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This list of sports films is a compilation of films in the genre covering sports activities. Sports movies have been made since the era of silent films, such as the 1915 film The Champion starring Charlie Chaplin. Films in this genre can range from serious (Raging Bull) to silly (Horse Feathers). A classic theme for sports films is the triumph of an individual or team who prevail despite the difficulties. Men often identify with sports films in ways they wouldn't with other genres, such as spy films.[1]

American-football

Athletics (track and field)

Title Year Genre Notes
College 1927 Comedy
The Bob Mathias Story 1954 Drama
It Happened in Athens 1962 Comedy Marathon
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner 1962
Billie 1965 Comedy
The World's Greatest Athlete 1973 Comedy Track
The Loneliest Runner 1976 Drama Marathon
See How She Runs 1978 Drama Marathon (Made for TV)
Crossbar 1979 Drama High Jump (Made for TV)
The Jericho Mile 1979 made for TV
Running 1979 Marathon
Chariots of Fire 1981 Drama Track (Won Best Picture Academy Award)
Graduation Day 1981 Horror Track
Personal Best 1982 Drama
Running Brave 1983 Drama Track
Cracked Up 1987 Drama Track
Run for Your Life 1988 Drama/Thriller Marathon
Across the Tracks 1991 Drama Track
Higher Learning 1995 Drama Track
Prefontaine 1997 Drama Track
Without Limits 1998 Drama Track
The Long Run 2000 Drama Marathon
Pumpkin 2002 Comedy
Hitler's Pawn: The Margaret Lambert Story 2004 Documentary High Jump
Four Minutes 2005 made for TV
The Ringer 2005 Comedy
Saint Ralph 2005
Run Fatboy Run 2007 Romantic comedy Marathon
The One Man Olympics 2008
The Runner 2009 Ultra Trail
The Robber 2010 Drama Marathon

Australian Rules football

Title Year Genre Notes
The Great Macarthy 1975 Comedy
The Club 1980 Comedy/Drama
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 Vintage cars
Checkpoint 1956 Road racing
The Green Helmet 1961 Road racing
The Iron Maiden 1962 Traction engines
24 heures d'amant 1964 Sportscar racing
The Great Race 1965
Grand Prix 1966 Open wheel racing
Red Line 7000 1966 Stock car racing
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
La Carrera Panamericana 1990 Historic sportscar racing
Checkered Flag 1990 Open wheel racing Unsold TV pilot
Dorf Goes Auto Racing 1990 Stock car racing
Days of Thunder 1990 Stock car racing
Thunderbolt 1995 Saloon car racing
Race the Sun 1996 Solar car racing
The Love Bug 1997
Super Speedway 1997 Open wheel racing
Driven 2000 Open wheel racing
éX-Driver The Movie 2002
Michel Vaillant 2003
Right on Track 2003 Drag 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 Comedy 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
Love The Beast 2009 Documentary Tarmac rally

Baseball

Fiction

Non-fiction

Basketball

Bobsledding

Title Year Genre Notes
Cool Runnings 1993 Comedy

Bowling

Bowls

Title Year Genre Notes
Crackerjack 2002 Comedy
Blackball 2003 Comedy

Boxing

Cheerleading

Cricket

Cue Sports

Curling

Cycling

Japanese movie poster for 1956 film Onna Keirin-ō (女競輪王)
Title Year Genre Notes
Onna Keirin-ō 1956 Keirin
For A Yellow Jersey 1965 Short
A Sunday in Hell 1977 Documentary Road racing
Breaking Away 1979
BMX Bandits 1983 BMX racing
American Flyers 1985 Road racing
Rad 1986 BMX racing
Bicycleran 1987 Iranian Movie
Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar 1992
Il grande Fausto 1995 Road racing
The Unknown Cyclist 1998
El Amateur 1999 Road racing
Road to Paris 2001 Documentary Road racing
Cyclomania 2001 Road racing
Le Velo de Ghislain Lambert 2001 Road racing
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia 2003 Road racing


Triplets of Belleville 2003
Cycling Chronicles; LandScape The Boy Saw 2004
Hell on Wheels 2005
Overcoming 2005 Documentary Road racing
The Flying Scotsman 2006 Drama Track Cycling
Island Etude 2006 Drama
Klunkerz:A Film About Mountain Bikes 2006
Clorophilla 2006 Freeride
The Cycling Genius Is Coming 2008
Bicycle Dreams 2009 Documentary Road racing

