Sports have often been utilized as a vehicle for intricate storytelling in film. Jerry Maguire and Moneyball tell the stories of two men seeking reform while challenging the status quo. The parallel rebirth experienced by both characters, however, may be the ultimate triumph in these two incredible stories. "Help Movie Wars help you" as we navigate one of our most prolific leading man battles to date.

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Film Summaries

Jerry Maguire

When slick sports agent Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) has a crisis of conscience, he pens a heartfelt company-wide memo that promptly gets him fired. Desperate to hang on to the athletes that he represents, Jerry starts his own management firm, with only single mother Dorothy Boyd (Renee Zellweger) joining him in his new venture. Banking on their sole client, football player Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.), Jerry and Dorothy begin to fall in love as they struggle to make their business work.

• Rating: R
• Genre: Romance, Comedy
• Original Language: English
• Director: Cameron Crowe
• Producer: Richard Sakai, Laurence Mark, Cameron Crowe, James L. Brooks
• Writer: Cameron Crowe
• Release Date (Theaters): Dec 11, 1996  Wide
• Release Date (Streaming): Jul 29, 2003
• Box Office (Gross USA): $153.6M
• Runtime: 2h 18m
• Distributor: TriStar Pictures, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Columbia Tristar

(Info Courtesy of https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jerry_maguire)

Moneyball

Billy Beane (Brad Pitt), general manager of the Oakland A's, one day has an epiphany: Baseball's conventional wisdom is all wrong. Faced with a tight budget, Beane must reinvent his team by outsmarting the richer ball clubs. Joining forces with Ivy League graduate Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), Beane prepares to challenge old-school traditions. He recruits bargain-bin players whom the scouts have labeled as flawed, but have game-winning potential. Based on the book by Michael Lewis.

• Rating: PG-13
• Genre: Drama
• Original Language: English
• Director: Bennett Miller
• Producer: Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, Brad Pitt
• Writer: Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin
• Release Date (Theaters): Sep 23, 2011  Wide
• Release Date (Streaming): Jan 10, 2012
• Box Office (Gross USA): $75.6M

Info courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/moneyball