One Day in September (1999), Bigger, Stronger, Faster (2008), Watermarks (2004), Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949), Children of Glory (2006), Sugar (2008), College (1927), The Game of Their Lives (2003) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Sports movies.
Storyline: Filmmaker Kevin MacDonald documents terrorism against Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Narrated by Michael Douglas.
Plot Keywords: documentary, olympics, terrorism, hostage, political, historical, tragedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This documentary presents the pervasive use of steroids in sports as an indication of the American obsession with winning at all costs. The Bell brothers have been sucked into the world of performance-enhancing drugs, thinking this is their ticket to realizing the American dream. Interviews with politicians, doctors, bodybuilders and coaches raise the question: Do the ends really justify the means? Because in the mad dash to win, an entire culture may be poised to lose.
Plot Keywords: documentary, sports, usa, family, brothers, health, ethics ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Taking its name from the Hebrew word for strength, the Hakoah Vienna sports club produced a host of talented female swimmers, who thrived in opposition to anti-Semitic trends that began to color Austrian society in the early 20th century. The club was a casualty of Hitler's rise to power in the 1930s, but several of the women who were team members went on to live long, colorful lives. Now senior citizens, they're reunited in this documentary about sports, survival and bravery.
Plot Keywords: documentary, jewish, holocaust, history, women, sports, austria ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Despite being key players for the Wolves, baseball players Dennis Ryan (Frank Sinatra) and Eddie O'Brien (Gene Kelly) harbor a passion for vaudeville. When a local gambler (Edward Arnold) puts a lot of money on the Wolves to lose a big game, he tries to win the bet by offering Eddie the lead role in a newly produced show. Though Eddie is tempted to accept, he risks incurring the wrath of both Dennis and the team's owner (Esther Williams), who just happens to be his girlfriend.
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, song and dance, romance, classic hollywood, buddy film, sports ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: During the 1956 Olympic games the Hungarian and Russian water-polo teams face off.
Plot Keywords: history, war, revolution, political, romance, drama, sports ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Like many young men in the Dominican Republic, 19-year-old Miguel "Sugar" Santos (Algenis Perez Soto) dreams of winning a slot on an American baseball team. Indeed, his talents as a pitcher eventually land him a slot on a single-A team in Iowa, but culture shock, racism and other curveballs threaten to turn Sugar's dream sour.
Plot Keywords: sports, dreams, immigration, cultural conflict, struggle, coming of age, independent film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: To impress his sweetheart (Anne Cornwall), a bookworm (Buster Keaton) goes out for baseball and crew.
Plot Keywords: comedy, silent film, campus, sports, youth, slapstick, american film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: At the 1966 World Cup, outclassed North Korea secured a surprise victory over European favorite Italy, leading to the first-ever quarterfinal appearance by an Asian team. British director Daniel Gordon gains uncustomary access from the isolated North Korean government to interview that team's surviving members. Using their first-hand accounts, he tells the story of an underdog team whose passion for the game and cult-like adoration of their nation's leader led to the victory of a lifetime.
Plot Keywords: soccer, history, true story, sports, inspirational, teamwork, victory ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A young English woman and a soccer-playing German POW overcome prejudice, public hostility and personal tragedy near the end of World War II.
Plot Keywords: war, football, romance, true story, history, world war ii, germany ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Two strangers (Leonardo Sbaraglia, María Valverde) struggle to survive as a sniper pursues them through the wilderness.
Plot Keywords: animation, comedy, family, adventure, fantasy, children, coming of age ...
Movie Details Click Here !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: The documentary follows The Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse Team on the road as they compete in the 2015 World Box Lacrosse Championships. For the first time ever, the Championship Games were held on an Indian Reservation, in Onondaga in upstate New York, the Capitol of the Iroquois Confederacy.—Chris Brewster
Plot Keywords: documentary, sports, cultural heritage, national pride, history, tradition, competition ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Cliff (Andre Noble) receives an unusual 18th birthday gift from his younger sister -- marijuana, alcohol, a subway token and the mission to lose his virginity. This results in Cliff meeting a young street hustler named Butch (Brendan Fehr). At first, as Butch introduces Cliff to gay street life in Toronto, Cliff is excited by his new relationship. But as the two grow closer, he finds that Butch has problems, including drug addiction, that are cause for serious concern.
Plot Keywords: drama, sports, independent film, american film, coming of age, immigration, cultural conflict ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The intense rivalry between American heavyweight boxers Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier is examined in this documentary. Smarting from his earlier defeat by Frazier, Ali fueled a bitter feud in the media, leading up to 1975's "Thrilla in Manila," the much-hyped Philippines-set rematch of the two titans. The film depicts the landmark fight, which lasted 14 rounds, and also reveals what was happening outside of the ring as Ali and Frazier relentlessly pummeled each other.
Plot Keywords: action, thriller, documentary, boxing, sports, history, biography ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Interviews, archival footage and photographs help illustrate a biography of the life of former boxer Mike Tyson, in and out of the ring.
Plot Keywords: biography, documentary, boxing, sports, personal history, interview, true story ...
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