List of sports films

Contents 1 American football 2 Athletics (track and field) 3 Australian Rules football 4 Auto racing 5 Baseball 5.1 Fiction 5.2 Non-fiction 6 Basketball 7 Bobsledding 8 Bowling 9 Bowls 10 Boxing 11 Cheerleading 12 Cricket 13 Cue Sports 14 Curling 15 Cycling 16 Dodgeball 17 Fencing 18 Field Hockey (women's) 19 Figure skating 20 Football (soccer) 21 Golf 22 Gymnastics 23 Handball 24 Horse racing 25 Ice hockey 26 Martial arts 27 Motorcycling 28 Powerboat racing 29 Rodeo 30 Roller derby 31 Rowing 32 Rugby 32.1 Rugby league 32.2 Rugby union 32.3 Wheelchair rugby 33 Sailing 34 Practical shooting 35 Skateboarding 36 Skiing 37 Skin Diving 38 Snowboarding 39 Ssireum 40 Sumo Wrestling 41 Surfing 42 Swimming 43 Table tennis 44 Tennis 45 Wrestling 46 Volleyball 47 See also 48 External links

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

American football

• The Freshman (1925)
• Horse Feathers (1932)
• Knute Rockne, All American (1940)
• That's My Boy (1951)
• 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 Bear (1984)
• Lucas (1986)
• The Best of Times (1986)
• Wildcats (1986)
• Johnny Be Good (1988)
• Everybody's All-American (1988)
• Necessary Roughness (1991)
• The Last Boy Scout (1991)
• School Ties (1992)
• The Program (1993)
• Rudy (1993)
• Little Giants (1994)
• Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story (made for television; 1994)
• Jerry Maguire (1996)
• Angels in the Endzone (1997)
• The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon (made for TV; 1998)
• The Waterboy (1998)
• Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998)
• Varsity Blues (1999)
• Any Given Sunday (1999)
• Fumbleheads (1999)
• Remember the Titans (2000)
• The Replacements (2000)
• Full Ride (2001)
• The Slaughter Rule (2002)
• The Junction Boys (2002)
• Hometown Legend (2002)
• The Second String (2002)
• Radio (2003)
• Friday Night Lights (2004)
• The Longest Yard (Remake) (2005)
• Two For the Money (2005)
• Invincible (2006)
• We Are Marshall (2006)
• Facing the Giants (2006)
• Gridiron Gang (2006)
• The Comebacks (2007)
• The Game Plan (film) (2007)
• Leatherheads (2007)
• The Express (2008)
• The Longshots (2008)

Athletics (track and field)

Title	Year	Genre		Notes
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner	1962
The World's Greatest Athlete	1973
The Jericho Mile	1979			made for TV
Running	1979		Marathon
Chariots of Fire	1981
Personal Best	1982
Running Brave	1983
Across the Tracks	1991
Higher Learning	1995
Prefontaine	1997
Without Limits	1998
Four Minutes	2005			made for TV
Saint Ralph	2005
Run Fatboy Run	2007	Romantic comedy	Marathon
The One Man Olympics	2008

Australian Rules football

Title	Year	Genre		Notes
The Club	1980	Comedy
Australian Rules	2002	Drama

Auto racing

N.b. excluding those featuring illegally run street races unless legitimate races are integral to the storyline.

