With football season in full swing, hockey starting, and basketball season just around the corner, here are some sports movies to watch along with live sports this fall and winter.
There have been many shocking and historic moments in sports over the years, some of which have been immortalized on film.
The film depicts a variety of sports stories, from miraculous Olympic victories to the rebuilding of teams after major tragedies.
These based-on-true-story movies tell stories that involve a variety of sports, from hockey, football, tennis, and even horse racing.
The 22 best sports movies currently streaming
‘miracle’
“Miracle” tells the story of the U.S. Olympic hockey team and its unexpected victory over the Soviet Union at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.
Herb Brooks (Kurt Russell) is hired as the coach of the U.S. Olympic team and selects a very specific group of young players to teach them a unique style of play that he believes they can use to defeat the Soviet Union. Masu.
The team, led by captain Mike Eruzione (Patrick O’Brien Demsey), comes together to solve problems for the Olympics. In the middle of the Cold War, the whole country is looking forward to it, and the team fights for the gold medal.
Rating: PG
Where to watch: Disney+
“Don’t forget the Titans”
When coach Herman Boone (Denzel Washington) takes over the recently integrated TC Williams High School football team, racial tensions rise within the team and the community.
Boone works with assistant coach Bill Yost (Will Patton) to unite a team full of players of different races. Even in the face of tragedy and other challenges, the team comes together to achieve victory.
Rating: PG
Where to watch: Disney+
“Coach Carter”
According to Prime Video, “A successful businessman returns to coach his high school basketball team, but takes controversial actions to help his players succeed both in the classroom and on the court.”
Coach Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) sets strict rules and expects academic excellence from his team, despite opposition from parents and the community.
Rating: PG-13
Where to watch: Prime Video, Paramount+
“The greatest game ever played”
“The Greatest Game Ever” tells the story of Francis Ouimet (Shia LeBoeuf), the first amateur golfer to win the U.S. Open.
This sports film depicts Ouimet fighting against class prejudice to master the game of golf, which is dominated by the upper class. After working as a caddy and practicing as much as possible, Ouimet competed in the 1913 U.S. Open.
In the tournament, he enters as the underdog and faces off against England’s star golfer Harry Vardon (Stephen Dillane).
Rating: PG
Where to watch: Disney+
“Hoosiers”
“Hoosiers” is the story of Norman Dale (Gene Hackman), a failed college basketball coach who coaches a high school team in Indiana.
According to Prime Video, “A man gets his last chance to coach a small-town Indiana high school basketball team and faces the dual challenge of leading the underdog team to the 1951 state championship. And he is trying to redeem himself from a past full of mystery.
Rating: PG
Where to watch: Prime Video ($2.99)
“We are Marshalls.”
As a plane crash kills 75 Marshall University football players and staff and threatens to wipe out the football program, the community is coming to terms with the great tragedy.
“The West Virginia town of Huntington and its Marshall University are hit hard. Then Jack Rangel (Matthew McConaughey) comes along and helps get them back on their feet by taking the job no one else wanted. According to Prime Video.
Rating: PG
Where to watch: Prime Video
“The Boys in the Boat”
According to Prime Video, “This moving true story follows a group of underdogs in the spotlight during the height of the Great Depression as they compete against elite rivals from around the world as part of the 1936 Berlin Summer Games. It is a thing.”
This sports film follows the University of Washington rowing team’s struggle to dominate teams from the East Coast and become the best in the nation for the 1936 Olympics.
Rating: PG-13
Where to watch: Prime Video
“McFarland, America”
Jim White (Kevin Costner) starts working at a predominantly Latino high school in California before forming the school’s cross country team. He and his team set a goal to compete in the California cross country state championships.
They have amazing running ability, but there are challenges they must overcome even off the course. With support from the town and the runners’ families, White works to turn boys into champions.
Rating: PG
Where to watch: Disney+
’42’
Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford), manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, defies Major League Baseball’s color barrier and signs African-American player Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman). The move would expose both Rickey and Robinson to public attack.
Robinson has faced blatant racism from fans, the press, teammates and opponents. He shows courage and strength in proving himself in the league and strives to open doors for other players of color.
Rating: PG-13
Where to watch: Prime Video ($3.99)
“Rudy”
This classic sports movie tells the story of Rudy Ruttiger (Sean Astin), “a working-class kid trying to realize his dream of playing soccer at Notre Dame,” according to Prime Video.
Rutiger, who doesn’t have the tuition or grades to qualify for a scholarship, dreams of joining Notre Dame’s football team. After losing his best friend (Christopher Reed), Rüttiger decides he must escape from working in a steel mill with his father.
His friend D-Bob (Jon Favreau) tutors him to help him overcome his dyslexia, and once he gets to college, he struggles to make the football team.
