Best Sports Biography movies

Actors : Robin Wright, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill,
Directors : Bennett Miller,

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.

Actors : Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg, Melissa Leo,
Directors : David O. Russell,

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.

Actors : Channing Tatum, Vanessa Redgrave, Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo,
Directors : Bennett Miller,

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.

Actors : Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty,
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 : Craig Bierko, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Ron Howard,

The story of James Braddock, a supposedly washed-up boxer who came back to become a champion and an inspiration in the 1930s.

Actors : Jon Bernthal, Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Saniyya Sidney,
Directors : Reinaldo Marcus Green,

A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard Williams.

Actors : Henry Goodman, David Roper, Colm Meaney, Jimmy Reddington,
Directors : Tom Hooper,

The story of the controversial Brian Clough's 44-day reign as the coach of the English football club Leeds United.

Actors : Domhnall Gleeson, Miyavi, Jack O'Connell, Garrett Hedlund,
Directors : Angelina Jolie,

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.

Actors : T.R. Knight, Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie,
Directors : Brian Helgeland,

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

Actors : Mario Van Peebles, Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight,
Directors : Michael Mann,

A biography of sports legend Muhammad Ali, focusing on his triumphs and controversies between 1964 and 1974.

Actors : Quinton Aaron, Tim McGraw, Sandra Bullock, Jae Head,
Directors : John Lee Hancock,

The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.

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 : Iain Rea, Tessa Mitchell, Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd,
Directors : Roger Donaldson,

The story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years rebuilding a 1920 Indian motorcycle, which helped him set the land speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.

Actors : Rob Brown, Robert Ri'chard, Samuel L. Jackson, Rick Gonzalez,
Directors : Thomas Carter,

Controversy surrounds high school basketball coach Ken Carter after he benches his entire team for breaking their academic contract with him.

Actors : Greg Kinnear, Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Conway, Elizabeth Banks,
Directors : Ericson Core,

Based on the story of Vince Papale, a 30-year-old bartender from South Philadelphia who overcame long odds to play for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles in 1976.

Actors : David Morse, Will Smith, Albert Brooks, Alec Baldwin,
Directors : Peter Landesman,

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.

Actors : Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst, Denzel Washington, Will Patton,
Directors : Boaz Yakin,

The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit.

Actors : Heath Ledger, Emile Hirsch, Victor Rasuk, Johnny Knoxville,
Directors : Catherine Hardwicke,

The film follows the surf and skateboarding trends that originated in Venice, California during the 1970's.

Actors : Tobey Maguire, Peter Sarsgaard, Liev Schreiber, Michael Stuhlbarg,
Directors : Edward Zwick,

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.

Actors : Alan Arkin, Aasif Mandvi, Jon Hamm, Suraj Sharma,
Directors : Craig Gillespie,

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