150 Best Sports Movies of All Time, a list by HD Movie Lists

7.9

/39657/

78

/1216/

75

/442/

7.2

/169/

93

/135/

92

/928/

82

/34/

4.0

age 16+

The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.

89

8.3

/29352/

79

/782/

75

/323/

4.4

/52271/

98

/60/

92

/881/

98

/19/

4.0

age 13+

Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois, a predominately white suburban school well-known for the excellence of its basketball program. Gates and Agee dream of NBA stardom, and with the support of their close-knit families, they battle the social and physical obstacles that stand in their way. This acclaimed documentary was shot over the course of five years.

87

8.1

/406297/

78

/5839/

79

/4616/

4.2

/531188/

92

/151/

93

/7167/

90

/28/

4.0

age 17+

The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.

86

7.9

/90540/

76

/1546/

76

/1039/

4.1

/61988/

94

/47/

92

/1351/

90

/18/

4.0

age 14+

Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match.

85

7.9

/329736/

76

/6231/

75

/3888/

4.1

/216600/

99

/227/

88

/15179/

80

/36/

4.0

age 18+

Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating, however, Randy hangs up his tights, pursues a serious relationship with a long-in-the-tooth stripper, and tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter. But he can't resist the lure of the ring and readies himself for a comeback.

85

8.1

/760405/

80

/13508/

79

/10121/

4.0

/435570/

90

/268/

90

/15860/

86

/39/

4.0

age 14+

Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.

85

8.2

/5210/

81

/197/

73

/64/

4.0

/2502/

96

/46/

94

/77/

79

/15/

4.0

age 15+

The Crash Reel tells the story of a sport and the risks that athletes face in reaching the pinnacle of their profession. This is Kevin Pearce’s story, a celebrated snowboarder who sustained a brain injury in a trick gone wrong and who now aims, against all the odds, to get back on the snow.

84

7.8

/2714/

78

/166/

75

/35/

3.9

/3466/

98

/117/

97

/50/

82

/25/

3.5

age 11+

In a moving portrait of resilience, Alex Holmes chronicles the unprecedented journey of 24-year-old Tracy Edwards and the first all-female sailing crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race.

84

8.1

/84613/

80

/4618/

79

/1444/

4.1

/212050/

97

/159/

93

/460/

83

/25/

3.0

age 11+

Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or safety gear, this would arguably be the greatest feat in rock climbing history.

84

7.7

/27258/

74

/537/

71

/283/

4.0

/26110/

95

/42/

88

/641/

91

/15/

4.0

age 12+

Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his three friends: the comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one day, and even takes up the Italian culture, much to his friends' and parents' annoyance.

84

7.6

/330715/

75

/18176/

74

/7798/

3.8

/670350/

95

/313/

89

/3804/

82

/42/

4.0

age 13+

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.

83

7.9

/20264/

77

/516/

75

/243/

4.1

/21235/

100

/50/

94

/466/

83

/21/

3.0

age 14+

It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both fighters five million dollars apiece to fight one another, and when they accept, King has only to come up with the money. He finds a willing backer in Mobutu Sese Suko, the dictator of Zaire, and the "Rumble in the Jungle" is set, including a musical festival featuring some of America's top black performers, like James Brown and B.B. King.

83

8.1

/558323/

81

/23380/

80

/8704/

4.0

/949165/

92

/364/

98

/4841/

81

/47/

3.0

age 13+

American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.

83

8.1

/128511/

77

/1200/

73

/616/

3.9

/34121/

95

/64/

93

/1053/

84

/21/

3.5

age 11+

The year is 1893 and India is under British occupation. In a small village, the tyrannical Captain Russell has imposed an unprecedented land tax on its citizens. Outraged, Bhuvan, a rebellious farmer, rallies the villagers to publicly oppose the tax. Russell offers a novel way to settle the dispute: he challenges Bhuvan and his men to a game of cricket, a sport completely foreign to India. If Bhuvan and his men can defeat Russell's team, the tax will be repealed.

83

7.6

/502238/

76

/13410/

72

/5563/

3.9

/740602/

94

/273/

86

/7837/

87

/42/

4.0

age 12+

The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.

82

7.8

/4764/

77

/130/

75

/49/

3.8

/1701/

93

/94/

94

/428/

80

/28/

3.5

age 12+

Riding Giants is story about big wave surfers who have become heroes and legends in their sport. Directed by the skateboard guru Stacy Peralta.

82

7.6

/7416/

74

/336/

73

/155/

3.8

/4317/

92

/99/

85

/116/

83

/33/

4.0

age 9+

A documentary highlighting the Soviet Union's legendary and enigmatic hockey training culture and world-dominating team through the eyes of the team's Captain Slava Fetisov, following his shift from hockey star and celebrated national hero to political enemy.

