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RATING
TITLE
YEAR
DIRECTOR
COUNTRY
MEDIA
Raging Bull
1980
Scorsese, Martin
USA
BD
The Hustler
1961
Rossen, Robert
USA
BD
Chariots of Fire
1981
Hudson, Hugh
UK
BD
Rocky
1976
Avildsen, John G.
USA
BDS
Olympia Part One:
Festival of the Nations
1938
Riefenstahl, Leni
Germany
D
Million Dollar Baby
2004
Eastwood, Clint
USA
BDS
Field of Dreams
1989
Robinson, Phil Alden
USA
BDS
Breaking Away
1979
Yates, Peter
USA
D
Olympia Part Two:
Festival of Beauty
1938
Riefenstahl, Leni
Germany
D
Hoop Dreams
1994
James, Steve
USA
BD
Woman of the Year
1942
Stevens, George
USA
BD
Bull Durham
1988
Shelton, Ron
USA
BD
Fat City
1972
Huston, John
USA
Y
Jerry Maguire
1996
Crowe, Cameron
USA
BY
This Sporting Life
1963
Anderson, Lindsay
UK
D
Lagaan
2001
Gowariker, Ashutosh
India
Y
The Triplets of Belleville
2003
Chomet, Sylvain
France
/
Belgium
/
Canada
/
UK
BDS
The Set-Up
1949
Wise, Robert
USA
BY
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962
Richardson, Tony
UK
D
Horse Feathers
1932
McLeod, Norman Z.
USA
BD
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
Wood, Sam
USA
D
National Velvet
1944
Brown, Clarence
USA
D
Body and Soul
1947
Rossen, Robert
USA
D
The Fighter
2010
Russell, David O.
USA
BD
The Wrestler
2008
Aronofsky, Darren
USA
BD
Champion
1949
Robson, Mark
USA
BD
Seabiscuit
2003
Ross, Gary
USA
BD
Touching the Void
2003
Macdonald, Kevin
UK
D
Bang the Drum Slowly
1973
Hancock, John D.
USA
D
Gentleman Jim
1942
Walsh, Raoul
USA
D
The Champ
1931
Vidor, King
USA
D
Eight Men Out
1988
Sayles, John
USA
D
Damn Yankees
1958
Abbott, George
/
Donen, Stanley
USA
BD
The Freshman
1925
Newmeyer, Fred C.
/
Taylor, Sam
USA
BD
Moneyball
2011
Miller, Bennett
USA
BDS
The Karate Kid
1984
Avildsen, John G.
USA
BDS
Battle Royale
2000
Fukasaku, Kinji
Japan
DS
Dogtown and Z-Boys
2001
Peralta, Stacy
USA
BDS
When We Were Kings
1996
Gast, Leon
USA
BDS
Invictus
2009
Eastwood, Clint
USA
BDS
King Richard
2021
Green, Reinaldo Marcus
USA
BD
Tokyo Olympiad
1965
Ichikawa, Kon
Japan
BD
Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956
Wise, Robert
USA
D
Ford v Ferarri
2019
Mangold, James
USA
/
France
BD
Murderball
2005
Rubin, Henry Alex
/
Shapiro, Dana Adam
USA
D
The Harder They Fall
1956
Robson, Mark
USA
D
The Natural
1984
Levinson, Barry
USA
BD
I, Tonya
2017
Gillespie, Craig
USA
BDS
The Longest Yard
1974
Aldrich, Robert
USA
D
North Dallas Forty
1979
Kotcheff, Ted
USA
D
College
1927
Keaton, Buster
/
Horne, James W.
