| 1976 | John G. Avildsen | 7.8 | Drama | United States of America | 120 | Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate puts him in the ring with a world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it's his one shot at the big time — a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner! |
| 2009 | John Lee Hancock | 7.7 | Drama | United States of America | 129 | The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family. |
| 2022 | Jeremiah Zagar | 7.7 | Drama, Comedy | United States of America | 117 | After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, a down on his luck basketball scout takes it upon himself to bring the phenom to the States without his team's approval. Against the odds, they have one final shot to prove they have what it takes to make it in the NBA. |
| 2005 | Thomas Carter | 7.6 | Drama, History | Germany | 136 | Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results. |
| 2000 | Boaz Yakin | 7.6 | Drama | United States of America | 113 | After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the beloved Yoast as he could be. The two men learn to overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions. |
| 2021 | Reinaldo Marcus Green | 7.6 | Drama, History | United States of America | 144 | The story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become two of the most legendary tennis players in history. |
| 2017 | Craig Gillespie | 7.5 | Drama, Comedy | United States of America | 120 | Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes. |
| 1993 | David Mickey Evans | 7.5 | Family, Comedy, Drama | United States of America | 101 | During a summer of friendship and adventure, one boy becomes a part of the gang, nine boys become a team and their leader becomes a legend by confronting the terrifying mystery beyond the right field wall. |
| 2023 | Sean Durkin | 7.5 | History, Drama | United Kingdom | 132 | The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the bigges... |
| 2015 | Ryan Coogler | 7.4 | Drama | United States of America | 133 | The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed. |
| 2015 | Antoine Fuqua | 7.4 | Action, Drama | United States of America | 123 | Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Wil... |
| 2011 | Bennett Miller | 7.3 | Drama | United States of America | 134 | The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players. |
| 2005 | Lexi Alexander | 7.3 | Crime, Drama | United Kingdom | 109 | After being wrongfully expelled from Harvard University, American Matt Buckner flees to his sister's home in England. Once there, he is befriended by her charming and dangerous brother-in-law, Pete Dunham, and introduced to the underworld of British football hooliganism. Matt learns to stand his ... |
| 2016 | Stephen Hopkins | 7.3 | Drama, History | Canada | 134 | Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy. |
| 2016 | Jeff Zimbalist | 7.3 | Drama | United States of America | 107 | The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele. |
| 2009 | Clint Eastwood | 7.2 | Drama, History | United States of America | 134 | Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby union team as they make their historic run to the 19... |
| 2016 | Dexter Fletcher | 7.2 | Comedy, Drama, History, Adventure | United Kingdom | 106 | The feel-good story of Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself—even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach, Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports f... |
| 2013 | Brian Helgeland | 7.2 | Drama | United States of America | 128 | In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first Black man to play in Major League Baseball facing unabashed racism from the public, the press and other players. |
| 1992 | Penny Marshall | 7.2 | Comedy, Drama | United States of America | 128 | As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey. Competitive sisters Dottie Hinson and Kit Keller spar with each other, scout Ernie Capadino and grum... |
| 2011 | Shawn Levy | 7.1 | Action, Science Fiction, Drama | United States of America | 127 | Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After his robot is trashed, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son to rebuild and train an unlikely contender. |
| 1985 | Sylvester Stallone | 7.1 | Drama | United States of America | 91 | Rocky Balboa holds the world heavyweight championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union. This time, Rocky's training regimen takes him to Siberia, where he prepares for a globally televised match in the hea... |
| 2023 | Michael B. Jordan | 7.1 | Drama, Action | United States of America | 116 | After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has thrived in his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian Anderson, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between forme... |
| 2015 | Peter Landesman | 7.1 | Drama | United States of America | 123 | A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional qu... |
| 1993 | Jon Turteltaub | 7 | Comedy, Adventure, Drama | United States of America | 98 | When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican bobsled team. |
| 2006 | Phil Joanou | 7 | Crime, Drama | United States of America | 125 | Under the leadership of their counselor, teenagers at a juvenile detention center gain self-esteem by playing football together. Based on a true story. |
| 2006 | Ericson Core | 7 | Drama, History | United States of America | 105 | Inspired by the true story of Vince Papale, a man with nothing to lose who ignored the staggering odds and made his dream come true. When the coach of Papale's beloved hometown football team hosted an unprecedented open tryout, the public consensus was that it was a waste of time – no one good en... |
| 2017 | Brian Fee | 6.9 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family | United States of America | 102 | Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is suddenly pushed out of the sport he loves. To get back in the game, he will need the help of an eager young race technician with her own plan to win, inspiration from the late Fabulous Hudson Hornet, and a f... |
| 2006 | Sylvester Stallone | 6.9 | Drama | United States of America | 102 | When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ Rocky Balboa, reigning heavyweight titleholder Mason Dixon retaliates by challenging the Italian Stallion to a 10-round exhibition bout. To the surprise of his son and friends, Rocky agrees to come out of retirement and face an op... |
| 2024 | Luca Guadagnino | 6.9 | Drama, Romance | Italy | 132 | Tennis player turned coach Tashi has taken her husband, Art, and transformed him into a world-famous Major champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she signs him up for a "Challenger" event — close to the lowest level of pro tournament — where he finds himself standing across the ne... |
| 2017 | Janus Metz | 6.9 | Drama, History | Finland | 108 | The Swedish Björn Borg and the American John McEnroe, the best tennis players in the world, maintain a legendary duel during the 1980 Wimbledon tournament. |
| 2017 | Jonathan Dayton | 6.8 | Drama, Comedy, History | United Kingdom | 121 | The true story of the 1973 tennis match between world number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs. |
| 2001 | Michael Mann | 6.8 | Drama | United States of America | 157 | In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of al... |
| 1999 | Oliver Stone | 6.8 | Drama | United States of America | 163 | A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the aging coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to the pressure of winning. The new owner must prove ... |
| 1989 | David Worth | 6.8 | Action, Thriller, Drama | United States of America | 97 | If your enemy refuses to be humbled... Destroy him. Accompanied by his brother Kurt, American kickboxing champion Eric Sloane, arrives in Thailand to defeat the Eastern warriors at their own sport. His opponent: ruthless fighter and Thai champion, Tong Po. Tong not only defeats Eric, he paralyzes... |
| 2005 | Danny Cannon | 6.8 | Drama | Switzerland | 118 | Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballer... However, living in the Barrios section of Los Angeles, he thinks it is only that—a dream. Until one day an extraordinary turn of events has him trying out for Premiership club Newcastle United. |
| 2005 | Peter Segal | 6.7 | Drama, Comedy, Crime | United States of America | 113 | Disgraced pro football quarterback Paul Crewe lands in a Texas federal penitentiary, where manipulative Warden Hazen recruits him to advise the institution's football team of prison guards. Crewe suggests a tune-up game which lands him quarterbacking a crew of inmates in a game against the guards... |
| 2014 | Bennett Miller | 6.7 | Drama, Thriller | United States of America | 134 | The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances. |
| 1992 | Ron Shelton | 6.6 | Comedy, Drama | United States of America | 115 | Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score. |
| 2020 | Gavin O'Connor | 6.6 | Drama | United States of America | 108 | A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction, attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater. |
| 1987 | Menahem Golan | 6.4 | Action, Drama | United States of America | 94 | Lincoln Hawk a hard-luck big-rig trucker takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the first-place prize money, and the love of the son he abandoned y... |
