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14 Slapshots and Slapstick Classics That Belong in the Comedy Hall of Fame

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★ 5.8 14 Movies
COMEDY · SPORT  ·  1977–2017
Looking for big laughs on the ice? We rank the best hockey comedy movies of all time. Find your next favorite slapstick sports film to watch tonight.
Editor's Note

The intersection of professional athletics and physical humor is a remarkably delicate dance for filmmakers to choreograph. When Hollywood attempts to capture the chaotic magic of the ice rink, the results often miss the net entirely. However, the absolute best hockey comedy movies master the art of blending brutal body checks with razor-sharp cinematic wit. The sheer momentum of ice skating provides a perfect, frictionless canvas for legendary stunt work, rapid-fire banter, and some of the most memorable locker room monologues in Hollywood history.

14 Slapshots and Slapstick Classics That Belong in the Comedy Hall of Fame

14 Slapshots and Slapstick Classics That Belong in the Comedy Hall of Fame is a curated selection of 14 Movies spanning 1977 to 2017 across Comedy, Sport · Comedy and Drama. Each title was handpicked by Movievia and ranked below from the strongest pick downward, so you can start at the top and discover your next watch — no endless scrolling, no algorithmic guesswork.

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Slap Shot

Slap Shot (1977)

Comedy Drama

A small-town minor-league hockey team is bleeding money and losing fans fast, so management takes a calculated gamble on three bespectacled, brawling...

Score 6.8
2
Goon

Goon (2012)

Comedy Drama

Doug Glatt cannot skate, barely follows the rules of hockey, and works the door at a bar. What he can do is...

Score 6.4
3
Goon: Last of the Enforcers

Goon: Last of the Enforcers (2017)

Comedy

Doug Glatt built his reputation with his fists, but a brutal injury has him questioning whether the ice still has a place...

Score 5.7
4
Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice

Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice (2002)

Comedy

The Hanson Brothers are back, still brawling their way through minor league hockey with the Chiefs. But when a new owner swoops...

Score 4.1
5
Youngblood

Youngblood (1986)

Drama Romance

Rob Lowe plays a raw talent who heads to a rough Canadian minor-league town with one goal: catching the eye of pro...

Score 6.1
6
The Mighty Ducks

The Mighty Ducks (1992)

Action Comedy Drama

Gordon Bombay is a hotshot attorney whose drunk driving arrest lands him an unwanted assignment coaching a ragtag youth hockey team. The...

Score 6.6
7
D2: The Mighty Ducks

D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)

Action Comedy Drama

Gordon Bombay's shot at a professional hockey career ends before it really begins, and suddenly he finds himself coaching Team USA at...

Score 6.2
8
D3: The Mighty Ducks

D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996)

Action Comedy Drama

Landing scholarships at the prestigious Eden Hall Academy sounds like a dream, but for the Mighty Ducks it quickly turns into something...

Score 6.0
9
Tooth Fairy

Tooth Fairy (2010)

Comedy Family Fantasy

Derek Thompson has built a reputation as the most tooth-loosening enforcer in minor-league hockey, a man who crushes dreams on the ice...

Score 5.5
10
MVP: Most Valuable Primate

MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000)

Comedy Family

Jack is no ordinary lab subject. A three-year-old chimpanzee raised by a sign-language researcher, he stumbles onto a junior hockey rink one...

Score 4.7
11
Strange Brew

Strange Brew (1983)

Comedy Crime Science Fiction

Bob and Doug McKenzie, Canada's most gloriously useless brothers, stumble into something far bigger than a free case of beer when they...

Score 6.0
12
Mystery, Alaska

Mystery, Alaska (1999)

Comedy Drama

In a remote Alaskan town, the weekly pond hockey game isn't just a pastime, it's the heartbeat of the community. When a...

Score 6.3
13
The Boys

The Boys (1997)

Comedy

Every Monday night, eleven Quebec men trade their real lives for something better: a battered hockey jersey and sixty minutes on the...

Score 6.1
14
Breakaway

Breakaway (2011)

Comedy Drama Romance

Rajvinder Singh grew up loving hockey more than almost anything, cutting his hair and skipping school to chase that dream, much to...

Score 5.4
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14 Slapshots and Slapstick Classics That Belong in the Comedy Hall of Fame

Looking for big laughs on the ice? We rank the best hockey comedy movies of all time. Find your next favorite slapstick sports film to watch tonight.

5.8
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14
Movies
1977 to 2017
Years
Comedy, Sport · Comedy and Drama
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Best Slapshots and Slapstick Classics

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Frequently asked

Which movie on the 14 Slapshots and Slapstick Classics That Belong in the Comedy Hall of Fame is the highest rated?

Slap Shot (1977) is the highest-rated film on the 14 Slapshots and Slapstick Classics That Belong in the Comedy Hall of Fame, with a viewer rating of 6.8/10. You can find it featured at the top of the ranked list above, along with the full lineup ordered from best to last so you always know which title to start with.

How many movies are on the 14 Slapshots and Slapstick Classics That Belong in the Comedy Hall of Fame?

The 14 Slapshots and Slapstick Classics That Belong in the Comedy Hall of Fame contains 14 movies, spanning 1977 to 2017, primarily within the Comedy, Sport · Comedy and Drama genre. The selection is updated regularly as Movievia's editors discover new titles worth adding or refining the lineup based on viewer feedback and rating shifts.

Is the 14 Slapshots and Slapstick Classics That Belong in the Comedy Hall of Fame worth watching?

Yes — the 14 Slapshots and Slapstick Classics That Belong in the Comedy Hall of Fame carries an average viewer score of 5.8/10 across all 14 movies, well above the typical film average. Each entry was handpicked rather than algorithm-selected, so the list reads more like a recommendation from a friend with great taste than a generic top-100 dump. Start with the #1 pick at the top of the page.