Ram-30's Top 40 Hockey Movies
by ram-30 | created - 07 Mar 2011 | updated - 23 Oct 2020 | PublicA list of my favourite films about the great game of hockey.
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1. Cowards Bend the Knee (2003)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, Romance
It's time for hockey! There's no telling what will happen when the Winnipeg Maroons' own star player Guy becomes embroiled in the twisted lives of Meta, a vengeful Chinoise, and her ... See full summary »
Director: Guy Maddin | Stars: Darcy Fehr, Melissa Dionisio, Amy Stewart, Tara Birtwhistle
Votes: 1,479 | Gross: $0.02M
2. Indian Horse (2017)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Sport
Follows the life of Native Canadian Saul Indian Horse as he survives residential school and life amongst the racism of the 1970s. A talented hockey player, Saul must find his own path as he battles stereotypes and alcoholism.
Director: Stephen S. Campanelli | Stars: Ajuawak Kapashesit, Wayne Baker, Sladen Peltier, Skye Pelletier
Votes: 2,654 | Gross: $1.95M
3. Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer (1993 TV Movie)
R | 120 min | Drama, Sport
A look into the life of troubled former hockey player Brian Spencer, who got into problems both on the ice and off because of his temper. The film also has a close focus on Spencer's father... See full summary »
Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Daniel Kash, Peter MacNeill, Linda Goranson, Douglas E. Hughes
Votes: 295
4. Strange Brew (1983)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
Canada's most famous hosers, Bob and Doug McKenzie, get jobs at the Elsinore Brewery, only to learn that something is rotten with the state of it.
Directors: Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas | Stars: Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, Max von Sydow, Paul Dooley
Votes: 18,675
5. Net Worth (1995 TV Movie)
Unrated | 120 min | Drama, Sport
The story of the NHL's early years, focusing on the battle between the players, led by Hall of Famer Ted Lindsay, and the owners, over issues of benefits, pensions and the like.
Director: Jerry Ciccoritti | Stars: Aidan Devine, Kevin Conway, Robin Gammell, Carl Marotte
Votes: 257
6. Hounds of Notre Dame (1980)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
It's the winter of 1940. Father Athol Murray - "Pere" to most that know him - is an opinionated, chain-smoking, hard drinking parish priest at Notre Dame College in Wilcox, Saskatchewan. ... See full summary »
Director: Zale Dalen | Stars: Thomas Peacocke, Frances Hyland, Barry Morse, David Ferry
Votes: 36
7. Paperback Hero (1973)
R | 93 min | Drama, Sport
A hockey player in a small town begins to lose his grip on reality, and starts to believe that he is a gunslinger in the Old West.
Director: Peter Pearson | Stars: Keir Dullea, Elizabeth Ashley, John Beck, Dayle Haddon
Votes: 228
8. The Rocket (2005)
PG | 124 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
A story about Quebec's most famous hockey player, Maurice "The Rocket" Richard, focusing on the struggles of a French Canadian in the National Hockey League dominated by Anglophones.
Director: Charles Binamé | Stars: Roy Dupuis, Stephen McHattie, Julie LeBreton, Philip Craig
Votes: 5,455
9. Chicks with Sticks (2004)
PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A single mom plays in the local ice hockey team. She plays pretty well - for a girl. Provoked, she bets that a woman's team can beat the local team of men. Can she build up a winning team in 4 weeks?
Director: Kari Skogland | Stars: Jessalyn Gilsig, Peter Outerbridge, Juliette Marquis, Michie Mee
Votes: 401
10. Canada Russia '72 (2006)
2 min | Drama, History, Sport
CANADA RUSSIA '72 is shot in a fluid documentary style that effectively captures all the immediacy of the '72 hockey summit's intrigues.
Stars: Mark A. Owen, Sonia Laplante, David Berni, Gabriel Hogan
Votes: 348
11. The Sweater (1980)
10 min | Animation, Short, Biography
A French Canadian boy endures the terrible shame when he receives the hockey sweater of the wrong team.
Director: Sheldon Cohen | Stars: Roch Carrier, Jean-Guy Moreau
Votes: 826
12. Slap Shot (1977)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A failing ice hockey team finds success with outrageously violent hockey goonery.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Paul Newman, Michael Ontkean, Strother Martin, Jennifer Warren
Votes: 41,250 | Gross: $28.00M
13. Score: A Hockey Musical (2010)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
A teenage hockey player becomes a national sensation.
Director: Michael McGowan | Stars: John McDermott, Noah Reid, Hawksley Workman, Dave Bidini
Votes: 732
14. Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story (2010)
Biography, Drama, Sport
Chronicles the life of Don Cherry, from playing minor league hockey to coaching the NHL's Boston Bruins.
