The 25 best sports films of all time

These films will inspire all outsider to become champion.


The best sporting events - those who really descend into history - have a story to support the exploits of athletics. Maybe it's the championship Between two competitors after an exhausting season. It may be a return story, or perhaps the battery of a legendary world record. Anyway, sports are better when there is a story. So, of course, they are a big subject for films since the films are Everything about the story . Whether they dramatize real events or be completely fictitious stories, sports films have talent so that your blood is pumping as if you were on the ground yourself. Read the rest to find out more on 25 of the best sports films never made, including boxing, baseball, football, basketball, race and more.

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The 25 best sports films in the history of cinema

1
The pride of the Yankees (1942)

Lou Gehrig Death of the SLA A year before the release of this 1942 biopic with Gary Cooper , which is a celebration of exploits and characters from the first player of Yankees out of the field as much as his achievements in the stadium. The pride of the Yankees The age shows, in particular compared to modern sports films, but it still deserves a place on this list - and not only for its historical importance.

2
Rocky (1976)

There are times in Rocky who transcended the winner of the best film of 1976. The scene of Sylvester Stallone's Rocky Balboa climbs on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art is so emblematic that it was immortalized with a real statue on these stages; Everyone knows the "Hey Adrian!" quote; And the music is on each pump reading list never made. And even Rocky As a film, it is much more than the sum of these beloved parts. This is the ultimate story of rags with the rich of a low level boxer who is fortunate to fight for the world heavyweight championship.

3
Furious bull (1980)

Of course, Martin Scorsese Would not only make a great sports film, but one of the greatest films of all time. Robert de Niro stars like Jake Lamotta In this brutal biopic (both in the ring and outside) which documents the rise and the fall of the medium weight boxer.

4
Fire carts (nineteen eighty one)

To tell the truth, Fire carts Peaks during its famous opening sequence in which academic students dressed in white cross a beach while Vangelis' Synthage score explodes. It is a catchy and famous scene for a good reason and it is difficult to overcome - even if the rest of the film, which follows two British athletes of very different horizons while they train for the 1924 Olympic Games , is a drama good enough for him to win the best film.

5
Hoosiers (1986)

Gene hackman plays a new coach trying to fill the big shoes of the basketball coach of an Indiana high school Hoosiers , a film that will not have come early in any discussion on the great sports films. Very vaguely inspired By the true history of the Indiana State Championship in Milan High School, Hoosiers is the type of film that will make you understand why people can get involved in high school sports.

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6
Bull Durham (1988)

Kevin Costner Stars in this 1988 baseball film, which is widely considered not only one of the best sports films of all time, but also one of the best Roma novels. Inspired by real writer / director experiences Ron Shelton Had with the Durham Bulls of the Minor League, the film follows the veteran of Costner as he tries to teach Tim Robbins' Recruit launcher what he should know to succeed. The action is not only on the diamond, however - another form plays a major role because a love triangle emerges with the pair and Susan Sarandon character.

7
Domaine des Rêves (1989)

For the second time in as many years, Kevin Costner plays in a baseball film, this time by playing a farmer who has a vision that he should build a baseball diamond in the middle of his cornfield. A beloved sports fairy tale, Domain of Dreams Perhaps a little disgusting for some, but if you can drop your barriers and embrace the serious emotions of the film, it's a home run.

8
A league apart (1992)

With most men who fight during the Second World War, it did not seem that there would be a lot of baseball ... until the training of the Professional Baseball League for American Girls. Penny Marshall The 1992 film tells a charming and fictitious story about the real sports league, with Geena Davis ,, Madonna ,, Lori Mesquin , And Rosie O'Donnell As players on Rockford peaches. This is the classic film that gave us the line "There are no crying in baseball!", Gracious Tom Hanks' Crotchety Manager, Jimmy Dugan.

9
Sand (1993)

Many major sports films relate to the big leagues - otherwise are not at the Olympic level, then at least professional sports. Sand , a 1993 film which has become a bit of a classic cult for millennials, hardly concerns the majors, but which is always a great home run when it comes to capturing what sports are. The film focuses on a group of children in the 60s who play baseball in their neighborhood, and the new kid, "Smalls", who comes out of his shell when he makes friends on the diamond.

10
Without limits (1998)

Billy Crudup stars like Steve Prefontaine , the legendary American distance runner whose talent and conduct to be won have broken several records and helped to revolutionize athletics in the 1970s. Films on athletics are rare, but Without limits , what co-stars Donald Sutherland As a coach and future co-founder of Nike Bill Bowerman , rightly tells the story of one of the largest running figures. ( Prefontious , a different film on him which was released a year earlier and played Jared Leto , it's not bad but Without limits is the best of both.)

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11
Remember Titans (2000)

Are some aspects of Remember Titans A little Hokey and his parable of the racial dynamics a little too pink? Perhaps, but that is almost part of the charm of this 2000 football film, which tells the story of a real high school team integrated at the time of civil rights. Denzel Washington Play the coach in a sports biopic of well-being easy to love and difficult not to love.

12
Shaolin football (2001)

Sports, comedy and martial arts meet in this 2001 Chinese film on a Shaolin monk who decides to apply his Kung-Fu skills to football, as well as his five brothers. Shaolin football is a gloriously absurd film. Would real sports be better if the players had superpowers? This film suggests yes.

