The Hustler (1961)
Drama | Sport
An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.
Starring: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, Myron McCormick, Murray Hamilton
Director: Robert Rossen
Death Race 2000 (1975)
Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi | Sport
In the year 2000, hit and run has become the national sport. It's a no-holds barred cross-country race, in which the aim is to kill off not only your opponents, but as many pedestrians as possible. David Carradine takes on Sylvester Stallone in this classic adrenaline thriller that will make you look both ways twice before you cross.
Starring: David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone, Mary Woronov, Martin Kove, Roberta Collins, John Landis
Director: Paul Bartel
Mean Machine (2001)
Comedy | Drama | Sport
Disgraced ex-England captain (Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan) is thrown in jail for assaulting two police officers. Whilst in jail, he doesn't recieve any favours because of his celebrity status in the outside world. He is out numbered and many prisoners constantly barrage him with insults for letting down his country in a crucial World Cup game. He keeps his head down and has the opportunity to forget everything and change the lives of the prisoners. These prisoners have the chance to put one over the evil guards. The prisoners are lead by Danny and the whole of the prison, guards aside, are behind them. Game on……
Starring: Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham, David Kelly, David Hemmings, Ralph Brown, Vas Blackwood, Stephen Walters
Director: Barry Skolnick
Kung Fu Dunk / Gong fu guan lan (2008)
Comedy | Sport
Shi-Jie (Jay Chou) grows up in a martial arts school and he is well versed in kung-fu. With his skills and his good reflexes, Shi-Jie also excels in basketball, especially the slam dunk technique. On the pretext of helping Shi-Jie find his family, Wang-Li (Eric Tsang) invites him to join the university's basketball team in hopes of making money out of him.
There Shi-Jie faces new challenges on the basketball team, especially with team mates Ting- Wei (Bo-Lin Chen) and Xiao-Lan (Baron Chen). With the upcoming championship games and the appearance of Li-Li (Charlene Choi), the team must put aside their differences and personal emotions to face their common rivals.
Starring: Jay Chou, Eric Tsang, Gang Wang, Charlene Choi, Bo-lin Chen, Chu-he Chen
Director: Yen-ping Chu
Undisputed III: Redemption / Undisputed 3: Redemption (2010)
Action | Crime | Drama | Sport
Eight elite fighters – prisoners from maximum security prisons around the world – are brought together by a powerful underground gambling syndicate for a secret, survival-of-the-fiercest battle competition. The prize: freedom for the champion…and a payday of millions to the organizers. Except the syndicate really doesn’t plan on allowing anyone to walk free.
Starring: Scott Adkins, Mykel Shannon Jenkins, Mark Ivanir, Hristo Shopov, Marko Zaror, Michael Baral
Director: Isaac Florentine
Lucky Trouble / Vykrutasy (2011)
Comedy | Romance | Sport
Who said you have to win to be a champion? Slava Kolotiloff, a schoolteacher from a sleepy seaside town by the name of "Fingers" comes to conquer Moscow with the manuscript to his first novel in hand. But instead, quite by accident, he conquers the heart of a beauty named Nadia. As their wedding approaches, Slava needs only to quit his job and tie up loose ends back in "Fingers" before returning to Moscow to start a new life with his new bride. But due to a number of bizarre circumstances he is unable to leave and back in the big city, the wedding goes on regardless as Nadia has to fend off the attentions of her ex-boyfriend Danya, who seems ready to do whatever it takes to win her back.
Starring: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Milla Jovovich, Ivan Urgant, Sergey Garmash, Galina Jovovich
Director: Levan Gabriadze
Fastest (2011)
Documentary | Sport
Shot around the world in 2010 and 2011 and narrated by Ewan McGregor, 'Fastest' captures the intense and thrilling reality of the MotoGP World Championship, documenting a pivotal moment in the sport. With Valentino Rossi chasing his tenth World Championship title the Italian ran into one of the toughest challenges of his career: a crop of exceptionally fast young competitors, a horrific leg break at his home race, and an amazing comeback little over 40 days later. Confronting such a monumental task and with rival Jorge Lorenzo taking the 2010 title, Rossi faced up to one of the most testing year's in his illustrious career and along with his fellow competitors was left asking: Who is the fastest rider now?
