List of sports films
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This is a list of films about sports.
American Football
- The Freshman (1925)
- Horse Feathers (1932)
- Knute Rockne, All American (1940)
- Paper Lion (1968)
- Brian's Song (made for TV;) (1971)
- The Longest Yard (1974)
- Gus (1976)
- Semi-Tough (1977)
- Heaven Can Wait (1978)
- North Dallas Forty (1979)
- All the Right Moves (1983)
- The Best of Times (1986)
- Wildcats (1986)
- Johnny Be Good (1988)
- Everybody's All-American (1988)
- Necessary Roughness (1991)
- The Last Boy Scout (1991)
- The Program (1993)
- Rudy (1993)
- Little Giants (1994)
- (made for TV;) (1994)
- Jerry Maguire (1996)
- Angels in the Endzone (1997)
- The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon (1998)
- The Waterboy (1998)
- Varsity Blues (1999)
- Any Given Sunday (1999)
- Fumbleheads (1999)
- Remember the Titans (2000)
- The Replacements (2000)
- (2001)
- The Junction Boys (2002)
- (2002)
- (2002)
- Radio (2003)
- Friday Night Lights (2004)
- The Longest Yard (2005)
- (2005)
- Invincible (2006)
- We Are Marshall (2006)
- Gridiron Gang (2006)
- The Comebacks (2007)
Athletics (track and field)
- Chariots of Fire (1981)
- Four Minutes (2005; made for TV)
- (1979; made for TV)
- The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
- Personal Best (1982)
- Prefontaine (1997)
- (1984)
- Without Limits (1998)
- The World's Greatest Athlete (1973)
Australian Rules football
- Australian Rules (2002)
- The Club (1980)
Auto racing
- 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story (2004; made for TV)
- Days of Thunder (1990)
- Driven (2000)
- Flåklypa Grand Prix (1975)
- Grand Prix (1966)
- Heart Like a Wheel (1983)
- The Last American Hero (1973)
- Le Mans (1971)
- Michel Vaillant (2003)
- (2004)
- Red Line 7000 (1966)
- Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
- Winning (1969)
- Cars (2006)
Baseball
Fiction
- (1932)
- (1933)
- Alibi Ike (1935)
- It Happens Every Spring (1949)
- (1949)
- Angels in the Outfield (1951)
- Rhubarb (1951)
- Damn Yankees (1958)
- Safe At Home (1962)
- Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) — remake of a 1956 television production
- The Bad News Bears (1976)
- The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
- (1977)
- The Bad News Bears Go To Japan (1978)
- (1979)
- (1980)
- (1983)
- Tiger Town (1983)
- The Natural (1984)
- Brewster's Millions (1985)
- (1985)
- (made for television, 1987)
- (1987)
- Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
- Bull Durham (1988)
- Stealing Home (1988)
- Field of Dreams (1989)
- Major League (1989)
- Night Game (1989)
- Mr. Destiny (1990)
- Pastime (1991)
- (1991)
- The Babe (1992)
- The Comrades of Summer (1992)
- Mr. Baseball (1992)
- Rookie of the Year (1993)
- The Sandlot (1993)
- Angels in the Outfield (1994 remake)
- Little Big League (1994)
- Major League II (1994)
- The Scout (1994)
- Ed (1996)
- The Fan (1996)
- (1998)
- For Love of the Game (1999)
- Perfect Game (2000)
- Angels in the Infield (2000)
- Hardball (2001)
- Summer Catch (2001)
- Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch
- Bleacher Bums (2002)
- Day of Independence (2003)
- Mickey (2004)
- Mr. 3000 (2004)
- Fever Pitch (2005)
- Game 6 (2005)
- Bad News Bears (2005) - remake of 1976 original
- The Sandlot 2 (2005)
- The Benchwarmers (2006)
- Chasing 3000 (2006)
- Everyone's Hero (2006)
Non-fiction
- The Ball Game (1898)
- The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
- The Babe Ruth Story (1948)
- The Stratton Story (1949)
- The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
- The Winning Team (1952)
- (1952)
- Fear Strikes Out (1957)
- (1986)
- Eight Men Out (1988)
- A League of Their Own (1992)
- The Babe (1992)
- Cobb (1994)
- Soul of the Game (1996)
- 61* (made for television, 2001)
- The Rookie (2002)
- (2004)
- Hustle (made for television, 2004)
- American Pastime (2007)
Basketball
- The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979)
- Teen Wolf (1985)
- Hoosiers (1986)
- (1991)
- White Men Can't Jump (1992)
- Blue Chips (1994)
- Hoop Dreams (1994)
- Above The Rim (1994)
- The Air Up There (1994)
- The Basketball Diaries (1995)
- Forget Paris (1995)
- Slam Dunk Ernest (1995)
- Space Jam (1996)
- Eddie (1996)
- Celtic Pride (1996)
- Sunset Park (1996)
- Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault (1996)
- (2006)
- The Sixth Man (1997)
- My Giant (1998)
- BASEketball (1998)
- He Got Game (1998)
- Love and Basketball (2000)
- Finding Forrester (2000)
- Juwanna Mann (2002)
- (2002)
- Like Mike (2002)
- A Season on the Brink (made for TV) (2002)
- The Year of the Yao (documentary) (2005)
- Rebound (2005)
- Coach Carter (2005)
- Crossover (2006)
- (2006)
- Glory Road (2006)
- Home of the Giants (2007)
"One on One" (1977)
Bobsledding
