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'.
Cinderella Man (2005)
8/10
Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Craig Bierko, Bruce McGill
Ron Howard directs the inspiring true story of James 'the Bulldog' Braddock, a promising light heavyweight boxer whose career was cut short by injury... Read more
Coach Carter (2005)
7.3/10
Director: Thomas Carter
Starring: Samuel L Jackson, Ashanti , Rob Brown
Based on the true inspirational account of controversial basketball coach Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson), who received high praise and staunch critici... Read more
Concussion (2015)
7.1/10
Director: Peter Landesman
Starring: Albert Brooks, Alec Baldwin, Arliss Howard, David Morse, Luke Wilson, Will Smith...
Concussion is based on the true life David vs.. Goliath journey of Dr. Bennet Omalu, the forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of foo... Read more
Cool Runnings (1993)
6.9/10
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Starring: Doug E Doug, John Candy, Malik Yoba
About the unlikely formation - but based on a true story - of a Jamaican bobsled team to compete in the 1988 Winter Olympics. (The participants have n... Read more
Cosmoball (2020)
4/10
An enormous spaceship hovers over Earth-this is a stadium, which hosts sports events that resemble soccer but at mind-boggling speeds. The name of the... Read more
Creed II (2018)
7.8/10
Director: Steven Caple Jr
Starring: Michael B Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Dolph Lundgren, Brigitte N...
In 1985, Russian boxer Ivan Drago killed former U.S. champion Apollo Creed in a tragic match that stunned the world. Against the wishes of trainer Roc... Read more
Creed II (Blu-Ray) (2018)
7.8/10
Director: Steven Caple Jr
Starring: Michael B Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Dolph Lundgren, Brigitte N...
In 1985, Russian boxer Ivan Drago killed former U.S. champion Apollo Creed in a tragic match that stunned the world. Against the wishes of trainer Roc... Read more
Creed III (2023)
7.1/10
Starring: Michael B Jordan, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Wood Harris
Adonis has been thriving in both his career and family life, but when a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces, the face-off is more th... Read more
D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)
6/10
Director: Sam Weisman
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Kathryn Erbe, Michael Tucker
The ragtag bunch of rink rejects who skated their way to a championship and coach Emilio Estevez are back for all-new ice-capades, as the Ducks repres... Read more
D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996)
5.4/10
Director: Robert Lieberman
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Jeffrey Nordling, Joshua Jackson
After winning an important tournament, the Ducks travel to an exclusive academy for some further education and a chance to flex theai hockey muscles.... Read more