Movies about ice hockey
by meliajanssen | created - 28 Dec 2018 | updated - 28 Dec 2018 | PublicList of movies about the sport of ice hockey
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1. King of Hockey (1936)
Passed | 55 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Gamblers try to pressure a hockey player into throwing a game.
Director: Noel M. Smith | Stars: Dick Purcell, Anne Nagel, Marie Wilson, Wayne Morris
Votes: 156
2. Idol of the Crowds (1937)
Approved | 60 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Johnny Hanson wants to make enough money to enlarge his chicken farm. He does this through hockey. Gangsters get involved in trying to get him to throw a championship game, even lining up a woman to help steer him their way.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: John Wayne, Sheila Bromley, Charles Brokaw, Bill Burrud
Votes: 213
3. 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: 139
4. The Duke of West Point (1938)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Drama, Romance
An arrogant Cambridge student emigrates to America and enrolls at West Point.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Louis Hayward, Joan Fontaine, Tom Brown, Richard Carlson
Votes: 180
5. Olympic Honeymoon (1940)
63 min | Comedy
Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Claude Hulbert, Monty Banks, Princess Pearl, Sally Gray
6. 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: 28
7. 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: 64
8. Love Story (1970)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Romance
A boy and a girl from different backgrounds fall in love regardless of their upbringing - and then tragedy strikes.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, John Marley, Ray Milland
Votes: 37,333 | Gross: $106.40M
9. 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: 226
10. 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: 41,105 | Gross: $28.00M
11. 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: 250
12. 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: 150
13. Miracle on Ice (1981 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 150 min | Drama, Sport
The fact-based story of how the U. S. Olympic hockey team beat the Soviets at the 1980 Lake Placid, N. Y., winter Olympics, then went on to win the gold medal.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Karl Malden, Andrew Stevens, Steve Guttenberg, Jerry Houser
Votes: 668
14. 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: 15,813 | Gross: $15.45M
15. Touch and Go (1986)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An ice hockey star is accosted by a youth gang who attempt to rob him; after he chases them off he catches the youngest member and gives him a ride home, where he meets the boy's mother. A ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: Michael Keaton, Maria Conchita Alonso, Ajay Naidu, John Reilly
Votes: 1,032 | Gross: $1.25M
16. 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: 71,597 | Gross: $50.75M
17. D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Can Gordon's team win the Junior Goodwill Games in California in spite of all the set-backs?
Director: Sam Weisman | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Kathryn Erbe, Michael Tucker, Jan Rubes
Votes: 42,929 | Gross: $45.61M
18. 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: 256
19. D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996)
PG | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
The unruly team of hockey misfits grows up a bit and receives scholarships to a prestigious prep school, where they take on the snotty varsity team.
Director: Robert Lieberman | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Jeffrey Nordling, David Selby, Heidi Kling
Votes: 28,551 | Gross: $22.94M
20. 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: 2,251 | Gross: $4.60M
21.
The Wonderful World of Disney (1997–2023)
Episode:
H-E Double Hockey Sticks
(1999)
TV-G | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Griffelkin, a young devil-in-training is sent to the surface of Earth to steal the soul of Dave, a hot shot pro-hockey player aspiring to be the youngest man to win the Stanley Cup.
Director: Randall Miller | Stars: Will Friedle, Matthew Lawrence, Gabrielle Union, Shawn Pyfrom
Votes: 1,052
22. 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: 28,336 | Gross: $8.89M
23. MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Family, Sport
When Jack, a sign-language-speaking chimp, makes a break for freedom, his talent for ice skating soon turns him into the local hockey team's secret weapon. But the lab officials are closing in.
Director: Robert Vince | Stars: Bernie, Louie, Mac, Russell Ferrier
Votes: 2,742 | Gross: $1.25M
24. Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team (2001 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History, Sport
At the Winter Olympics of 1980, after two tense weeks amidst growing Cold War fears, the U.S. Olympic hockey team found themselves playing improbably against the legendary unbeatable Soviet... See full summary »
Stars: Craig R. Whitney, Walter Mondale, John Powers, Jack O'Callahan
Votes: 526
25. Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice (2002 Video)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Sport
25 years after the events of the first film, the Charlestown Chiefs are still languishing in Pennsylvania.
Director: Steve Boyum | Stars: Stephen Baldwin, Jessica Steen, Gary Busey, David Hemmings
Votes: 2,681
26. 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: 58,675 | Gross: $64.38M
27. 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: 5,437
28. 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
29. Bon Cop Bad Cop (2006)
R | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two Canadian detectives, one from Ontario and the other from Quebec, must work together when a murdered victim is found on the Ontario-Quebec border.
Director: Erik Canuel | Stars: Michel Beaudry, Patrice Bélanger, Pierre Boudreau, Sarain Boylan
Votes: 13,141
30. The Love Guru (2008)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Pitka, an American raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the States in order to break into the self-help business. His first challenge is to settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player whose wife left him for a rival athlete.
Director: Marco Schnabel | Stars: Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Romany Malco, Jessica Simpson
Votes: 54,889 | Gross: $32.24M
31. Slap Shot 3: The Junior League (2008 Video)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Sport
The Hanson Brothers are back, and who better to whip a ragtag youth team into shape for the upcoming championships than the most unpredictable trio ever to strap on skates?
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: Greyston Holt, Jeff Carlson, Steve Carlson, David Hanson
Votes: 1,063
32. 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
33. 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: 730
34. Breakaway (2011)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
An ethnic Canadian hockey player struggles against traditional family values and discrimination from mainstream hockey players.
Director: Robert Lieberman | Stars: Vinay Virmani, Camilla Belle, Russell Peters, Rob Lowe
Votes: 2,489
35. 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: 90,635 | Gross: $4.17M
36. Legend No. 17 (2013)
PG-13 | 134 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Biopic of Russian ice hockey legend Valeri Kharlamov from early childhood, rising to the pinnacle of the sport and his untimely death.
Director: Nikolay Lebedev | Stars: Danila Kozlovskiy, Oleg Menshikov, Svetlana Ivanova, Vladimir Menshov
Votes: 6,170
37. Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story (2013 TV Movie)
PG | 87 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The story of the 1973 hockey season when aging legend Gordie Howe returned to the ice at the age of 44.
Director: Andy Mikita | Stars: Michael Shanks, Kathleen Robertson, Martin Cummins, Dylan Playfair
Votes: 932
38. Goon: Last of the Enforcers (2017)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Sport
A hockey player plagued by injuries is confronted with the possibility of retirement when a tough new player challenges his status as the league's top enforcer.
Director: Jay Baruchel | Stars: Seann William Scott, Alison Pill, Marc-André Grondin, Liev Schreiber
Votes: 14,874
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