Coach Molly McGrath (Goldie Hawn) teaches her inner-city high school football team about sportsmanship, strategy, and fundamentals with a few minutes of Jazzercise. Her playbook mixes blocks, tumbles, and pelvic thrusts, set to mid-'80s beats. The result of her ridiculous gridiron workout? Her boys beat the state champs. [2]

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HOOSIERS (1986)

The Hickory Huskers hit their stride once reluctant star Jimmy Chitwood stands up for the beleaguered coach (Gene Hackman) at the town meeting. The team then puts together an emotional winning streak, punctuated by a sweeping orchestral score, slo-mo jump shots, and banner-laden cars traveling from town to lame town. [3]

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ROCKY III (1982)

First Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) tragically loses his trainer, Mickey. Then Clubber Lang (Mr. T) beats him to a bloody pulp. The Italian Stallion needs to regain that elusive eye of the tiger. From the depths of a run-down L.A. gym, he maniacally jumps rope, spars rounds, refines his footwork, and even swims some laps (all in three minutes' time). When he finally beats his new trainer, Apollo Creed, in a Baywatch-esque slow-mo beach run, it's time to eat lightning and crap thunder! [4]

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THE NATURAL (1984)

An old-timey soundtrack replaces the standard cheesy rock song, but the result is the same. In just under two minutes, Roy Hobbs' (Robert Redford) New York Knights snap a losing streak, climb the ranks, and through dizzying triumphs and spinning newspapers take their place in the race for the pennant. It's enough to make you clutch your bleeding stomach.