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Sporting matches are full of drama, unlikely comebacks and underdog's making good, so they're a natural fit for films. See if you find any winners in our pick of sports films.
These sports films wowed audiences in cinemas and are now yours to own on dvd.
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Keira Knightley's |
Samuel L. Jackson |
A disgraced former bobsled champion persuades a group of Jamaican sprinters to enter the winter Olympics as a bobsled team. Wackiness ensues: wackiness based on a true story. |
Will Ferrell |
A fictionalised account of English football manager Brian Clough's |
Boxing is probably the sport most depicted on film, as it's one of the simplest and most cinematic. There are so many classic boxing films it's almost unfair to other sports to let them compete, so they're a special category here.
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One of Martin Scorsese's |
The first in the long running Rocky series, Sylvester Stallone |
Clint Eastwood's |
Paul Newman's |
Will Smith |
These aren't just great sports films, they're great films by any standard.
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This documentary, filmed over 5 years, follows the story of two high school students and their dream of making it into the NBA. |
At height of World War 2, the Nazis decide to stage a propaganda coup by making a gang of Allied prisoners play a team of German professionals in a football match. What they haven't counted on, however, is that the group of prisoners includes Bobby Moore |
While some may argue pool's not a sport, few would argue with Paul Newman giving one of his greatest performances as pool shark Eddie Felson in The Hustler. And pool is a sport, kind of. |
Kevin Costner |
The true story of the friendship between Chicago Bears teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and how it's tested when Piccolo is diagnosed with cancer. |
