Sport Films
Generally of the inspiring-true-story, triumph-of-the-little-guy variety, films about competitive sports and the people who play them are hugely successful in sports-mad USA. And they're catching on here. Get ready to sit back with a cold one and demonstrate your armchair referee skills - bearing in mind that you may just need to keep box of tissues handy.
Pictured: Kevin Costner and James Earl Jones in seminal baseball film, 'Field of Dreams'.
The Match (2004)
6.6/10
Director: Mick Davis
Starring: Max Beesley, Richard E Grant, Ian Holm, Neil Morrissey, Tom Sizemore
Scottish Highlander Wullie Smith has two goals in life, to win the football game for his local pub, and the heart of his beloved Rosemary Bailey. Thou... Read more
The Mighty Macs (2009)
6.5/10
Director: Tim Chambers
Starring: Carla Gugino, Ellen Burstyn, Marley Shelton, David Boreanaz
Set in 1972, 'The Mighty Macs' tells the incredible true story of Cathy Rush (Carla Gugino) who becomes the head basketball coach at Immaculata Colleg... Read more
The Miracle Of Bern (2003)
6.8/10
Director: Sonke Wortmann
Starring: Louis Klamroth, Peter Lohmeyer, Johanna Gastdorf, Mirko Lang, Birthe Wolter
Filmmaker and former professional footballer Sonke Wortmann directs this family sports drama, using the backdrop of the 1954 World Cup game between Ge... Read more
The Natural (1984)
7.5/10
Director: Barry Levinson
Starring: Barbara Hershey, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Richard Farnsworth, Robert Duvall, R...
Astonishing cinematography highlights this affecting fantasy drama with Robert Redford as a mystical 1930s ballplayer; his career is cut short in his... Read more
The Natural (Blu-ray) (1984)
7.5/10
Director: Barry Levinson
Starring: Barbara Hershey, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Richard Farnsworth, Robert Duvall, R...
Astonishing cinematography highlights this affecting fantasy drama with Robert Redford as a mystical 1930s ballplayer; his career is cut short in his... Read more
The Perfect Catch (2005)
6.7/10
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, Jack Kehler, Scott H Severance, Ione Skye
The American version of Nick Hornby's acclaimed novel, Fever Pitch, stars Jimmy Fallon as Ben a man obsessed, not with soccer, but with baseball. Dre... Read more
The Phenom (2016)
5.2/10
Starring: Johnny Simmons, Ethan Hawke, Paul Giamatti, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Alison Elliott...
A rookie pitcher undergoes psychotherapy to overcome the yips. Read more
The Program (2015)
6.5/10
Director: Stephen Frears
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Guillaume Canet, Ben Foster, Jesse Plemons, Chris O'Dowd, Lee Pa...
An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances.... Read more
The Racer (2020)
5.7/10
Director: Kieron J Walsh
Starring: Tara Lee
It follows a rider who, after being dropped from the team, is reinstated following a doping error. Read more
The Rookie (2002)
7/10
Director: John Lee Hancock
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez, Brian Cox
In this inspiring true story, Dennis Quaid is Jim Morris, a Texas science teacher whose once-promising baseball career was curtailed because of a shou... Read more