Released in 2011, the film has aged like fine wine. As analytics have taken over modern baseball (and basketball, and soccer), Moneyball feels less like a movie and more like a prophecy.

Together, they form a radical plan: buy undervalued players who have high "On-base percentage" (OBP) but low market value—guys who walk a lot, are slow, or have "ugly" girlfriends. The old guard fights back. The manager (Philip Seymour Hoffman) refuses to play the new guys. The media calls it a circus. But as the A’s win 20 games in a row (an American League record), the world is forced to pay attention.

After scouting the competition with his veteran scouts (who prioritize looks, girlfriend stability, and batting stance), Beane meets Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), a Yale economics graduate who argues that baseball scouts are living in the past. Brand believes that