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Starring Clint EastwoodHilary SwankMorgan Freeman
By Clint Eastwood, 2004.
This multiple Oscar winner follows a determined young athlete who, through her sheer determination, awakens a long-lost fire within two aging boxers. Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary...
- Caddyshack
Starring Chevy ChaseRodney DangerfieldTed Knight
By Harold Ramis, 1980.
All hell breaks loose when a wisecracking, parvenu land developer (Rodney Dangerfield) wants to convert a swanky country club into a condominium community. Chevy Chase costars as a suitably droll, well-heeled slacker who uses Zen philosophy in his golf game, while psychotic greenskeeper Bill Murray...
- Rocky
Starring Sylvester StalloneTalia ShireBurt Young
By John G. Avildsen, 1976.
Gritty, grim and epic, Rocky is the real deal, a crowd pleaser with a less-than-storybook ending. When Muhammad Ali-esque boxing champ Carl Weathers wants to give a nobody a shot at the title as a publicity stunt, his handlers pick palooka Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone).
- Field of Dreams
Starring Kevin CostnerAmy MadiganJames Earl Jones
By Phil Alden Robinson, 1989.
Kevin Costner is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play. Co-starring James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster and Ray Liotta (as...
- Jerry Maguire
Starring Tom CruiseCuba Gooding Jr.Renée Zellweger
By Cameron Crowe, 1996.
After years of successfully navigating the shark-infested waters of sports management, Jerry Maguire (Oscar nominee Tom Cruise) experiences a crisis of conscience and leaves his high-powered job behind, with one loyal football client (Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr.
- A League of Their Own
Starring Geena DavisTom HanksLori Petty
By Penny Marshall, 1992.
The All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League was founded in 1943, when most of the men of baseball-playing age were far away in Europe and Asia fighting World War II.
- Rudy
Starring Ned BeattyLili TaylorCharles S. Dutton
By David Anspaugh, 1993.
In this fact-based drama about the triumph of the human spirit, scrawny high schooler Rudy Ruettiger (Sean Astin) dreams of playing football at Notre Dame. But his father (Ned Beatty) can't afford to send him, and his mediocre grades don't cut it, so he ends up at a college across the street...
- Rocky II
Starring Sylvester StalloneTalia ShireCarl Weathers
By Sylvester Stallone, 1979.
Rocky II is a 1979 American film that is the sequel to Rocky, a motion picture in which an unknown boxer had been given a chance to go the distance with the World Heavyweight Champion. Sylvester Stallone, Carl Weathers, Tony Burton, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young and Talia Shire reprised their...
- Rocky IV
Starring Sylvester StalloneDolph LundgrenCarl Weathers
By Sylvester Stallone, 1985.
Rocky IV is a 1985 American film written by, directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the fourth and most financially successful entry in the Rocky franchise.[2] In the film, Rocky Balboa plans to retire from boxing after regaining his title from Clubber Lang in Rocky III while an...
- Rocky III
Starring Sylvester StalloneTalia ShireBurt Young
By Sylvester Stallone, 1982.
The third chapter in the life of Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) finds Rocky's lifestyle of wealth and idleness suddenly shaken when a powerful fighter known as Clubber Lang (Mr. T) challenges Rocky to a bout. After soundly losing, the previously overconfident champ begins training for a rematch...
- White Men Can't Jump
Starring Wesley SnipesWoody HarrelsonRosie Perez
By Ron Shelton, 1992.
Pretending to be just a goofy white guy with no skills, Billy Hoyle (Woody Harrelson) earns his keep by hustling pickup basketball games in Los Angeles. When one of Billy's victims (Wesley Snipes) subsequently becomes his partner, the pair gets a taste of success, but they must also contend with...
- Raging Bull
Starring Robert De NiroCathy MoriartyJoe Pesci
By Martin Scorsese, 1980.
Robert De Niro won the Oscar for his portrayal of self-destructive boxer Jake LaMotta in Martin Scorsese's widely acclaimed biopic. De Niro's powerful performance, combined with Scorsese's black-and-white realism, paints a raw portrait of a tormented soul unable to control his violent outbursts.
- The Wrestler
Starring Mickey RourkeMarisa TomeiEvan Rachel Wood
By Darren Aronofsky, 2008.
Mickey Rourke (in a Golden Globe-winning, Oscar-nominated role) stars as retired professional wrestler Randy 'The Ram' Robinson, who returns to the ring to work his way up the circuit for a final shot at defeating his longtime rival. Along the way, he tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter...
