21. Creed
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ryan Coogler
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Michael B. Jordan, Graham McTavish, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Tony Bellew
Plot: Former Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa finds himself taking charge of the training and mentoring of Adonis Creed - son of his late friend, and one-time rival, Apollo Creed.
22. Coach Carter
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Thomas Carter
Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Rob Brown, Robert Ri'chard, Rick Gonzalez, Nana Gbewonyo, Antwon Tanner
Plot: A high school boy's basketball coach benches his whole team for not getting good enough grades.
23. The Pride of the Yankees
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sam Wood
Actors: Gary Cooper, Babe Ruth, Walter Brennan, Teresa Wright, Dan Duryea, Elsa Janssen
Plot: The story of the life of famous baseball player for the New York Yankees, Lou Gehrig.
24. The Color of Money
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Tom Cruise, Paul Newman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Forest Whitaker, John Turturro, Helen Shaver
Plot: An old crack shot pool player is in search of the next him when he finds the kid in a pool hall as he tries mentoring him for pool tournaments and hustling pool hall jobs.
25. Soul Surfer
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sean McNamara
Actors: Dennis Quaid, AnnaSophia Robb, Jeremy Sumpter, Helen Hunt, Carrie Underwood, Craig T. Nelson
Plot: A young, female surfer battles back after suffering a near-fatal shark attack that results in the loss of an arm.
26. Chariots of Fire
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Hugh Hudson
Actors: Ian Holm, Nigel Havers, Nicholas Farrell, Ian Charleson, Daniel Gerroll, John Gielgud
Plot: During the 1924 Olympics a Jewish boy and a Christian boy compete heavily.
27. Invincible
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ericson Core
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear, Elizabeth Banks, Kevin Conway, Michael Rispoli, Kirk Acevedo
Plot: Based on the true story of Vince Papale, a blue-collar everyman who decided to attend an open tryout for the Philadelphia Eagles and became a working-class hero to his home town.
28. We Are Marshall
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: McG
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, Anthony Mackie, David Strathairn, Kate Mara, Ian McShane
Plot: The story of the 1975 Marshall University football team that lost there lives in a horrible plane crash. A new couch is brought in to coach the new season.
29. 61*
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Billy Crystal
Actors: Barry Pepper, Thomas Jane, Anthony Michael Hall, Richard Masur, Bruce McGill, Chris Bauer
30. Challengers
Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Actors: Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, Mike Faist, Jake Jensen, A.J. Lister, Connor Murray
Plot: Tashi was once one of the fastest-rising stars of the tennis world - and in the middle of it all finds herself caught between budding tennis players Art and Patrick. But this teen affair turns into a marriage with Art and when a sudden injury takes her out of the game, she also becomes his coach. Years later, Art prepares for the biggest game of his life - and it sends him and Tashi on a collision course with Patrick, a tennis star in his own right, as rivalries on and off the court come to a head.