Stars: Jared Keeso, Sarah Manninen, Aidan Devine, Gord James
Votes: 376
15. Les Boys (1997)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Ever wanted to know what guys say when they get together? This light- hearted comedy explores the male world through an amateur hockey team. Every male stereotype is analyzed, comically of ... See full summary »
Director: Louis Saia | Stars: Marc Messier, Rémy Girard, Patrick Huard, Serge Thériault
Votes: 2,254 | Gross: $4.60M
16. Breakfast with Scot (2007)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Eric, a sports announcer and former hockey player, doesn't know how to deal with the flamboyant young boy to whom he and his partner suddenly become guardians.
Director: Laurie Lynd | Stars: Tom Cavanagh, Ben Shenkman, Noah Bernett, Benz Antoine
Votes: 3,251 | Gross: $0.05M
17. Hockey Night (1984 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama, Sport
A female goalie player faces prejudiced opposition when she joins a boys hockey team in Parry Sound, Ontario.
Director: Paul Shapiro | Stars: Megan Follows, Rick Moranis, Gail Youngs, Henry Ramer
Votes: 540
18. Mystery, Alaska (1999)
R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
The residents of a small town get over-excited when their hockey team gets chosen to host a televised event.
Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Russell Crowe, Burt Reynolds, Hank Azaria, Mary McCormack
Votes: 28,385 | Gross: $8.89M
19. Youngblood (1986)
R | 110 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
A 17 year old farm boy is offered an ice hockey tryout. His brother drives him to Canada. He has fast legs, slow fists, but is chosen. Will he learn to use his fists and play ice hockey the Canuck way? Will he get the coach's cute daughter?
Director: Peter Markle | Stars: Rob Lowe, Cynthia Gibb, Patrick Swayze, Ed Lauter
Votes: 15,867 | Gross: $15.45M
20. Winter Comes Early (1971)
PG | 112 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
A young hockey player becomes an overnight star of the Toronto Maple Leafs and falls in love with a beautiful young singer. Their relationship is plagued by his "jock" nature and decadent lifestyle.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Bruce Armstrong, Eric Cryderman, Don Allen, Kay Hawtrey
Votes: 258
21. The Mighty Ducks (1992)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A self-centered Minnesota lawyer is sentenced to community service coaching a rag tag youth hockey team.
Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Joss Ackland, Lane Smith, Heidi Kling
Votes: 71,838 | Gross: $50.75M
22. Miracle (2004)
PG | 135 min | Biography, Drama, History
The true story of Herb Brooks, the player-turned-coach who led the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team to victory over the seemingly invincible Soviet squad.
Director: Gavin O'Connor | Stars: Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson, Nathan West, Noah Emmerich
Votes: 58,925 | Gross: $64.38M
23. The Boy Who Drank Too Much (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Family, Sport
A popular high school hockey player hides the fact that he is an alcoholic.
Director: Jerrold Freedman | Stars: Scott Baio, Lance Kerwin, Ed Lauter, Mariclare Costello
Votes: 153
24. White Lightning (1953)
Approved | 61 min | Drama, Sport
The Red Devils, a professional ice hockey team, owned by Jack Monohan (Steve Brodie), is in the midst of a long losing streak, due to bribes being accepted from gamblers by the star player.... See full summary »
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Stanley Clements, Barbara Bestar, Steve Brodie, Gloria Blondell
Votes: 65
25. Sticks and Stones (2008 TV Movie)
PG | 91 min | Drama, Family, Sport
The Boxers from Brockton, MA and the Canadiens from Fredericton, NB are two teams at a 2003 Montréal junior hockey tournament. The Boxers almost didn't attend because of the rising global ... See full summary »
Director: George Mihalka | Stars: David Sutcliffe, Alexander De Jordy, Danny Mags, John Robinson
Votes: 168
26. The Last Season (1986)
145 min | Drama, Sport
Presented as a TV news investigation report, it follows some episodes of a pro hockey player, Felix Batterinsky, from his troubled teen years as a junior hockey leaguer in rural Ontario, to... See full summary »
Director: Allan King | Stars: Paul Horruzey, Eric Peterson, Bernard Hopkins, John Colicos
Votes: 26
27. Ice Angel (2000 TV Movie)
TV-G | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A popular hockey player and an ice skater die on the same day. The soul of the skater goes to heaven but the hockey player is reborn in the body of the ice skater.
