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'.
Days of Thunder (1990)
5.9/10
Director: Tony Scott
Starring: Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, Nicole Kidman, Cary Elwes
Tom Cruise plays a boy wonder behind the wheel and under the sheets in this heavily cliched racing drama. Robert Duvall and Nicole Kidman benefit from... Read more
Death Race 2000 / Deathsport (1975)
Director: Paul Bartel, Allan Arkush, Henry Suso
Starring: Claudia Jennings, David Carradine, Mary Woronov, Sylvester Stallone, Roberta Col...
A killer double feature of 70s exploitation from legendary B-movie producer Roger Corman. 'Death Race 2000' (1975, 80 mins) - Paul Bartel's cult class... Read more
Dishdogz (2005)
5.5/10
Director: Mikey Hilb
Starring: Marshall Allman, Haylie Duff, Luke Perry
A young skateboarder (Marshall Allman) has the summer of his life when he takes a kitchen job at an extreme sports camp. When he and his fellow dishwa... Read more
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004)
6.7/10
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Starring: Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Vince Vaughn
When his rundown gym is threatened with foreclosure, owner Vince Vaughn has 30 days to come up with $50,000. His solution: assemble a ragtag team of f... Read more
Downhill Racer (1969)
6.5/10
Director: Michael Ritchie
Starring: Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparv
Robert Redford stars as David Chappellet, a hot-shot skier, who gains entry onto the American Olympic team, in director Michael Ritchies' directorial... Read more
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story (2005)
6.9/10
Director: John Gatins
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson, David Morse, Kurt Russell, Elisabeth Shue, L...
Dakota Fanning heads a star-studded cast that includes Kurt Russell, Kris Kristofferson and Elizabeth Shue in this heart-warming family drama. She pl... Read more
Drift (2013)
6.4/10
Director: Ben Nott
Starring: Sam Worthington, Xavier Samuel, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Myles Pollard
Inspired by true events, "Drift" is a story set on Australia's spectacular and rugged coastline in the early 1970s. It begins in a remote coastal tow... Read more
Drift (Blu-ray) (2013)
6.3/10
Director: Ben Nott
Starring: Sam Worthington, Xavier Samuel, Myles Pollard, Lesley-Ann Brandt
Inspired by true events, "Drift" is a story set on Australia's spectacular and rugged coastline in the early 1970s. It begins in a remote coastal tow... Read more
East West East (2009)
7.3/10
Director: Gjergj Xhuvani
Starring: Noricim Xhepa, Gentian Hazizi, Helidon Fino
Albania, 1990: A former cycling champion is assigned by the government to assemble a team of five young cyclists to represent the country in an amateu... Read more
Eddie the Eagle (2015)
7.4/10
Director: Dexter Fletcher
Starring: Christopher Walken, Hugh Jackman, Jim Broadbent, Keith Allen, Taron Egerton
Cut from the Olympic ski team, British athlete Michael "Eddie" Edwards travels to Germany to test his skills at ski jumping. Fate leads him to Bronson... Read more