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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'.

Win Win (2012)

7.2/10
Director: Tom McCarthy
Starring: Jeffrey Tambor, Paul Giamatti, Bobby Cannavale, Amy Ryan

Academy Award nominee Paul Giamatti stars as a lovable yet long-suffering lawyer and high-school wrestling coach who takes us on a brilliantly heartfe... Read more

Winning (1969)

6.1/10
Director: James Goldstone
Starring: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Robert Wagner, Richard Thomas, Clu Gulager

Paul Newman discovered a life-long passion for race-car driving while making this film about a successful driver, Frank Capua, who falls in love (with... Read more

Without Limits (1998)

7.2/10
Director: Robert Towne
Starring: Billy Crudup, Donald Sutherland, Monica Potter

Follows the life of famous 1970's runner Steve Prefontaine from his youth days in Oregon to Oregon University where he worked with the legendary coach... Read more

Wondrous Oblivion (2003)

7.1/10
Director: Paul Morrison
Starring: Delroy Lindo, Emily Woof, Sam Smith, Leonie Elliott

Eleven year old David Wiseman (Sam Smith) is mad about cricket but no good at it. He has all the kit but none of the skill and he's a laughing stock... Read more