Title	Year	Genre	Type	Notes
The Crowd Roars	1935
The Big Wheel	1935
Genevieve	1953
The Iron Maiden	1962
24 heures d'amant	1964		Sportscar racing
The Great Race	1965
Grand Prix	1966		Open wheel racing
Red Line 7000	1966
Fireball 500	1966
Spinout	1966
Hell On Wheels	1967
A Man and a Woman	1967
The Love Bug	1968
Speedway	1968
Winning	1969
Le Mans	1971		Sportscar racing
Weekend of a Champion	1971
The Last American Hero	1973
Herbie Rides Again	1974
Flåklypa Grand Prix	1975
Death Race 2000	1975
Bobby Deerfield	1977
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo	1977
The Quick and the Dead	1977
Heart Like a Wheel	1983		Drag racing
Stroker Ace	1983		Stock car racing
Dorf Goes Auto Racing	1990		Stock car racing
Days of Thunder	1990		Stock car racing
Thunderbolt	1995
The Love Bug	1997
Super Speedway	1997		Open wheel racing
Driven	2000		Open wheel racing
éX-Driver The Movie	2002
Michel Vaillant	2003		Sports car racing
NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	2004		Stock car racing
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story	2004		Stock car racing	made for TV
Dust to Glory	2005		Off-road racing
Herbie: Fully Loaded	2005
Cars	2006		Stock car racing
Chasing the Horizon	2006		Off-road racing
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	2006		Stock car racing
Dale	2007		Stock car racing
Ta Ra Rum Pum	2007		Stock car racing
Speed Racer	2008
Death Race	2008
Death Racers	2008
Truth in 24	2008	Documentary	Sportscar racing

Baseball

Fiction

• Fireman, Save My Child (1932)
• Elmer, the Great (1933)
• Alibi Ike (1935)
• It Happens Every Spring (1949)
• Take Me Out to the Ball Game (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)
• The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977)
• The Bad News Bears Go To Japan (1978)
• The Kid From Left Field (1979)
• Squeeze Play (1980)
• Blue Skies Again (1983)
• Tiger Town (1983)
• The Natural (1984)
• Brewster's Millions (1985)
• The Slugger's Wife (1985)
• Touch: Sebangō no Nai Ace (1986)
• Touch 2: Sayonara no Okurimono (1986)
• Touch 3: Kimi ga Tōri Sugita Ato ni (1987)
• Long Gone (made for television, 1987)
• Trading Hearts (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)
• Talent For The Game (1991)
• 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)
• BASEketball (1998)
• If the Sun Rises in the West (1998)
• Major League: Back to the Minors (1998)
• Touch: Miss Lonely Yesterday (1998)
• For Love of the Game (1999)
• Perfect Game (2000)
• Angels in the Infield (2000)
• Hardball (2001)
• Summer Catch (2001)
• Touch: Cross Road (2001)
• Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002)
• 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)
• Touch (2005)
• The Benchwarmers (2006)
• Everyone's Hero (2006)
• Beer League (2006)
• The Sandlot 3 (2007) — aka The Sandlot: Heading Home

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)
• The Pride of St. Louis (1952)
• Fear Strikes Out (1957)
• One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (1978)
• A Winner Never Quits (1986)
• Eight Men Out (1988)
• A League of Their Own (1992)
• The Babe (1992)
• Cobb (1994)
• Soul of the Game (1996)
• Joe Torre: Curveballs Along The Way (Made for TV) (1997)
• The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998)
• 61* (made for television, 2001)
• The Rookie (2002)
• Touching the Game-The Story of the Cape Cod Baseball League (2004)
• Hustle (made for television, 2004)
• American Pastime (2007)
• The Final Season (2007)
• Dummy Hoy: A Deaf Hero (2008) directed by David Risotto
• Signs of the Time (2008)

Basketball

• One on One (1977)
• Coach (1978)
• The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979)
• Teen Wolf (1985)
• Hoosiers (1986)
• The Pistol: Birth of a Legend (1991)
• White Men Can't Jump (1992)
• Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story (Made for TV) (1992)
• Blue Chips (1994)
• Hoop Dreams (documentary) (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)
• Air Bud (1997)
• The Sixth Man (1997)
• My Giant (1998)
• BASEketball (1998)
• He Got Game (1998)
• Love and Basketball (2000)
• Finding Forrester (2000)
• The Luck of the Irish (2001)
• "O" (2001)
• Juwanna Mann (2002)
• The Red Sneakers (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)
• Like Mike 2 (2006)
• Glory Road (2006)
• Home of the Giants (2007)
• Quantum Hoops (2007)
• Dribbles (2007)
• Semi-Pro (2008)

Bobsledding

• Cool Runnings (1993)

Bowling

• Strikes and Spares (1934)
• Dreamer (1979)
• Kingpin (1996)
• The Big Lebowski (1998)

