The Replacements (2000)
Comedy | Sport
During a pro football strike, the owners hire substitute players.
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Brooke Langton, Orlando Jones, Jon Favreau, Rhys Ifans
Director: Howard Deutch
Fat City (1972)
Drama | Sport
The story of two boxers and their problems. One of them is on the decline of his career while the other one just begins his ascent in this sport.
Starring: Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell, Candy Clark, Nicholas Colasanto
Director: John Huston
23 Blast (2014)
Drama | Family | Sport
In the prime of his youth, up and coming football star, Travis Freeman, lost his sight due to a sinus infection caused by a rare disease. Overnight, he became irreversibly blind, and had to cope with all the new trials and changes awaiting him. With the love and support of his family and closest friends he learned to push himself to extraordinary heights. Relying on his other senses and his instincts, he did the unthinkable! Displaying unconditional determination he proved nothing could dampen the spirit of a champion!
Starring: Mark Hapka, Bram Hoover, Stephen Lang, Max Adler, Alexa PenaVega, Dylan Baker, Kim Zimmer, Becky Ann Baker, Timothy Busfield
Director: Dylan Baker
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Kano (2014)
Biography | Drama | History | Sport
In 1928, Taiwan was under Japanese rule. The Kagi Agriculture and Forestry Public School (a.k.a KANO) was established to help develop the local agricultural. The KANO baseball team started out as a sports club to improve students’ physique. It never thought that the arrival of Coach Kondo would completely transform them to become legend…
Starring: Masatoshi Nagase, Takao Ohsawa, Maki Sakai, Togo Igawa
Director: Chih-Hsiang Ma
Fever Pitch (2005)
Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sport
When relaxed and charming Ben Wrightman meets workaholic Lindsey Meeks she finds him sweet and charming, they hit it off and when it is winter Ben can spend every waking hour with Lindsey, but when summer comes around the corner Lindsey discovers Ben's obsession with the Boston Red Sox. She thinks it is perfect until everything goes downhill for them.
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, Johnny Cicco, Jason Spevack, Jack Kehler, Ione Skye
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Paan Singh Tomar (2012)
Action | Biography | Crime | Sport | Thriller
Paan Singh Tomar is a Hindi-language film, based on the true story of a runner employed by the Army and has won Gold medal at Indian National Games but forced to become notorious baaghi. It is directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia.
Starring: Irrfan Khan, Ravi Bhushan Bhartiya, Mahie Gill, Rajendra Gupta, Jhakkad Guru
Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia
Seve: The Movie (2014)
Drama | Sport
Dramatic retelling of the life and career of Spanish professional golfer Severiano 'Seve' Ballesteros. The film shows how Seve grew from a young boy playing golf on the beaches of his native Spain with a broken 3-iron, to become a world number one and leading figure in the sport. Told through dramatic re-enactments and archive footage, the story follows Seve as he overcomes every hurdle in his journey towards success.
Starring: José Luis Gutiérrez, José Navar, Maria Molins, Alvar Gordejuela, Adrián Salzedo, Quim Àvila Conde
Director: John-Paul Davidson
Skating to New York (2013)
Drama | Sport
Contemporary coming-of-age adventure about five boys on a small-town Canadian high school hockey team, who live to skate. After losing a big game, they decide to do something never attempted before – skate across Lake Ontario to New York on the coldest day of the year.
Starring: Connor Jessup, Wesley Morgan, Gage Munroe, Matthew Knight, Dylan Everett, Michelle Nolden, Jason Gedrick
Director: Charles Minsky
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Peaceful Warrior / Peaceful Warrior – Der Pfad des friedvollen Kriegers (2006)
Drama | Romance | Sport
A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.
Starring: Nick Nolte, Scott Mechlowicz, Amy Smart, Tim DeKay, Agnes Bruckner, Ashton Holmes
Director: Victor Salva
When the Game Stands Tall (2014)
Drama | Sport
A young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive seasons.
Starring: Jim Caviezel, Michael Chiklis, Alexander Ludwig, Laura Dern, Clancy Brown, Ser'Darius Blain
Director: Thomas Carter
La petite reine / The Little Queen (2014)
Biography | Drama | Sport
Julie, star of cycling, is two races to win the World Cup. It is the culmination of years of effort. Julie loves the spotlight. His entourage too. Encouraged by her coach and doctor, she dope since the age of 14. When her doctor denounces, she managed to hush up the case, but the magnitude of the measurement mess … Abuse. Lie. Treason. Caught in a gear that goes beyond, will she succeed in finding a way out?
Starring: Laurence Leboeuf, Patrice Robitaille, Denis Bouchard, Josée Deschênes, René-Daniel Dubois
Director: Alexis Durand-Brault
Play It to the Bone (1999)
Comedy | Drama | Sport
Best buddies and sparring partners Vince and Cesar are worn-out, over-the-hill prizefighters who jump at one last, unexpected chance to work in the big time. But when they step into the ring in Las Vegas, friendship is replaced by fierce competition, as Vince and Cesar tangle in a dramatic fight to the finish, where only the winner will earn a shot at the title.
