Game/Sports Movies

The ABCs of 100 Game/Sports Movies

(I have seen the 41 movies in bold; movies to see next are marked with a ^.)

We Are Marshall (2006)

A: American Football

    1. Rudy (1993)
    2. Jerry Maguire (1996)
    3. Any Given Sunday (1999)
    4. Varsity Blues (1999)
    5. The Blind Side (2009)
    6. Concussion (2015)
42 (2013)

B: Baseball

    1. Field of Dreams (1989)
    2. Major League (1989)
    3. A League of Their Own (1992)
    4. Mr. Baseball (1992)
    5. The Sandlot (1993)
    6. Sugar (2008)
    7. Moneyball (2011)
    8. 42 (2013)
Outskirts: Route 66 (2018)

C: Cycling

    1. Breaking Away (1979)
    2. Outskirts: Route 66 (2018)
Downhill Racer (1969)

D: Downhill Skiing

    1. Ski Party (1965)
    2. Downhill Racer (1969)
The Black Stallion (1979)

E: Equestrian

    1. National Velvet (1944)
    2. The Black Stallion (1979)
    3. The Horse Whisperer (1995)
    4. Seabiscuit (2003)
    5. Hidalgo (2004)
    6. Dreamer (2005)
    7. Secretariat (2010)
    8. War Horse (2011)
Bend It Like Beckham (2002)

F: Football (Soccer)

    1. Victory (1981)
    2. Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)

G: Golf

    1. The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
    2. The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)
Hoosiers (1986)

H: Hoops (Basketball)

    1. Hoosiers (1986)
    2. White Men Can’t Jump (1992)
    3. Space Jam (1996)
    4. Finding Forrester (2000)
    5. Love & Basketball (2000)
    6. Coach Carter (2005)
Mystery, Alaska (1999)

I: Ice Hockey

    1. Slap Shot (1977)
    2. The Mighty Ducks (1992)
    3. Mystery, Alaska (1999)
    4. Miracle (2004)
The Gabby Douglas Story (2014)

J: Jumping/Gymnastics

    1. The Gabby Douglas Story (2014)
    2. The Bronze (2015)
The Karate Kid (1984)

K: Karate Tournaments

    1. The Karate Kid (1984)
    2. The Karate Kid Part II (1986)
    3. The Karate Kid Part III (1989)
    4. The Next Karate Kid (1994)
    5. The Karate Kid (2010)
    6. Karate Kid (2025)
Bring It On (2000)

L: Leading (Cheerleading)

    1. But I’m a Cheerleader (1999)
    2. Bring It On (2000)
Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior (2003)

M: Martial Arts Tournaments

    1. Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior (2003)
    2. Warrior (2011)
Wimbledon (2004)

N: Net & Racket (Tennis)

    1. The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
    2. Wimbledon (2004)
    3. Match Point’ (2005)
    4. Battle of the Sexes (2017)
    5. King Richard (2021)
    6. Challengers (2024)
Jim Thorpe – All American (1951)

O: Olympics (Summer) & Other Games

    1. Jim Thorpe – All American (1951) (track and field)
    2. The Hustler (1961) (pool)
    3. Chariots of Fire (1981) (running)
    4. Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001) (skateboarding)
    5. Steven Spielberg’s Munich (2005) (1972 terrorist attack)
    6. Freedom’s Fury (2006) (water polo)
    7. Race (2016) (running)
    8. The Boys in the Boat (2023) (rowing)
Rocky (1976)

P: Prizefighting (Boxing)

    1. The Great White Hope (1970)
    2. Rocky (1976)
    3. Raging Bull (1980)
    4. Ali (2001)
    5. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
    6. Creed (2015)
Quidditch

Q: Quidditch

    1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001)
    2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
    3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
    4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
    5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Invictus (2009)

R: Rugby

    • Invictus (2009)
    • Mercenary (2016)
Blue Crush (2002)

S: Surfing

    • The Endless Summer (1966)
    • Blue Crush (2002)
A Walk in the Woods (2015)
A Walk in the Woods (2015)

T: Trekking/Hiking

    1. Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
    2. The Way (2010)
    3. Tracks (2013)
    4. Wild (2014)
    5. A Walk in the Woods (2015)
    6. Everest (2015)
    7. Free Solo (2018)
Days of Thunder (1990)

V: Vehicle Racing

    1. Days of Thunder (1990)
    2. The Fast and the Furious (2001)
    3. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
    4. Speed Racer (2008)
    5. Ford v Ferrari (2019)
    6. Gran Turismo (2023)
The Cutting Edge (1992)

W: Winter Olympics

(other than ice hockey & downhill skiing)

    1. The Cutting Edge (1992) (ice skating)
    2. Cool Runnings (1993) (bobsledding)
    3. Men with Brooms (2002) (curling)
    4. I, Tonya (2017) (ice skating)
White Squall (1996)

Y: Yachting/Sailing

    • The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
    • White Squall (1996)