Bowls

• Blackball (2003)

Boxing

• Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph (1894)
• Boxing Match; or, Glove Contest (1896)
• Battling Butler (1926)
• The Champ (1931)
• The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
• City For Conquest (1940)
• Body and Soul (1947)
• The Set-Up (1949)
• Champion (1949)
• The Square Ring (1952)
• On the Waterfront (1954)
• The Harder They Fall (1956)
• Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
• Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
• Ashita no Joe (1970)
• The Great White Hope (1970)
• Fat City (1972)
• Let's Do It Again (1975)
• Rocky (1976) (Won Best Picture Oscar)
• The Greatest (1977)
• The Champ (1979)
• Penitentiary (1979)
• Rocky II (1979)
• Raging Bull (1980)
• Ashita no Joe 2 (1981)
• Penitentiary II (1982)
• Rocky III (1982)
• Rocky IV (1985)
• Streets of Gold (1986)
• Teen Wolf Too (1987)
• Split Decisions (1988)
• Rocky V (1990)
• Diggstown (1992)
• Gladiator (1992)
• The Great White Hype (1996)
• When We Were Kings (1996 Documentary)
• The Boxer (1997)
• Play It to the Bone (1999)
• On the Ropes (1999)
• The Hurricane (1999)
• Girlfight (2000)
• Ali (2001)
• Carman: The Champion (2001)
• Undisputed (2002)
• Beautiful Boxer (2003)
• Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road (2003)
• Million Dollar Baby (2004)
• Against the Ropes (2004)
• Cinderella Man (2005)
• Rocky Balboa (2006)
• Apne (2006)
• Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006)
• Annapolis (2006)
• Jump In! (2007)
• Miracle on 1st Street (2007)
• Muay Thai Chaiya (2007)
• Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
• The Hammer (2007)

Cheerleading

• Cheerleader Queens (2003)
• Fired Up! (2009)
• Bring it On (2000)
• Bring It on Again (2004)
• Bring It On: All or Nothing (2006)
• Bring It On: In It to Win It (2007)
• Sugar And Spice (2003)

Cricket

• The Final Test (1953)
• Bodyline (Television Miniseries - 1984)
• Lagaan (2001)
• Wondrous Oblivion (2003)
• Iqbal (film) (2005)
• Hit for Six (2007)
• Chennai 600028 (2007)
• Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii (2007)
• Say Salaam India (2007)
• Hattrick (film) (2007)
• Victory (2009)

Cue Sports

• The Hustler (1961)
• The Color of Money (1986)
• Pool Hall Junkies (2002)

Curling

• Men with Brooms (2002)

Cycling

Title	Year	Genre		Notes
Onna Keirin-ō	1956		Keirin
A Sunday in Hell	1977		Road racing
Breaking Away	1979
BMX Bandits	1983		BMX racing
American Flyers	1985		Road racing
Rad	1986		BMX racing
Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar	1992
El Amateur	1999		Road racing
Road to Paris	2001	Documentary	Road racing
Cyclomania	2001		Road racing
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia	2003		Road racing
Triplets of Belleville	2003
Hell on Wheels	2005
Overcoming	2005	Documentary	Road racing
The Flying Scotsman	2006	Drama	Track Cycling
Klunkerz:A Film About Mountain Bikes	2006
Clorophilla	2006		Freeride
Bicycle Dreams	2009	Documentary	Road racing

Dodgeball

• Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)

Fencing

• By the Sword (1991)

Field Hockey (women's)

• Chak De India (2007)

Figure skating

• Ice Castles (1978)
• The Cutting Edge (1992)
• Ice Princess (2005)
• Go Figure (2005)
• The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold (2006)
• Blades of Glory (2007)
• The Cutting Edge 3: Chasing the Dream (2008)

Football (soccer)

