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'.
Redbelt (2008)
6.8/10
Director: David Mamet
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Emily Mortimer, Alice Braga, Tim Allen, Joe Mantegna, Rodrigo...
David Mamet writes and directs this martial arts drama starring Chiwetel Ejiofor as Mike, a jujitsu instructor in L.A.. With the business failing and... Read more
Remember the Titans (2000)
7.8/10
Director: Boaz Yakin
Starring: Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Donald Faison, Ryan Hurst, Wood Harris
The racial tensions filling the halls of a newly integrated Alexandria, Virginia high school in 1971 spill over onto the football field, where new hea... Read more
Requiem For A Heavyweight (1962)
7.9/10
Director: Ralph Nelson
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris, Muhammad Ali
This hard-hitting drama writen by Rod Serling stars Anthony Quinn as faded boxer Mountain Rivera, facing the end of his career after 17 years in the... Read more
Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
6.7/10
Director: Rod Lurie
Starring: Samuel L Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Kathryn Morris, Alan Alda, Teri Hatcher, David...
Josh Hartnett plays sports writer Erik Kernan, who has struck hard times - his writing is dull, his editor won't get off his case, and his marriage is... Read more
Ride Like A Girl (2019)
7.8/10
Director: Rachel Griffiths
Starring: Teresa Palmer, Sam Neill, Sullivan Stapleton, Magda Szubanski
The story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup. Read more
Rocky (1976)
8.1/10
Director: John G Avildsen
Starring: Talia Shire, Sylvester Stallone, Carl Weathers, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith
The first and the best! Writer and star Sylvester Stallone is the Philadelphia club fighter who gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity at fighting the... Read more
Rocky ( Blu-ray ) (1976)
8.1/10
Director: John G Avildsen
Starring: Burgess Meredith, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire
The first and the best! Writer and star Sylvester Stallone is the Philadelphia club fighter who gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity at fighting the... Read more
Rocky Balboa (2006)
7.2/10
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Milo Ventimiglia, Antonio Tarver, Geraldine Hugh...
Much heralded as a return to form for both Sly Stallone and his eponymous character, this has everything the original had - an underdog facing the odd... Read more
Rocky Balboa ( Blu-ray ) (2006)
7.2/10
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Milo Ventimiglia, Antonio Tarver
Much heralded as a return to form for both Sly Stallone and his eponymous character, this has everything the original had - an underdog facing the odd... Read more
Rocky Marciano (1999)
6.6/10
Director: Charles Winkler
Starring: Jon Favreau, Penelope Ann Miller, Judd Hirsch, George C Scott
Jon Favreau stars in this outstanding bio-pic about the only undefeated world heavyweight champion in the history of boxing. Cast includes Judd Hirsch... Read more