Category
page 1Sports films based on actual events
Chariots of Fire
1981 film by Hugh Hudson
Moneyball
2011 American film directed by Bennett Miller
The Fighter
2010 film directed by David O. Russell
The Blind Side
2009 film by John Lee Hancock
I, Tonya
2017 film directed by Craig Gillespie
Rush
2013 film directed by Ron Howard
Invictus
2009 film directed by Clint Eastwood
Dangal
2016 film directed by Nitesh Tiwari
Foxcatcher
Foxcatcher is a 2014 American biographical sports thriller film, produced and directed by Bennett Miller. Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman, the film stars Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, and Mark Ruffalo. Its plot is loosely based on multimillionaire Du Pont family heir and wrestling enthusiast John du Pont's 1986 recruitment of Olympic gold medalist brothers Mark and Dave Schultz, to help coach American wrestlers, and du Pont's murder of Dave in 1996.
A League of Their Own
1992 film by Penny Marshall
Remember the Titans
2000 American sports film directed by Boaz Yakin
Battle of the Sexes
2017 film directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton
Hidalgo
2004 film by Joe Johnston
The World's Fastest Indian
2005 film directed by Roger Donaldson
Pelé: Birth of a Legend
2014 film by Jeff Zimbalist
Legenda No. 17
2013 Russian film by Nikolai Lebedev
Mary Kom
2014 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports film
Le Mans
1971 action film by Lee H. Katzin
Miracle
2004 film directed by Gavin O'Connor
Eight Men Out
1988 film directed by John Sayles
Borg McEnroe
2017 film by Janus Metz Pedersen
Fighting with My Family
2019 film directed by Stephen Merchant
Gridiron Gang
2006 film directed by Phil Joanou
The Greatest Game Ever Played
2005 film by Bill Paxton
The Miracle of Bern
2003 film by Sönke Wortmann
We Are Marshall
2006 film directed by McG
Knute Rockne, All American
1940 film by William K. Howard, Lloyd Bacon
Million Dollar Arm
2014 film directed by Craig Gillespie
Touching the Void
2003 film by Kevin Macdonald
The Stratton Story
1950 film by Sam Wood
Beautiful Boxer
2003 film by Ekachai Uekrongtham
M.S.Dhoni : The Untold Story
2016 Hindi film directed by Neeraj Pandey
Rudy
1993 film by David Anspaugh
K2
1991 film directed by Franc Roddam
La Carrera Panamericana
1992 film
Arthur the King
2024 film directed by Simon Cellan Jones
The Game of Their Lives
2005 film directed by David Anspaugh
83
2021 film directed by Kabir Khan
The Express
2008 film by Gary Fleder
The Rookie
2002 film directed by John Lee Hancock
Paan Singh Tomar
2010 film by Tigmanshu Dhulia
The Greatest
1977 film about Muhammad Ali
Heart Like a Wheel
1983 film by Jonathan Kaplan
Swimming Upstream
2003 film by Russell Mulcahy
The Game of Their Lives
2002 film by Daniel Gordon
Kano
2014 Taiwanese baseball film directed by Umin Boya
100 metros
2016 film by Marcel Barrena
Forever Strong
2008 American sports film directed by Ryan Little
Prefontaine
1997 film by Steve James
On the Edge
2020 film by Eduard Bordukov
Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia
2024 film directed by Stefano Mordini
Berlin 36
2009 film set in the Olympic games in fascist Germany directed by Kaspar Heidelbach
The Longshots
2008 film by Fred Durst
Matti: Hell is for Heroes
2006 biographical sports film directed by Aleksi Mäkelä
Brian's Song
1971 television film directed by Buzz Kulik
The Third Half
1963 film by Yevgeni Karelov
The Babe Ruth Story
1948 film by Roy Del Ruth
Sachin: A Billion Dreams
2017 Indian biographical film directed by James Erskine
Without Limits
1998 film by Robert Towne
Jim Thorpe – All-American
1951 film by Michael Curtiz