Sport
see all genres ›Sport films can range from heroic dramas to gripping documentaries to slapstick comedies. As both a physical spectacle and a significant cultural phenomenon, sporting competitions offer great visual and storytelling possibilities. The underdogs. The come-from-behind triumph. All essential to the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, of course!
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SUB-GENRES · Boxing · Baseball · American Football · Hockey · Association Football · Racing · Wrestling · Rugby · Cricket · Basketball
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The Endless Summer
They call it THE ENDLESS SUMMER: the ultimate surfing adventure, crossing the globe in search of the perfect wave. From the uncharted waters of West Africa, to the shark-filled seas of Australia, to the tropical paradise of Tahiti and beyond, these California surfers...Watch Movie
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The Edge
THE EDGE is a story of suppressed passion and destructive obsession set in a remote post WWII Siberian village, sparked by the arrival of Ignat, an emotionally and physically damaged Soviet tank commander with an obsession for steam engines. His self destructive streak causes increasing havoc...Watch Movie
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Violet
A grand prize winner at the Berlin Film Festival, VIOLET tells the story of 15-year-old Jesse who bears witness to his best friend's seemingly random murder at the mall. A carefully calibrated character study in the tradition of Gus Van Sant's Paranoid Park, filmmaker Bas Devos' meticulously...Watch Movie
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Cowards Bend the Knee
"Cowardice!! The New Sexy!!!" squeals Guy Maddin about his shot-on-Super-8, expanded-to-35mm silent "autobiography" involving beauty salons, cowardice, femmes fatale, a father's severed hands (and the daughter who wants them sewn onto her lover's arms), orgies and the Soviet...Watch Movie
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King's Gym
Oakland, California's "boxing gym of champions" is showcased here, its historic walls lined with posters for matches boasting past regulars from George Foreman and Joe Frazier to Gina Guidi. Though the crowded environ may be one of sweaty, noisy machismo, director Barry Jenkins' surprisingly...Watch Movie
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Hoop Dreams
Two young men are followed during their entire high-school career, beginning with their participation in playground games and ending with their being recruited by colleges. The obstacles these young men face include parental drug addiction, family poverty, and inner-city violence, as well as the...Watch Movie
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My Breakfast with Blassie
In characteristic Andy Kaufman style, he and professional wrestler "Classy" Freddie Blassie run a parody of MY DINNER WITH ANDRE in this hilarious film. Kaufman and Blassie have discussions over the minutia that is their lives, including wrestling, stardom, hygiene and whether...Watch Movie
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Storm
Twelve year-old Freddie lives with his father, a police officer. Freddie has no friends and is bullied. One day, when Freddie sees a dog being mistreated by his owner, he decides to do something about it. During a terrible storm, he abducts the dog and calls it Storm. Storm is an unusually fast...Watch Movie
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Fake It So Real
FAKE IT SO REAL follows a ragtag group of wrestlers in North Carolina over the course of a week leading up to a big show. The film explores what happens when the over-the-top theatrics of the wrestling ring collide with the realities of the working-class South. The wrestlers aren’t paid for their...Watch Movie
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A Night at the Jai Alai
The little known sport of Jai Alai boasts to be the fastest sport on the planet. Its novelty spread its way throughout Florida in the 1960's but over time the lack of interest has slowly deteriorated the sport. Today its small but devout fan base is holding on by a thread. Go...Watch Movie
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Sunday Ball
Eryk Rocha's SUNDAY BALL focuses on a fourteen-team, annual soccer championship among favela teams in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Set in the Sampaio neighborhood (close to the Maracana Stadium, where the 2014 World Cup final was held), the film brings audiences up-close to a final match between two...Watch Movie
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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...Watch Movie
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Gross Misconduct
This gripping drama explores the troubled life of famed Canadian ice hockey star Brian Spencer. During his illustrious career, Spencer played ten seasons in the NHL for the Buffalo Sabres, Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins. However, his life off...Watch Movie
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Curling
Set on the fringe of society in a remote part of the countryside, CURLING takes a keen look at the unusual private life of a father and his daughter. Between his unremarkable jobs, Jean-François devotes an awkward energy to Julyvonne. The fragile balance of their relationship will be jeopardized...Watch Movie
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The Lemon Grove Kids
To settle their differences, Slug, Gopher, and The Lemon Grove Kids agree to participate in a cross-country race with their neighborhood rivals, Killer Krump and The East Lemon Grove Kids. But Duke Mazarati, formerly a member of Slug's gang and now working for Big Ed Narzak,...Watch Movie
