Best Sport movies of 1980s

Actors : Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Cathy Moriarty, Robert De Niro,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring destroys his life outside it.

Actors : Nicholas Farrell, Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers,
Directors : Hugh Hudson,

Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew, and the other a devout Christian, compete in the 1924 Olympics.

Actors : Trey Wilson, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Kevin Costner,
Directors : Ron Shelton,

A fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him.

Actors : Tom Cruise, Paul Newman, Helen Shaver, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

Fast Eddie Felson teaches a cocky but immensely talented protégé the ropes of pool hustling, which in turn inspires him to make an unlikely comeback.

Actors : Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid,
Directors : Tony Scott,

A young hot-shot stock car driver gets his chance to compete at the top level.

Actors : Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Sheb Wooley,
Directors : David Anspaugh,

A coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the championship.

Actors : Bill Murray, Ted Knight, Rodney Dangerfield, Chevy Chase,
Directors : Harold Ramis,

An exclusive golf course has to deal with a brash new member and a destructive dancing gopher.

Actors : Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Kim Basinger, Glenn Close,
Directors : Barry Levinson,

An unknown comes out of seemingly nowhere to become a legendary player with almost divine talent.

Actors : Tom Berenger, Margaret Whitton, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen,
Directors : David S. Ward,

The new owner of the Cleveland Indians puts together a purposely horrible team so they'll lose and she can move the team. But when the plot is uncovered, they start winning just to spite her.

Actors : Clifton James, John Cusack, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd,
Directors : John Sayles,

A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.

Actors : Burt Young, Talia Shire, Sylvester Stallone, Sage Stallone,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

Reluctantly retired from boxing, and back from riches to rags, Rocky takes on a new protege who betrays him, as the champ's son must adjust to his family's new life after bankruptcy.

Actors : Carl Weathers, Burt Young, Talia Shire, Sylvester Stallone,
Directors : Sylvester Stallone,

After iron man Drago, a highly intimidating 6-foot-5, 261-pound Soviet athlete, kills Apollo Creed in an exhibition match, Rocky comes to the heart of Russia for 15 pile-driving boxing rounds of revenge.

Actors : Keith Gordon, Burt Young, Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman,
Directors : Alan Metter,

To help his discouraged son get through college, a funloving and obnoxious rich businessman decides to enter the school as a student himself.

Actors : Lea Thompson, Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Charles Cioffi,
Directors : Michael Chapman,

A high school football player desperate for a scholarship and his headstrong coach clash in a dying Pennsylvania steel town.

Actors : Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise,
Directors : Hal Needham,

A wide variety of eccentric competitors participate in a wild and illegal cross-country road race. However, the eccentric entrants will do anything to win the road race, including low-down, dirty tricks.

Actors : Carl Weathers, Burt Young, Talia Shire, Sylvester Stallone,
Directors : Sylvester Stallone,

After winning the ultimate title and being the world champion, Rocky falls into a hole and finds himself picked up by a former enemy.

Actors : Susan Blakely, Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Rick Zumwalt,
Directors : Menahem Golan,

Tough trucker Lincoln Hawk is determined to win back his son and triumph at the world arm wrestling championships.

Actors : Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Paul Shenar, Rosanna Arquette,
Directors : Luc Besson,

The rivalry between Enzo and Jacques, two childhood friends and now world-renowned free divers, becomes a beautiful and perilous journey into oneself and the unknown.

Actors : Dennis Alexio, Dennis Chan, Michel Qissi, Jean-Claude Van Damme,

Kurt Sloane must learn the ancient kick boxing art of Muay Thai in order to avenge his brother.

Actors : Dyan Cannon, Jackie Mason, Robert Stack, Dina Merrill,
Directors : Allan Arkush,

When a crass new-money tycoon's membership application is turned down at a snooty country club, he retaliates by buying the club and turning it into a tacky amusement park.