171. Tokyo Olympiad ( Tôkyô orimpikku )
Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Actors: Abebe Bikila, Jack Douglas
172. Champions Forever
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dimitri Logothetis
Actors: Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes
173. Offside
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Persian
Genre: Comedy/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jafar Panahi
Actors: Sima Mobarak-Shahi, Shayesteh Irani, Ayda Sadeqi, Golnaz Farmani
174. The Legend of Jimmy the Greek
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fritz Mitchell
Actors: Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder, Brent Musburger, Phylis George, Irv Cross
175. Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dan Klores
Actors: Reggie Miller, Cheryl Miller, Spike Lee, Patrick Ewing
176. Catching Hell
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alex Gibney
Actors: Steve Bartman, Bill Buckner, Moises Alou, Bob Costas
Plot: In game six of the 2003 NLCS, the Cubs have a 3-0 against the Marlins when a ball hit into foul territory is falling into the glove of Moises Alou when a fan reaches out and disrupts the play. With Alou fuming, the Marlins go on to win the game, and the NLCS and the entire city turns on Steve Bartman, the fan who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Director Alex Gibney, himself at the game at the time, looks back and examines how one man came to symbolize a curse, comparing him to another sports scapegoat, Bill Buckner.
177. Gladiator
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rowdy Herrington
Actors: James Marshall, Cuba Gooding Jr., Robert Loggia, T.E. Russell
Plot: A high school kid, whose father has gambling debts, finds a way to make a living boxing.
178. Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty ( Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit )
Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Leni Riefenstahl
Actors: Rolf Wernicke, Richard Degener, Velma Dunn, Glenn Morris
179. Into the Wind
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Steve Nash
Actors: Terry Fox, Betty Fox, Darrell Fox, Rolly Fox
Plot: Three years after losing his right leg to cancer, Terry Fox set out with a singular vision: the run the equivalent of a marathon each day, until he ran across Canada, with the hope of raising money for cancer. What starts off as an anonymous voyage quickly captures the hearts of a nation, and though he could have sought fame and fortune, all Fox wanted was to bring awareness to cancer research.
180. Screwball: The Ted Whitfield Story
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sport
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tommy Reid
Actors: Ross Patterson, Joey Kern, Christine Lakin, Alanna Ubach
Plot: The year is 1994 and a nation finds itself in the grip of panic as a devastating strike takes MLB off the schedule. Luckily there is a sport to take its place: the time-honored tradition of whiffleball and Ted Whitfield is a star - and he'll break the homerun record, if he can battle his demons and beat his substance abuse problem.
