Racing Movies- Best to Worst- With Inflated Box Office Results.
77The most recent racing movie Secretariat finishes 12th among 44 racing movies.
This is the 6th and final part of a sports movie series that will identify the Top 100 Sports Movies Of All-Time. This hub is going to rank 44 racing movies and 27 movies from an assortment of sports. So with this final hub complete, I can now go back to my man cave and work on the hub that required all these other hubs....Top 100 Sports Movies Of All-Time has now been published.
Previous Hubs:
Part 1:.....Best Baseball Movies 54 movies
Part 2:.....Best Football Movies 49 movies
Part 3......Best Basketball and Hockey Movies 60 movies
Part 4.......Best Boxing Movies 62 movies
Part 5......Best Soccer, Golf, Olympics & Other Sports Movies 82 movies
For you horse racing movie fans, I realize that there are hundreds more movies that could have been included. I pretty much picked the ones that were mentioned the most when reading about the best horse racing movies. So movies like Julia Robert's Something To Talk About, which has a horse competition at the end of the movie, did not make the list.
The second table has movies from sports that mostly came from hub e-mails and comments. I have added some poker movies, some surfing movies, some rodeo movies and of course the best arm wrestling movie ever made....Over the Top.
Talladega Nights is the 3rd biggest box office racing movie with 178.90 million in 2011 dollars.
Racing Movies - Top Five Box Office Hits in 2011 Inflated Dollars.
Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (millions)
| Stars
|
|---|---|---|
#1 National Velvet (1945)
| 208.30 million
| Elizabeth Taylor
|
#2 The Great Race (1965)
| 195.60 million
| Jack Lemmon/Tony Curtis
|
#3 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
| 178.90 million
| Will Farrell
|
#4 Seabiscuit (2003)
| 158.20 million
| Tobey Maguire/Jeff Bridges
|
#5 Days of Thunder (1990)
| 155.00 million
| Tom Cruise/Nicole Kidman
|
2005's The World's Fastest Indian is the 4th highest rated racing movie according to critics and audiences.
Racing Movies - Top Five Movies based on critics and audience voting.
Movie Year
| Critics Audience Score
| Stars
|
|---|---|---|
#1 Breaking Away (1979)
| 86%
| Dennis Quaid
|
#2 Phar Lap (1984)
| 83%
| Tom Burlinson
|
#3 The Crowd Roars (1932)
| 82%
| James Cagney
|
#4 The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
| 81%
| Anthony Hopkins
|
#5 National Velvet (1945)
| 80%
| Elizabeth Taylor
|
The best racing movie according to Movie Score? ...Is 1945's National Velvet....barely beating out 2003's Seabiscuit by .27 points.
44 Racing movies ranked by Movie Score. Movie Score is box office results + critical reception + award recognition. Perfect score would be 100.
Rank
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Movie Score
| Critics Audience Score
| Nom / Win
| Racing Type
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st
| National Velvet (1945)
| 208.30
| 72.82
| 80 %
| 05 / 02
| Horse Jumping
|
2nd
| Seabiscuit (2003)
| 158.20
| 72.55
| 76%
| 07 / 00
| Horse racing
|
3rd
| The Great Race (1965)
| 195.60
| 69.01
| 74%
| 05 / 01
| Car racing
|
4th
| Grand Prix (1966)
| 151.00
| 60.42
| 76 %
| 03 / 03
| |
5th
| Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
| 178.90
| 59.57
| 68%
| 00 / 00
| Car racing
|
6th
| Breaking Away (1979)
| 71.60
| 51.73
| 86%
| 05 / 01
