Presenting here my own selection of great sports movies, that I have seen myself but presented in no particular order. If you have a movie title that I've missed please leave a comment. I have intentionally left out full-on comedies like Happy Gilmore or great films like Million Dollar Baby where sports is a relatively side theme.
1. Raging Bull - Robert De Niro stars as middleweight boxing champ Jake LaMotta
2. Bull Durham - 1988 American movie about love and baseball stars Kevin Costner
3. Chariots of Fire - The true story of two British athletes preparing for and competing in the 1924 Summer Olympics, one Jew and one devout Catholic.
4. Remember the Titans - Denzil Washington as Hernan Boone a black football coach of an integrated college team.
5. Seabiscuit - Story of a champion racehorse in Depression Era USA in the 1930's
6. The Color of Money - Tom Cruise, Paul Newman in a classic about pool & hustling
7. Ali - Will Smith is at his best in a movie that recreates Ali's best fights and his life
8. Escape to Victory - Film about Allied POWs, coached by Michael Caine who agree to play an exhibition match against the Nazis. Also stars Stallone and soccer star Pele.
9. When we were Kings - The the best documentary ever made about Ali focuses on the Rumble in the Jungle bout with Foreman in Zaire.
10. Rocky - Stallone stars as amateur boxer Rocky Balboa who becomes Champion. Spawned 5 sequels and the classic track 'Eye of the Tiger'
Other notable films are, A League of Their Own, White Men Can't Jump, The Hurricane
Cinderella Man and The Champ