Break Point (2014)
Comedy | Sport
Two estranged brothers reunite to make an improbable run at a grand slam tennis tournament.
Starring: Jeremy Sisto, Adam DeVine, David Walton, Amy Smart, Joshua Rush, J.K. Simmons
Director: Jay Karas
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The Vancouver Asahi / Bankûbâ no asahi (2014)
Drama | Sport
The Vancouver Asahi baseball team consists of 2nd generation Japanese immigrants living in Canada. They play within a local amateur baseball league. The team got popular due to their fair play spirit, while struggling to fight against discrimination and poverty in their everyday lives. Reggie is a 2nd generation Japanese immigrant who works at a sawmill in Vancouver. He is the leader of the team and plays shortstop. Roy is the team's ace pitcher and works at a fishery field. Kaye is the team's 2nd baseman and co-worker of Reggie. Tom is the catcher and works at a tofu shop. Frank works at a hotel and plays baseball with the team.
Starring: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kazuya Kamenashi, Ryô Katsuji, Yûsuke Kamiji, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Kôichi Satô
Director: Yûya Ishii
Greased Lightning (1977)
Action | Biography | Comedy | Drama | Sport
The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper tier NASCAR race.
Starring: Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges, Pam Grier, Cleavon Little, Vincent Gardenia, Earl Hindman
Director: Michael Schultz
Balls Out / Intramural (2014)
Comedy | Sport
With marriage, graduation, and the real world looming on the horizon, fifth year senior Caleb Fuller reassembles the ol' team of misfits for one last epic run in Intramural football.
Starring: Jake Lacy, Nikki Reed, Kate McKinnon, Beck Bennett, Nick Kocher, Brian McElhaney, Gabriel Luna
Director: Andrew Disney
Kicking & Screaming (2005)
Comedy | Family | Romance | Sport
Phil Weston (Will Ferrell) has been unathletic his entire life. In college he failed at every sport that he tried out for. It looks like his 10-year old son, Sam (Dylan McLaughlin), is following in his footsteps. Sam is riding the bench on the best soccer team in the league, which just happens to be coached by Phil's father, Buck (Robert Duvall). Buck has been competitive his whole life and winning is everything to him. Buck trades Sam to the last place Tigers team. The coach of the Tigers quits, and Phil becomes the new coach, even though he has never coached in his life. Phil gets a neighbor, Mike Ditka of the Chicago Bears, to help him coach. Mike recruits two Italian soccer kids to the Tigers. The Tigers start winning, and they get to play in the championship game against Buck's team.
Starring: Laura Kightlinger, Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall, Kate Walsh, Musetta Vander, Dylan McLaughlin
Director: Jesse Dylan
Like Mike (2002)
Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sport
At a scrawny, unpolished 14 years old, Calvin Cambridge dreams of becoming a professional basketball player, but that seems like a far-off fantasy when you compare him to those athletically gifted NBA giants! However, when he laces up a mysterious pair of old sneakers inscribed with the faded initials "MJ," Calvin leaps from playground hijinks to NBA superstardom, teaching his teammates a few off-the-court lessons as well.
Starring: Shad Moss, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki, Brenda Song, Jesse Plemons, Crispin Glover
Director: John Schultz
Who's Your Caddy? (2007)
Comedy | Sport
When a rap mogul from Atlanta tries to join a conservative country club in the Carolinas he runs into fierce opposition from the board President- but it's nothing that he and his entourage can't handle.
Starring: Big Boi, Lil' Wayne, Andy Milonakis, Faizon Love, Terry Crews, Tony Cox, Sherri Shepherd, Jeffrey Jones, Andy Milonakis
Director: Don Michael Paul
The Boxer (1997)
Drama | Romance | Sport
Released after his 14-year prison sentence for IRA activities, boxer Danny Flynn returns to Belfast and, tired of violence, tries to lead a law-abiding life. He reconnects with Maggie, a former flame raising her son alone, and opens a community-center gym for both Catholic and Protestant youths, a decision which arouses anger among local militant IRA members.
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Brian Cox, Kenneth Cranham, Ken Stott, Gerard McSorley
Director: Jim Sheridan
Celtic Pride (1996)
Comedy | Sport
Lewis Scott is a stuck-up superstar who's about to lead his team to the NBA Championship. Jimmy and his buddy Mike are a pair of die-hard basketball fans who'd do anything to help their team win … even if it means kidnapping Scott before the final game.