USA
BD
The Endless Summer
1966
Brown, Bruce
USA
BD
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1962
Nelson, Ralph
USA
Y
Pat and Mike
1952
Cukor, George
USA
BD
Bend It Like Beckham
2002
Chadha, Gurinder
UK
/
Germany
BY
Fear Strikes Out
1957
Mulligan, Robert
USA
D
Golden Boy
1939
Mamoulian, Rouben
USA
The Cup
1999
Norbu, Khyentse
Bhutan
/
Australia
Hoosiers
1986
Anspaugh, David
USA
BDS
Personal Best
1982
Towne, Robert
USA
D
Knute Rockne, All American
1940
Bacon, Lloyd
USA
D
The Love Bug
1968
Stevenson, Robert
USA
D
The Ring
1927
Hitchcock, Alfred
UK
BD
Blood and Sand
1922
Niblo, Fred
/
Arzner, Dorothy
USA
BD
Foxcatcher
2014
Miller, Bennett
USA
BD
A League of Their Own
1992
Marshall, Penny
USA
BDS
Downhill Racer
1969
Ritchie, Michael
USA
BD
Pumping Iron
1977
Butler, George
/
Fiore, Robert
USA
D
Rollerball
1975
Jewison, Norman
UK
DS
Blood and Sand
1941
Mamoulian, Rouben
USA
BD
Cinderella Man
2005
Howard, Ron
USA
BD
Cars
2006
Lasseter, John
USA
BD
Bite the Bullet
1975
Brooks, Richard
USA
D
The Color of Money
1986
Scorsese, Martin
USA
BD
Conquest of Everest
1953
Lowe, George
UK
Y
The Last American Hero
1973
Johnson, Lamont
USA
Y
Girlfight
2000
Kusama, Karyn
USA
Y
Friday Night Lights
2004
Berg, Peter
USA
BD
On the Ropes
1999
Burstein, Nanette
/
Morgen, Brett
USA
D
Battling Butler
1926
Keaton, Buster
USA
BD
Creed
2015
Coogler, Ryan
USA
BDS
The Stratton Story
1949
Wood, Sam
USA
D
The Heart of the Game
2005
Serrill, Ward
USA
D
Riding Giants
2004
Peralta, Stacy
USA
/
France
BDS
Offside
2006
Panahi, Jafar
Iran
D
The Blind Side
2009
Hancock, John Lee
USA
BD
The Bad News Bears
1976
Ritchie, Michael
USA
BD
Sugar
2008
Boden, Anna
/
Fleck, Ryan
USA
BD
Unbroken
2014
Jolie, Angelina
USA
BDS
Warrior
2011
O'Connor, Gavin
USA
BDS
Grand Prix
1966
Frankenheimer, John
USA
BDS
Point Break
1991
Bigelow, Kathryn
USA
BDS
Rush
2013
Howard, Ron
USA
/
Germany
/
UK
BDS
The Karate Kid
2010
Zwart, Harald
USA
/
China
BDS
Win Win
2011
McCarthy, Tom
USA
BD
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
2004
Thurber, Rawson Marshall
USA
/
Germany
D
Caddyshack
1980
Ramis, Harold
USA
BDS
Fever Pitch
2005
Farrelly, Bobby
/
Farrelly, Peter
USA
D
Red Army
2014
Polsky, Gabe
USA
/
Russia
BD
RATING
TITLE
YEAR
DIRECTOR
COUNTRY
MEDIA
The Firm
1988
Clarke, Alan
UK
D
A Prayer Before Dawn
2017
Sauvaire, Jean-Stéphane
France
/
UK
/
Cambodia
/
USA
/
China
BD
TwentyFourSeven
1997
Meadows, Shane
UK
V
Lucas
1986
Seltzer, David
USA
BD
Bullfighter and the Lady
1951
Boetticher, Budd
USA
BD
It Happens Every Spring
1949
Bacon, Lloyd
USA
J. W. Coop
1972
Robertson, Cliff
USA
D
Wee Geordie
1955
Launder, Frank
UK
Waves
2019
Shults, Trey Edward
USA
BD
Kid Galahad
1937
Curtiz, Michael
USA
D
Bigger, Stronger, Faster*
2008
Bell, Chris
USA
D
The Boys of St. Vincent
1993
Smith, John N.
Canada
D
Secretariat
2010
Wallace, Randall
USA
BD
Tyson
2008
Toback, James
USA
BD
Everybody Wants Some!!
