Oh good! You found us.
We’re an on-demand movie theater where you can discover hand-picked films from festivals and collections around
the world. We make it easy for you to find films you’ll love, no matter what your interests are.
Sport
see all genres ›The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat. What could be more dramatic, or cinematic, than recording real-life athletic excellence?
Discover Sport Films
Genres / Documentary / Sport
-
Blood Equity
Three-time Super Bowl Champion Roman Phifer produced this film that focuses on the issues facing former NFL Players following their retirement. The film features interviews with guys who were once the face of this league, Hall of Famers and some lessor known players who share heartfelt and personal testimonies of living their...Start your free trial to watch
-
Cerro Pelado
Though lesser known than Leni Riefenstahl’s OLYMPIA or Kon Ichikawa’s TOKYO OLYMPIAD, Santiago Alvarez’s tribute to Cuba’s sporting triumphs is no less breathtaking. A ship of athletes training on the rough seas becomes a symbol of Castro’s Cuba, the games projected on the backdrop of political struggle: “This is the story of...Start your free trial to watch
-
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
Although prize fighting was illegal in every state in the Union, boxing was a national obsession. James J. Corbett, the heavyweight champion who had defeated the great John L. Sullivan, was not only a sports hero but a stage star (and, for women, a matinee idol). The Corbett-Courtney fight was far and away...Start your free trial to watch
-
Cut
A peculiar homage to the things that go wrong, this film is purportedly about rugby. The self-explanatory title for this jumpy “documentary” is less concerned with the filmed subject (the game, the field, the players) than an abrupt editing style and the complete acknowledgement given to the technical aspect of gathering and...Start your free trial to watch
-
Fathers of the Sport
FATHERS OF THE SPORT is a feature documentary which uncovers the colorful and compelling history of legendary playground basketball. Produced by Providence Films and directed by Xavier “X” Mitchell, it will chronicle the history and lives of the many “legends” and unsung heroes who dominated playground...Start your free trial to watch
-
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Harvard Stadium November 23, 1968. With the Vietnam war raging, Nixon in the White House and issues from civil rights to women's lib dividing the country, Harvard and Yale, both teams undefeated for the first time since 1909, meet for the annual climax of the Ivy League football season. On the blue-blooded...Start your free trial to watch
-
Kings of the Road
The fate of Portland's hockey team was in doubt in 1959. With only a handful of players returning, an uncompleted arena and the press denouncing the team as the worst team ever fielded in the league, all they could do was skate. KINGS OF THE ROAD tells the story of that team, the Portland Buckaroos and...Start your free trial to watch
-
Little Shaolin Monks
This acclaimed documentary follows the lives of a group of "Little Warrior Monks" who live in the famous Shaolin Temple and practice the highest form of martial arts known to man. The kids range in age from 6 to 12 years and lead lives isolated from the rest of the world. Each day their discipline includes...Start your free trial to watch
-
Love the Beast
What if you were a Hollywood movie star with an obsession for cars and racing? You would probably read every script with even the tiniest link to the subject matter in the hope that you could tell a great car story of the likes of GRAND PRIX. Then, one day, you happened to open your garage door and sitting there, right in...Start your free trial to watch
-
Marathon Beirut
Despite the devastation and political upheaval in Lebanon after the July 2006 Israel-Lebanon War, the Beirut Marathon Association chose to move forward with their November event under the banner "For the Love of Lebanon." However, five days before the race, government minister Pierre Gemayel was assassinated. The country then...Start your free trial to watch
-
Men Boxing
Displays of virile masculinity, taken in the male-centered world of the Edison Laboratory. The disciplined, toned bodies of these athletes stand in implicit contrast to those of Edison staff members behind the camera (the fleshy tinkers, brains and insomniacs).Start your free trial to watch
-
Newark Athlete
An unnamed man (a local recruit from Newark) juggles Indian clubs in one of the first of W.K.L. Dickson's many films shot to demonstrate the possibilities of the young medium. Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2010 for perpetual preservation, its blink-and-you'll-miss-it fragmentary status belies its extreme...Start your free trial to watch
-
Okie Noodling
For centuries, a unique breed of fishermen has been catching monster catfish with their bare hands in the rivers and lakes of Oklahoma. Today, the tradition of “noodling” still has Okie anglers hooked. This documentary by Bradley Beesley features interviews with hardcore handfishing veterans as well as footage of real...Start your free trial to watch
-
Rivers of a Lost Coast
In 1974 an article titled "The World's Best" appeared in the pages of Sports Illustrated and forced the off-kilter fly angler Bil Schaadt into the national spotlight. Schaadt, already a Russian River legend, was at the center of a competitive, often-ungentlemanly angling culture. In the 1940s and 50s...Start your free trial to watch
-
7915km
A motor-sports spectacle that kicks up plenty of dust. On the trail of the 2007 Dakar Rallye (the final year of the race), 7915KM undertakes a search, along the way encountering the variety to be found in Africa’s present in Morocco, Sahrawi Republic, Mauritania, Mali and Senegal. 7915KM demonstrates the extent of this...Start your free trial to watch
-
A State of Mind
Following on from the 2002 award-winning documentary THE GAME OF THEIR LIVES, VeryMuchSo productions was granted permission from the North Korean film authorities to make a second documentary: an observational film following two young gymnasts, 13 year old Pak Hyon Sun and 11 year old Kim Song Yun, and their families for over...Start your free trial to watch