This is a list of films aboutbaseball, featuring notable films where baseball plays a central role in the development of the plot.
| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ball Game | 1898 | William Heise | Documentary | Short film depicting an 1898 baseball game between Reading and Newark.[1] |
| Baseball and Bloomers | 1911 | Short | An all-girl baseball team uses twoHarvard boys in disguise.[2] | |
| Right Off the Bat | 1915 | Drama | A bio-pic of sorts starring professional baseball playerMike Donlin.[3] | |
| Casey at the Bat | 1916 | Lloyd Ingraham | Drama | Alostfive-reeler based onErnest Thayer's poem and starringDeWolf Hopper.[4] |
| Somewhere in Georgia | 1917 | George Ridgwell | Drama | Ty Cobb as a ball-playing bank clerk in a story byGrantland Rice.[5] |
| Baseball Madness | 1917 | Billy Mason | Comedy | A silent film starringGloria Swanson.[6] |
| The Busher | 1919 | Jerome Storm | Comedy | Small-town ballplayer gets a big head after joining the St. Paul Pink Sox.[7][8] |
| Headin' Home | 1920 | Lawrence C. Windom | Biographical | A silent film about youngBabe Ruth, who stars as himself.[9] |
| Life's Greatest Game | 1924 | Emory Johnson | Drama | Chicago Cubs pitcher Jack Donovan refuses to throw a game.[10] |
| The Battling Orioles | 1924 | Fred Guiol,Ted Wilde | Comedy | A barber enlists the help of his father and his old professional baseball teammates to solve a problem.[11] |
| The New Klondike | 1926 | Lewis Milestone | Comedy | A pitcher and his manager clash over a Florida land purchase.[12] |
| Babe Comes Home | 1927 | Ted Wilde | Comedy | Babe Ruth stars as a baseball player who falls for the laundry woman who cleans his uniform.[9] |
| Casey at the Bat | 1927 | Monte Brice | Comedy | Wallace Beery in slugger's fable based onErnest Thayer poem.[13] |
| Slide, Kelly, Slide | 1927 | Edward Sedgwick | Comedy | A cocky newcomer thinks he's the New York Yankees' new star.[14][15] |
| The Bush Leaguer | 1927 | Howard Bretherton | Comedy | An eccentric inventor is also the local team's star pitcher.[16] |
| Warming Up | 1928 | Fred C. Newmeyer | Romance | New player competes with team's star for owner's daughter.[17] |
| Fast Company | 1929 | A. Edward Sutherland | Comedy | Elmer Kane (Jack Oakie) hopes theYankees and an actress are interested in him.[18][19] |
| Hot Curves | 1930 | Norman Taurog | Comedy | Pittsburgh pitcher finds romance with manager's daughter.[20] |
| They Learned About Women | 1930 | Jack Conway,Sam Wood | Musical | Two pals play ball by day, perform in vaudeville by night.[21] |
| Up the River | 1930 | John Ford | Comedy | A prison baseball game promptsSpencer Tracy andHumphrey Bogart to break into the pen.[22] |
| Fireman, Save My Child | 1932 | Lloyd Bacon | Comedy | Joe E. Brown as a small-town fireman who is also the town's star ballplayer.[23] |
| Slide, Babe, Slide | 1932 | Benjamin Stoloff | Short | Babe Ruth plays baseball with a group of kids who refuse to believe he is who he says he is.[9] |
| Perfect Control | 1932 | Benjamin Stoloff | Short | A schoolboy dreams that his classmates play a sandlot game with Babe Ruth.[9] |
| Over the Fence | 1932 | Lou Breslaw | Short | Babe Ruth convinces a schoolteacher to allow the class to play baseball instead of having their math lesson.[9] |
| Just Pals | 1932 | Benjamin Stoloff | Short | Babe Ruth umpires a baseball game at an orphanage.[9] |
| Fancy Curves | 1932 | Lou Breslaw | Short | Babe Ruth coaches a women's baseball team, and ends up in drag as one of the players.[9] |
| Elmer, the Great | 1933 | Mervyn LeRoy | Drama | Joe E. Brown as an egotisticalChicago Cubs baseball star. Remake of1929 film.[24] |
| Death on the Diamond | 1934 | Edward Sedgwick | Mystery | Ballplayer (Robert Young) tries to find who's killing his fellowSt. Louis Cardinals.[25] |
