caddyshack (1980)** (31 · ▲33 ▼2) — Harold Ramis: Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield and a gopher at a country club.
2. **Tin Cup (1996)** (23 · ▲24 ▼1) — Ron Shelton: Kevin Costner, a driving-range pro who tries the U.S. Open.
3. **Happy Gilmore (1996)** (21 · ▲24 ▼3) — Adam Sandler, a failed hockey player with a monster drive.
4. **The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)** (21 · ▲22 ▼1) — Bill Paxton: amateur Francis Ouimet wins the 1913 U.S. Open.
5. **Dead Solid Perfect (1988)** (16 · ▲18 ▼2) — Randy Quaid as a journeyman trying to make it on tour.
6. **From the Rough (2013)** (14 · ▲19 ▼5) — Based on the true story of coach Catana Starks and her men's golf team.
7. **Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)** (14 · ▲17 ▼3) — The amateur who won golf's Grand Slam in 1930.
8. **Golf in the Kingdom (2010)** (14 · ▲17 ▼3) — A young man's mystical round of golf in Scotland.
9. **The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)** (13 · ▲18 ▼5) — Robert Redford: a mysterious caddie and a war-scarred golfer, with Will Smith and Matt Damon.
10. **Seve: The Movie (2014)** (11 · ▲16 ▼5) — The story of Severiano Ballesteros, from Pedreña to the Open.
11. **Miracle on the 17th Green (1999)** (10 · ▲12 ▼2) — A fired ad man reinvents himself on the senior tour.
12. **Tommy's Honour (2016)** (9 · ▲14 ▼5) — Old and Young Tom Morris and the early days of the Open.
13. **A Gentleman's Game (2002)** (8 · ▲14 ▼6) — A young caddie learns about golf and life from a club pro.

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