Top Sport Movies


The Top Sport Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Sport List". Lists are calculated daily.

41. North Dallas Forty

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sport
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Actors: Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, Charles Durning, Bo Svenson
Plot: Wide-receiver Phil Elliot of the North Dallas Bulls may have the best hands in football but is not considered a team player by his coach. Phil will do anything to keep his battered body in the game but the hard life he is living off the field is beginning to catch up to him.

42. Million Dollar Arm

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Craig Gillespie
Actors: Jon Hamm, Bill Paxton, Alan Arkin, Suraj Sharma
Plot: A sports agent who has seen better days comes up with an unconventional strategy for Major League Baseball - taking a former scout on the road to India, he will find the best cricket players and recruit them.

43. Borg vs McEnroe

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Sport
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Janus Metz
Actors: Sverrir Gudnason, Shia LaBeouf, Stellan Skarsgård, Tuva Novotny
Plot: Follows one of the greatest rivalries in all of sports - the 1980s tennis rivalry, across 14 matches, between the calm, collected Swede Björn Borg and the brash, volatile American John McEnroe.

44. Kingpin

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sport
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Actors: Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel, Bill Murray
Plot: After losing his hand after trying to cheat the wrong guys, former pro-bowler Roy Munson has scrapped by in life. When his travels take him to Quaker bowling prodigy Ishmael, he sees his chance at redemption. Taking the naive boy/man under his wing, he sets his sights on Ernie McCracken, popular bowler and the man responsible for his lost hand.

45. Murderball

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro
Actors: Joe Bishop, Mark Zupan, Kevin Orr, Andy Cohn
Plot: Documentary that follows a group of paraplegics participating in full-contact rugby in wheelchairs reminiscent of gladiatorial combat - and how they deal with personal life, competition and challenges they face.

46. Bloodsport

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sport
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Newt Arnold
Actors: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Leah Ayres, Norman Burton
Plot: Based on a true, an American, Frank Dux is set to fight in the Kumite, a secret, underground martial arts tournament.

47. The Boxer

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jim Sheridan
Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Brian Cox, David McBlain
Plot: A teenager is sent to prison for his involvement in the IRA. He is released from prison years later and decides to lead a life free from the IRA.

48. The Champ

Year of Release: 1931
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: King Vidor
Actors: Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich, Roscoe Ates
Plot: A film about a washed up boxer, and his adoring son, their strife and struggles. Wallace Beery won an Oscar for his performance.

49. Fat City

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Huston
Actors: Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell, Candy Clark

50. Facing the Giants

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alex Kendrick
Actors: Erin Bethea, James Blackwell, Bailey Cave, Shannen Fields

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