• The Great Game (1930)
• The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939)
• Dhanni Meye (1971) - Bengali Movie
• Mohun Baganer Meye (1976) - Bengali Movie
• Yesterday's Hero (1979)
• Escape to Victory (1981)
• Gregory's Girl (1981)
• Hero (documentary) (1986)
• Ultrà (1991)
• Ladybugs (1992)
• The Big Green (1994)
• Fever Pitch (1996)
• When Saturday Comes (1996)
• Soccer Dog: The Movie (1999)
• Air Bud: World Pup (2000)
• There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (2000)
• Shaolin Soccer (2001)
• A Shot at Glory (2001)
• Mean Machine (2001)
• Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001)
• The Game of Their Lives (2002)
• Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
• The Miracle of Bern (2003)
• The Other Final (2003)
• Goal! (2005)
• Kicking & Screaming (2005)
• Pelé Forever (documentary, 2005)
• Real, The Movie (2005)
• Goal! 2 (2006)
• Offside (film) (2006)
• Once in a Lifetime (documentary) (2006)
• Gracie (2007)
• Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal (2007)
• Maradona by Kusturica (2008)
• Goal! 3 (2009)
• She's the Man - Voll mein Typ (2006)

Golf

• Follow the Sun (1951)
• Pat and Mike (1952)
• Caddyshack (1980)
• Caddyshack II (1988)
• Dead Solid Perfect (1988)
• The Man with the Perfect Swing (1995)
• Happy Gilmore (1996)
• Tin Cup (1996)
• The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
• A Gentleman's Game (2001)
• Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)
• The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)
• Who's Your Caddy? (2007)

Gymnastics

• Nadia (1984)
• Stick It (2006)
• Peaceful Warrior (2006)

Handball

• Forever the Moment (2008)

Horse racing

• The Derby (1895)
• A Day at the Races (1937)
• National Velvet (film) (1944)
• The Galloping Major (1951)
• Just My Luck (1957)
• International Velvet (1978)
• The Black Stallion (1979)
• Phar Lap (1983)
• The Black Stallion Returns (1983)
• Fire, Ice and Dynamite (1990)
• Hidalgo (2004)
• Seabiscuit (2003)
• The dreamer (2005)
• Racing Stripes (2005)
• Ruffian (2007)
• Race (film) (2008)
• The Boys Club (2010)

Ice hockey

• Slap Shot (1977)
• Strange Brew (1983)
• Youngblood (1986)
• The Mighty Ducks (1992)
• D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)
• Sudden Death (1995)
• D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996)
• Les Boys (1997)
• Mystery, Alaska (1999)
• MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000)
• Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice (2002)
• Miracle (2004)
• Maurice Richard aka The Rocket (2005)
• The Love Guru (2008)

Martial arts

Note: Films should not be listed here unless the sporting aspects of martial arts play a major part in the plot.

Title	Year	Genre		Notes
Sanshiro Sugata	1943		Jujutsu Judo
Sanshiro Sugata Part II	1943		Judo
The Karate Kid	1984		Karate
The Karate Kid, Part II	1986		Karate
No Retreat, No Surrender	1986
Bloodsport	1988
The Karate Kid, Part III	1989		Karate
Best of the Best	1989
Kickboxer	1989
Sidekicks	1992
Only the Strong	1993
The Next Karate Kid	1994		Karate
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie	1994
Mortal Kombat	1995
The Quest	1996
Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior	2003		Muay Thai
Redbelt	2007
Never Back Down	2008		MMA
Champions	2008		Wushu
Fighting	2009
Tekken	2009

Motorcycling

Title	Year	Genre	Type	Notes
No Limit	1936	Comedy	Road racing
On Any Sunday	1971	Documentary
Silver Dream Racer	1980	Drama	Road racing
Spetters	1980	Drama	Motocross
Space Riders	1984	Documentary	Road racing
The Dirtbike Kid	1985		Motocross
Winners Take All	1987		Motocross
All About Ah-Long	1989	Drama	Road racing
Motocrossed	2001		Motocross
Faster	2003	Documentary	Road racing
Motocross Kids	2004		Motocross
Dust to Glory	2005	Documentary	Off-road racing
Supercross	2005	Drama	Supercross
The World's Fastest Indian	2005	Drama	Land speed record

