THEME EXPLORATION

baseball player

12 films · 1 director

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
I Will Buy You
I Will Buy You
1956 · Masaki Kobayashi
A Brighter Summer Day
A Brighter Summer Day
1991 · Edward Yang
Miroirs No. 3
Miroirs No. 3
2025 · Christian Petzold
Bad News Bears
Bad News Bears
2005 · Richard Linklater
One Run Elmer
One Run Elmer
1935 · Buster Keaton
Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament
Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament
1968 · Kon Ichikawa
Kill the Umpire
Kill the Umpire
1950 · Frank Tashlin
Come Rain or Come Shine
Come Rain or Come Shine
2001 · Spike Lee
Casey at the Bat
Casey at the Bat
1946 · Jack Kinney
The Giants
The Giants
1972 · Nagisa Oshima
On the Edge of Their Seats
On the Edge of Their Seats
2020 · Hideo Jojo
Sugar
Sugar
2008 · Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Barry Levinson United States

His films like 'The Natural' and 'Moneyball' explore baseball as a metaphor for American ambition, redemption, and the tension between statistics and human spirit.