13
Play it like Beckham (2002)

Amongnder Nagra And Keira Knightley Play in this absolutely charming 2002 dramatic comedy on two young English women who want to become professional football players (it's football, for those of us in the United States). The character of Nagra is a British Indian Sikh Punjabi whose parents do not necessarily approve of this choice of life, making Play it like Beckham A nice film to go to adulthood too.

14
Abebiscuits (2003)

The drama of this nomine for the best image of 2003 is a bit pasty, but the race sequences are exceptionally clear and exciting. Tobey Maguire Jouance like a jockey in this equine biopic on Seaiscuit, a racing horse whose success of the oppressed in the 1930s did it, its rider, coach and owner, all the sensations.

15
Miracle (2004)

The United States hockey team, the improbable upheaval of the Soviet Union at the 1980 winter Olympic Games, is one of the most famous events in the history of sport. So maybe the real "miracle" in this 2004 film is that you are still on the verge of your seat, all the time of execution, even if the result is famous. Kurt Russell Stars as head coach Herb Brooks And a group of real hockey players was thrown to play the team members, adding a crucial likelihood to their exploits on the ice. (They ended up being good enough to act too!)

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16
Speed ​​runner (2008)

Just because Speed ​​runner , The Wachowskis adaptation of the old anime, concerns a type of rampant caricatural and dynamic does not mean that it is not a sporting film. It is actually the most Sports film of all time because of the way everything is additional. Speed ​​runner is a triumph, starring a bizarre action and exaggerated effects which are all anchored by a seriously emotional intrigue.

17
Money (2011)

Two points Money ,, Brad Pitt Character, Oakland athletics director Billy Beane , ask "How can you not be romantic on baseball?" With a film like Money , it is impossible not to be. The film, which follows AS throughout their record season of 2002 in the middle of Bean's backstage management, which helped to reinvent the game, is constantly reconstitutable success. It is an almost perfect sporting film despite being more focused on what is going on off the field than on it.

18
Rushing (2013)

Chris Hemsworth And Daniel Brühl Star as Formula 1 drivers James Hunt And Niki Lauda , respectively, in this 2013 film on the rivalry of the pair. Hunt, a charismatic and confident British runner, is the polar opposite of Lauda more reserved and calculating, an Austrian. The differences in their behavior and their approach to sport lead their rivalries and dictate the dangerous lengths they are ready to win.

19
Foxcatcher (2014)

A real crime film as much as it is a sporting film, Foxcatcher dramatizes the passionate of millionaire wrestling John Du Pont Try to create a world -class wrestling team. It ends with a tragedy when Egos, jealousy and madness lead to murder. Steve Carell , in one of his non -comic first roles after leaving Office , obtained an nomination for the Oscars for its role as a bridge, just like Mark Ruffalo , who plays one of the two brothers of the bridge recruited for his program. Channing Tatum Complete the casting.

20
Creed (2015)

THE Rocky The consequences are fun and not without their charms, but they are not up to the standards of the original film, which has a serious drama and an impressive cinema to accompany the exploits of the ring. Creed , which came out almost 40 years after Rocky And almost a decade after the previous film of the franchise, lives up to the heritage of the original. Directed by Ryan Coogler , he features Michael B. Jordan As the son of Apollo Creed, who is older and sick from Rocky takes under his wing. These are moving things, and it also happens to have some incredibly exciting boxing sequences.

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21
Me, Tonya (2017)

Margot Robbie Stars in this 2017 biopic on Tonya Harding , the artistic skater whose power and talent on ice have been overshadowed by her personal life and the infamous assault of her rival, Nancy Kerrigan . Robbie, who was nominated for the best actress for her role in the dark and comic film, is exceptional in the game, making you sympathetic and disappointed by Harding in an equal measure. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

22
King Richard (2021)

Unfortunately, King Richard The inheritance will always be tarnished by the fact that Will Smith slap Chris Rock Opposite on live television MTUs before accepting an Oscar for best actor for his leading role in this 2021 biopic. It is really a shame, because the actor is sincerely large as Richard Williams , the father and determined coach of Venus And Serena . It is a delicate role, because Williams was a complex character, but Smith makes you understand his eccentricities and believe in the underlying love for the pressure that Williams exerted on his daughters.

23
The first slam dunk (2022)

Animated sports films are relatively rare, but The first slam dunk , an anime adaptation in 2022 of a series of manga from the 90s, is an excellent recent example. The film follows a Japanese high school basketball team in a consecutive match, with many flashbacks that expand the different characters and reveal how they came to this point. The film was a success, becoming the Sixth anime film the biggest of all time .

24
The iron label (2023)

Surprisingly closed to the Oscars, A24 The iron label told the tragic story of the Von Erich wrestling family. (Seriously, it is difficult to emphasize how tragic it becomes.) ZAC Efron ,, Jeremy Allen White ,, Harris Dickinson , And Holt McCallany star. Efron, in particular, offers an Oscar caliber performance for this film on the dark side of sports.

25
Challenge (2024)

This is the relationship between Challenge 'Three main characters, it is really the object of Luca Guadagnino Buzzy 2024 film, not tennis. Sport is exactly how competitors have played by Zendaya ,, Josh O'Connor , And Mike Faitt Express themselves, developing their love triangle on the ground. Tennis sequences in Challenge - especially the final match - is so propulsive, supported by Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross' Incredible techno score, that the film is one of the most exhilarating in the modern era.


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