Starring: Jorgë Lorenzo, Ewan McGregor, Valentino Rossi, Ben Spies, Casey Stoner
Director: Mark Neale
Undisputed (2002)
Action | Crime | Drama | Sport
George "Ice Man" Chambers (Rhames) is a top ranked heavyweight boxer. However Chambers has his world turned upside down when he is accused of rape and sent to prison. Upon his arrival he hears talk about Monroe Hutchen (Snipes) who is the top ranked prison boxing champ 10 years running. Immediately there is bad blood with Chambers not wanting to be second to no one which leads to a lunch room fight between the men.
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Ving Rhames, Peter Falk, Michael Rooker, Jon Seda, Wes Studi
Director: Walter Hill
Body and Soul (1947)
Drama | Film-Noir | Sport
Charley Davis wins an amateur boxing match and is taken on by promoter Quinn. Charley's mother doesn't want him to fight, but when Charley's father is accidentally killed, Charley sets up a fight for money. His career blooms as he wins fight after fight, but soon an unethical promoter named Roberts begins to show an interest in Charley, and Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.
Starring: John Garfield, Joseph Pevney, Lilli Palmer, Anne Revere, Hazel Brooks
Director: Robert Rossen
The Great Race (1965)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Musical | Romance | Sport
Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention. The Blake Edwards style of slapstick and song originated with this movie. A dedication to Laurel and Hardy appears at the beginning of the film. Edwards' tribute to Stan and Ollie can be seen most clearly in the interaction between Professor Fate and his cohort Max, as well as in the operatic Pottsdorf pie fight.
Starring: Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon
Director: Blake Edwards
Cinderella Man (2005)
Biography | Drama | Romance | Sport
Cinderella Man is inspired by the life of legendary athlete Jim Braddock, a once-promising light heavyweight boxer forced into retirement after a string of losses in the ring. As the nation enters the darkest years of the Great Depression, Braddock accepts a string of dead- end jobs to support his wife, Mae, and their children, while never totally abandoning his dream of boxing again.
Thanks to a last minute cancellation, Braddock finds himself back in the ring against the second-ranked world contender – and to everyone's amazement, Braddock wins in the third round. Despite being pounds lighter than his opponents and repeated injuries to his hands, Braddock continues to fight against challengers and win. Carrying on his shoulders the hopes and dreams of the disenfranchised masses, Braddock, dubbed the "Cinderella Man," faces his toughest challenger in Max Baer, the heavyweight champion of the world, renowned for having killed two men in the ring.
Starring: Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Craig Bierko, Paddy Considine
Director: Ron Howard
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Leatherheads (2008)
Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sport
Dodge Connolly, a charming, brash football hero, is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to join his ragtag ranks. The captain hopes his latest move will help the struggling sport finally capture the country's attention. Welcome to the team Carter Rutherford, America's favorite son. A golden-boy war hero who single-handedly forced multiple German soldiers to surrender in WWI, Carter has dashing good looks and unparalleled speed on the field. This new champ is almost too good to be true, and Lexie Littleton aims to prove that's the case. A cub journalist playing in the big leagues, Lexie is a spitfire newswoman who suspects there are holes in Carter's war story. But while she digs, the two teammates start to become serious off-field rivals for her fickle affections. As the new game of pro-football becomes less like the freewheeling sport he knew and loved, Dodge must both fight to keep his guys together and to get the girl of his dreams. Finding that love and football have a surprisingly similar playbook, however, he has one maneuver he will save just for the fourth quarter.