Starring: Damon Wayans, Daniel Stern, Dan Aykroyd, Gail O'Grady, Christopher McDonald, Paul Guilfoyle
Director: Tom DeCerchio
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman (2015)
Biography | Documentary | Sport
A documentary chronicling the 35 year car racing career of Paul Newman. The documentary showcases Newman's racing life as both a prolific driver and owner.
Starring: Tom Cruise, Patrick Dempsey, Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Robert Wagner, Joanne Woodward, John Lasseter, Jay Leno, Michael Andretti
Director: Adam Carolla, Nate Adams
Big Wednesday (1978)
Drama | Sport
The lives of some California surfers from the early '60s to the '70s.
Starring: Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey, Todd Lookinland
Director: John Milius
Racing Stripes (2005)
Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Sport
A zebra raised on a farm in Kentucky dreams of becoming a racehorse in this heartwarming tale that combines live action and computer animation.
Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Hayden Panettiere, Caspar Poyck, Gary Bullock, Wendie Malick, M. Emmet Walsh
Director: Frederik Du Chau
The Flying Scotsman (2006)
Drama | Sport
The Flying Scotsman is a feature film based on the remarkable true story of Scottish cyclist Graeme Obree. In 1993, and as an unemployed amateur, Obree broke the world one-hour record on a bike of his own revolutionary design, which he constructed out of scrap metal and parts of a washing machine.
Starring: Jonny Lee Miller, Sean Brown, Laura Fraser, Brian Cox, Laura Fraser
Director: Douglas Mackinnon
North Dallas Forty (1979)
Comedy | Drama | Sport
A semi-fictional account of life as a professional Football (American-style) player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.
Starring: Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, G.D. Spradlin, Dayle Haddon, Bo Svenson, John Matuszak
Director: Ted Kotcheff
The Longest Yard (1974)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Sport
A sadistic warden asks a former pro quarterback, now serving time in his prison, to put together a team of inmates to take on (and get pummeled by) the guards.
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Ed Lauter, Eddie Albert, Michael Conrad, James Hampton, Harry Caesar
Director: Robert Aldrich
McFarland, USA (2015)
Drama | Sport
A track coach in a small California town transforms a team of athletes into championship contenders.
Starring: Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Morgan Saylor, Vincent Martella, Carlos Pratts, Ramiro Rodriguez
Director: Niki Caro
Stoked and Broke (2010)
Adventure | Sports
A Staycation Surfari Epic on Zero Dollars… Making their own boards, bamboo rickshaws, solar cookers, and hobo stoves, surfers Ryan Burch and Cyrus Sutton set off on a thirty mile, eight day walk through San Diego, CA. But what begins as a guide to taking a minimalist surfing journey, quickly becomes an examination of freedom vs alienation.
Starring: Cyrus Sutton , David Babich, Ryan Burch
Director: Cyrus Sutton
On a Clear Day (2005)
Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sport
After 40 years of working as a shipbuilder, the somewhat taciturn Frank has been "made redundant" and let go from his job. He finds himself utterly unmoored without the routine and trappings that have defined his existence for so long, and suffers a loss of self-respect that he is unable to talk about with his loving wife, Joan, and son, Rob. Floundering, Frank becomes obsessed with the idea of swimming the Channel, and undertakes the project with the help of Chan, the owner of the local fish-and-chips shop, who becomes Frank's personal trainer.
Starring: Peter Mullan, Brenda Blethyn, Sean McGinley, Jamie Sives, Billy Boyd, Ron Cook, Jodhi May, Benedict Wong
Director: Gaby Dellal
Against the Ropes (2004)
Biography | Drama | Romance | Sport
A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominated sport.
Starring: Meg Ryan, Omar Epps, Charles S. Dutton, Tony Shalhoub, Tim Daly, Kerry Washington
Director: Charles S. Dutton
Mystery, Alaska (1999)
Comedy | Drama | Sport
When a publicity stunt brings the New York Rangers and the national spotlight to Mystery, Alaska for a game with the local team of weekend warriors, the town rises to meet the challenge of a lifetime!
Starring: Russell Crowe, Hank Azaria, Mary McCormack, Burt Reynolds, Colm Meaney, Lolita Davidovich
Director: Jay Roach