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Antonio Banderas, Lolita Davidovich, Lucy Liu, Tom Sizemore, Richard Mazur
Director: Ron Shelton
Metegol / Underdogs / Foosball (2013)
Adventure | Animation | Family | Sport
Amadeo loves football, so much he becomes an unbeatable player on the arcade-version of the game installed in the small café laying in the small town he lives. Grosso, the bad guy in the film, challenges Amadeo to a real football match, because he know he cannot beat Amadeo on the arcade. In such thing the arcade-game players come to live and after a lot of adventures, they help Amadeo in the fight with Grosso… and the rest of his life.
Starring: Rupert Grint, Anthony Head, Peter Serafinowicz, Rob Brydon, Darren Boyd, Andrew Knott, Juan José Campanella
Director: Juan José Campanella
The Class of '92 (2013)
Documentary | Sport
Documentary about Manchester United's 'Class of '92', which consisted of David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Nicky Butt, Paul Scholes and the Neville brothers. Covering the period between 1992 and United's European Cup win over Bayern Munich in 1999, the film highlights the players' highs and lows while discussing the social and cultural changes which were affecting Britain at the time. Featuring extensive interview footage with the players themselves as well as United supporter and acclaimed film director Danny Boyle, we are shown how these players transformed from six working-class English lads to international superstars in the space of seven years.
Starring: David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Phil Neville, Paul Scholes
Director: Benjamin Turner, Gabe Turner
Gridiron Gang (2006)
Crime | Drama | Sport
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson stars in this gritty and inspirational movie based on a true story of a group of teenage delinquents given a second chance to redeem themselves by playing football. Sean Porter (Johnson) is a frustrated juvenile probation officer. Most of the kids in his detention camp are either sent back to prison once they leave or meet a violent end when they return to the streets. Desperately looking for a way to make a difference, he and his co-worker Malcolm Moore devise a plan to teach discipline and responsibility through the game of football. But with only four weeks before the start of the season, Porter must overcome insurmountable odds to put together a competitive team. It's a season that will test their minds, spirit, and bodies as Porter teaches his players the principles of good character, strength through resiliency, and genuine respect for one another.
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Jade Yorker, Xzibit, Leon Rippy, Kevin Dunn, L. Scott Caldwell
Director: Phil Joanou
The Investigator / The Investigation (2013)
Drama | Family | Sport
A veteran police detective becomes a criminal justice teacher and baseball coach at a local high school, leading him to the most important investigation of his life. Inspired by true events.
Starring: Wade Williams, Nicole Abisinio, David Sanborn
Director: Curtis Graham
Fair Play (2014)
Drama | Sport
The 1980s in Czechoslovakia. The young talented sprinter Anna (Judit Bárdos) is selected for the national team and starts training to qualify for the Olympic Games. As a part of the preparation she is placed in a secret "medical programme" where she's getting doped with anabolic steroids. Her performance is getting better, but after she collapses at the training, she learns the truth about the drugs. Anna decides to continue in her training without the steroids even though her mother (Anna Geislerova) is worried that she won't be able to keep up with other athletes and might not qualify for the Olympics, which she sees as the only chance for her daughter to escape from behind the Iron Curtain. After Anna finishes the last in the indoor race, her mother informs the coach (Roman Luknar) that Anna is no longer using steroids. They decide to apply the steroids to Anna secretly, pretending it's nothing but doses of harmless vitamins.
Starring: Vlastina Svátková, Berenika Kohoutová, Anna Geislerová, Roman Luknár, Judit Bárdos, Eva Josefíková
Director: Andrea Sedlácková
Million Dollar Arm (2014)
Biography | Drama | Sport
A sports agent stages an unconventional recruitment strategy to get talented Asian cricket players to play Major League Baseball.
Starring: Jon Hamm, Aasif Mandvi, Bill Paxton, Suraj Sharma, Madhur Mittal, Lake Bell
Director: Craig Gillespie
That's It, That's All. (2008)
Adventure | Documentary | Sport
Dedicated to everything snowboarding, Travis Rice and a dream team crew set out on a seek-and-destroy operation for the new zone, the new trick and the new perspective on the sport. New Zealand, Valdez, B.C., Munich, Tokyo, Jackson Hole and deeper…seen in a new light with action that leaves you wondering, how did they do that? Aspiring to bring you closer, the Hi Def, 35mm, super16 footage answers the question why Trice and his friends have poured blood, sweat, tears and soul into a simple thing like snowboarding. Take a look. That's it. That's all.
Starring: Jake Blauvelt, Kyle Clancy, Terje Håkonsen, Bryan Iguchi, John Jackson
Director: Curt Morgan
Whip It / Derby Girl (2009)
Drama | Sport
Tired of following in her family's footsteps of compliance and conformity, Bliss discovers a way to put her life on the fast track…literally. She lands a spot on a rough-and-tumble roller derby team and becomes "Babe Ruthless" – the hottest thing on eight wheels!
Starring: Ellen Page, Sarah Habel, Shannon Eagen, Jimmy Fallon, Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig
Director: Drew Barrymore
