Based On: Michael Lewis' Moneyball: The Art of Winning An Unfair Game (2003) A film about the intricacies of baseball should, by the game's very nature, should never have been very interesting (sorry, baseball fans), but stellar performances from Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill ensured from the very beginning that Moneyball would be a hit with critics, with the pair injecting a funny and humorous personality into the film. Based on Michael Lewis' book of the same name, Moneyball charts the rise of sabermetric analysis and its far greater accuracy in scouting for suitable players to make up a baseball team. While that may sound unbearably dull as a concept for a film, Moneyball does a great job of appealing to a wider audiences by setting the central story against the backdrop of Oakland Athletics - a baseball team that is in dire straights due to many of its star players leaving and the club's poor financial situation. Even if you're not a baseball fan, Moneyball is definitely worth the watch.