Top 20 Movie Underdogs

Posted by Chris at 23:50 on 03 Apr 2008

Modern cinema just wouldn't be the same without its underdogs: because everyone just loves watching chump become champ. You know the type: the no-hopers who shock the pros, the Davids who bring down the Goliaths, the rank outsiders who come from nowhere to beat the odds and shit all over the bookies. Underdogs come from all walk...

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Posted by Matt at 14:22 on 27/01/10

"Random List of Sport Underdogs" DOES seem like a thoroughly researched piece...

Posted by Chad Jackson at 13:46 on 27/01/10

That is a great list but this website has all the information about underdogs.

http://blueunderdogs.blogspot.com/2010/01/random-list-of-sport-underdogs.html

Posted by The Internets at 07:05 on 08/04/08

Nice list-yes Rocky is def. #1 in my book

Posted by The Internets at 21:20 on 07/04/08

Um, I think it was me actually. But I've changed it now, the revisionist that I am. No harm no foul.

Posted by The Internets at 21:18 on 07/04/08

If I recall correctly, at one point we did actually float the idea of including the Mighty Ducks and Erin Brokovich, but they were left off the list for one reason or another.

Sorry for the goof in the "Mockingbird" entry. That was totally my fault. It's been a little while since I watched it, and my memory of the film is a bit hazy.

Posted by The Internets at 21:07 on 07/04/08

Can I fly to Cannes with Spike Lee?

Posted by The Internets at 21:05 on 07/04/08

*Air Bud. Air.

Posted by The Internets at 21:05 on 07/04/08

You try telling Han Solo he's an underdog.

I was about to say the Mighty Duck fucks. And all the sequels.

And what about Aid Bud?! Eh?! Huh? THE underdog. Nobody expected him to dunk (i.e. no prop-hand could throw the damn mutt high enough).

Posted by The Internets at 20:43 on 07/04/08

The Mighty Ducks? Han Solo?

Posted by The Internets at 20:35 on 07/04/08

What about The Bad News Bears? I think that Rocky and TBNB are the only sports underdog movies that showed the underdogs actually LOSING. Because, the moral victory was the important part, right?

There are also a ton of legal underdogs that got left off of this list. Erin Brockovich and the like comes to mind.

Posted by The Internets at 18:02 on 07/04/08

A good little list BUT. How could you leave off "Hoosiers"?????????

Especially that it is based on a true story.

Posted by The Internets at 10:54 on 07/04/08

True enough, bit of an oversight. I got so caught up in his underdogness!

Posted by The Internets at 08:25 on 07/04/08

"Finch, however, does win the case"
No he doesn't.

Posted by The Internets at 00:05 on 07/04/08

Holy shit, me neither. Consider him number 21 or something.

Posted by The Internets at 21:04 on 06/04/08

I can't *believe* we forgot Shaun from Shaun of the Dead!

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