Sports film
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Sports film is a film genre that uses sport as the theme of a film.
Examples of sports films:
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American Football
- (2004) Friday Night Lights
- (2003) Radio
- (2000) Remember the Titans
- (2000) The Replacements
- (1999) Any Given Sunday
- (1999) Varsity Blues
- (1998) The Waterboy
- (1993) The Program
- (1993) Rudy
- (1991) The Last Boy Scout
- (1988) Everybody's All-American
- (1983) All the Right Moves
- (1978) Heaven Can Wait
- (1977) Semi-Tough
- (1974) The Longest Yard (remade in 2005; see also Mean Machine, a 2001 adaptation featuring football (soccer))
- (1971) Brian's Song (made for TV; remade in 2001, also for TV)
- (1940) Knute Rockne, All American
- (1932) Horse Feathers
Auto racing
- (2004) 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story (made for TV)
- (2004) NASCAR: The IMAX Experience
- (2000) Driven
- (1990) Days of Thunder
- (1971) Le Mans
- (1969) Winning
- (1966) Grand Prix
- (1966) Red Line 7000
Baseball
(see Baseball movie)
Basketball
- (2006) Glory Road (currently in production)
- (2005) Coach Carter
- (2005) The Year of the Yao (documentary)
- (2002) Like Mike
- (2002) A Season on the Brink (made for TV)
- (1998) He Got Game
- (1997) The Sixth Man
- (1996) Space Jam
- (1996) Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault
- (1994) Blue Chips
- (1994) Hoop Dreams (documentary)
- (1992) White Men Can't Jump
- (1986) Hoosiers
Boxing
- (2005) Cinderella Man
- (2004) Million Dollar Baby
- (2001) Ali
- (2001) Carman The Champion
- (2000) Girlfight
- (1999) The Hurricane
- (1996) When We Were Kings (documentary)
- (1980) Raging Bull
- (1979) The Champ
- (1976-1990) Rocky series
- (1972) Fat City
- (1962) Requiem for a Heavyweight
- (1956) Somebody Up There Likes Me
- (1956) The Harder They Fall
- (1954) On the Waterfront
- (1952) The Square Ring
- (1949) Champion
- (1947) Body And Soul
Curling
- (2002) Men with Brooms
Cycling
- (1985) American Flyers
- (1979) Breaking Away
Football (soccer)
- (2005) The Game of Their Lives
- (2005) Kicking & Screaming
- (2005) Pelé Forever (documentary)
- (2005) Real: The Movie
- (2003) Das Wunder von Bern (German)
- (2002) Bend It Like Beckham
- (2001) Mean Machine (adaptation of the 1974 American football movie The Longest Yard)
- (1996) Fever Pitch
- (1996) When Saturday Comes
- (1992) Ladybugs
- (1986) Hero (documentary)
- (1981) Victory
- (1979) Yesterday's Hero
Golf
- (2005) The Greatest Game Ever Played
- (2004) Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
- (2000) The Legend of Bagger Vance
- (1996) Happy Gilmore
- (1996) Tin Cup
- (1988) Caddyshack II
- (1980) Caddyshack
Hockey
- (2004) Miracle
- (2002) Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice
- (1999) Mystery, Alaska
- (1995) Sudden Death
- (1992, 1994, 1996) The Mighty Ducks trilogy
- (1986) Youngblood
- (1977) Slap Shot
Horse racing
- (2003) Seabiscuit
- (1978) International Velvet
- (1944) National Velvet
Martial arts
Note: Films should not be listed here unless the sporting aspects of martial arts play a major part in the plot.
- (1994) The Next Karate Kid
- (1992) Sidekicks
- (1989) The Karate Kid, Part III
- (1986) The Karate Kid, Part II
- (1984) The Karate Kid
Skateboarding
- (2005) Lords of Dogtown
- (2001) Dogtown and Z-Boys (documentary)
Track
- (1997) Prefontaine
- (1984) Running Brave
- (1981) Chariots of Fire
Wrestling
- (2000) Ready To Rumble (pro wrestling)
- (1987) Body Slam (pro wrestling)
- (1987) Over the Top (arm wrestling)
- (1985) Vision Quest (sport wrestling)
- (1973) The Wrestler (pro wrestling)
Other
- (2004) Wimbledon (tennis)
- (2001) Lagaan (cricket)
- (2000) The Skulls (rowing)
- (1995) True Blue (rowing)
- (1994) 8 Seconds (rodeo)
- (1963) This Sporting Life (rugby league)
External links
- A (german) sports-film database (http://www.sportwissenschaften.info/dbfilm)