Best Sport movies that are award winners or nominees

The Boxer(1997)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 68

Young Danny Flynn is released from prison after 14 years after "taking the rap" for the IRA and tries to rebuild his life in his old Belfast neighborhood.



The Natural(1984)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 55

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



The Black Stallion(1979)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 61

While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion who is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks ...



Warrior(2011)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 36

The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.



Rocky(1976)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 35

Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.



The Hurricane(1999)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 37

The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.



The Hustler(1961)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 25

An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.



Rocky III(1982)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 23

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



Without Limits(1998)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 22

The film follows the life of famous 1970s runner Steve Prefontaine from his youth days in Oregon to the University of Oregon where he worked with the legendary coach Bill Bowerman, later to...



The Champ(1979)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Billy Flynn, a former boxing champion, is now horse trainer in Hialeah. He makes just enough money to raise his little boy T.J., over whom he got custody after his wife Annie left him seven...



Fat City(1972)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 16

Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take opposite momentum.



This Sporting Life(1963)

Combined Rating:
24
Combined Critics Rating: 15

Despite success on the field, a rising rugby star senses the emerging emptiness of his life as his inner angst begins to materialize through aggression and brutality, so he attempts to woo his landlady in hopes of finding reason to live.



Grand Prix(1966)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 8

American Grand Prix driver Pete Aron is fired by his Jordan-BRM racing team after a crash at Monaco that injures his British teammate, Scott Stoddard. While Stoddard struggles to recover, ...



Bang the Drum Slowly(1973)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The story of the friendship between a star pitcher, wise to the world, and a half-wit catcher, as they cope with the catcher's terminal illness through a baseball season.



The Main Event(1979)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 8

A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring - an idea her protégé isn't fond of.



The Great White Hope(1970)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 6

A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.



Paper Lion(1968)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Sportswriter George Plimpton poses as a rookie quarterback for the Detroit Lions for a "Sports Illustrated" article.



Kansas City Bomber(1972)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Roller-derby skater K. C. Carr tries to balance her desire for a happy personal life and her dreams of stardom.



Movie Movie(1978)

Combined Rating:
3
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.



Players(1979)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A rising tennis star falls for an older woman engaged with a wealthy man she doesn't love. Will he become the next John McEnroe? Will she choose love over financial security?




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