English-language 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

1980 film directed by Martin Scorsese

2011 American film directed by Bennett Miller

2010 film directed by David O. Russell

1979 film directed by Sylvester Stallone

2009 film by John Lee Hancock

1985 film directed by Sylvester Stallone

2019 film by James Mangold

1982 film directed by Sylvester Stallone

2013 film directed by Ron Howard

2008 film directed by Darren Aronofsky

1984 film directed by John G. Avildsen

1990 film directed by John G. Avildsen

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India, or simply Lagaan, () is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language epic period sports drama written and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. The film was produced by Aamir Khan, who stars alongside debutant Gracy Singh and British actors Rachel Shelley and Paul Blackthorne. Set in 1893, during the late Victorian period of British colonial rule in India, the film follows the inhabitants of a village in Central India, who, burdened by high taxes and several years of drought, are challenged by an arrogant British Indian Army officer to a game of cricket as a wager to avoid paying

2006 film directed by Sylvester Stallone

2009 film directed by Clint Eastwood

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

1995 film by Scott Kalvert

1986 drama film by Martin Scorsese

2011 film by Shawn Levy

1989 film by Phil Alden Robinson

1999 film by Oliver Stone

1961 film by Robert Rossen

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.

2014 film directed by Scott Waugh

2011 film by Gavin O'Connor

2004 film by Ron Howard

2012 film by Robert Lorenz

1990 film by Tony Scott

2018 film directed by Steven Caple Jr.

2005 film directed by Thomas Carter

2003 film directed by Gary Ross

2021 film directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green

1999 film directed by Norman Jewison

2000 American sports film directed by Boaz Yakin

2013 film directed by Brian Helgeland

2024 film by Luca Guadagnino

1942 film by Sam Wood

2000 film by Robert Redford

1987 film by Menahem Golan

2023 film directed by Michael B. Jordan

2015 film directed by Peter Landesman

2015 film directed by Antoine Fuqua

2001 film directed by Renny Harlin

1986 film by David Anspaugh

2023 film directed by Neill Blomkamp

1956 film by Mark Robson

1979 film directed by Franco Zeffirelli

2005 film by Catherine Hardwicke

2002 film directed by Walter Hill

1983 film directed by Michael Chapman

1962 film by Tony Richardson

1949 film

2016 film by Stephen Hopkins

2023 film directed by Sean Durkin

1956 film by Robert Wise

2005 film directed by John Gatins