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If movies are often referred to as an American art form, then the baseball movie must be the most American of all. The inherent conflict present in sports very often makes for intriguing subject matter for motion pictures. Throughout movie history, filmmakers have often turned to baseball.

Many baseball films are true stories which follow a particular team or player. Many of the greatest players in the game's history ( Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, etc.) have had their life stories turned into film.

Other baseball films are pure fiction, using baseball as a backdrop for humor ( The Bad News Bears) or even mythology ( The Natural).

Notable baseball movies include:

• 61* (made for television; 2001)
• A League of Their Own (1992)
• Alibi Ike (1935)
• Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
• Angels in the Outfield (1951)
• Angels in the Outfield (1994 remake)
• Bang the Drum Slowly (1956)
• Bang the Drum Slowly (1973 remake)
• Bull Durham (1988)
• Cobb (1994)
• Damn YankeesDamn Yankees is a musical comedy, a modern retelling of the Faust legend, set in Washington, D. with book by Douglass Wallop and George Abbott and music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. It was based on Wallop's novel The Year the Yankees Lost t (1958)
• Eight Men Out (1988)
• Elmer the Great (1933)
• Fear Strikes Out (1957)
• Field of DreamsField of Dreams is a 1989 fantasy film which tells the story of a man who builds a baseball diamond in his Iowa corn field. It stars Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffmann, Ray Liotta, Timothy Busfield, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster and Frank Whaley (1989)
• For Love of the GameFor Love of the Game is a novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Shaara, published posthumously in 1991. The book tells the story of fictional baseball great Billy Chapel, now thirty-seven years old and nearing the end of his career. With just two (1999)
• It Happens Every Spring (1949)
• Little Big League (1994)
• Major LeagueMajor League is a 1989 movie starring Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen and Corbin Bernsen. In this movie, players on the Cleveland Indians learn of their owner's plans to move the team to Florida if attendance doesn't pick up. The owner is sort of a female Geo (1989) & sequels
• Mr. 30003000 is a 2004 movie starring Bernie Mac and Angela Bassett. The story follows Stan Ross (Bernie Mac) who was a Milwaukee Brewers baseball star with 3,000 hits that earned him the nickname "Mr. However, years later, it was discovered that, due to a cleric (2004)
• Mr. BaseballBaseball was a US 1992 film from Universal Studios. It should be noted that when the film was released, Universal was owned by Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial. The Plot An aging baseball star Jack Elliot ( Tom Selleck) is not hitting them like he u (1992)
• Rookie of the Year (1993)
• Soul of the Game (1996)
• Stealing Home (1988)
• Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
• The Babe (1992)
• The Babe Ruth Story (1948)
• The Bad News Bears (1976) & sequels
• The Kid from Left Field (1953)
• The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
• The Natural (1984)
• The Pride of St. Louis (1952)
• The Pride of the YankeesThe Pride of the Yankees is a 1942 biographical film which tells the story of New York Yankees star Lou Gehrig. It stars Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth (as himself), Walter Brennan, Dan Duryea, Elsa Janssen and Ludwig Stossel. The movie was adapted (1942)
• The Rookie (2002)
• The Sandlot (1993)
• The Scout (1994)
• The Stratton Story (1949)
• The Winning Team (1952)