Movies that inspire and were inspired by sports.
Concussion is a movie about forensic pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu, whose research on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) brain degeneration exposed the truth about brain damage due to repeated concussions in football players. It is...
“The Ridiculous True Story” of Eddie the Eagle, as described in a GQ article, is unlike any other “inspired by a true story” movie because the main character doesn’t win at the end; in...
“The Hurricane” is the story of middleweight boxer Rubin Carter, based on the accounts of Carter’s own autobiography as well as the book written by Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton, the Canadian family that...
Mavericks is the name of a surfing location in northern California just north of the town of Half Moon Bay, 20 minutes south of San Francisco and 1/2 mile offshore from Pillar Point Harbor....
Million Dollar Arm is about sports agent JB Bernstein, who is portrayed as a struggling agent low on cash and desperate for a high-profile client. One evening while channel surfing, Bernstein becomes intrigued with...