- Cool Runnings (1993)
Boxing
- Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph (1894)
- The Champ (1931)
- (1940)
- Body And Soul (1947)
- The Set-Up (1949)
- Champion (1949)
- (1952)
- On the Waterfront (1954)
- The Harder They Fall (1956)
- Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
- Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
- The Great White Hope (1970)
- Fat City (1972)
- Rocky (1976) (Won Best Picture oscar)
- The Greatest (1977)
- Rocky II (1979)
- Raging Bull (1980)
- Rocky III (1982)
- Rocky IV (1985)
- Teen Wolf Too (1987)
- (1988)
- Rocky V (1990)
- Diggstown (1992)
- Gladiator (1992)
- The Great White Hype (1996)
- When We Were Kings (1996 Documentary)
- The Boxer (1997)
- (1999)
- (1999)
- The Hurricane (1999)
- Girlfight (2000)
- Ali (2001)
- (2001)
- Undisputed (2002)
- Beautiful Boxer (2003)
- Million Dollar Baby (2004)
- Against the Ropes (2004)
- Cinderella Man (2005)
- Rocky Balboa (2006)
- Jump In! (2007)
- Miracle on 1st Street (2007)
- Muay Thai Chaiya (2007)
Cricket
- Chennai 600028 (2007)
- Wondrous Oblivion (2003)
- Lagaan (2001)
- (1984)
Curling
- Men with Brooms (2002)
Cycling
- American Flyers (1985)
- Breaking Away (1979)
- Hell on Wheels (2005)
- Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992)
- Triplets of Belleville (2003)
Fencing
Figure Skating
- Ice Castles
- Ice Princess
- The Cutting Edge
- The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold
- Blades of Glory (2007)
Football (soccer)
- (1991)
- Bend It Like Beckham
- The Big Green
- Escape to Victory
- The Game of Their Lives
- Goal! (2005)
- Goal! 2 (2006)
- Mean Machine (2001)
- The Miracle of Bern
- The Other Final
- Shaolin Soccer
- When Saturday Comes
- Once in a Lifetime (documentary) (2006)
- Kicking & Screaming (2005)
- (documentary) (2005)
- Real, The Movie (2005)
- Fever Pitch (1996)
- Ladybugs (1992)
- Hero (documentary) (1986)
- Yesterday's Hero (1979)
- The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939)
- The Great Game (1930)
Golf
- Pat and Mike (1952)
- Caddyshack (1980)
- Caddyshack II (1988)
- Happy Gilmore (1996)
- Tin Cup (1996)
- The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
- Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)
- The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)
Horse racing
- The Black Stallion (1979)
- The Derby (1895)
- Hidalgo
- International Velvet (1978)
- National Velvet
- Phar Lap (1983)
- Racing Stripes (2005)
- Seabiscuit (2003)
Ice hockey
- Slap Shot (1977)
- Youngblood (1986)
- The Mighty Ducks (1992)
- (1994)
- Sudden Death (1995)
- (1996)
- Les Boys (1997)
- Mystery, Alaska (1999)
- Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice (2002)
- Miracle (2004)
- Maurice Richard aka The Rocket (2005)
Judo
- Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
- (2004)
Martial arts
Note: Films should not be listed here unless the sporting aspects of martial arts play a major part in the plot.
- (1994) The Next Karate Kid
- (1992) Sidekicks
- (1989) The Karate Kid, Part III
- (1986) The Karate Kid, Part II
- (1984) The Karate Kid
- (1989) Kickboxer
- (1988) Bloodsport
- (1989) Best of the Best
Motocross
- (1980) Spetters
Rodeo
- (1994) 8 Seconds
Running
- (1998) Without Limits
- (1997) Prefontaine
- (1981) Chariots of Fire
- (19??)
Roller derby
- Hell on Wheels (as at 2006 post-production)
- (1972)
Rowing
- (2000) The Skulls (rowing)
- (1995) True Blue (rowing)
Rugby league
- This Sporting Life (1963)
- Up n Under (1998)
- Footy Legends (2006)
Rugby union
- Coming Out
- (2007) Forever Strong
Sailing
- (1992) Wind (sailing)
Skateboarding
- (2005) Lords of Dogtown
- (2003) Grind
- (2001) Dogtown and Z-Boys (documentary)
- (1989) Gleaming the Cube
Skiing
Skin Diving
- (1988) The Big Blue
Snowboarding
- (2005) First Descent (snowboarding)
Ssireum
- Like a Virgin (2006)
Sumo Wrestling
- (Japan)
Supercross
- (2005) Supercross (film)
Surfing
- (2004) Riding Giants
- (2002) Blue Crush
- (1994) The Endless Summer 2
- (1991) Point Break
- (1978) Big Wednesday
- (1964) The Endless Summer
Swimming
- (2007) Pride
Table tennis
- (2007) Balls of Fury
- (2002) Ping Pong
Tennis
- (2004) Wimbledon (tennis)
- (1995) (tennis)
Track and Field
- (1982) Personal Best
Ultimate Frisbee
- (2004) Stacked
- (2002) (documentary)
- (2000) Above and Beyond
Wheelchair Rugby
- (2005) Murderball (wheelchair rugby; documentary)
Wrestling
- (2006) Nacho Libre (pro wrestling)
- (2000) Ready to Rumble (pro wrestling)
- (1999) Beyond The Mat (pro wrestling)
- (1989) No Holds Barred (pro wrestling)
- (1987) (pro wrestling)
- (1987) Over the Top (arm wrestling)
- (1985) (pro wrestling)
- (1985) Vision Quest (amateur wrestling)
- (1973) The Wrestler (pro wrestling)
Volleyball
- The Iron Ladies
- (2006) All You've Got
- (2003) Air Bud: Spikes Back
- (1990) Sideout