| Bike racing
|
7th
| Days of Thunder (1990)
| 155.00
| 49.37
| 48%
| 01 / 00
| Car racing
|
8th
| Broadway Bill (1934)
| 85.90
| 41.33
| 69%
| 00 / 00
| Horse racing
|
9th
| A Day At The Races (1937)
| 63.60
| 39.92
| 76%
| 01 / 00
| Horse racing
|
10th
| The Crowd Roars (1932)
| 42.90
| 37.09
| 82%
| 00 / 00
| Car racing
|
11th
| Hidalgo (2004)
| 85.90
| 36.95
| 57%
| 00 / 00
| Horse racing
|
Rank
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Movie Score
| Critics Audience Score
| Nom / Win
| Racing Type
|
12th
| Secretariat (2010)
| 59.60
| 35.54
| 68%
| 00 / 00
| Horse racing
|
13th
| Le Mans (1971)
| 58.00
| 34.00
| 64%
| 00 / 00
| Car racing
|
14th
| Six Pack (1982)
| 54.90
| 33.19
| 64%
| 00 / 00
| Car racing
|
15th
| The Big Wheel (1949)
| 61.20
| 33.05
| 60%
| 00 / 00
| Car racing
|
16th
| Dreamer (2005)
| 40.50
| 32.61
| 65%
| 00 / 00
| Horse racing
|
17th
| The Racers (1955)
| 58.80
| 31.36
| 56%
| 00 / 00
| Car racing
|
18th
| The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
| 22.30
| 30.88
| 76%
| 00 / 00
| Marathon racing
|
19th
| Phar Lap (1984)
| 7.20
| 30.48
| 83%
| 00 / 00
| Horse racing
|
20th
| Casey's Shadow (1978)
| 31.80
| 29.64
| 67%
| 00 / 00
| Horse racing
|
21st
| To Please A Lady (1950)
| 69.20
| 29.06
| 44%
| 00 / 00
| Car racing
|
22nd
| Speedway (1968)
| 39.80
| 28.77
| 60%
| 00 / 00
| Car racing
|
23rd
| Spinout (1966)
| 38.20
| 28.10
| 59%
| 00 / 00
| Car racing
|
Rank
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Movie Score
| Critics Audience Score
| Nom / Win
| Racing Type
|
24th
| The Story of Seabiscuit (1949)
| 33.40
| 27.85
| 61%
| 00 / 00
| Horse racing
|
25th
| The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
| 6.40
| 27.73
| 81%
| 00 / 00
| Motorcycle racing
|
26th
| Sporting Blood (1931)
| 31.80
| 27.71
| 61%
| 00 / 00
| Horse racing
|
27th
| Racing Stripes (2005)
| 62.00
| 27.61
| 44%
| 00 / 00
| Horse racing
|
28th
| Speed Racer (2008)
| 48.50
| 27.20
| 50%
| 00 / 00
| Car racing
|
29th
| Heart Like a Wheel (1983)
| 0.80
| 26.13
| 73%
| 01 / 00
| Car racing
|
30th
| International Velvet (1978)
| 23.80
| 25.76
| 60%
| 00 / 00
| Horse racing
|
31st
| Fireball 500 (1966)
| 41.30
| 24.18
| 46%
| 00 / 00
| Car racing
|
32nd
| Driven (2001)
| 46.10
| 23.87
| 28%
| 00 / 00
| Car racing
|
33rd
| The Last American Hero (1973)
| 12.70
| 23.18
| 59%
| 00 / 00
| Car racing
|
34th
| American Flyers (1985)
| 3.20
| 21.63
| 60%
| 00 / 00
| Bike racing
|
Rank
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Movie Score
| Critics Audience Score
| Nom / Win
| Racing Type
|
35th
| Run, Fatboy, Run
| 6.40
| 21.40
| 58%
| 00 / 00
| Marathon racing
|
36rd
| Bobby Deerfield (1977)
| 34.20
| 20.48
| 39%
| 00 / 00
| Car racing
|
37th
| Shergar (1999)
| 0.00
| 19.95
| 57%
| 00 / 00
| Horse racing
|
38th
| Red Line 7000 (1965)
| 26.20
| 19.76
| 42%
| 00 / 00
| Car racing
|
39th
| Endurance (1999)
| 0.00
| 19.60
| 56%
| 00 / 00
| Marathon racing
|
40th
| Race for Glory (1989)
| 0.00
| 18.89
| 54%
| 00 / 00
| Motorcycle racing
|
41st
| Let It Ride (1989)
| 10.30
| 18.51
| 47%
| 00 / 00
| Horse racing
|
42nd
| Goldengirl (1979)
| 4.00
| 17.07
| 47%
| 00 / 00
| Marathon racing
|
43rd
| Stroker Ace (1983)
| 32.60
| 16.31
| 28%
| 00 / 00
| Car racing
|
44th
| Champions (1984)
| 0.80
| 14.51
| 41%
| 00 / 00
| Horse racing
|
2000's Bring it On earned a 41.72 Movie Score to top this final table of sports movies.
