SPORTS AT THE MOVIES

This list of sports films is a compilation of films in the genre covering sports activities.

Many of them deal with the classic theme for sports films which is the triumph of an individual or team who prevail despite the difficulties.

Clint, I love you.

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Essential masterpiece; powerful De Niro; simply one of the best films of all time.

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Still a wonderful film!

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Inspirational.

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Ratings: 7.4/10 from 44,237 users

A combination of good screenplay and direction.

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Ratings: 8.1/10 from 127,430 users

An epic and nightmarish delight.

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Ratings: 8.3/10 from 169,306 users

Nice warm film.

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Ratings: 7.5/10 from 14,628 users

A Talented Loser.

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Ratings: 8.2/10 from 30,147 users

A Broken Down Piece of Meat That Doesn't Deserve To Be All Alone.

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Wild World of Sports.

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Ratings: 7.2/10 from 1,789 users

Superb performance.

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Ratings: 7.4/10 from 36,166 users

Greatly misunderstood story, completely underrated classic.

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Ratings: 6.5/10 from 24,576 users

A fun, refreshing movie.

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Sea of emotion!

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One of the best thrillers ever made.

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VANGELIS - Chariots of Fire

MILLION DOLLAR BABY

Frankie Dunn has trained and managed some incredible fighters during a lifetime spent in the ring. The most important lesson he teaches his boxers is the one that rules life: above all, always protect yourself.

Due to the pain from having lost contact with his daughter, Frankie has been unwilling to let himself get close to anyone for a very long time. His only friend, Scrap, an ex-boxer who looks after Frankie's gym, knows that beneath his gruff exterior is a man who has been seeking, for the past 25 years, the forgiveness that somehow continues to elude him.

Then Maggie Fitzgerald walks into his gym...

RAGING BULL

When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and fights his opponent, he's a prizefighter. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he's a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment.

Though LaMotta wants his family's love, something always seems to come between them. Perhaps it's his violent attacks of paranoia and jealousy. This kind of rage helped make him a champion, but in real life, he seems to be in the ring alone.

Ranked as the # 4 Greatest Movie of All Time by the American Film Institute.

CHARIOTS OF FIRE

The true story of two British track athletes, one a determined Jew, and the other a devout Christian who compete in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Although the film is a period piece, set in the 1920s, the Academy Award-winning original soundtrack composed by Vangelis uses a modern 1980s electronic sound, with a strong use of synthesizer and piano among other instruments. The title theme of the film has become iconic, and has been used in subsequent films and television shows during slow-motion segments.

You can watch the videoclip at the bottom of the page.

INVICTUS

The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team to help unite their country.

Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid.

Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match

ROCKY

Rocky Balboa is a struggling boxer trying to have an opportunity and win and important fight.

Working in a meat factory in Philadelphia for little money , he also earns extra cash as a debt collector.

When heavyweight champion Apollo Creed visits Philadelphia, his managers want to set up an exhibition match between Creed and a struggling boxer, presenting the fight as a chance for a "nobody" to become a "somebody".

The match is supposed to be easily won by Creed, but someone forgot to tell Rocky, who sees this as his only chance at the big time.

Training very hard is the only way to tell the world who he is.

BLACK SWAN

Nina (Portman) is a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her obsessive former ballerina mother Erica (Hershey) who exerts a suffocating control over her. When artistic director Thomas Leroy (Cassel) decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre (Ryder) for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice. But Nina has competition: a new dancer, Lily (Kunis), who impresses Leroy as well.

SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER

Josh Waitzkin is just a typical American boy interested in baseball when one day he challenges his father at chess and wins.

Showing unusual precocity at the outdoor matches at Washington Square in New York City, he quickly makes friends with a hustler named Vinnie who teaches him speed chess. Josh's parents hire a renowned chess coach, Bruce, who teaches Josh the usefulness of measured planning.

Chess games changes all the family and winning becomes the target.

THE HUSTLER

"Fast" Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His challenges the legendary "Minnesota Fats" to a high-stakes match, but he loses in a heartbreaking marathon.

Now broke and without his long-time manager, Felson faces an uphill battle to regain his confidence and his game.

He accepts ruthless manager Bert Gordon to help him with his game. Felson soon realizes that making it to the top could cost him his soul, and perhaps his girlfriend.

Will he decide to pay this price to pay?

THE WRESTLER

This is a drama about an aging professional wrestler, who now barely gets by working small wrestling shows and as a part-time grocery store employee.

As he faces health problems that may end his wrestling career for good he attempts to organise his life outside the ring: by working full time at the grocery store, trying to reconcile with the daughter he abandoned in childhood and forming a closer relationship with a stripper he has romantic feelings for.

An offer, which may be his ticket back to stardom, comes.

COLLEGE

Ronald's (Buster Keaton) high school student is far too interested in books and condemns sports.

His girlfriend Mary condemns his attitude.

He fears losing her to rival Jeff, who is the typical sportsman at college.

Love is so important for weak Ronald that he decides to go to college and pay more attention to sports.

THE HURRICANE

This film tells the story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, an African-American man who rose above his troubled youth to become a top contender for the middle-weight boxing title.However, his dreams are shattered when he is accused of a triple murder, and is convicted to three natural-life terms.

Through his autobiography he tries to convince of his innocence. However, what Hurricane and his friends learn is that this fight puts them against a racist establishment that profited from this travesty and have no intention of seeing it reversed.

THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE

A disillusioned war veteran, Captain Rannulph Junah (Matt Damon), reluctantly agrees to play a game of golf.

He finds the game futile until his caddy, Bagger Vance (Will Smith), teaches him the secret of the authentic golf stroke which turns out also to be the secret to mastering any challenge and finding meaning in life.

BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM

A comedy about bending the rules to reach your goal, Bend It Like Beckham explores the world of women's football, from kick-abouts in the park to freekicks in the Final.

Set in Hounslow, West London and Hamburg, the film follows two 18 year olds with their hearts set on a future in professional soccer.

Heart-stopping talent doesn't seem to be enough when your parents want you to hang up your football boots, find a nice boyfriend and learn to cook the perfect chapatti.

SEABISCUIT

It's the Depression, and everyone needs to hold onto a dream to get them through the bad times. Car maker Charles Howard wants to get into horse racing and ends up with a team of underdogs who are also chasing their own dream. The first is trainer Tom Smith, who has a natural instinct to spot the capabilities of horses. The second is the horse Tom chooses for Charles, Seabiscuit, an unconventional choice as despite his pedigreed lineage, Seabiscuit is small at fifteen and a half hands tall with a slight limp. But Tom can see something in Seabiscuit's nature to make him a winner.

MARATHON MAN

In New York City, the brother of an infamous Nazi war criminal is killed in a head on collision car accident.

Shortly thereafter, members of a covert US government group called "The Division" begin to be murdered one by one.

When the brother of one of the memebers of the Division sees his brother knifed to death, it is revealed that former SS dentist Szell, "the White Angel" of Auschwitz, is trying to get rid of others memebers to smuggle priceless diamonds from the United States.