American Flyers (1985)

Some people will say that any movie in which Kevin Costner dies is a good movie, but those negative creeps will not be the only viewers moved and touched by the deep, tender sentiments activated by director John Badham’s deft emotional manipulation in American Flyers (1985). Costner’s lead character is a sports physician who knows that he harbors a hereditary defect deep within the blood works of his brain. Rather than sit and wait for death to flood over him like a consuming red sea, Dr. Costner summons his lover and his brother to team with him on a race across the Rocky Mountains. The finish line is in sight throughout American Flyers.