Category
page 1Biographical films about sportspeople
Chariots of Fire
1981 film by Hugh Hudson
127 Hours
2010 film directed by Danny Boyle
Raging Bull
1980 film directed by Martin Scorsese
The Fighter
2010 film directed by David O. Russell
I, Tonya
2017 film directed by Craig Gillespie
Rush
2013 film directed by Ron Howard
Dangal
2016 film directed by Nitesh Tiwari
Wild
2014 film by Jean-Marc Vallée
Foxcatcher
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.
Cinderella Man
2004 film by Ron Howard
Coach Carter
2005 film directed by Thomas Carter
Unbroken
2014 film directed by Angelina Jolie
The Hurricane
1999 film directed by Norman Jewison
King Richard
2021 film directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green
42
2013 film directed by Brian Helgeland
The Pride of the Yankees
1942 film by Sam Wood
Concussion
2015 film directed by Peter Landesman
The World's Fastest Indian
2005 film directed by Roger Donaldson
Hoosiers
1986 film by David Anspaugh
Gran Turismo
2023 film directed by Neill Blomkamp
Eddie the Eagle
2016 film directed by Dexter Fletcher
Race
2016 film by Stephen Hopkins
Pelé: Birth of a Legend
2014 film by Jeff Zimbalist
Nyad
2023 film by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
Queen of Katwe
2016 film directed by Mira Nair
Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956 film by Robert Wise
The Iron Claw
2023 film directed by Sean Durkin
Mary Kom
2014 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports film
Invincible
2006 sports film directed by Ericson Core
Friday Night Lights
2004 film by Peter Berg
Miracle
2004 film directed by Gavin O'Connor
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993 film by Steven Zaillian
The Great White Hope
1970 film by Martin Ritt
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
2013 Indian Hindi-language film
North Face
2008 film by Philipp Stölzl
Young Woman and the Sea
2024 film directed by Joachim Rønning
Next Goal Wins
2023 film directed by Taika Waititi
Gridiron Gang
2006 film directed by Phil Joanou
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki
2016 film directed by Juho Kuosmanen
The Greatest Game Ever Played
2005 film by Bill Paxton
Chasing Mavericks
2012 film by Curtis Hanson, Michael Apted
Radio
2003 American film directed by Michael Tollin
We Are Marshall
2006 film directed by McG
Glory Road
2006 film by James Gartner
The Swimmers
2022 film directed by Sally El Hosaini
The Boys in the Boat
2023 film directed by George Clooney
The Program
2015 film
Million Dollar Arm
2014 film directed by Craig Gillespie
The Stratton Story
1950 film by Sam Wood
Beautiful Boxer
2003 film by Ekachai Uekrongtham
Going Vertical
2017 Russian film by Anton Megerdichev
Knute Rockne, All American
1940 film by William K. Howard, Lloyd Bacon
Christy (2025 American film)
Christy is a 2025 American biographical sports drama film directed by David Michôd, written by Michôd and Mirrah Foulkes, and starring Sydney Sweeney, Ben Foster, Merritt Wever, Katy O'Brian, Ethan Embry, and Chad L. Coleman. The film chronicles the rise of former professional boxer Christy Martin (Sweeney) to becoming America's best-known female boxer in the 1990s, and later her coach-turned-husband's 2010 attempted murder of her.
M.S.Dhoni : The Untold Story
2016 Hindi film directed by Neeraj Pandey
Gentleman Jim
1942 film by Raoul Walsh
Rudy
1993 film by David Anspaugh
Hands of Stone
2016 film directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz
The Rookie
2002 film directed by John Lee Hancock
83
2021 film directed by Kabir Khan
The Express
2008 film by Gary Fleder