| Alibi Ike | 1935 | Ray Enright | Comedy | Joe E. Brown as a pitcher with a million excuses.[26] |
| Girls Can Play | 1937 | Lambert Hillyer | Mystery | A women's softball team owner murders a player (Rita Hayworth) by poisoning her catcher's mitt.[27] |
| Home Run on the Keys | 1937 | Roy Mack | Short | MusiciansZez Confrey andByron Gay sit with Babe Ruth and write a song about baseball.[9] |
| The Pride of the Yankees | 1942 | Sam Wood | Biographical | The life and career ofLou Gehrig, withGary Cooper as Gehrig andBabe Ruth as himself.[9] |
| It Happened in Flatbush | 1942 | Ray McCarey | Comedy | Hard-hearted manager (Lloyd Nolan) falls for Brooklyn team's owner.[28] |
| Ladies' Day | 1943 | Leslie Goodwins | Comedy | Sox pitcher Wacky Waters (Eddie Albert) is distracted by a hot Hollywood movie star, Pepita Zorita (Lupe Vélez).[29] |
| The Babe Ruth Story | 1948 | Roy Del Ruth | Biographical | The life and career ofBabe Ruth, starringWilliam Bendix.[30] |
| It Happens Every Spring | 1949 | Lloyd Bacon | Comedy | Ray Milland as a scientist whose secret formula turns him into a great pitcher.[31] |
| The Stratton Story | 1949 | Sam Wood | Biographical | The career and fateful accident of pitcherMonty Stratton, starringJames Stewart.[32] |
| Take Me Out to the Ball Game | 1949 | Busby Berkeley | Musical | Frank Sinatra andGene Kelly as singing, dancing ballplayers.[33] |
| The Kid from Cleveland | 1949 | Herbert Kline | Drama | The '48 World Series championCleveland Indians come to the aid of a young fan.[34] |
| Kill the Umpire | 1950 | Lloyd Bacon | Comedy | William Bendix as a baseball fan who becomes an umpire.[35] |
| The Jackie Robinson Story | 1950 | Alfred E. Green | Biographical | Baseball pioneerJackie Robinson as himself, withRuby Dee ashis wife.[36] |
| Angels in the Outfield | 1951 | Clarence Brown | Comedy | APittsburgh Pirates manager (Paul Douglas) gets some help from above.[37] |
| Rhubarb | 1951 | Arthur Lubin | Comedy | Ray Milland in a cute tale about a cat who inherits a baseball team.[38] |
| The Pride of St. Louis | 1952 | Harmon Jones | Biographical | Dan Dailey as the colorful pitcherDizzy Dean.[39] |
| The Winning Team | 1952 | Lewis Seiler | Biographical | Based on pitcherGrover Cleveland Alexander, played byRonald Reagan.[40] |
| The Kid from Left Field | 1953 | Harmon Jones | Comedy | The son of a peanut vendor (Dan Dailey) becomes the leader of a big-league team.[41] |
| Big Leaguer | 1953 | Robert Aldrich | Drama | Hans Lobert (Edward G. Robinson) runs a training camp for baseball's New York Giants.[42] |
| Roogie's Bump | 1954 | Harold Young | Comedy | A mysterious bump somehow gives a boy a big-league arm.[43] |
| "Bang the Drum Slowly" (The United States Steel Hour) | 1956 | Daniel Petrie | Drama | A pitcher develops a friendship with a catcher who has a terminal disease. Broadcast onThe United States Steel Hour. Based on thenovel of the same name byMark Harris.[44] |
| The Great American Pastime | 1956 | Herman Hoffman | Comedy | A man (Tom Ewell) decides to coach aLittle League team, then regrets it.[45] |
| Fear Strikes Out | 1957 | Robert Mulligan | Biographical | The life and career ofJimmy Piersall, played byAnthony Perkins.[46] |
| Damn Yankees | 1958 | George Abbott andStanley Donen | Musical | A man sells his soul to the devil on behalf of theWashington Senators.[47] |
| Safe at Home! | 1962 | Walter Doniger | Comedy | WithMickey Mantle andRoger Maris asthemselves.[48] |
| Bang the Drum Slowly | 1973 | John D. Hancock | Drama | Robert De Niro andMichael Moriarty star inMark Harris's adaptation ofhis own novel about a pitcher who develops a friendship with a catcher who has a terminal disease.[49] |
