The Stratton Story (1949), Dangal Yuddham (2016), Paan Singh Tomar (2012), Any One of Us (2019), Diego Maradona (2019), The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1999), Gentleman Jim (1942), Dan Carter: A Perfect 10 (2019) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Athlete movies.
Storyline: Inspired by his wife (June Allyson) and son, Chicago White Soxer Monty Stratton (James Stewart) pitches with an artificial leg.
Plot Keywords: biography, sports, inspirational, drama, true story, usa, 1940s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Biopic of Mahavir Singh Phogat, who taught wrestling to his daughters Babita Kumari and Geeta Phogat. Geeta Phogat was India's first female wrestler to win at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, where she won the gold medal (55 kg) while her sister Babita Kumari won the silver (51 kg).—Dibyayan_Chakravorty
Plot Keywords: action, drama, sports, biography, indian cinema, wrestling, family ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Paan Singh Tomar is a Hindi-language film, based on the true story of a runner employed by the Army and has won Gold medal at Indian National Games but forced to become notorious baaghi. It is directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia.
Plot Keywords: biography, sports, crime, drama, true story, indian cinema, athlete ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An unprecedented glimpse into the world of spinal cord injuries.
Plot Keywords: documentary, disability, rehabilitation, inspirational, true story, healthcare, overcoming adversity ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage, this documentary centers on the career of celebrated football player Diego Maradona, who played for S.S.C. Napoli in the 1980s.
Plot Keywords: biography, documentary, sports, football, argentina, legend, athlete ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The story of Baseball Hall-of-Famer Hank Greenberg is told through archival film footage and interviews with Jewish and non-Jewish fans, his former teammates, his friends, and his family. As a great first baseman with the Detroit Tigers, Greenberg endured antisemitism and became a hero and source of inspiration throughout the Jewish community, not incidentally leading the Tigers to Major League dominance in the 1930s.—George S. Davis <mgeorges@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: documentary, sports, biography, history, jewish culture, america, athlete ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Because boxing is a considered an illegal and disreputable enterprise in 1880's San Francisco, wealthy and influential members of the prestigious Olympic Club vow to make the sport a "gentlemanly" one. They sponsor a brash, extroverted young bank clerk named Jim Corbett, who quickly becomes an accomplished fighter under the new Marquis of Queensbury Rules. Despite his success, the young Irish-American's social pretensions and boastful manner soon estrange him from his benefactors, who plot to give their conceited former protégé a well-deserved comeuppance. Despite this, his dazzlingly innovative footwork helps him to beat a succession of bigger and stronger men, and he finally finds himself fighting for the world's championship against his childhood idol, John L. Sullivan.—duke1029
Plot Keywords: biography, sports, boxing, historical, drama, inspirational, american ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: All Blacks great Dan Carter has revealed that an "intimate" film about his personal life and his "challenging road" towards the 2015 Rugby. He's fallen in love with an impossible reach, a few thousand km away, and circumstances aren't making it any more possible.
Plot Keywords: sports documentary, biography, new zealand, athlete, career, legend, inspirational ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After 17 years as a recognized and respected sports journalist in New York City, Eddie Willis finds himself out of a job when his newspaper folds. He's approached by a major fight promoter, Nick Benko, to act as a public relations man for his new heavyweight fighter Toro Moreno. Eddie knows the how the fight game works and after watching Toro in the ring, realizes Toro is nothing but a stiff who has no hope of succeeding. Benko offers him a sizable salary and an unlimited expense account and given his financial situation, he agrees. Benko's strategy to make money is one that has been used time again. Starting in California and moving east, they arrange a series of fights for Toro with stiffs and has-beens. All of the fights are rigged to build up his record and get him a fight with the heavyweight champion, Buddy Brannen, where they will make a sizable profit at the gate. Along the way, one boxer gets killed in the ring and Eddie begins to have serious doubts about what he is doing.—garykmcd
Plot Keywords: boxing, corruption, sports, crime, film noir, investigation, journalism ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This biopic focuses on the relationship of Ernie Davis (1939-1963), a gifted African-American athlete, and his coach from 1958 to 1962 at Syracuse University, Ben Schwartzwalder (1909-1993). Schwartzwalder recruits Davis with the help of All-American running back, Jim Brown. The civil rights movement is gaining steam; Davis experiences prejudice on campus, in town, and on the field, sometimes from teammates. How he handles it and how he challenges Schwartzwalder to stand up for his players provide a counterpoint to several great seasons that lead first to a national championship and then to the Heismann Trophy.
Plot Keywords: sports, biography, inspirational, race, discrimination, american football, athlete ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After growing up poor and disenfranchised in the countryside, Kim Deuk-gu (Yu Oh-seong) decides to take a chance at becoming a successful boxer. He moves to Seoul, South Korea, trains relentlessly and even ingests an unusual diet that includes ginseng to maximize his potential. During his ascent to the top of the boxing ranks, Kim, who also becomes a populist hero, enters into a relationship with lovely Lee Kyeong-mi (Chae Min-seo). However, their differing personalities create some problems.
Plot Keywords: sports, boxing, inspirational, true story, korean movie, athlete, struggle ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The film follows the life of famous 1970s runner Steve Prefontaine from his youth days in Oregon to the University of Oregon where he worked with the legendary coach Bill Bowerman, later to Olympics in Munich and his early death at 24 in a car crash.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: biography, sports, running, olympics, inspirational, true story, usa ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The inspirational true story of Brian Banks (Aldis Hodge), an All-American high school football star committed to USC who finds his life upended when he is wrongly convicted of a crime he didn't commit. Despite lack of evidence, Banks is railroaded through a broken justice system and sentenced to a decade of prison and probation. Years later, with the support of Justin Brooks (Greg Kinnear) and the California Innocence Project, Banks fights to reclaim his life and fulfill his dreams of playing in the NFL.—Bleecker Street
Plot Keywords: biography, drama, true story, inspirational, justice system, wrongful conviction, usa ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The Flying Scotsman is a feature film based on the remarkable true story of Scottish cyclist Graeme Obree. In 1993, and as an unemployed amateur, Obree broke the world one-hour record on a bike of his own revolutionary design, which he constructed out of scrap metal and parts of a washing machine.—Sharon Howat
Plot Keywords: sports film, biography, based on true story, cycling, scotland, inspirational, athlete ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Krishna (Nakul) is a good basketball player in Trichy. During a game an accident takes place and his best buddy Shiva (Krishna) dies. To get away from the past, Krishna leaves Trichy and moves to a Chennai college. He finds that cricket is the most favored game and given undue advantage in the college sports curriculum. Slowly, due to circumstances mainly due to the villainous cricket captain (Siddharth Jonnalagadda) he starts basketball team in college. How Krishna's determination and fierce dedication to triumph at all cost forms the rest of the story. He even wins over the rich heroine (Mridula) from the villainous cricket captain.—Ashok Kumar
Plot Keywords: sports drama, cricket, underdog story, teamwork, rivalry, inspirational, determination ...
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