27 Assorted Sports Movies ranked by Movie Score. Movie Score is box office results + critical reception + award recognition. Perfect score would be 100.
Rank
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Tickets (Millions)
| Movie Score
| Critics Audience Score
| Sport
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st
| Bring It On (2000)
| 101.00
| 12.69
| 41.72
| 62%
| Cheerleading
|
2nd
| The Cincinati Kid (1965)
| 62.00
| 7.80
| 40.04
| 79%
| Poker
|
3rd
| Lusty Men (1952)
| 47.70
| 6.00
| 38.75
| 84%
| Rodeo
|
4th
| Rounders (1998)
| 39.00
| 4.90
| 35.06
| 69%
| Poker
|
5th
| This Sporting Life (1963)
| 18.30
| 2.29
| 34.07
| 84%
| Rugby
|
6th
| Blue Crush (2002)
| 55.60
| 7.00
| 31.41
| 58%
| Surfing
|
7th
| Soul Surfer (2011)
| 43.70
| 5.50
| 29.97
| 55%
| Surfing
|
8th
| Junior Bonner (1972)
| 19.10
| 2.40
| 28.89
| 72%
| Rodeo
|
9th
| Kickboxer (1989)
| 29.40
| 3.70
| 26.88
| 60%
| Kickboxing
|
10th
| Stay Hungry (1976)
| 8.00
| 1.00
| 26.10
| 70%
| Weight lifting
|
11th
| Big Wednesday (1978)
| 10.30
| 1.29
| 25.51
| 67%
| Surfing
|
12th
| North Shore (1987)
| 8.00
| 1.00
| 25.39
| 68%
| Surfing
|
13th
| Lords of Dogtown (2005)
| 14.30
| 1.79
| 24.56
| 62%
| Skating
|
14th
| Redbelt (2008)
| 2.40
| 0.30
| 24.45
| 69%
| Karate
|
Rank
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Tickets (Millions)
| Movie Score
| Critics Audience Score
| Sport
|
15th
| 8 Seconds (1994)
| 38.20
| 4.80
| 24.09
| 47%
| Rodeo
|
16th
| The Final Test (1954)
| 4.80
| 0.60
| 23.00
| 63%
| Cricket
|
17th
| Over the Top (1987)
| 32.60
| 4.09
| 22.36
| 42%
| Arm Wrestling
|
18th
| Stick It (2006)
| 32.60
| 4.09
| 22.27
| 45%
| Gymnastics
|
19th
| Ping Pong Playa (2008)
| 0.00
| 0.00
| 21.87
| 63%
| Ping Pong
|
20th
| Oxford Blues (1984)
| 20.70
| 2.59
| 18.13
| 40%
| Rowing
|
21st
| Poolhall Junkies (2003)
| 0.80
| 0.10
| 17.82
| 51%
| Pool
|
22nd
| Forever Strong (2008)
| 0.80
| 0.10
| 17.30
| 49%
| Rugby
|
23rd
| Lucky You (2007)
| 6.40
| 0.80
| 16.52
| 44%
| Poker
|
24th
| In God's Hands (1998)
| 2.40
| 0.30
| 15.87
| 44%
| Surfing
|
25th
| Boy in Blue (1986)
| 0.80
| 0.10
| 15.52
| 47%
| Rowing
|
26th
| Swing Your Lady (1938)
| 29.40
| 3.70
| 15.15
| 27%
| Wrestling
|
27th
| Supercross (2005)
| 4.00
| 0.50
| 7.28
| 19%
| Motorcross
|
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Another fascinating hub Cogerson. Lots of variety here, rodeo, cheerleading, arm-wrestling and surfing? But I don't see chariot-racing anywhere... :)
My favourite horse-racing movie is the Marx Bros A Day at the Races, good to see it on the list.