Starring: George Clooney, Renée Zellweger, John Krasinski, Jonathan Pryce, Peter Gerety
Director: George Clooney
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Mr. Gam's Victory / Superstar Gam Sa-Yong (2004)
Action | Drama | Sport
1982. It’s the first year of Korea's Pro-Baseball League. GAM is able to join the team just because the Sammi Superstars don’t have any left-hander pitcher. Unlike its name, Superstars, Sammi is the last place team in the league. GAM never becomes an ace, but throws as a mop-up relief pitcher in losing games. Nobody would expect him to win a game. Obviously the other team cheered with relief when GAM stood on the mound. Then one day, a perfect chance arrives for GAM. It’s a game with the best team in the League, the OB Bears. OB’s ace pitcher PARK Chul-soon is about to win his 20th consecutive game. No other pitcher in Sammi wants to go up against Park’s winning streak. This is the last and the first chance in his life for GAM to be an ace. Just once. Just one freaking game! Would will a dream come true for GAM Sa-yong?
Starring: Beom-su Lee, Jin-seo Yun, Yoo Gong, Hyeok-jae Lee, Seung-su Ryu
Director: Jong-hyeon Kim
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Hoosiers (1986)
Drama | Sport
Nominated for two Oscars and hailed by Sports Illustrated and ESPN as one of the best sports movies of all time, this triumphant tale of a high school basketball team's long-shot attempt to with the state championship is filled with edge-of-your seat suspense and breathless excitement! Featuring "fast-break cinematography that catches the pace of the game" (The Washington Post) and powerful performances from Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey and Dennis Hopper, Hoosiers is "a winner" (Boxoffice)!
Starring: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Sheb Wooley, Fern Persons
Director: David Anspaugh
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Drama | History | Sport
The story of two British track athletes, one a determined Jew, and the other a devout Christian who compete in the 1924 Olympics.
Starring: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nicholas Farrell, Nigel Havers, Ian Holm
Director: Hugh Hudson
Monster Brawl (2011)
Action | Comedy | Horror | Sport
Eight classic monsters fight to the death in an explosive wrestling tournament set inside an abandoned and cursed graveyard.
Starring: Dave Foley, Art Hindle, Robert Maillet, Jimmy Hart, Lance Henriksen, Kevin Nash
Director: Jesse T. Cook
Seven Days in Utopia (2011)
Drama | Sport
Luke Chisolm is a talented young golfer set on making the pro tour. When his first big shot turns out to be a very public disaster, Luke escapes the pressures of the game and finds himself unexpectedly stranded in Utopia, Texas, home to eccentric rancher Johnny Crawford. But Johnny's more than meets the eye, and his profound ways of looking at life force Luke to question not only his past choices,…
Starring: Lucas Black, Robert Duvall, Melissa Leo
Director: Matt Russell
The Winning Season (2009)
Comedy | Sport
Only connect. In a Hoosier town, boys' basketball is king. Bill is a former athlete and high-school coach who drinks too much, rarely sees his daughter from an old marriage, and busses tables at a local cafe. A friend who's now a principal offers him a job coaching girls; Bill takes it without much spirit. Six come to practice; one has a broken foot. They're awful in their first game, and Bill has to figure out, with help from Donna, the school's burly bus driver, if he actually can coach girls. They respond, and Bill suddenly has a family of sorts, just as his own relationship with his daughter worsens. With a winning season in reach, will Bill blow this chance?
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Emma Roberts, Rob Corddry
Director: James C. Strouse
Match Point (2005)
Crime | Drama | Romance | Sport | Thriller
A one-time tennis pro, Chris Wilton was used to falling just short in his life. But when he befriends Tom Hewett and marries his sister, Chloe, the doors are opened to the kind of money and success that Chris had once only dreamed of having. Chris should have settled for happiness, but he is torn by his attraction to Tom's impossibly beautiful and alluring fiancée, Nola. The attraction turns to an obsession that forces Chris to make a critical choice. Now everything in his life hinges on whether or not Chris falls short again–and if his luck runs out.
Starring: Brian Cox, Matthew Goode, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Penelope Wilton
Director: Woody Allen
The Color of Money (1986)
Drama | Sport
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.
Starring: Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Bill Cobbs, John Turturro
Director: Martin Scorsese
