| | Million Dollar Baby (2004)| Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 86 | Earnings: $100.42M Lead Role: Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel, | Director: Clint Eastwood, A determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional. |
| | Rocky (1976)| Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 69 | Earnings: $117.24M Lead Role: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, | Director: John G. Avildsen, 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. |
| | Moneyball (2011)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 87 | Earnings: $75.61M Lead Role: Brad Pitt, Robin Wright, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, | Director: 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. |
| | Warrior (2011)| Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 71 | Earnings: $13.65M Lead Role: Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Morrison, | Director: Gavin O'Connor, 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. |
| | Raging Bull (1980)| Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 92 | Earnings: $0.05M Lead Role: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, | Director: 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. |
| | Creed (2015)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 82 | Earnings: $109.71M Lead Role: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, | Director: Ryan Coogler, 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. |
| | The Fighter (2010)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 79 | Earnings: $93.57M Lead Role: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo, | Director: 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. |
| | The Wrestler (2008)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 81 | Earnings: $26.24M Lead Role: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Mark Margolis, | Director: Darren Aronofsky, A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle. |
| | Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960)| Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 84 | Earnings: null Lead Role: Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Claudia Cardinale, | Director: Luchino Visconti, Having recently been uprooted to Milan, Rocco and his four brothers each look for a new way in life when a prostitute comes between Rocco and his brother Simone. |
| | Match Point (2005)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 72 | Earnings: $23.09M Lead Role: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, | Director: Woody Allen, At a turning point in his life, a former tennis pro falls for an actress who happens to be dating his friend and soon-to-be brother-in-law. |
| | Cinderella Man (2005)| Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 69 | Earnings: $61.64M Lead Role: Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Craig Bierko, Paul Giamatti, | Director: 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. |
| | Foxcatcher (2014)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 81 | Earnings: $12.10M Lead Role: Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Vanessa Redgrave, | Director: 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. |
| | The Damned United (2009)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 81 | Earnings: $0.45M Lead Role: Colm Meaney, Henry Goodman, David Roper, Jimmy Reddington, | Director: Tom Hooper, The story of the controversial Brian Clough's 44-day reign as the coach of the English football club Leeds United. |
| | The Black Stallion (1979)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 84 | Earnings: null Lead Role: Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse, | Director: Carroll Ballard, 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 ... |
| | Chak De! India (2007)| Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 68 | Earnings: $1.11M Lead Role: Shah Rukh Khan, Vidya Malvade, Sagarika Ghatge, Shilpa Shukla, | Director: Shimit Amin, Kabir Khan is the coach of the Indian Women's National Hockey Team and his dream is to make his all girls team emerge victorious against all odds. |
| | Hoosiers (1986)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 76 | Earnings: $28.61M Lead Role: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Sheb Wooley, | Director: 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. |
| | The Color of Money (1986)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 77 | Earnings: $52.29M Lead Role: Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver, | Director: 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. |
| | Offside (2006)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 85 | Earnings: $0.18M Lead Role: Sima Mobarak-Shahi, Shayesteh Irani, Ayda Sadeqi, Golnaz Farmani, | Director: Jafar Panahi, Struggle of Women in a country that excludes them from entering the stadiums. |
| | Waves (2019)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 80 | Earnings: null Lead Role: Taylor Russell, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Alexa Demie, Bill Wise, | Director: Trey Edward Shults, 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. |
| | Downhill Racer (1969)| Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 90 | Earnings: null Lead Role: Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparv, Karl Michael Vogler, | Director: Michael Ritchie, Quietly cocky Robert Redford joins U.S. ski team as downhill racer and clashes with the team's coach, played by Gene Hackman. Lots of good skiing action leading to an exciting climax. |
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