I watched Grand Prix a few weeks ago, some good racing sequences but away from the track the film is a humungous bore.
Days of Thunder was flashy and loud but Tom Cruise's constant grinning makes it near unwatchable for me.
I enjoyed Speed Racer on a colourful cartoony level.
Talking of cartoony I think you missed one big racing movie Cogerson, it had a sequel out this year... made by Pixar? Rules say no?
Voted Up and Useful.
Well I see you say there are lots of horseracing movies, but I can not think of any that you have not listed. A very detailed hub and hubs you have produced. The final hub should be interesting. I think Steve could be correct, where is Cars and Cars2? Voted up.
not as impressive as your other lists, but I give credit for finding some of thiese various sports.
Alright it seems that you have covered all the bases, so what are the Top 100 movies? Looking through your hubs, I do not see any movie getting very close to Rocky the original. As for this hub, Bring It On as a sports movie? Not seeing that one. I also was not that impressed with Seabiscuit, it is good, but I remember people saying it was the best movie ever. voted up.
I will have to list my top 5 movies from both lists combined, because I just can't make a list from the second group. So here it goes.
In alphabetical order, here are my favourite racing films and other sports films:
The Cinncinnati Kid-Robinson and McQueen together
The Great Race-full of great stars and scenery
Junior Bonner-another McQueen film, although this is not a favourite of mine of his overall career.
National Velvet-not a big surprise coming from a classics fan
Seabiscuit (2003)-not usual for me to watch a recent film, but I did this one.
Thanks AlabamaGirl 86, my mom loves that movie as well, I just recently saw it myself, Donald Crisp is excellent as her father. Thanks for stopping by and reading the hub.
Hey Steve...thanks for the comments....I can tell you it was hard trying to find good surfing movies....lol. As for Grand Prix, it is much better than McQueen's Le Mans. Yes there are no chariot racing movies....although we all know Ben-Hur would top the charts if that movie was included. As for Cars...and the Herbie movies that were eliminated from consideration....the only animated movie that will make the list is Everyone's Hero....if only because I did not realize it was a computer animated movie until after I published the hub.
Hey Kelly, I thought about including more horse racing movies, but the more I researched them the less they seem like horse racing movies....the best example would be Stanley Kubrick's The Killing.....one website listed The Killing as one of the best horse racing movies....yes there is a horse race that goes bad....but the movie is about a crime that goes horribly wrong...not a horse race......see previous comment on why Cars is not listed.
thanks for stopping by interesting Tom, I appreciate your comments.
Hey YankeesRule, you might be correct Rocky looks like a contender for #1 movie...it has it all...box office(over million)...critics and audiences love the movie....and it is one of three sports movies to win Best Picture....we will find out soon. As for Bring It On....I got an e-mail suggestion and I figured I could sneak one cheerleading movie into the hub...thanks for stopping by
Hey Flora, I understand about not being able to come up with a list from the second table....those movies are very very random....as for your list....nice list...The Great Race was much more popular than I thought it was....it was a monster hit...that received 5 Oscar nominations...Blake Edwards was a very underrated director.....I loved the parents in National Velvet....they were awesome to together.....I am surprised The Story of Seabiscuit with Shirley Temple lost out to the new Seabiscuit. As always thanks for your comments.
Bring It On .... that was a FUN movie! "brrrrr it's cold in here, must be some Torros in the atmosphere!" My cheer every winter when I'm COLD, yes it gets bitter cold in Orlando.
Very creative hub...a hodgepodge of all sorts.
Soul Surfer ... went to a free screening of it. Left halfway through. Faith got scared and my son-in-law was evicted because he was viewing email, he didn't pay attention to the NO CELL PHONES at a FREE SCREENING. One day i'll see the second half. It was kind of slooooow to me.
GREAT HUB! VOTED UP!!!