| It's Good To Be Alive | 1974 | Michael Landon | Biographical | TV movie about formerBrooklyn Dodgers catcherRoy Campanella, whose career was cut short when he lost the use of his legs in an auto accident in January 1958.[50] |
| The Bad News Bears | 1976 | Michael Ritchie | Comedy | Walter Matthau's bad Little League team gets help from a girl pitcher (Tatum O'Neal) and a motorcycle-riding slugger (Jackie Earle Haley).[51] |
| The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings | 1976 | John Badham | Comedy | A barnstorming team ofNegro leagues players, withJames Earl Jones,Billy Dee Williams,Richard Pryor.[52] |
| Murder at the World Series | 1977 | Cy Chermak | Drama | TV film starringKaren Valentine andJanet Leigh.[53] |
| The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training | 1977 | Michael Pressman | Comedy | Sequel to1976 film, withWilliam Devane as the team's coach.[54] |
| One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story | 1978 | William Graham | Biographical | TV film on the life and career ofRon LeFlore, starringLeVar Burton.[55] |
| A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story | 1978 | Fielder Cook | Biographical | TV film on Yankee immortal's marriage and tragedy, featuringBlythe Danner andEdward Herrmann.[56] |
| The Bad News Bears Go to Japan | 1978 | John Berry | Comedy | Second sequel to1976 film, this time starringTony Curtis.[54] |
| The Kid from Left Field | 1979 | Adell Aldrich | Comedy | Made-for-TV remake ofthe 1953 film, starringGary Coleman.[57] |
| Aunt Mary | 1979 | Peter Werner | Drama | A disabled women sets up a baseball team of street kids to save them from juvenile delinquency.[58][59] |
| Squeeze Play! | 1979 | Lloyd Kaufman | Comedy | Sexy women form a softball team.[60] |
| The Comeback Kid | 1980 | Peter Levin | Comedy | Former minor leaguer (John Ritter) begins coaching underprivileged kids.[61] |
| Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige | 1981 | Richard A. Colla | Biographical | TV film withLouis Gossett Jr. asSatchel Paige.[62] |
| Only The Ball Was White | 1981 | Ken Solarz | Documentary | A tribute to the topflight players of theNegro leagues.[63] |
| Blue Skies Again | 1983 | Richard Michaels | Comedy | Denver Devils' potential second baseman isn't a man, it's a young woman.[64] |
| Tiger Town | 1983 | Alan Shapiro | Comedy | EarlyDisney Channel film about an agingDetroit Tigers (Roy Scheider).[65] |
| The Natural | 1984 | Barry Levinson | Drama | Robert Redford in a fable about an unlikely, unlucky hero, Roy Hobbs.[66] |
| Brewster's Millions | 1985 | Walter Hill | Comedy | Richard Pryor as a minor-leaguer with a chance to inherit 300 million dollars.[67] |
| The Slugger's Wife | 1985 | Hal Ashby | Romance | AnAtlanta Braves player tries to breakRoger Maris' record and make a marriage work.[68][69] |
| A Winner Never Quits | 1986 | Mel Damski | Biographical | A television film on one-armed pro ballplayerPete Gray, played byKeith Carradine.[70] |
| Long Gone | 1987 | Martin Davidson | Comedy | Early cable television film about a minor-league ballclub starringWilliam Petersen.[71] |
| Trading Hearts | 1987 | Neil Leifer | Comedy | Has-been player (Raúl Juliá) and his romance with a Florida single mom.[72] |
| Amazing Grace and Chuck | 1987 | Mike Newell | Drama | A Montana boy refuses to pitch Little League until the world bans nuclear weapons. WithGregory Peck as President of the United States.[73] |
| New York Yankees (The Movie) | 1987 | Lawrence Miller | Documentary | Interviews and footage covering the then-84 year history of the New York Yankees.[74] |
| Bull Durham | 1988 | Ron Shelton | Rom-Com | Ron Shelton's screwball comedy of a woman's (Susan Sarandon) summer with two minor-leaguers (Kevin Costner andTim Robbins).[75] |
