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'.
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
Eight Men Out (1989)
7.3/10
Director: John Sayles
Starring: John Cusack, Christopher Lloyd, Charlie Sheen
John Sayles brings the saga of the 1919 White Sox World Series scandal to the movie-going public. Based on the book by Eliot Asinof, this is a rich, f... Read more
Fast Company (1979)
5.5/10
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: William Smith, John Saxon, Claudia Jennings
Early in his career, horror maven David Cronenberg directed this auto racing drama about a veteran driver (William Smith) who runs afoul of a crooked... Read more
Fever Pitch (1996)
6.2/10
Director: David Evans
Starring: Colin Firth, Ruth Gemmell, Neil Pearson
Based on the cult novel by Nick Hornby and set against the backdrop of the 1988-89 English football season. This well-written, exuberant and witty num... Read more