2016
Linklater, Richard
USA
BDS
Maiden
2018
Holmes, Alex
UK
BD
Game 6
2005
Hoffman, Michael
USA
D
Undefeated
2011
Lindsay, Daniel
/
Martin, T.J.
USA
BD
Whip It
2009
Barrymore, Drew
USA
BDS
The Damned United
2009
Hooper, Tom
UK
BD
Big Wednesday
1978
Milius, John
USA
DS
North Face
2008
Stölzl, Philipp
Germany
/
Austria
/
Switzerland
D
The Babe Ruth Story
1948
Del Ruth, Roy
USA
V
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976
Badham, John
USA
D
Charlie the Champion
1915
Chaplin, Charles
USA
D
Death Race 2000
1975
Bartel, Paul
USA
BD
The Great White Hope
1970
Ritt, Martin
USA
D
Hard Times
1975
Hill, Walter
USA
D
Over the Fence
1917
Lloyd, Harold
/
MacDonald, J. Farrell
USA
Rocky II
1979
Stallone, Sylvester
USA
BDS
Slap Shot
1977
Hill, George Roy
USA
BD
They Made Me a Criminal
1939
Berkeley, Busby
USA
D
Wings of the Morning
1937
Schuster, Harold D.
UK
D
The World's Champion
1922
Rosen, Phil
USA
A Yank at Oxford
1938
Conway, Jack
UK
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949
Berkeley, Busby
USA
D
The Rookie
2002
Hancock, John Lee
USA
BD
The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight
1897
Rector, Enoch J.
USA
Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest
1910
unknown
USA
Newark Athlete
1891
Dickson, William K.L.
USA
D
They Call It Pro Football
1966
Sabol, Steve
USA
D
Free Solo
2018
Chin, Jimmy
/
Vasarhelyi, Elizabeth Chai
USA
BDS
Meatballs
1979
Reitman, Ivan
Canada
BD
Garpastum
2005
German, Aleksei Ml.
Russia
L'Air de Paris
1954
Carné, Marcel
France
/
Italy
Minding the Gap
2018
Liu, Bing
USA
BDS
Derby
1971
Kaylor, Robert
USA
The Greatest Game Ever Played
2005
Paxton, Bill
USA
BD
Bloomfield
1971
Harris, Richard
/
Zohar, Uri
UK
/
Israel
Y
The Fencer
2015
Härö, Klaus
Finland
/
Estonia
/
Germany
D
About Something Else
1963
Chytilová, Vera
Czechoslovakia
Cockfighter
1974
Hellman, Monte
USA
Y
Red Line 7000
1965
Hawks, Howard
USA
Y
A Spy in the House That Ruth Built
1989
Green, Vanalyne
USA
Dream Horse
2020
Lyn, Euros
UK
D
Hustle
2022
Zagar, Jeremiah
USA
Sisters on Track
2021
Grottjord-Glenne, Tone
/
van der Borch, Corinne
USA
Big Fan
2009
Siegel, Robert D.
USA
D
Fake It So Real
2012
Greene, Robert
USA
He Got Game
1998
Lee, Spike
USA
DS
Kingpin
1996
Farrelly, Bobby
/
Farrelly, Peter
USA
BDS
The Legend of Bagger Vance
2000
Redford, Robert
USA
DS
Little Big League
1994
Scheinman, Andrew
USA
D
On the Edge
1985
Nilsson, Rob
USA
D
Pumping Iron II: The Women
1985
Butler, George
USA
Rudy
1993
Anspaugh, David
USA
BDS
Space Jam
1996
Pytka, Joe
USA
DS
Two for the Money
2005
Caruso, D.J.
USA
D
Vision Quest
1985
Becker, Harold
USA
DS
White Men Can't Jump
1992
Shelton, Ron
USA
DS
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
2018
Bader, Robert S.
USA
Bleed for This
2016
Younger, Ben
USA
BDS
Boxing Gym
2010
Wiseman, Frederick
USA
Y
The Busher
1919
Storm, Jerome
USA
D
Draft Day
2014
Reitman, Ivan
USA
BDS
East Side, West Side
1927
Dwan, Allan
USA
42
2013
Helgeland, Brian
USA
BDS
Happy Valley
2014
Bar-Lev, Amir
USA
D
Heading Home
1920
Windom, Lawrence C.
