Top 100 Sports Movies List

#40 Sports Movie

Dogtown and Z-boys (2001)

Documentary about the pioneering 1970s Zephyr skating team.

Director:

Stacy Peralta

Writers:

Stacy Peralta

Stars:

Sean Penn, Jay Adams, Tony Alva

#39 Sports Movie

Goon (2011) R

Labeled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing misfits to semi-pro hockey glory, beating the crap out of everything that stands in his way.

Director:

Michael Dowse

Writers:

Jay Baruchel, Evan Goldberg

Stars:

Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Alison Pill

#38 Sports Movie

Two for the Money (2005) R

After suffering a career-ending injury, a former college football star aligns himself with one of the most renowned touts in the sports-gambling business.

Director:

D.J. Caruso

Writers:

Dan Gilroy

Stars:

Matthew McConaughey, Al Pacino, Rene Russo

#37 Sports Movie

For Love of the Game (1999) PG-13

A washed up pitcher flashes through his career.

Director:

Sam Raimi

Writers:

Michael Shaara, Dana Stevens

Stars:

Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly

#36 Sports Movie

Bend It Like Beckham (2002) PG-13

The daughter of orthodox Sikh rebels against her parents' traditionalism and joins a football team (soccer in America).

Director:

Gurinder Chadha

Writers:

Gurinder Chadha, Guljit Bindra

Stars:

Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers

#35 Sports Movie

Gridiron Gang (2006) PG-13

Teenagers at a juvenile detention center, under the leadership of their counselor, gain self-esteem by playing football together.

Director:

Phil Joanou

Writers:

Jeff Maguire, Jac Flanders

Stars:

Dwayne Johnson, Xzibit, L. Scott Caldwell

#34 Sports Movie

The Hurricane (1999) R

The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

Director:

Norman Jewison

Writers:

Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, Sam Chaiton

Stars:

Denzel Washington, Vicellous Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger

#33 Sports Movie

Jerry Maguire (1996) R

When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent with the only athlete who stays with him.

Director:

Cameron Crowe

Writers:

Cameron Crowe

Stars:

Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renée Zellweger

#32 Sports Movie

Tin Cup (1996) R

A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.

Director:

Ron Shelton

Writers:

John Norville, Ron Shelton

Stars:

Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Don Johnson

#31 Sports Movie

The Basketball Diaries (1995) R

A teenager finds his dreams of becoming a basketball star threatened after he free falls into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

Director:

Scott Kalvert

Writers:

Jim Carroll, Bryan Goluboff

Stars:

Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, Marilyn Sokol

#30 Sports Movie

The Endless Summer (1966) PG

The crown jewel to ten years of Bruce Brown surfing documentaries. Brown follows two young surfers around the world in search of the perfect wave, and ends up finding quite a few in addition to some colorful local characters.

Director:

Bruce Brown

Writers:

Bruce Brown

Stars:

Robert August, Michael Hynson, Lord James Blears

#29 Sports Movie

Field of Dreams (1989) PG

An Iowa corn farmer, hearing voices, interprets them as a command to build a baseball diamond in his fields; he does, and the Chicago White Sox come.

Director:

Phil Alden Robinson

Writers:

W.P. Kinsella, Phil Alden Robinson

Stars:

Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta

#28 Sports Movie

Ali (2001) R

A biography of sports legend Muhammad Ali, focusing on his triumphs and controversies between 1964 and 1974.

Director:

Michael Mann

Writers:

Gregory Allen Howard, Stephen J. Rivele

Stars:

Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight

#27 Sports Movie

Foxcatcher (2014) R

Mark and Dave Schultz, U.S. Olympic Wrestling champions, join Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - but John's emotional self-destruction threatens to consume them all.

Director:

Bennett Miller

Writers:

E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman

Stars:

Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo

#26 Sports Movie

McFarland, USA (2015) PG

Jim White moves his family after losing his last job as a football coach. He sees that some of the students are worth starting a cross-country team and turns seven students with no hope into one of the best cross-country teams.

Director:

Niki Caro

Writers:

Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois

Stars:

Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Ramiro Rodriguez

#25 Sports Movie

Creed (2015) PG-13

The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.

Director:

Ryan Coogler

Writers:

Ryan Coogler, Aaron Covington

Stars:

Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson

#24 Sports Movie

White Men Can't Jump (2000) R

Black and white basketball hustlers join forces to double their chances.

Director:

Ron Shelton

Writers:

Ron Shelton

Stars:

Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Rosie Perez

#23 Sports Movie

Looking for Eric (2009)

Eric, a football fanatic postman whose life is descending into crisis, receives some life coaching from the famously philosophical Eric Cantona.

Director:

Ken Loach

Writers:

Paul Laverty

Stars:

Steve Evets, Eric Cantona, Stephanie Bishop

#22 Sports Movie

Any Given Sunday (1999) R

A behind-the-scenes look at the life-and-death struggles of modern-day gladiators and those who lead them.

Director:

Oliver Stone

Writers:

Daniel Pyne (screen story), John Logan

Stars:

Al Pacino, Dennis Quaid, Cameron Diaz

#21 Sports Movie

Drift (2013) R

In the 70s two brothers battle killer waves, conservative society and ruthless bikers to kick-start the modern surf industry.

Director:

Ben Nott, Morgan O'Neill

Writers:

Tim Duffy, Morgan O'Neill

Stars:

Myles Pollard, Xavier Samuel, Sam Worthington

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