82

8.4

/83311/

83

/3479/

81

/1145/

4.2

/93969/

93

/121/

95

/1590/

79

/30/

2.5

age 13+

The remarkable story of Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna, charting his physical and spiritual achievements on the track and off, his quest for perfection, and the mythical status he has since attained, is the subject of Senna, a documentary feature that spans the racing legend's years as an F1 driver, from his opening season in 1984 to his untimely death a decade later.

81

7.7

/7492/

76

/293/

74

/82/

3.9

/3970/

96

/100/

89

/213/

71

/29/

3.5

age 11+

Set against the backdrop of a high school football season, Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin’s documentary UNDEFEATED is an intimate chronicle of three underprivileged student-athletes from inner-city Memphis and the volunteer coach trying to help them beat the odds on and off the field. For players and coaches alike, the season will be not only about winning games — it will be about how they grapple with the unforeseeable events that are part of football and part of life.

81

8.1

/680575/

79

/14860/

77

/8387/

4.1

/861205/

93

/73/

69

/1432746/

70

/14/

4.0

age 11+

Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate puts him in the ring with a world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it's his one shot at the big time — a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner!

80

7.5

/47940/

74

/1110/

72

/667/

3.7

/28019/

92

/138/

85

/1579/

81

/27/

3.5

age 15+

Taking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to be friction. Glimpses of his earlier career help explain both his hostility to previous manager Don Revie and how much he is missing right-hand man Peter Taylor.

80

7.8

/6665/

74

/120/

73

/77/

3.8

/3489/

97

/32/

92

/169/

82

/20/

3.0

The full story of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and the Israeli revenge operation 'Wrath of God.' The 1972 Munich Olympics were interrupted by Palestinian terrorists taking Israeli athletes hostage. Besides footage taken at the time, we see interviews with the surviving terrorist, Jamal Al Gashey, and various officials detailing exactly how the police, lacking an anti-terrorist squad and turning down help from the Israelis, botched the operation.

80

7.7

/19129/

76

/840/

74

/415/

4.0

/27482/

91

/86/

94

/27/

78

/14/

3.0

age 12+

Constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage, this documentary centers on the personal life and career of the controversial football player Diego Maradona who played for SSC Napoli and Argentina in the 1980s.

80

7.6

/6820/

77

/231/

71

/132/

3.8

/12522/

100

/23/

91

/296/

82

/12/

3.0

age 11+

Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all time. The film documents American surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August as they travel the world during California’s winter (which, back in 1965 was off-season for surfing) in search of the perfect wave and ultimately, an endless summer.

80

7.4

/56337/

74

/1333/

70

/567/

3.5

/45753/

92

/48/

88

/2280/

77

/13/

4.0

age 9+

Failed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to coach a high school basketball team in a tiny Indiana town. After a teacher persuades star player Jimmy Chitwood to quit and focus on his long-neglected studies, Dale struggles to develop a winning team in the face of community criticism for his temper and his unconventional choice of assistant coach: Shooter, a notorious alcoholic.

80

8.1

/524771/

80

/10439/

78

/4868/

4.0

/263368/

84

/191/

92

/5903/

71

/35/

3.0

age 14+

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.

80

7.5

/258804/

75

/12491/

74

/6067/

3.9

/1118629/

90

/384/

88

/1267/

77

/47/

3.5

age 16+

Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.

79

8.0

/207797/

78

/3887/

75

/2334/

3.8

/86030/

80

/209/

91

/9021/

69

/40/

3.5

age 14+

The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise comeback in order to lift his family out of poverty.

78

6.7

/3497/

74

/472/

73

/62/

3.4

/15138/

93

/123/

93

/314/

76

/28/

3.5

age 13+

Claressa Shields, a high school junior from Flint, Michigan, aided by her tough-love coach, Jason Crutchfield, pushes past all limitations to become the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing. But even at the pinnacle of success, Claressa has to reckon with the fact that not all dreams are created equal, and the real fight has only just begun.

78

7.6

/106932/

76

/2105/

74

/1484/

3.7

/33935/

82

/113/

87

/1687/

74

/30/

3.5

age 16+

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

78

7.8

/405348/

76

/7966/

73

/4599/

3.8

/253802/

91

/253/

89

/11154/

79

/41/

2.5

age 16+

Boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.

78

7.6

/13753/

76

/468/

70

/159/

3.8

/12822/

92

/96/

88

/625/

76

/27/

3.0

age 15+

This award-winning, thrilling story is about a group of discarded kids who revolutionized skateboarding and shaped the attitude and culture of modern day extreme sports. Featuring old skool skating footage, exclusive interviews and a blistering rock soundtrack, DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS captures the rise of the Zephyr skateboarding team from Venice's Dogtown, a tough "locals only" beach with a legacy of outlaw surfing.

