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 Wrestler ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
7.9/10
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Starring: Marisa Tomei, Mark Margolis, Mickey Rourke, Todd Barry, Judah Friedlander, Evan...
Mickey Rourke made a barn-storming comeback with this portrayal of a down and out wrestler who wants back in the ring for one more shot at glory. Not... Read more
This Sporting Life (1963)
7.8/10
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Starring: Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel
Powerful British "class drama" marked Lindsay Anderson's feature directorial debut. Richard Harris is a coal miner who finds success as a violent rugb... Read more
This Sporting Life (Blu-ray) (1963)
7.7/10
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Starring: Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel
Powerful British "class drama" marked Lindsay Anderson's feature directorial debut. Richard Harris is a coal miner who finds success as a violent rugb... Read more
Tigers (2020)
6.8/10
The true story of teenage football talent Martin Bengtsson's life-and-death journey through a modern-day football industry where everything, and every... Read more
Tin Cup (1996)
6.3/10
Director: Ron Shelton
Starring: Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Don Johnson, Cheech Marin
Amateur golfer Kevin Costner falls in love with psychologist Rene Russo, but in order to draw her attention from PGA touring pro/boyfriend Don Johnson... Read more
Tour de Force (2013)
5.9/10
Director: Laurent Tuel
Starring: Andre Marcon, Elodie Bouchez, Bouli Lanners, Clovis Cornillac, Ary Abittan, Brun...
Aka "La grande boucle". A forlorn cyling nut embarks on his personal Tour de France, hoping to win his wife back in the process, in this French feel-g... Read more
Trouble with the Curve (2012)
6.8/10
Director: Robert Lorenz
Starring: Clint Eastwood, John Goodman, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake
Bittersweet drama stars Clint Eastwood as Gus Lobel, a veteran baseball scout who is nearing the end of his career. Realising that her father is strug... Read more
Twentyfourseven (1997)
7.1/10
Director: Shane Meadows
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Danny Nussbaum, James Hooton
The title is local Midlands English slang for 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This poignant, hard-hitting drama focuses on an idealistic 1980s burn... Read more
Unbroken (2014)
7.2/10
Director: Angelina Jolie
Starring: Jack O'Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Garrett Hedlund, Finn Wittrock
Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie directs and produces Unbroken, an epic drama that follows the incredible life of olympian and war hero Louis "Loui... Read more
Unbroken: Path to Redemption (2014)
7.2/10
Starring: Samuel Hunt, Merritt Patterson, Vincenzo Amato
Haunted by nightmares of his horrific experiences, World War II hero Louis Zamperini meets Cynthia Applewhite, a young woman who becomes his wife. Zam... Read more