Motivation - The Best Sport Movies

It is time for some inspirational Wednesday and I've been wanting to do this post for a while now, so here we go! I don't know about you, but I get very motivated whenever I see someone fighting for something in movies! If it's Elle Woods going to Harvard or Harry Potter becoming a great wizard I am rooting on my couch. So imagine this being sports in movies? This is a huge source of motivation, I'm telling you! So I decided to find my top ten sports movies and maybe you'll watch some of them (maybe for the first time, maybe not) and get a little inspired to do some new things!

Bare in mind this is my personal list - this isn't box office competition this is strictly what I think is cool! So you can disagree, but I don't really care - I love them!

#1 - Bring It On

Well, could it really be anything else on first place? No? I mean, don't lie - you have, just like every other girl doing the year 2000, dreamed about becoming a professional cheerleader. Don't lie!! I serious STILL consider this when watching it as a 23 year old. What can you do? This movie is a masterpiece and if you haven't seen it at all then shame on you! GO WATCH IT!

#2 - Bend It Like Beckham

British movies at it's best! Never thought football could be such a delight?! With great actors on the cast list and a plot so simple, yet the greatest in history it's in the top 3! And we don't even mind David Beckham isn't even a part of the movie! Who needs him?!
Teenage rebellion, following your heart and family values are all main focuses along with a lot of love (not as lesbian as Paula might think) and friendships to die for!

#3 - Wimbledon

Yup, did somebody say cute british lad? Never mind, Kirsten Dunst stole him away! Sport and love is always a great mix and in this sweet, clumsy, lovely movie we finally figure out just how the rules actually are in tennis! ... Well, not really, but we do know what Wimbledon is!
A burned out, world famous tennis player, playing on his last beat meets young, promising tennis player -  he distracts her from the game, love love love, dad gets angry, forbidden love and tennis! This can't go wrong!

#4 - Whip It/Roller Girl

"Be your own hero" - with roller skates on. I mean, already now you should go watch it! Ellen Page plays this young girl looking for more to life than just hanging in the small town she's from. She then joins this crazy ass roller group doing tournaments in some game you never really get the hang of. I have no idea what the rules are, but you don't care! Some butt is kicked and it's actually a fantastic movie. Great cast, great plot, great attitudes. You'll be bringing out those old skates the minute you're done watching it!

#5 - Soul Surfer

I've been having an obsession with surfing the last few months. Maybe it's because it's impossible where I live, I don't know, but I turned to the movies then. And my all time favourite was this one with Annasofia Robb playing the part of Bethany Hamilton - a professional surfer who lost her arm doing a shark attack on Hawaii, but kept strong and fought her way back up the professional ranks in surfing with only one arm. Such an inspirational movie, I cried like a baby! PLUS it's a real story! I considered popping it in my top 3, but since the movie is very religious because Bethany and her family are very religious I lost a little relation to it. BUT GO WATCH IT! SERIOUSLY!

#6 - She's The Man

From serious to not so serious! Well, yes, serious about soccer. Not only is this movie a comic masterpiece it is also a sports movie - yes! Written over Shakespeare's Twelfh Night - not that his story involved football, but it did involve a girl dressing up as a boy to achieve something. In this case, that girls can play as good soccer as boys.
Plus we almost liked Amanda more when she was a boy.

#7 - Stick It

Girl walks out on World Championship in gymnastics and consequently disqualify the entire US team. If you haven't guessed, she's real unpopular in the gymnastic circles. But she don't care, she's out riding her bike, being badass. A lot happens, she gets arrested and well well well - it's either jail or back in shape at the good old gymnastics! (Very American, don't think too much about that).
It's not like the other movies about gymnastics and if you're thinking "naaah" - watch it just because of the main character Missy Peregrym. She's a funny one. And a GREAT body too!

#8 - The Karate Kid

Yes I know, I'm all about the old one, not the new. So not mainstream. Well, I haven't really seen the new one and besides the kid in this movie is dressed as a shower at one point.
We have the classic cocktail here. Kid is being bullied, kid meets a bit crazy mentor, kid gets badass, kid kicks ass. Yes please!

#9 - Zero to 100

Another surfing movie! I know, I got a little crazy, but this movie was actually a lot better than anticipated! It's a documentary as the only one on the list. I found it on the Danish Netflix some days ago and I did not regret watching it.
We follow Lakey Peterson as she rises from, well, zero to 100 in the professional surfing industry and apparently she has mad talent. But failure is not part of her routine and she needs to learn how it is to lose before she can win.
If you're not crazy about this kind of movies, watch it as motivation to work out - that girl has the most amazing body you'll ever see!

#10 - Dirty Dancing

It had to be on the list guys! Dancing is FUN! Especially when it's dirty! Do I even have to sum this movie up? If you haven't watched it I'm going to be so mad at you!
It's the forbidden love again, we can't really live without it, can we? Well, Patrick was kinda cute back then.