1. Remember the Titans
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Boaz Yakin
Actors: Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst, Donald Faison, Ethan Suplee
Plot: Two suburban Virginia high schools are integrated, and the new African American puts his job on the line to bring the team together.
2. Rocky
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John G. Avildsen
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Carl Weathers, Burt Young, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith, Joe Spinell
Plot: A undersized and underfunded heavyweight challenges the long time heavyweight to a fight after being the underdog in many of his fights. He struggles to balance his training with his personal life and confidence.
3. Field of Dreams
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Actors: Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster, Amy Madigan, Timothy Busfield
Plot: A man with a love for baseball, hears voices in his fields. When he is about to go bankrupt, his field turns into a baseball field and old players playing.
4. Million Dollar Baby
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel, Mike Colter, Lucia Rijker
Plot: An old hard nosed trainer who owns a gym tries to discourage a woman boxer from boxing. He is finally convinced to train her and helps her to become one of the best female boxers.
5. Hoosiers
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: David Anspaugh
Actors: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Sheb Wooley, Fern Persons, Chelcie Ross
Plot: Based on a true story of the 1954 Milan Indians, a coach with a checkered past and a former-player-turned alcoholic take an unlikely group of athletes on a journey to become contenders for the state basketball championship.
6. Rudy
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: David Anspaugh
Actors: Sean Astin, Jon Favreau, Lili Taylor, Ned Beatty, Charles S. Dutton, Greta Lind
Plot: A young man dreams of playing for Notre Dame, but is too small, too slow and doesn't have anything but desire and heart.
7. The Hustler
Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Rossen
Actors: Paul Newman, George C. Scott, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, Michael Constantine, Myron McCormick
Plot: A young pool player challenges a long-time champion in a high stakes game of pool.
8. A League of Their Own
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Penny Marshall
Actors: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna, Lori Petty, Jon Lovitz, David Strathairn
Plot: As WWII continues and men are recruited the sport of baseball continues under the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The Rockford Peaches are one of the teams formed, with women from all around the country taking part.
9. The Blind Side
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Lee Hancock
Actors: Sandra Bullock, Kathy Bates, Tim McGraw, Ray McKinnon, Quinton Aaron, Ashley LeConte Campbell
Plot: Based on the true story of Michael Oher, an overlooked young African-American who was taken in by the Touhys who provide him an education and groom his natural talents in football.
10. The Natural
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Barry Levinson
Actors: Robert Redford, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Barbara Hershey, Richard Farnsworth
Plot: A middle-aged ballplayer with a checkered past rises from the depths like a Phoenix to take a losing team to the championship. With help from his bat formed by a lightning strike, he relives the glory he should have had in youth - as a pitcher - before a woman shot him.