Director: George Erschbamer | Stars: Nicholle Tom, Tara Lipinski, Nancy Kerrigan, Gwynyth Walsh
Votes: 584
28. The Deadliest Season (1977 TV Movie)
98 min | Drama, Sport
Gerry Miller, a professional hockey player, gives in to internal and outside pressures and adopts a more aggressive style on the ice. During one particularly violent game a player on an ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Markowitz | Stars: Michael Moriarty, Kevin Conway, Meryl Streep, Sully Boyar
Votes: 252
29. The Cutting Edge (1992)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A temperamental figure skater and an arrogant former hockey player attempt to win the Olympic Gold Medal as a figure skating pairs team.
Director: Paul Michael Glaser | Stars: D.B. Sweeney, Moira Kelly, Roy Dotrice, Terry O'Quinn
Votes: 22,363 | Gross: $25.11M
30. The Game That Kills (1937)
Passed | 55 min | Mystery, Romance, Sport
Tom Ferguson, star left wing of the Indians hockey team, is killed during a game in an "accident" with Dick Adams and Bill Drake, two of his own teammates. His brother, Alec Ferguson, is ... See full summary »
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth, John Gallaudet, J. Farrell MacDonald
Votes: 140
31. The Rhino Brothers (2001)
93 min | Drama, Sport
A story of a Canadian family and one son's journey to make it to play in a professional hockey league. Supported and hindered by his immediate family, Stephan Kanachowski experiences a ... See full summary »
Director: Dwayne Beaver | Stars: Gabrielle Rose, Curtis Bechdholt, Deanna Milligan, William MacDonald
Votes: 164
32. Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story (2005 TV Movie)
PG | 90 min | Biography, Drama, Family
Based on the book written by Walter Gretzky, recounting his recovery from a stroke which left him without any memory of his son Wayne.
Director: Dean Bennett | Stars: Tom McCamus, Victoria Snow, Tara Spencer-Nairn, Matthew Edison
Votes: 146
33. Power Play (1994)
Unrated | 60 min | Drama, Sport
Robbie Steele, ambitious Vancouver attorney, wants to win at all costs. She needs a former pro hockey star to sign with her client's struggling team.
Director: Rocky Lane | Stars: Eryn Collins, Cory Fry, Joey Goeujon, Marietta DePrima
Votes: 100
34. No Sleep 'til Madison (2002)
85 min | Comedy
30-year-old Owen Fenby loves his girlfriend. But he loves high school hockey more. Or does he? One by one, his friends are deserting his annual pilgrimage to the Wisconsin State High School... See full summary »
Directors: David Fleer, Erik Moe, Peter Rudy | Stars: Jim Gaffigan, Ian Brennan, T.J. Jagodowski, Michael Gilio
Votes: 82
35. Gay Blades (1946)
67 min | Comedy
New York hockey player Andy Buell is approached by Hollywood talent scout Nancy Davis to play the hunk lead in "The Behemoth" but he would prefer she quit her job and become his wife.
Director: George Blair | Stars: Allan Lane, Jean Rogers, Edward Ashley, Frank Albertson
Votes: 29
36. Sudden Death (1995)
R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A former fireman takes on a group of terrorists holding the Vice President and others hostage during the seventh game of the NHL Stanley Cup finals.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Powers Boothe, Raymond J. Barry, Whittni Wright
Votes: 37,027 | Gross: $20.35M
37. I See Ice! (1938)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Musical
George plays an aspiring news photographer that gets pictures by way of a spy camera in his bow tie. Comic confusion and chases arise from his inadvertently taking blackmail-able snaps of ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Kimmins | Stars: George Formby, Kay Walsh, Betty Stockfeld, Cyril Ritchard
Votes: 152
38. South of Wawa (1991)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
Lizette, Carol and Cheryl-Ann work as waitresses in Joe's donut shop located in the small town of Stayner, Ontario. While naive and perpetually smiling Cheryl-Ann, whose outwardly happy ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Boyd | Stars: Catherine Fitch, Rebecca Jenkins, Scott Renderer, Andrew Miller
Votes: 90
39. Puck Hogs (2009)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Sport
Puck Hogs follows a men's recreational hockey team, The Puck Hogs, through a brutally hilarious weekend tournament. In the tradition of the cult classic This is Spinal Tap, Puck Hogs is a ... See full summary »
Director: Warren P. Sonoda | Stars: Jim Annan, Jason Blicker, Liam Card, Joe Dinicol
Votes: 272
40. Goon (2011)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Labeled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing misfits to semi-pro hockey glory, beating the crap out of everything that stands in his way.
Director: Michael Dowse | Stars: Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Alison Pill, Eugene Levy
Votes: 90,812 | Gross: $4.17M
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