Category
page 1Sports drama films based on actual events
Raging Bull
1980 film directed by Martin Scorsese
Ford v Ferrari
2019 film by James Mangold
The Basketball Diaries
1995 film by Scott Kalvert
Ali
2001 film directed by Michael Mann
Seabiscuit
2003 film directed by Gary Ross
The Hurricane
1999 film directed by Norman Jewison
Marty Supreme
Marty Supreme is a 2025 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Josh Safdie, who co-wrote it with Ronald Bronstein. Set in the 1950s, it stars Timothée Chalamet as table tennis player Marty Mauser and follows his quest to become world champion. Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A'zion, Kevin O'Leary, Tyler Okonma, Abel Ferrara and Fran Drescher appear in supporting roles.
The Pride of the Yankees
1942 film by Sam Wood
Concussion
2015 film directed by Peter Landesman
Hoosiers
1986 film by David Anspaugh
Lords of Dogtown
2005 film by Catherine Hardwicke
Race
2016 film by Stephen Hopkins
Queen of Katwe
2016 film directed by Mira Nair
Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956 film by Robert Wise
Dreamer
2005 film directed by John Gatins
The Smashing Machine (2025 film)
The Smashing Machine is a 2025 American biographical sports drama film, written and directed by Benny Safdie. It stars Dwayne Johnson as former amateur wrestler and MMA fighter Mark Kerr, alongside Emily Blunt as Kerr's girlfriend, with Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten and Oleksandr Usyk in supporting roles.
McFarland, USA
2015 film directed by Niki Caro
Friday Night Lights
2004 film by Peter Berg
Invincible
2006 sports film directed by Ericson Core
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
2013 Indian Hindi-language film
The Swimmers
2022 film directed by Sally El Hosaini
Radio
2003 American film directed by Michael Tollin
Secretariat
2010 film directed by Randall Wallace
Going Vertical
2017 Russian film by Anton Megerdichev
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.
Against the Ropes
2004 film by Charles S. Dutton
Wind
1992 American film by Carroll Ballard
When the Game Stands Tall
2014 film by Thomas Carter
Champion of the World
2021 film directed by Aleksey Sidorov
Gracie
2007 film by Davis Guggenheim
The Last American Hero
1973 film by Lamont Johnson
The Babe
1992 film by Arthur Hiller
Mister Knockout
2022 Russian film
Resurrecting the Champ
2007 film by Rod Lurie
The Boy in Blue
1986 film by Charles Jarrott
The Match
2025 film directed by Kim Hyung-joo
One Breath
2020 film directed by Elena Hazanova
Unstoppable
2024 film directed by William Goldenberg
Triumph of the Spirit
1989 film by Robert M. Young
Chuck
2016 film by Philippe Falardeau
Streltsov
2020 film by Ilya Uchitel
White Snow of Russia
1980 film directed by Yuri Vyshinsky
Lessons of a Dream
2011 German drama film directed by Sebastian Grobler
White Snow
Russian film directed by Nikolay Khomeriki
Lev Yashin. The Dream Goalkeeper
2018 film
Azhar
2016 film by Tony D'Souza
As One
2012 South Korean film
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
2004 film by Rowdy Herrington
Madison
2005 film by William Bindley
Iron Ivan
2014 Russian film
Irudhi Suttru
2016 Tamil film directed by Sudha Kongara Prasad
Road to Boston
2023 South Korean film
Eleven Silent Men
2022 Russian movie
Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story
1997 television film directed by Steven Hilliard Stern
Olympics 40
1980 film
The Winning Team
1952 American film by Lewis Seiler
The Final Game
2022 film directed by Àlex Murrull and Dani de la Orden
True Blue
1996 film by Ferdinand Fairfax
Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Beginning of a New Era
2024 anime film
Fear Strikes Out
1957 film by Robert Mulligan