| Eight Men Out | 1988 | John Sayles | Biographical | Based on the1919Black Sox Scandal.[76] |
| Stealing Home | 1988 | Steven Kampmann and William Porter | Drama | Mark Harmon andJodie Foster in a fictional tale of lost love.[77] |
| The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | 1988 | David Zucker | Comedy | Someone's out to kill theQueen of England during aCalifornia Angels baseball game, and it's up to bumbling detectiveFrank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) to foil the plot.[78] |
| Field of Dreams | 1989 | Phil Alden Robinson | Drama | Voices tell an Iowa farmer (Kevin Costner) to build a baseball stadium in his cornfield.[79] |
| Major League | 1989 | David S. Ward | Comedy | Fictional story of a team of misfitCleveland Indians.[80] |
| Night Game | 1989 | Peter Masterson | Crime drama | A ballpark murder mystery starringRoy Scheider.[81] |
| Mr. Destiny | 1990 | James Orr | Comedy | A man (James Belushi) blames his misfortune on a long-ago baseball game.[82] |
| Taking Care of Business | 1990 | Arthur Hiller | Comedy | A man (James Belushi) escapes jail to see theChicago Cubs play in a World Series.[83] |
| Pastime | 1990 | Robin B. Armstrong | Drama | A pair of minor leaguers, one 17, one 40, form a bond.[84] |
| The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson | 1990 | Larry Peerce | Drama | Andre Braugher in TV biopic of Robinson's court-martial in U.S. Army.[85] |
| Talent for the Game | 1991 | Robert M. Young | Drama | A fictionalLos Angeles Angels baseball scout (Edward James Olmos) finds a fantastic young pitcher.[86] |
| The Babe | 1992 | Arthur Hiller | Biographical | Based on the life and career ofBabe Ruth, starringJohn Goodman.[87] |
| The Comrades of Summer | 1992 | Tommy Lee Wallace | Comedy | A television film about a manager (Joe Mantegna) asked to take over a Soviet ballclub.[88] |
| A League of Their Own | 1992 | Penny Marshall | Comedy | A fictionalized account of theAll-American Girls Professional Baseball League of the 1940s, starringGeena Davis andTom Hanks.[89] |
| Mr. Baseball | 1992 | Fred Schepisi | Rom-Com | Tom Selleck as a baseball star who ends up in Japan.[90] |
| Rookie of the Year | 1993 | Daniel Stern | Comedy | A boy develops a magical right arm and becomes a big-league pitcher for the Cubs.[91] |
| The Man From Left Field | 1993 | Burt Reynolds | Comedy | A television film about a homeless man (Burt Reynolds) coaching a Little League team.[92] |
| The Sandlot | 1993 | David Mickey Evans | Comedy | A man reminisces about his childhood friends and the games they played.[93] |
| Cooperstown | 1993 | Charles Haid | Drama | A former pitcher is visited by the ghost of his catcher.[94] |
| Baseball | 1994 | Ken Burns | Documentary | Comprehensive history of the game, 18 hours-plus, as chronicled byKen Burns.[95] |
| Angels in the Outfield | 1994 | William Dear | Comedy | Disney remake of the1951 film of the same name.[96] |
| Cobb | 1994 | Ron Shelton | Biographical | The career and last days ofTy Cobb, played byTommy Lee Jones.[97] |
| Little Big League | 1994 | Andrew Scheinman | Comedy | A child becomes owner of theMinnesota Twins.[98] |
| Major League II | 1994 | David S. Ward | Comedy | Second film in theMajor League series about theCleveland Indians.[99] |
| The Scout | 1994 | Michael Ritchie | Comedy | ANew York Yankees scout (Albert Brooks) finds a phenomenal but psychologically troubled prospect.[100] |
| Baseball Girls | 1995 | Lois Siegel | Documentary | A history of women's baseball.[101] |
| Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream | 1995 | Michael Tollin | Documentary | Aaron's pursuit ofBabe Ruth's all-time homer record, directed byMichael Tollin.[102] |
| Dorf on the Diamond | 1996 | Berry Landen[citation needed] | Comedy | Direct-to-video short film in theDorf series starringTim Conway.[103] |