Rating: PG
Where to watch: Apple TV $3.99, Prime Video $3.59
‘invincible’
In an unprecedented move for an NFL team, the struggling Philadelphia Eagles will hold open tryouts. Vince Papal (Mark Wahlberg), a 30-year-old bartender and Eagles fan, attends a tryout and receives an incredible chance to play for the team.
Rating: PG
Where to watch: Disney+
“The next goal wins.”
Thomas Longer (Michael Fassbender), a professional soccer coach known for his bad temper, loses his job and is sent to coach the American Samoa national team.
The team is yet to score a goal and is preparing for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. Longer clearly didn’t want to be a coach in American Somoa, but he was fascinated by the team’s efforts and became part of the community.
The team’s goal is to score one goal, so the title is “Next Goal Wins.”
Rating: PG-13
Where to watch: Hulu and Disney+
“Invictus”
According to Max, “Invictus” is about “Nelson Mandela’s plan to unite South Africa through a rugby team.”
When Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) is elected president of South Africa, he realizes that there is still great racism in the country.
He teams up with Springbok rugby team captain Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon) to unite the country through rugby in the lead-up to the World Cup.
Rating: PG-13
Where to watch: Max
“Million Dollar Arm”
When sports agent J.B. Bernstein’s (Jon Hamm) business begins to fail, he comes up with an unconventional idea to save his career. His plan is to bring Indian cricketers to the United States and develop them as major league pitchers.
With the help of a scout, Burstein finds Dinesh (Madhur Mittal) and Rinku (Suraj Sharma), teenagers who know nothing about baseball. He works with the boys to help them adjust to America and learn about the sport.
Rating: PG
Where to watch: Apple TV $3.99, Prime Video $3.59
“When the game rises to the top”
The 2003 De La Salle High School football team won 151 games and won 12 straight state championships, but the winning streak ended.
The players, who have received offers from all over the country, are struggling to survive an unpredictable season full of challenges.
The team’s coach, Bob Ladouceur (Jim Caviezel), strives to guide his team through adversity and tragedy.
Rating: PG
Where to watch: Apple TV ($3.99)
“Long Game”
“The Long Game” tells the story of the San Felipe Mustangs, a group of Mexican-American teenagers living in Texas.
Superintendent JB Peña (Jay Hernandez) assembles a high school golf team of five young caddies.
The team was determined to learn the game and created their own golf course after being denied playing at a country club. The boys are also practicing hard with the aim of competing in the state championship.
Rating: PG
Where to watch: Netflix
“Forever strong”
“Forever Strong” tells the story of Rick Penning (Sean Faris), a high school rugby player from Arizona. Penning was captain of his school’s rugby team, but he was sent to a juvenile detention center in Utah after a drunk-driving accident.
The center’s manager (Sean Astin) arranges for Penning to play for the Highland High School rugby team, which he knows is his biggest rival in the sport.
He strives to prove himself on and off the field as his team, coached by Larry Gelwicks (Gary Cole), helps him learn what kind of person he wants to be.
Rating: PG-13
Where to watch: Peacock, Prime Video, Tubi
“Glory Road”
The movie Glory Road tells the story of the first all-African American college basketball team.
When the 1966 Texas Miners basketball team has a new head coach, Don Haskins (Josh Lucas), he is determined to build the team based on talent rather than race.
Even though his team, made up of African-American players, wins every game, people in the community surrounding the school do not approve of it. As teams dominate on the court, tensions rise off the court as well.
Rating: PG
Where to watch: Disney+
“Secretariat”
Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) takes over management of her family’s thoroughbred farm after her father falls ill.
Together with his trainer, Lucien Rollin (John Malkovich), Chenery struggles to navigate the male-dominated world of horse racing. The two bred the stallion Secretariat and raised him until he won the Triple Crown in 1973.
Rating: PG
Where to watch: Disney+
“Blindside”
Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) and her husband Sean (Tim McGraw) take in Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron), a homeless black teenager.
The family helps Michael realize his potential as a football player due to his protective instincts and physical size. With help from his family and others, he is progressing both on the field and academically.
Rating: PG-13
Where to watch: Prime Video $3.79, Apple TV $3.99
“Battle of the Sexes”
“Battle of the Sexes” is based on the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell), which became the most-watched television sporting event in history. depicting a story.
“Caught in the glare of the media, King and Riggs found themselves in a two-way conflict, but off the court, each was fighting a more personal and complex battle,” Prime Video said. are.
Rating: PG-13
Where to watch: Apple TV $3.99, Prime Video $3.99
“Young Woman and the Sea”
The story of Trudy Ederle (Daisy Ridley), the first woman to complete a swim across the English Channel.
Growing up in the early 20th century, Trudy Edel started swimming at an early age. She fights against adversity and oppression from a patriarchal society while pursuing her swimming career.
As an adult, she decides to swim 34 miles across the English Channel from France to England.
Rating: PG
Where to watch: Disney+