Powerboat racing

Title	Year	Genre	Type	Notes
Madison	2001	Drama	Hydroplane

Rodeo

• (1972) Junior Bonner
• (1980) Urban Cowboy
• (1980) Stir Crazy
• (1994) 8 Seconds
• (1994) The Cowboy Way
• (1998) Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack
• (2001) Cowboy Up

Roller derby

• (1972) Kansas City Bomber
• (1975) Rollerball
• (2002) Rollerball
• (2007) Hell On Wheels

Rowing

• (1984))Oxford Blues (rowing)
• (1995) True Blue (rowing)
• (2000) The Skulls (rowing)

Rugby

Rugby league

• The Final Winter (2007)
• Footy Legends (2006)
• This Sporting Life (1963)
• Up 'n' Under (1998)

Rugby union

• Sye (2004)
• Forever Strong (2007)
• Old Scores (1991)
• School Wars: Hero (2004)

Wheelchair rugby

• Murderball (documentary, 2005)

Sailing

Title	Year	Genre		Notes
Summer Rental	1985	Comedy
Wind	1992	Drama

Practical shooting

Title	Year	Genre		Notes
Double Tap	2000	Action

Skateboarding

• Street Dreams (2009)
• (2005) Lords of Dogtown
• (2003) Grind
• (2001) Dogtown and Z-Boys (documentary)
• (1989) Gleaming the Cube
• (1986) Thrashin'
• (1978) Skateboard: The Movie

Skiing

• Ski Patrol (1940)
• Downhill Racer (1969)
• Hot Dog... The Movie (1984)
• Fire and Ice (1986)
• Ski Patrol (1990)
• Ski School (1991)
• Aspen Extreme (1993)
• Ski School 2 (1995)
• Yearbook (2001)

Skin Diving

• (1988) The Big Blue

Snowboarding

• (2005) First Descent
• (2001) Out Cold

Ssireum

• Like a Virgin (2006)

Sumo Wrestling

• Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992) (Japan)
• Wakanohana monogatari dohyou no oni (1992 film) [1]
• Wakanohana monogatari dohyou no oni (1956 film)

Surfing

• (2008) Surfer Dude
• (2004) Riding Giants
• (2002) Blue Crush
• (1998) In God's Hands
• (1994) The Endless Summer 2
• (1993) Surf Ninjas
• (1991) Point Break
• (1987) Surf Nazis Must Die
• (1987) Back to the Beach
• (1987) North Shore (film)
• (1978) Big Wednesday
• (1964) The Endless Summer

Swimming

Title	Year	Genre		Notes
Koni	1986	Comedy		Bengali film based on Moti Nandi's nove
Waterboys	2001		Synchronised swimming
Pride	2007
The Girls Rebel Force of Competitive Swimmers	2007	Horror

Table tennis

• (2007) Balls of Fury
• (2002) Ping Pong

Tennis

Title	Year	Genre	Notes
The Break	1995
Wimbledon	2004	Drama
Tennis no Ōjisama - Futari no Samurai	2005
The Prince of Tennis	2006

Wrestling

• (2008) The Wrestler (pro wrestling)
• (2006) Reversal (amateur wrestling)
• (2006) Nacho Libre (pro wrestling)
• (2004) Rikidōzan
• (2000) Ready to Rumble (pro wrestling)
• (1999) Beyond The Mat (pro wrestling, documentary)
• (1989) No Holds Barred (pro wrestling)
• (1987) Body Slam (pro wrestling)
• (1987) Over the Top (arm wrestling)
• (1985) Grunt! The Wrestling Movie (pro wrestling)
• (1985) Vision Quest (amateur wrestling)
• (1978) Paradise Alley (pro wrestling)
• (1974) The Wrestler (pro wrestling)
• (1955) Rikidōzan monogatari dotō no otoko

Volleyball

• (2000) The Iron Ladies
• (2003) The Iron Ladies 2
• (2006) All You've Got
• (2003) Air Bud: Spikes Back
• (1990) Side Out

See also

• List of films based on sports books

External links

• Sports Movies Guide
• Hall of Fame for Movie Coaches

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