Highest-Rated Movies about 'Golf', Sort by Popularity

The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005), Seve: The Movie (2014), Caddyshack (1980), Happy Gilmore (1996), The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000), Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004), Tin Cup (1996), Tommy's Honour (2016) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Golf movies.

#1. The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)

Storyline: Near the turn of the twentieth century, young Harry Vardon becomes a champion golfer but learns that his amazing skill is no match for the class boundaries that exclude him from "gentlemanly" English society. A dozen years later, a young American, Francis Ouimet, fights against the same prejudice, as well as his own father's disdain, for a chance to participate in the U.S. Open against his idol -- Harry Vardon. The struggles of both men for acceptance provides the background for an amazing contest of skills.

Plot Keywords: golfer, caddy, sidekick, father, star, snob, inspiring ...

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#3. Caddyshack (1980)

Storyline: Comical goings on at an exclusive golf club. All the members are wealthy and eccentric, and all the staff are poor and slightly less eccentric. The main character is 'Danny'; he's a caddy who will do almost anything to raise money to go to college. There are many subplots, including the assistant green keeper's pursuit of a cute (obviously stuffed) gopher.

Plot Keywords: caddy, club owner, real estate developer, wealthy man, daughter, gardener, hilarious ...

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#4. Happy Gilmore (1996)

Storyline: A Hockey player wannabe finds out that he has the most powerful golf drive in history. He joins the P.G.A. tour to make some money to save grandma's house. The downside is that his hockey player mentality doesn't really go on the P.G.A. tour. Especially with the favorite to win the championship.

Plot Keywords: golfer, grandmother, hockey player, mentor, public relations specialist, fan, playful ...

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#5. The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)

Storyline: A disillusioned war veteran, Captain Rannulph Junuh, reluctantly agrees to play a game of golf. He finds the game futile until his caddy, Bagger Vance, teaches him the secret of the authentic golf stroke which turns out also to be the secret to mastering any challenge and finding meaning in life.

Plot Keywords: golfer, coach, caddy, socialite, ex-girlfriend, alcoholic, uplifting ...

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#6. Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)

Storyline: Robert Tyre Jones, Jr., aka "Bobby Jones" rises from complete obscurity to become a golfing legend. Jones overcomes his own fierce temper, intense passion, and perfectionist tendencies to master the game and win the Grand Slam, the U.S., British, and Amateur Opens in golf, a feat unequaled even today. But it is Jones's style, personality, and character that separate him from the other professionals in his field. When Jones realizes that his unparalleled success may be destroying those he loves he's presented with an astounding proposition, one that shocks the world.—IMDb Editors

Plot Keywords: golfer, wife, friend, emotional, inspiring, georgia, golf course ...

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#7. Tin Cup (1996)

Storyline: Roy 'Tin cup' McAvoy, a failed pro golfer who lives at the run-down driving range which he manages with his sidekick and caddy Romeo in the West Texas tin pot town of Salome, ends up signing over ownership to a madam of 'show girls' to pay off debts. His foxy novice golf pupil, female psychiatrist Dr. Molly Griswold, turns out to be the new girlfriend of McAvoy's sarcastic one-time college golf partner, slick PGA superstar David Simms, who drops by to play into Roy's fatal flaw: the inability to resist a dare, all too often causing him to lose against lesser players, in this case gambling away his car. Falling for Molly, Roy decides to become her patient; in order to earn her respect, he decides to try to qualify for the US Open, after starting off as Simm's caddy 'for the benefit of his experience'. His talent proves more then adequate, but over-confident negligence of risks, while pleasing the crowds, is murder on his scores, while Simms spits on the fans but never wastes a point...

Plot Keywords: golfer, psychiatrist, caddy, girlfriend, positive, playful, endearing ...

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#8. Tommy's Honour (2016)

Storyline: In St Andrews, Scotland in 1866, 15-year-old Tommy Morris is an avid golfer like his legendary and pioneering father, Tom Morris. "Old Tom" is greens-keeper for The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, as well as the town's club- and ball-maker. He is the two-time winner of the first major golf tournament, The Open Championship, which he founded in 1860. He also established golf's standard of 18 holes per round. But young Tommy is beginning to chafe at his father's dictates, especially in the rapidly changing world they live in. Tommy soon outshines his father, winning The Open three times in a row while still in his teens. The "dashing young man of golf", he draws flocks of spectators to the sport and becomes its first touring professional..

Plot Keywords: father, son, golfer, country boy, parent, lover, moving ...

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#10. 5 Hour Friends (2013)

Storyline: A life long womanizer gets a taste of his own medicine. Timothy Bonner played by Tom Sizemore is devoted primarily to golf, secondarily to sex and finally to drinking. In the end he discovers cheating hurts and he finds what he really wants - love.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: womanizer, love interest, emotional, heartwarming, san diego, cheating, lifestyle changes ...

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#11. Swing Away (2016)

Storyline: Following a meltdown that leads to a suspension, professional golfer Zoe Papadopoulos travels to her grandparents' village in Greece to escape the harsh spotlight of the international sports world. Between baking bread and eating baklava, she meets and mentors a ten-year-old girl who is determined - against all odds - to become the next golf sensation. Along the way, Zoe rediscovers her Greek heritage, her love of the game, and the hidden strength within herself as she inspires the townspeople in an epic showdown against a greedy American developer.

Plot Keywords: golfer, grandfather, granddaughter, grandmother, charming, dreamy, emotional ...

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#13. Caddyshack II (1988)

Storyline: Jack Hartounian, a self made man is trying to get into Bushwood County Club because his daughter's being asked by her snooty friends. Jack applies but a few things ruins his application, one that he's extremely boorish and because he is building low cost housing in an affluent neighborhood. Jack then turns to Ty Webb who owns the majority share of the club, Jack buys Ty's shares and then takes over the club and makes some changes which the members don't like. That's when the club members attack Jack by stopping his housing project. Eventually they decide to settle it on the golf course but the club president decides to take contingencies.

Plot Keywords: tycoon, golfer, daughter, mercenary, wealthy man, attorney, madcap ...

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