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 Boxer (Blu-ray) (1997)
7/10
Director: Jim Sheridan
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Brian Cox
'In the Name of the Father's' Daniel Day-Lewis and director Jim Sheridan reteam on the story of an Irish Boxer imprisoned 14 years for his ties to the... Read more
The Caddy (1953)
6.5/10
Director: Norman Taurog
Starring: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Donna Reed
In this zany farce, Harvey (Jerry Lewis) is a shy but talented pro-golfer who, because he can't face crowds, coaxes his buddy Joe (Dean Martin) into a... Read more
The Champ (1979)
6.8/10
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Starring: Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Rick Schroder, Jack Warden, Arthur Hill
Director Franco Zeffirelli's emotional updating of the 1931 classic father-son drama stars Jon Voight as a down-and-out boxer who battles for a comeba... Read more
The Damned United (2009)
7.6/10
Director: Tom Hooper
Starring: Colm Meaney, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall, Michael Sheen
Based on the incredible true story of Brian Clough (Michael Sheen), one of England's greatest football managers and his 44 controversial days in 1974... Read more
The End Of The Storm (2020)
7.9/10
Director: James Erskine
Featuring unprecedented access to Liverpool Football Club, THE END OF THE STORM is the gripping feature length inside story of the 2019/20 Premier Lea... Read more
The Finishers (2013)
6.6/10
Director: Nils Tavernier
Starring: Jacques Gamblin, Alexandra Lamy, Fabien Heraud
Aka "De toutes nos forces". Julien is 17, has a great sense of humour, bags of charm, and is wheelchair-bound due to cerebral palsy. Despite their lov... Read more
The Flying Scotsman (2006)
7.1/10
Director: Douglas Mackinnon
Starring: Jonny Lee Miller, Billy Boyd, Laura Fraser, Brian Cox, Steven Berkoff
The true story of amateur Scottish cyclist Graeme Obree, played by Jonny Lee Miller, who after seeing his old riding partner take gold at the Barcelon... Read more
The Greatest (1977)
5.9/10
Director: Tom Gries
Starring: Muhammad Ali, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Duvall, James Earl Jones
The fascinating life of boxing's great Muhammad Ali - with Ali playing himself - get the treatment in this curio with support by Ernest Borgnine, Robe... Read more
The Gymnast (2006)
6.5/10
Director: Ned Farr
Starring: Dreya Weber, Addie Yungmee, Allison Mackie
Jane Hawkins (Dreya Weber) was a talented gymnast, full of Olympic hopes when an injury forced her to give up her goals. Twenty years later she is wo... Read more
The Hammer (2007)
7.3/10
Director: Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
Starring: Adam Carolla, Heather Juergensen, Oswaldo Castillo, Harold House Moore, Tom Quin...
Jerry Ferro used to be an up-and-comer in the boxing world, but that was a long time ago, before he quit with an untarnished, (and undistinguished), r... Read more