Movies that inspire and were inspired by sports.
Vince Papale (Mark Wahlberg) is a Philadelphia born-and-raised guy who, like the city itself in the mid 1970’s, is struggling. The multitude of union strikes and factory closings have left Papale with little to...
The movie Coach Carter is a 2005 film based on the 1998-1999 basketball season of the Richmond High School Oilers in Richmond, California, and the actions of the team’s coach, Ken Carter, to enrich...
The Thoroughbred racehorse Secretariat won the U.S. Triple Crown in 1973, the first horse to have done so since the 1940s. Though two other horses have since also won the Triple Crown, Secretariat still...
The 2003 film Seabiscuit, starring Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges and Chris Cooper, tells the tale of three men, all damaged in different ways during the Great Depression who bond together while training an underdog...
The Fighter (2010) is about Lowell, Massachusetts boxer “Irish” Micky Ward and his tumultuous relationship with his older half-brother and former boxer, Dicky Eklund. During his boxing career, Dicky (Christian Bale) was a community...
This biographical film about the legendary Muhammad Ali begins in 1964 when Ali, known by his original name Cassius Clay, had just won the Olympic gold medal and is training for an upcoming fight...
The movie, 42, is a story about the color integration of Major League Baseball and the two people that lead this movement, Branch Rickey, the General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers (Harrison Ford), and...
The Walt Disney Picture The Greatest Game Ever Played is the story of Francis Ouimet, a young man who is invited to compete in the 1913 US Open Golf Tournament despite his poor socio-economic...
Cinderella Man, the 2005 film from director Ron Howard, chronicles American boxer James Braddock’s (Russell Crowe) tumultuous journey to become the world heavyweight champion in 1935. The film opens in 1926 with Braddock in...
UPDATE: Nov 30, 2016 marks the 45th anniversary of “one of the best football movies ever”, according to The Undefeated. Click here to read more about the origins of the movie. UPDATE 2: On...
