Critically acclaimed Sport movies of 2010s

Moneyball(2011)

Combined Rating:
92
Combined Critics Rating: 89

Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.



Creed(2015)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 87

The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.



Foxcatcher(2014)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 85

U.S. Olympic wrestling champions and brothers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz join "Team Foxcatcher", led by eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont, as they train for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, but John's self-destructive behavior threatens to consume them all.



Waves(2019)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 85

Traces the journey of a suburban family - led by a well-intentioned but domineering father - as they navigate love, forgiveness, and coming together in the aftermath of a loss.



The Fighter(2010)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A look at the early years of boxer "Irish" Micky Ward and his brother who helped train him before going pro in the mid 1980s.



Creed II(2018)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 80

Under the tutelage of Rocky Balboa, light heavyweight contender Adonis Creed faces off against Viktor Drago, son of Ivan Drago.



Win Win(2011)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach's chicanery comes back to haunt him when the teenage grandson of the client he has double-crossed comes into his life.



Queen of Katwe(2016)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess.



High Flying Bird(2019)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 77

During a pro basketball lockout, a sports agent pitches a rookie basketball client on an intriguing and controversial business proposition.



The Way Back(2020)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 76

Jack Cunningham was a high school basketball phenom who walked away from the game, forfeiting his future. Years later, when he reluctantly accepts a coaching job at his alma mater, he may get one last shot at redemption.



42(2013)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 74

This movie is about Jackie Robinson and his journey to becoming a Brooklyn Dodger and his life during that time.



Unbroken(2014)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 74

After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he's caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.



Southpaw(2015)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 73

A champion boxer fights to get his daughter back from child protective services as well as revive his professional career, after a fatal incident sends him on a rampant path of destruction.



Trouble with the Curve(2012)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 72

A daughter tries to remedy her dysfunctional relationship with her ailing father, a decorated baseball scout by helping him in a recruiting trip which could be his last.



Concussion(2015)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 71

In Pittsburgh, accomplished pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu uncovers the truth about brain damage in football players who suffer repeated concussions in the course of normal play.



Pawn Sacrifice(2014)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 70

Set during the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers and his own struggles as he challenges the Soviet Empire.



Bleed for This(2016)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 70

The inspirational story of World Champion Boxer Vinny Pazienza who, after a near fatal car crash which left him not knowing if he'd ever walk again, made one of sport's most incredible comebacks.



Race(2016)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 69

Jesse Owens' quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.



Goon(2011)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 68

Labeled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing misfits to semi-pro hockey glory, beating the crap out of everything that stands in his way.



Million Dollar Arm(2014)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 68

A sports agent stages an unconventional recruitment strategy to get talented Indian cricket players to play Major League Baseball.




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