111. Gentleman Jim
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Raoul Walsh
Actors: Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Alan Hale, John Loder, William Frawley
112. Blue Chips
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: William Friedkin
Actors: Nick Nolte, Mary McDonnell, J.T. Walsh, Ed O'Neill, Alfre Woodard, Shaquille O'Neal
Plot: An honest college basketball coach must turn to the dark practice of recruiting star athletes with boosters' money in order to keep his team competitive under increasing pressure.
113. The Two Escobars
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist
Actors: Andres Escobar, Pablo Escobar, Chonto Herrera, Francisco Maturana, René Higuita, Pamela Cascardo
Plot: Follows the intertwining (though not blood relation) lives of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar and Colombian soccer star Andres Escobar - culminating in Andres' disastrous "own goal" against the U.S. at the 1994 World Cup in Los Angeles - a mistake that ultimately cost him his life.
114. Pony Excess
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Thaddeus D. Matula
Plot: Takes a look back at the scandal that rocked college football in the mid 80's. Southern Methodist University, the most talented team in the country, was caught paying players and suffered the so-called "death penalty." A great film that takes a look at that scandal and shows just how little the college football world has learned in the two decades since.
115. No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Steve James
Actors: Allen Iverson
116. Fernando Nation
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cruz Angeles
Actors: Fernando Valenzuela, Tommy Lasorda, Oscar De La Hoya, Bobby Valentine, Mike Scioscia, Orel Hershiser
Plot: Fernando Valenzuela came on the scene just after Dodger Stadium caused an uproar in the Latino community by building on the Chavez Ravine. A 19-year-old unknown, from a tiny Sonoran desert village, he wasn't built like a pitcher. But the pudgy pitcher had a unique style and a wicked screwball that would lead to packed stadiums and a 1981 rookie year for the record books - and for a time, a nation would catch Fernando Fever.
117. The Champ
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Actors: Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Rick Schroder, Jack Warden, Arthur Hill, Strother Martin
118. The Last American Hero
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Lamont Johnson
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Valerie Perrine, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ned Beatty, Gary Busey, Art Lund
Plot: A North Carolina moonshiner becomes a professional stock-car racer to raise money to free his jailed father.
119. Forever Strong
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ryan Little
Actors: Gary Cole, Sean Faris, Neal McDonough, Sean Astin, Penn Badgley, Arielle Kebbel
120. Ice Castles
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Donald Wrye
Actors: Robby Benson, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Colleen Dewhurst, Tom Skerritt, Jennifer Warren, David Huffman
