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1988 · romance · comedy · sport

Bull Durham

Directed by Ron Shelton1h 48m1988

ElsewhereIMDb7.063kRT97%Metacritic73TMDB6.6680

cosy
gentle
redemptive
tender
intimate

Movie DNA

Cosy, steady, gentle romance / comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.

How every film is hand-scored →

Veteran catcher Crash Davis is brought to the minor league Durham Bulls to help their up and coming pitching prospect, "Nuke" Laloosh. Their relationship gets off to a rocky start and is further complicated when baseball groupie Annie Savoy sets her sights on the two men.

Our read · Bull Durham (1988) reads as a cosy, steady, grounded romance · comedy · sport entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

Cast

Kevin Costner Susan Sarandon Tim Robbins Trey Wilson Robert Wuhl

Where the cast leads

Stepmom

1998

Susan Sarandon thread

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near DNA

Kevin Costner

actor path

The Upside of Angernear DNA Swing Votenear DNA The Bodyguardadjacent

Susan Sarandon

actor path

Stepmomsame tone Elizabethtownsame tone A Bad Moms Christmasnear DNA

Tim Robbins

actor path

The Shawshank Redemptionadjacent The Lucky Onesnear DNA Thanks for Sharingnear DNA

Trey Wilson

actor path

Raising Arizonaadjacent Great Balls of Fire! (1989)near DNA

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The shape of Bull Durham

Tonight, this looks like

What watching it is actually like.

“You want witty baseball romance, grown-up banter, and a love triangle with heart.”

ends warmyou’ll feel glowing aftera slow buildgrips by minute 18attention 3/5earns its length

Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonight — Skip if sports movies bore you or you want zero romantic triangle friction.

If Bull Durham is your film

Major League (1989)

Minor-league grit, locker-room humor, underdog diamond energy

(You want more romance)

Field of Dreams (1989)

Baseball as poetry, longing, and late-night Americana

(You need sharper comedy)

A League of Their Own (1992)

Diamond camaraderie, coaching chemistry, sentimental sports heart

(You want a male lead)

DNA · twelve axes

The reading.

Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy

Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic

Intensity · GentleExtreme

Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal

Hope · NihilisticRedemptive

Stakes · IntimateEpic

Humour · NoneBroad

Reality · GroundedFantastical

Density · SparseTwisty

Warmth · ColdTender

Auteur · TransparentSignature

Nearest by DNA