1. Fat City (imo the best boxing movie ever)
2. Bang The Drum Slowly (early Di Nero)
3. Requiem For A Heavyweight (Jackie Gleason is sensational as the sleazy manager)
4. Hoosiers (classic Hackman)
5. Slap Shot (I once had the honor of interviewing Paul Newman and he stated that portraying Reggie Dunlop was hands-down his most enjoyable role as an actor).
Honorable mention: The Harder They Fall (Bogart's last film); '61; Eight Men Out; Paperback Hero (Kier Dullea as a small-town Canadian hockey punk); Rollerball (the original, not the pukey remake).
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