Like whoa dude I'm questioning whether surfing is a sport or an activity? Skiing okay, it's an Olympic sport too, but surfing? Is skateboarding a sport too, Gleaming the Cube on the list? Breakdancing a sport? :)
Hey Sunshine625.....I am glad you liked Bring it On....I have heard about those bitter winters that Florida has....lol. As for Soul Surfer....I thought it was a horror movie until I heard a radio interview with Dennis Quaid and realized it was a surfing movie...thanks for stopping by
Well Steve....I can tell you that Blue Crush the highest rated surfing movie will not qualify for the Top 100 sports movies. I have one skating movie....but I actually think Gleaming the Cube could have made it as well....and finally I thought long and hard about including Breaking 2: Electric Boogalo 2 ...but in the end it just missed the cut.
I kind of knew that was coming lol I consider our winters bitter cold....any temp under 75* is COLD to me. I prefer 90's which is why I live in Florida :)
I went to see Soul Surfer, first because it was free and I've never been to a screening and second because Carrie Underwood was starring in it. I still say it shouldn't have been on the big screen and went straight to Lifetime.
Dennis Quad and Helen Hunt were both amazing in it as was Carrie. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
This is great Cogerson! I love being reminded of some of the movies that are older that my kids may not have seen. Last night we had a bunch of neighborhood kids over and I made real popcorn for the kids - served soda and watermelon and we showed a movie on the out door projector:) it was so much fun! They in fact, They watched The Great Outdoors with John Candy. I bet my kids would like Six Pack.
I just got through reading all your movie articles, impressive work and I will be back to see the final one.
Very well done, a nice collection of movies that I do not really consider sports movies. Voted up.
Hey Sunshine625, so anything under 75 and you are cold, well I think you have chosen wisely in the place you live. Wow Helen Hunt's career has really gone downhill, I did not know she was even in a new movie.
Hey Realhousewife, thanks for stopping by and reading my hub. If the kids liked the Great Outdoors then I think they would like Six Pack as well. The outdoor projector sounds like lots of fun and a great way to spend a weekend night.
Hey Ralphie, I am currently working on the final hub....it is taking a lot longer than I thought, but I keep on working on it.
Hey Shaun, well I was really struggling with this last hub, especially the last table....and I do not think many will show up on the Top 100 list I am working on.
I think Driven was the racing movie with Stallone? I think if it was raining that badly at the race in japan it would have been cancelled. I am trying to remember the name of the movie with Richard Pryor as a moonshine runner who becomes a professional racer. Jeff Brighes played a fellow driver and friend.
Anyway a good hub as usual.
Hey Ruffridyer yep Driven was with Stallone....and the Pryor movie was called Greased Lightning....which I should have included as well. Thanks for the comments and reading the hub.
Again, excellent list you have here. Although I'm a bit surprised "Seabiscuit" made number one on the racing movies category. Don't get me wrong, I liked the movie a lot myself. I just didn't think it would end up being number one on this list. lol. Oh well. that's one of the reasons why I always like reading your hubs on this stuff, as I always find it interesting to see how each film measures up on these statistics. Anyways, keep up the good work.
Hey Stevennix2001....well Seabiscuit pretty much has awesome numbers across the board....a box office hit, critics and audiences liked the movie...and critical acclaim....7 nominations including a Best Picture nomination..the only thing it is missing is an Oscar win...as it got shut out. Not many movies can glad success in all three major categories....I appreciate you reading my movie sports hubs.
Actually Stevennix2001....I forgot to add in National Velvet's 5 oscar nominations and 2 oscar wins....which moved National Velvet from 3rd to 1st.....I got my mistake on the Top 100 list....I also forgot to add in Grand Prix 3 Oscar wins....which moved it from 5th to 4th.
Day's of thunder is the best racing movie I believe, I watched. Although, there are many others movies but I just loved the spirit of Tom Cruise and her romance with Nicole Kidman made it more spicier.
Hey AnkushKohli....thanks for the input...Days of Thunder is a great racing movie...and I agree seeing Cruise and Kidman together does add some spice to the movie.
I like your list but it seems to be lack motocross racing were did that ever go old fashion dirt bike movies i cant find them any where.
Hey cigarman10....you suggest some motorcross movies and I will be more than happy to include them....I look forward to your suggestions.
AlabamaGirl86 Level 1 Commenter 10 months ago
Another interesting list, glad to see one of my grandmother's favorite movies do so well, National Velvet is a classic. Voted up and useful