2001 sports films

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India, or simply Lagaan, () is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language epic period sports drama written and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. The film was produced by Aamir Khan, who stars alongside debutant Gracy Singh and British actors Rachel Shelley and Paul Blackthorne. Set in 1893, during the late Victorian period of British colonial rule in India, the film follows the inhabitants of a village in Central India, who, burdened by high taxes and several years of drought, are challenged by an arrogant British Indian Army officer to a game of cricket as a wager to avoid paying

2001 film directed by Michael Mann

2001 film by Stephen Chow

2001 film directed by Renny Harlin

2001 film directed by Michael Tollin

2001 film by Shinobu Yaguchi

2005 film by William Bindley

2001 film by Steve Barron

61* is a 2001 American sports drama television film directed and co-executive produced by Billy Crystal and written by Hank Steinberg. It stars Barry Pepper as Roger Maris and Thomas Jane as Mickey Mantle on their quest to break Babe Ruth's 1927 single-season home run record of 60 during the 1961 season of the New York Yankees. The film first aired on HBO on April 28, 2001.