| Ed | 1996 | Bill Couturié | Comedy | Matt LeBlanc befriends a baseball-playing chimpanzee.[104] |
| The Fan | 1996 | Tony Scott | Thriller | A deranged San Francisco fan (Robert De Niro) kills a player, kidnaps another's son.[105] |
| Soul of the Game | 1996 | Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Biographical | Story of baseball trailblazers includingJackie Robinson,Satchel Paige,Josh Gibson.[106] |
| Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way | 1997 | Sturla Gunnarsson | Biographical | Paul Sorvino as the formerNew York Yankees manager.[107] |
| The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg | 1998 | Aviva Kempner | Documentary | The life and career of a formerDetroit Tigers star and war hero.[108] |
| If the Sun Rises in the West | 1998 | Lee Eun | Drama | South Korean story of an umpire.[109] |
| Major League: Back to the Minors | 1998 | John Warren | Comedy | Third film in theMajor League series.[110] |
| For Love of the Game | 1999 | Sam Raimi | Drama | In possibly his last start, a Detroit pitcher (Kevin Costner) goes after a perfect game.[111] |
| Perfect Game | 2000 | Dan Guntzelman | Comedy | Television film starringEd Asner.[112] |
| Angels in the Infield | 2000 | Robert King | Comedy | Patrick Warburton in second made-for-TV sequel to the1994 film.[113] |
| 61* | 2001 | Billy Crystal | Drama | HBO film directed byBilly Crystal about the1961 season ofRoger Maris andMickey Mantle.[114] |
| Hardball | 2001 | Brian Robbins | Drama | Keanu Reeves as a young man who takes charge of an inner-city team.[115] |
| Summer Catch | 2001 | Michael Tollin | Romance | Fictional love story starringFreddie Prinze, Jr..[116] |
| Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch | 2002 | Robert Vince | Comedy | Fourth entry in theAir Bud series.[117] |
| The Rookie | 2002 | John Lee Hancock | Biographical | Based on true story of a high school coach, pitcherJim Morris, portrayed byDennis Quaid.[118] |
| Bleacher Bums | 2002 | Saul Rubinek | Comedy | TV version of the 1970s stage play about diehard fans in the outfield bleachers.[119] |
| Battlefield Baseball | 2003 | Yūdai Yamaguchi | Action | Japanese film.[120] |
| Day of Independence | 2003 | Chris Tashima | Drama | Short film about baseball in a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II.[121] |
| Hustle | 2004 | Peter Bogdanovich | Biographical | ESPN dramatization on success and scandal ofPete Rose, starringTom Sizemore.[122] |
| Mickey | 2004 | Hugh Wilson | Drama | John Grisham story about a Little Leaguer and his father.[123] |
| Mr. 3000 | 2004 | Charles Stone III | Comedy | A potential Hall of Famer (Bernie Mac) is told he's actually three hits shy of 3,000.[124] |
| Nine Innings From Ground Zero | 2004 | Documentary | How the2001 World Series helped America cope with9/11.[125] | |
| This Old Cub | 2004 | Jeff Santo | Documentary | Chronicles life ofRon Santo, focusing on his struggle withtype 1 diabetes.[126] |
| Up for Grabs | 2004 | Michael Wranovics | Documentary | A battle over who owns ball hit in 2001 byBarry Bonds for his 73rd home run.[127] |
| The Winning Season | 2004 | John Kent Harrison | Drama | A child from 1985 wakes up in 1909 and meets heroHonus Wagner (Matthew Modine).[128] |
| Still We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie | 2004 | Paul Doyle Jr. | Documentary | A chronicle of the2003 Boston Red Sox season.[74] |
| Fever Pitch | 2005 | Peter Farrelly andBobby Farrelly | Rom-Com | Loosely based onNick Hornby soccer story, in this case aBoston Red Sox fan (Jimmy Fallon).[129] |
| Game 6 | 2005 | Michael Hoffman | Drama | A playwright (Michael Keaton) has a wild night during a Red Sox playoff series.[130] |
