American sports drama films

Rocky is a 1976 American independent sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen, written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the Rocky franchise and also stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burgess Meredith. In the film, Rocky Balboa (Stallone), a poor small-time club fighter and loanshark debt collector from Philadelphia, gets an unlikely once in a lifetime shot at the world heavyweight championship held by Apollo Creed (Weathers).

2004 film by Clint Eastwood

2011 American film directed by Bennett Miller

2010 film directed by David O. Russell

2009 film by John Lee Hancock

1979 film directed by Sylvester Stallone

1985 film directed by Sylvester Stallone

2019 film by James Mangold

1982 film directed by Sylvester Stallone

2008 film directed by Darren Aronofsky

1984 film directed by John G. Avildsen

1990 film directed by John G. Avildsen

2015 film directed by Baltasar Kormákur

2009 film directed by Clint Eastwood

2006 film directed by Sylvester Stallone

F1 is a 2025 American sports drama film starring Brad Pitt as Formula One (F1) racing driver Sonny Hayes, who returns after a 30-year absence to save his former teammate's underdog team, APXGP, from collapse. The film was directed by Joseph Kosinski from a screenplay by Ehren Kruger. Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, and Javier Bardem also star in supporting roles.

2015 film directed by Ryan Coogler

1986 drama film by Martin Scorsese

1995 film by Scott Kalvert

2011 film by Shawn Levy

1989 film by Phil Alden Robinson

2011 film by Gavin O'Connor

1999 film by Oliver Stone

2001 film directed by Michael Mann

Foxcatcher is a 2014 American biographical sports thriller film, produced and directed by Bennett Miller. Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman, the film stars Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, and Mark Ruffalo. Its plot is loosely based on multimillionaire Du Pont family heir and wrestling enthusiast John du Pont's 1986 recruitment of Olympic gold medalist brothers Mark and Dave Schultz, to help coach American wrestlers, and du Pont's murder of Dave in 1996.

1961 film by Robert Rossen

2004 film by Ron Howard

2012 film by Robert Lorenz

2018 film directed by Steven Caple Jr.

2005 film directed by Thomas Carter

1990 film by Tony Scott

2003 film directed by Gary Ross

1999 film directed by Norman Jewison

2021 film directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green

2005 film directed by Lexi Alexander

2000 American sports film directed by Boaz Yakin

2024 film by Luca Guadagnino

2013 film directed by Brian Helgeland

2000 film by Robert Redford

2023 film directed by Michael B. Jordan

1987 film by Menahem Golan

2015 film directed by Peter Landesman

2015 film directed by Antoine Fuqua

2015 film directed by Karan Malhotra

1986 film by David Anspaugh

2001 film directed by Renny Harlin

1984 film by Barry Levinson

2023 film directed by Neill Blomkamp

1979 film directed by Franco Zeffirelli

1956 film by Mark Robson

2002 film directed by Walter Hill

2005 film by Catherine Hardwicke

2011 film directed by Sean McNamara

1992 film by John G. Avildsen

1983 film directed by Michael Chapman

1949 film

2005 film directed by John Gatins

2016 film directed by Mira Nair

1956 film by Robert Wise

1931 film by King Vidor