USA
D
Hurt
2015
Zweig, Alan
Canada
Invincible
2006
Core, Ericson
USA
BD
The Iron Ladies
2000
Thongkonthun, Youngyooth
Thailand
D
It Ain't Over
2022
Mullin, Sean
USA
Kentucky
1938
Butler, David
USA
Kid Galahad
1962
Karlson, Phil
USA
D
McFarland USA
2015
Caro, Niki
USA
BDS
The Milky Way
1936
McCarey, Leo
/
McCarey, Ray
/
McLeod, Norman Z.
USA
D
Million Dollar Arm
2014
Gillespie, Craig
USA
BD
More Than a Game
2008
Belman, Kristopher
USA
D
The Old Family Toothbrush
1925
Wilson, Sering D.
USA
On the Shoulders of Giants
2011
Morales, Deborah
USA
D
The Peanut Butter Falcon
2019
Nilson, Tyler
/
Schwartz, Michael
USA
BDS
The Phantom of the Open
2021
Roberts, Craig
UK
BD
Pigskin Parade
1936
Butler, David
USA
D
Pulling John
2009
Khonsari, Vassiliki
/
Matossian, Sevan
USA
D
Queen of Katwe
2016
Nair, Mira
USA
BDS
Race
2016
Hopkins, Stephen
France
/
Germany
/
Canada
BDS
Real Steel
2011
Levy, Shawn
USA
/
India
BDS
Redbelt
2008
Mamet, David
USA
BDS
Rhubarb
1951
Lubin, Arthur
USA
D
The Right Timing
1942
unknown
USA
D
Rudo y Cursi
2008
Cuarón, Carlos
USA
/
Mexico
BDS
The Shakedown
1929
Wyler, William
USA
BD
Shoot Yourself Some Golf
1942
Frazier, Del
USA
D
Speed Sisters
2015
Fares, Amber
Palestine
/
Qatar
/
UK
/
Denmark
/
Canada
/
USA
D
Stay Hungry
1976
Rafelson, Bob
USA
BD
Too Many Girls
1940
Abbott, George
USA
D
Trouble with the Curve
2012
Lorenz, Robert
USA
BDS
Under My Skin
1950
Negulesco, Jean
USA
D
Watermarks
2004
Zilberman, Yaron
France
/
Israel
/
USA
D
Whiplash
1948
Seiler, Lewis
USA
D
The Winning Season
2009
Strouse, James C.
USA
D
The Winning Team
1952
Seiler, Lewis
USA
D
The World's Fastest Indian
2005
Donaldson, Roger
New Zealand
/
USA
BD
The Eagle Huntress
2016
Bell, Otto
UK
/
Mongolia
/
USA
BD
Meru
2015
Chin, Jimmy
/
Vasarhelyi, Elizabeth Chai
India
/
USA
BD
Ali
2001
Mann, Michael
USA
BDS
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
2010
Burns, Ken
USA
D
Major League
1989
Ward, David S.
USA
BDS
Fighting With My Family
2019
Merchant, Stephen
UK
/
USA
BDS
Deep Water
2006
Osmond, Louise
/
Rothwell, Jerry
UK
D
Roosters
1993
Young, Robert M.
USA
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
1974
Herzog, Werner
West Germany
NR
Cars 3
2017
Fee, Brian
USA
BDS
NR
Dangal
2016
Tiwari, Nitesh
India
YS
NR
Le Mans
1971
Katzin, Lee H.
USA
BD
NR
Rocky IV
1985
Stallone, Sylvester
USA
BDS
NR
Talladega Nights:
The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
2006
McKay, Adam
USA
BD
RATING
TITLE
YEAR
DIRECTOR
COUNTRY
MEDIA
Media Availability Codes (Amazon.com)
T Theaters (US)
B
Blu-ray Disc
D DVD
V VHS
Y Yes (DVD or VHS, unspecified)
S Soundtrack