78

7.5

/14042/

74

/516/

68

/133/

3.5

/4079/

96

/76/

81

/945/

80

/20/

3.5

age 17+

In America, we define ourselves in the superlative: we are the biggest, strongest, fastest country in the world. Is it any wonder that so many of our heroes are on performance enhancing drugs? Director Christopher Bell explores America's win-at-all-cost culture by examining how his two brothers became members of the steroid-subculture in an effort to realize their American dream.

78

7.3

/27049/

74

/765/

69

/322/

3.7

/29408/

97

/34/

80

/786/

84

/15/

3.0

age 12+

An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.

77

IMDb 42

7.7

/295153/

78

/16024/

77

/3141/

3.7

/1466757/

82

/363/

97

/5525/

68

/56/

2.5

age 12+

Racing legend Sonny Hayes is coaxed out of retirement to lead a struggling Formula 1 team—and mentor a young hotshot driver—while chasing one more chance at glory.

77

7.8

/63301/

78

/1946/

76

/844/

3.6

/17389/

83

/141/

89

/1981/

68

/32/

3.0

age 14+

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

79

77

7.5

/14055/

73

/299/

69

/241/

3.8

/12371/

97

/31/

86

/362/

83

/11/

age 8+

Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against rival Darwin U.

77

7.5

/73615/

75

/1917/

73

/725/

3.6

/62740/

80

/49/

90

/5400/

71

/22/

3.5

age 11+

Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of problems. His grades were a little low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size of the other players. But he had the drive and the spirit of 5 people and has set his sights upon joining the team.

77

7.0

/63560/

71

/1535/

66

/644/

3.5

/57868/

97

/75/

82

/1822/

73

/16/

3.5

age 17+

Veteran catcher Crash Davis is brought to the minor league Durham Bulls to help their up and coming pitching prospect, "Nuke" Laloosh. Their relationship gets off to a rocky start and is further complicated when baseball groupie Annie Savoy sets her sights on the two men.

81

77

7.7

/10711/

74

/196/

70

/101/

3.8

/5047/

98

/138/

89

/829/

87

/33/

age 16+

Quadriplegics, who play full-contact rugby in wheelchairs, overcome unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.

77

7.2

/26282/

74

/855/

73

/456/

3.7

/53945/

86

/113/

95

/8465/

73

/29/

3.0

age 14+

Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also share another all-consuming passion: basketball. As Quincy and Monica struggle to make their relationship work, they follow separate career paths though high school and college basketball and, they hope, into stardom in big-league professional ball.

77

7.3

/26479/

74

/1082/

71

/507/

3.8

/34649/

92

/38/

84

/770/

72

/12/

age 13+

Amateur and professional bodybuilders prepare for the 1975 Mr. Olympia and Mr. Universe contests as five-time champion Arnold Schwarzenegger defends his Mr. Olympia title against Serge Nubret and the shy young Lou Ferrigno.

77

7.7

/20347/

77

/982/

74

/256/

3.8

/15889/

88

/77/

91

/121/

77

/16/

2.5

Meru is the electrifying story of three elite American climbers—Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk—bent on achieving the impossible.

77

7.1

/70396/

69

/1519/

68

/997/

3.4

/44458/

84

/114/

80

/1663/

78

/19/

4.0

age 11+

In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.

77

7.5

/137554/

73

/3692/

71

/1618/

3.6

/129773/

88

/65/

86

/6186/

57

/18/

4.0

age 10+

Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.

77

7.3

/268264/

75

/11501/

72

/4568/

3.8

/528011/

81

/97/

83

/8945/

61

/16/

4.0

age 10+

New Jersey teen Daniel LaRusso moves to Los Angeles with his mother, and soon strikes up a relationship with Ali. He quickly finds himself the target of bullying by a group of thugs, led by Ali's ex-boyfriend Johnny, who study karate at the Cobra Kai dojo under ruthless sensei John Kreese. Fortunately, Daniel befriends Mr. Miyagi, an unassuming repairman who just happens to be a martial arts master himself. Miyagi takes Daniel under his wing, training him in a more compassionate form of karate for self-defense and, later, preparing him to compete against the brutal Cobra Kai.

77

8.1

/552939/

79

/15336/

77

/7611/

3.9

/380544/

89

/235/

88

/3853/

74

/43/

2.0

age 17+

In the 1970s, a rivalry propels race car drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt to fame and glory — until a horrible accident threatens to end it all.

76

7.6

/986/

68

/17/

60

/8/

3.5

/238/

87

/98/

84

/245/