Dodgeball

Fencing

Field Hockey

Figure skating

Association football

Gladitorial combat

Title Year Genre Notes
Gladiator 2000 Action

Golf

Greyhound Racing

Gymnastics

Handball

Horse racing

Ice hockey

Jousting

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 Style Notes
Sanshiro Sugata 1943 Action Jujutsu
Judo
Sanshiro Sugata Part II 1943 Action Judo
The Karate Kid 1984 Family Karate
The Karate Kid, Part II 1986 Family Karate
No Retreat, No Surrender 1986 Action drama
Bloodsport 1988 Action MMA
The Karate Kid, Part III 1989 Family Karate
Best of the Best 1989 Action
Kickboxer 1989 Action Kickboxing
Sidekicks 1992 Action Karate
Only the Strong 1993 Action Capoeira
The Next Karate Kid 1994 Family Karate
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie 1994 Action
Mortal Kombat 1995 Action
The Quest 1996 Action
Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior 2003 Action Muay Thai
Redbelt 2007 Drama MMA
Never Back Down 2008 Action drama MMA
Champions 2008 Action Wushu
Ip Man 2008 Action Wing Chun
Fighting 2009 Action drama MMA
Tekken 2009 Action
Blood and Bone 2009 Action
Knucklehead 2010 Comedy MMA
The King of Fighters 2010 Action
Ong Bak 3 2010 Action
Ip Man 2 2010 Action Wing Chun

Motorcycling

Title Year Genre Type Notes
No Limit 1936 Comedy Road racing
On Any Sunday 1971 Documentary
Sidewinder 1 1977 Drama Motocross
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
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

Olympic Games

Those featuring specific sports featured in the games are listed elsewhere

Title Year Genre Notes
Dream Weavers 2008 Documentary

Powerboat racing

Title Year Genre Type Notes
Madison 2001 Drama Hydroplane

Rodeo

Rollerblading

Roller derby

Rowing

Rugby

Rugby league

Rugby union

Wheelchair rugby

Sailing

Title Year Genre Notes
Summer Rental 1985 Comedy
Wind 1992 Drama

Practical shooting

Title Year Genre Notes
Double Tap 2000 Action

Skateboarding

Skiing

Ski Jumping

Skin Diving

Snowboarding

Ssireum

Sumo Wrestling

Surfing

Swimming

Title Year Genre Notes
Vsyo reshayet mgnoveniye 1978 Drama
Popcorn und Paprika 1984 Drama
Koni 1986 Bengali film based on Moti Nandi's novel
Sarahsarà 1994 Drama
The Princess & the Barrio Boy 2000 Drama
Waterboys 2001 Synchronised swimming
Swimfan 2002 Erotic thriller
Swimming Upstream 2003 Drama
On a Clear Day 2005 Drama
The Big Bad Swim 2006 Comedy
Einfache Leute 2007 Drama
Pride 2007
Undead Pool 2007 Horror

Table tennis

Tennis

Title Year Genre Notes
Hard, Fast and Beautiful 1951 Drama
The Christian Licorice Store 1971 Drama
Second Serve 1986 Drama
Nobody's Perfect 1990 Comedy
The Break 1995 Drama
Wimbledon 2004 Drama
Tennis no Ōjisama - Futari no Samurai 2005 Action
The Prince of Tennis 2006 Action
Jelenin Svet 2008 Documentary
Somay Ku: A Uganda Tennis Story 2008 Documentary
Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach 2009 Comedy

Wrestling

Note: Lucha films are not included in this list. Although they feature luchadores (Mexican professional wrestlers) as the lead characters, the luchadores typically portray heroes (often superheroes) within non-wrestling stories (such as action, horror, or sci-fi).

Japanese movie poster for Rikidōzan monogatari dotō no otoko (1955)

Volleyball

See also

References

  1. ^ Didinger, Ray; Macnow, Glen; Hackman, Gene (2009). The Ultimate Book of Sports Movies: Featuring the 100 Greatest Sports Films of All Time. Running Press. pp. 10–11. ISBN 0762435488.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0182993/