- Ali
Starring Will SmithJamie FoxxJon Voight
By Michael Mann, 2001.
Michael Mann's Oscar-nominated drama centers on the personal and professional lives of boxing legend Muhammad Ali (Will Smith), but brings with it an examination of the social and political issues of the decades in which Ali -- amid great controversy -- ruled the ring.
- Bull Durham
Starring Kevin CostnerSusan SarandonTim Robbins
By Ron Shelton, 1988.
Veteran minor-league catcher Crash Davis is assigned to the Class A Durham Bulls to handle the team's star rookie, wild pitcher "Nuke" LaLoosh. Team groupie Annie Savoy romances both players, creating a comic triangle.
- Moneyball
Starring Brad PittJonah HillRobin Wright
By Bennett Miller, 2011.
Based on a true story, Moneyball is a movie for anybody who has ever dreamed of taking on the system. Brad Pitt stars as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A's and the guy who assembles the team, who has an epiphany: all of baseball's conventional wisdom is wrong.
- The Natural
Starring Robert RedfordRobert DuvallGlenn Close
By Barry Levinson, 1984.
A bat made from a tree struck by lightning and a passion for baseball define Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford). But when he's shot and severely wounded, his career gets cut short. Years later, Hobbs tries out for a struggling team. He steps to the plate and knocks the ball out of the park in this mythic...
- The Hurricane
Starring Denzel WashingtonDeborah Kara UngerLiev Schreiber
By Norman Jewison, 1999.
Denzel Washington lands a knockout punch as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, who -- at the zenith of his boxing career -- finds himself wrongly convicted of a triple New Jersey homicide and sentenced to three life terms. While in prison, Carter pens his autobiography, which inspires Brooklyn teen Lesra...
- Hoosiers
Starring Gene HackmanDennis HopperBarbara Hershey
By David Anspaugh, 1986.
High school basketball is king in small-town Indiana, and the 1954 Hickory Huskers are all hope and no talent in this Oscar-nominated drama. Things go from bad to worse when coach Norman Dale (Gene Hackman) joins the team. In short order, Dale expresses ambivalence about the star player, ostracizes...
- Slap Shot
Starring Paul NewmanMichael OntkeanLindsay Crouse
By George Roy Hill, 1977.
Reggie Dunlop (Paul Newman) used to live the high life as a hockey star. Now, he coaches a minor-league hockey team that's on the skids. When Dunlop realizes that playing dirty excites crowds, he turns his team into a goon squad of thugs whose popularity grows the longer they stew in the penalty...
- Hoop Dreams
Starring William GatesArthur AgeeEmma Gates
By Steve James, 1994.
This documentary about the aspirations of high-school basketball players from inner city Chicago won awards from the Sundance film festival, the New York Film Critics Circle, and the Academy Award (Oscar) for best editing.
- The Hustler
Starring Paul NewmanJackie GleasonPiper Laurie
By Robert Rossen, 1961.
"Fast" Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary "Minnesota Fats" to a high-stakes match, but he loses in a heartbreaking marathon. Now broke and without his long-time manager, Felson faces an...
- Murderball
Starring Mark ZupanAndy CohnKeith Cavill
By Henry Alex Rubin, 2005.
Rugby-playing quadriplegics compete for the Paralympic gold medal in this documentary about an amazing sport and the strong-willed athletes who play full-contact rugby using specially designed wheelchairs. The film follows the U.S. Quad Rugby Team as they compete in the 2002 World Championships and...
- The Pride of the Yankees
Starring Gary CooperTeresa WrightGeorge Herman
By Sam Wood, 1943.
Biopic traces the life of Lou Gehrig, famous baseball player who played in 2130 consecutive games before falling at age 37 to ALS, a deadly nerve disease which now bears his name. Gehrig is followed from his childhood in New York until his famous 'Luckiest Man' speech at his farewell day in 1939.
- Downhill Racer
Starring Robert RedfordDabney ColemanGene Hackman
By Michael Ritchie, 1969.
In this high-energy sports drama, cocky David Chappellet (Robert Redford) stuns the ski world when, as a fledgling member of the U.S. ski team, he wins his first world-class race. But as the arrogant athlete rises to the top of his class, he alienates girlfriends, his coach (Gene Hackman) and even...