| Bad News Bears | 2005 | Richard Linklater | Comedy | Remake of1976 film of same name, starringBilly Bob Thornton.[131] |
| The Sandlot 2 | 2005 | David Mickey Evans | Comedy | Direct-to-video sequel toThe Sandlot.[93] |
| The Benchwarmers | 2006 | Dennis Dugan | Comedy | David Spade andRob Schneider as middle-aged nerds who want to play ball.[132] |
| Everyone's Hero | 2006 | Christopher Reeve,Daniel St. Pierre andColin Brady | Animation | Cartoon family film with baseball theme.[133] |
| Beer League | 2006 | Frank Sebastiano | Comedy | A town drunk plays in a big softball game.[134] |
| Off the Black | 2006 | James Ponsoldt | Drama | An umpire (Nick Nolte) befriends a high school player who hated him.[135] |
| Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball | 2006 | Kenneth Eng | Documentary | Broadcast on the U.S.PBS seriesPOV. Explores the phenomenon ofhigh school baseball in Japan.[136] |
| The Final Season | 2007 | David Mickey Evans | Drama | Based on 1991 season of Norway High School inNorway, Iowa, before it was closed and consolidated intoits county school district, starringSean Astin.[137] |
| The Sandlot: Heading Home | 2007 | William Dear | Comedy | Second direct-to-video sequel toThe Sandlot.[138][139] |
| The Bronx Is Burning | 2007 | Jeremiah Chechik | Biographical | A docudrama of the events surrounding the1977 New York Yankees season, withJohn Turturro asBilly Martin.[140] |
| Black Irish | 2007 | Brad Gann | Drama | Boston teen tries to escape family problems through his pitching.[141] |
| American Pastime | 2007 | Desmond Nakano | Drama | Based on true events, depicts life insideinternment camps, where baseball was one of the major diversions from the reality of the internees' lives.[142] |
| City Without Baseball | 2008 | Lawrence Ah Mon | Drama | Chinese film.[143] |
| Signs of the Time | 2008 | Don Casper | Documentary | Hour-long film which focuses on the origin of hand signals in baseball.[144] |
| Sugar | 2008 | Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck | Drama | Story about a Dominican prospect and his adjustment to life in the U.S.[145] |
| Touching Home | 2008 | Logan Miller and Noah Miller | Drama | Brothers with pro-ball ambitions deal with their homeless father (Ed Harris).[146] |
| The Perfect Game | 2009 | William Dear | Drama | Based on true story ofMexico team that won 1957Little League World Series.[147] |
| The Open Road | 2009 | Michael Meredith | Drama | Minor leaguerJustin Timberlake has issues with baseball-legend dadJeff Bridges.[148] |
| Calvin Marshall | 2009 | Gary Lundgren | Comedy | Talentless baseball playerAlex Frost tries to makeSteve Zahn coached college team.[149] |
| 4192: The Crowning of the Hit King | 2010 | Terry Lukemire | Documentary | Reviewing the achievements, controversies of all-time hit leaderPete Rose.[150] |
| Chasing 3000 | 2010 | Gregory J. Lanesey | Drama | Two boys go a long way to witness 3,000th career hit ofRoberto Clemente.[151] |
| Fernando Nation | 2010 | Cruz Angeles | Documentary | Made for TV as a part of ESPN's30 for 30 series. Chronicles impact ofFernando Valenzuela's1981 rookie season withLos Angeles Dodgers.[152] |
| Four Days in October | 2010 | Gary Waksman | Documentary | Made for TV as a part of ESPN's30 for 30 series. On theBoston Red Sox' comeback from 3–0 series deficit againstYankees in2004 ALCS.[153] |
| How Do You Know | 2010 | James L. Brooks | Rom-Com | A romantic triangle involving a softball player (Reese Witherspoon) and aWashington Nationals pitcher (Owen Wilson).[154] |
| The House of Steinbrenner | 2010 | Barbara Kopple | Documentary | Made for TV as a part of ESPN's30 for 30 series. Explores the legacy ofGeorge Steinbrenner's ownership of theNew York Yankees.[155] |
| Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story | 2010 | Peter Miller | Documentary | Documentary film on the connection and history betweenAmerican Jews and baseball.[156] |
| Jordan Rides the Bus | 2010 | Ron Shelton | Documentary | Made for TV as a part of ESPN's30 for 30 series. ExploresMichael Jordan's brief career inminor league baseball after his first retirement from basketball.[157] |
| Little Big Men | 2010 | Al Szymanski | Documentary | Made for TV as a part of ESPN's30 for 30 series. On aKirkland National Little League team's stunning victory in1982 Little League World Series, and players' lives in the decades that followed.[158] |
| Silly Little Game | 2010 | Adam Kurland andLucas Jansen | Documentary | Made for TV as a part of ESPN's30 for 30 series. About the New York City writers and academics who createdRotisserie fantasy baseball, and how their creation eventually left them behind.[159] |
| Catching Hell | 2011 | Alex Gibney | Documentary | Made for TV as a follow-up to ESPN's30 for 30 series. Explores relationship between Steve Bartman and otherChicago Cubs fans sincefoul-ball incident in Game 6 of2003 NLCS.[160] |
| A Mile in His Shoes | 2011 | William Dear | Drama | A minor-league manager stumbles on a hidden talent who throws apples on a farm.[161] |
| Moneyball | 2011 | Bennett Miller | Drama | Based ona true story, theMichael Lewis best-seller aboutOakland A's execBilly Beane, played byBrad Pitt, and assistant general manager Peter Brand (based onPaul DePodesta, played byJonah Hill).[162] |
| Ballplayer: Pelotero | 2011 | Jonathan Paley,Ross Finkel andTrevor Martin | Documentary | A behind-the-scenes glimpse into the remarkably organized and well-managed system in theDominican Republic that has produced an inordinate amount of elite athletes.[163] |
| Trouble with the Curve | 2012 | Robert Lorenz | Drama | Clint Eastwood as a veteranAtlanta Braves scout whose vision is fading.[164] |
| Knuckleball! | 2012 | Ricki Stern andAnne Sundberg | Documentary | A season following pitchersTim Wakefield andR. A. Dickey.[165] |
| You Don't Know Bo | 2012 | Michael Bonfiglio | Documentary | Made for TV as a part of ESPN's30 for 30 series about baseball and football starBo Jackson.[166] |
| Home Run | 2013 | David Boyd | Drama | A ballplayer dealing with substance abuse returns to his hometown.[167] |
| 42 | 2013 | Brian Helgeland | Biographical | Story ofJackie Robinson's (Chadwick Boseman) historic signing withBrooklyn Dodgers under guidance of team executiveBranch Rickey (played byHarrison Ford).[168] |
| Gibsonburg | 2013 | Jonathon Kimble andBob Mahaffey | Drama | Story of the 2005Gibsonburg High School baseball team, the first Ohio high school team in any sport to win a state championship with a losing record.[169] |
| Hero | 2014 | Manny Edwards | Drama | Christian film about fathers and sons.[170] |
| Million Dollar Arm | 2014 | Craig Gillespie | Drama | A sports agent (Jon Hamm) arranges a baseball tryout for two cricket players from India.[171] |
| The Vancouver Asahi | 2014 | Yuya Ishii | Drama | Set in Canada during the 1930s.[172] |
| The Battered Bastards of Baseball | 2014 | Chapman Way andMaclain Way | Documentary | Look at aPortland minor-league team, featuringBing (the team's owner) andKurt Russell (who played for the team and later worked in its front office).[173] |
| Henry & Me | 2014 | Barrett Esposito | Animation | Guardian angel introduces an ill 12-year-old to New York Yankees of different eras.[174] |
| The Phenom | 2015 | Noah Buschel | Drama | A talented young baseball player struggles professionally as he deals with his abusive father.[175] |
| Everybody Wants Some!! | 2016 | Richard Linklater | Comedy | Film byRichard Linklater about immature 1980 college baseball players in Texas.[176] |
| Doc & Darryl | 2016 | Judd Apatow andMichael Bonfiglio | Documentary | Made for TV as a part of ESPN's30 for 30 series. Explores the lives, careers, and struggles with addiction of formerNew York Mets starsDwight "Doc" Gooden andDarryl Strawberry.[177] |
| Fastball | 2016 | Jonathan Hock | Documentary | WithKevin Costner narrating, lead a cast of baseball legends and scientists who explore the magic within the 396 milliseconds it takes a fastball to reach home plate, and decipher who threw the fastest pitch ever.[178] |
| Spaceman | 2016 | Brett Rapkin | Biographical | Josh Duhamel portrays a colorful left-handed pitcher,Bill Lee.[179] |
| Undrafted | 2016 | Joseph Mazzello | Comedy | After a college baseball star doesn't make the Major League Baseball draft, an intramural game with friends becomes hugely important to him as he tries to accept his broken dreams.[180] |
| World Beaters | 2017 | Jonathan Hock | Documentary | ESPN Films production chronicling theMaine–EndwellLittle League team that won the2016Little League World Series, becoming the smallest community ever to win that event.[181] |
| Brampton's Own | 2018 | Michael Doneger | Drama | A 30-year-old minor league prospect reconnects with his high school sweetheart during the off season.[182] |
| Heading Home | 2018 | Seth Kramer,Daniel A. Miller, andJeremy Newberger | Documentary | About the underdogIsrael national baseball team competing for the first time in theWorld Baseball Classic.[183] |
| Koshien: Japan's Field of Dreams | 2019 | Ema Ryan Yamazaki | Documentary | US–Japanese coproduction exploringJapanese high school baseball, focusing on two schools trying to reach the 100thSummer Koshien national tournament and the differing approaches of their coaches.[184] |
| Bottom of the 9th | 2019 | Raymond De Felitta | Drama | After serving 17 years in prison for a violent mistake he made in his youth, a once-aspiring baseball player returns to his Bronx neighborhood.[185] |
| Baseball Girl | 2020 | Choi Yoon-tae | Drama | Story of a high school student who tries to join a professional team with the help of her coach.[186] |
| Long Gone Summer | 2020 | AJ Schnack | Documentary | Made for TV as a part of ESPN's30 for 30 series. A look back at the1998 home run chase betweenMark McGwire andSammy Sosa.[187] |
| Once Upon a Time in Queens | 2021 | Nick Davis | Documentary | Made for TV as a part of ESPN's30 for 30 series. A four-part exploration of the1986 New York Mets and their enduring place in sports culture.[188] |
| It Ain't Over | 2022 | Sean Mullin | Documentary | Explores the life and career of New York Yankees Hall of Fame catcherYogi Berra.[189] |
| Facing Nolan | 2022 | Bradley Jackson | Documentary | Explores the life and career of Hall of Fame PitcherNolan Ryan.[190] |
| Tomorrow's Game | 2023 | Jonathan Coria andTrevor Wilson | Children and family, Science fiction | On the day of his uncle's ascendance into theBaseball Hall of Fame, Daniel is forced to embark on a journey through time that sees him restore his family's legacy and rewrite baseball history. With Paul Rodriguez.[191] |
| Shohei Ohtani: Beyond the Dream | 2023 | Toru Tokikawa | Documentary | Documentary made by ESPN Films exploringShohei Ohtani's rise from his beginning in Japan to becoming a two-way superstar in Major League Baseball. StarringPedro Martínez as narrator.[192] |
| The Hill | 2023 | Jeff Celentano | Biographical | The true-life story of Rickey Hill's improbable journey to play Major League Baseball.[193] |
| Nos Amours: The Saga of the Montreal Expos | 2024 | Robbie Hart | Documentary | Canadian film telling the story of theMontreal Expos, including the continuing attempts to return MLB to the city.[194] |
| Eephus | 2024 | Carson Lund | Drama | About the final game of an amateur New England baseball league before their stadium is demolished.[195] |