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1) Greater
Publisher
Well Go USA
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Brandon Burlsworth is perhaps the greatest walk-on in the history of college football. Brandon had always dreamed of playing for the Arkansas Razorbacks, but was considered too short and too fat to play Division I. However, Brandon took a risk and walked on in 1994. Written off by fellow teammates and coaches, Brandon displayed dogged determination in the face of staggering odds, and proved every one who had ever doubted him wrong.
Publisher
Level 33 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
In this powerful and timely story of a girl's pursuit of freedom and belonging, fifteen-year-old Frances fights for her humble Irish community by becoming a boxer like her idol, Muhammad Ali. While society may be determined to break her spirit and destroy her way of life, Frances was not born to be broken. Instead, she digs deep to prove to her disillusioned father that she's a true champion.
3) Unbroken
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Olympian and war hero Louis Zamperini survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
4) Challengers
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Formats
Description
A former tennis prodigy turned coach and a force of nature who makes no apologies for her game on and off the court. Married to a champion on a losing streak, Tashi's strategy for her husband's redemption takes a surprising turn when he must face off against the washed-up Patrick, his former best friend, and Tashi's former boyfriend. As their pasts and presents collide, and tensions run high, Tashi must ask herself, what will it cost to win?
5) Hoosiers
Formats
Description
A basketball coach with a checkered past leads him to a last-chance position with a last-chance team.
6) Mountain
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Formats
Description
Only three centuries ago, setting out to climb a mountain would have been considered close to lunacy. Mountains were places of peril, not beauty, an upper world to be shunned, not sought out. Why do mountains now hold us spellbound, drawing us into their dominion, often at the cost of our lives? From Tibet to Australia, Alaska to Norway armed with drones, Go-Pros and helicopters, director Jennifer Peedom has fashioned an astonishing symphony of mountaineers,...
8) Gran turismo
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
Based on the unbelievable true story of a team of unlikely underdogs, a struggling working-class gamer, a failed former racecar driver, and an idealistic motorsport executive. Together, they risk it all to take on the most elite sport in the world. It is an inspiring, thrilling, and action-packed story that proves that nothing is impossible when you're fueled from within.
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Description
A lovely European heiress is disturbed to discover from her lawyer that her father made his fortune by cheating his own partner. She hastily returns to the U.S., moves into the boarding house run by the partner's granddaughter, and gives her a million dollars. This newfound wealth causes the girl untold trouble as her fiance refuses to marry a woman with more money.
10) Strong Enough
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
A cross-training athlete on the path to becoming a pro tests her limits one afternoon by pursuing several world-records just as conflict from her dissolving marriage collides, threatening to derail her.
12) Air
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
From award-winning director Ben Affleck, it reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son's immense...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Formats
Description
In the wake of the sexual revolution and the rise of the women's movement, the 1973 tennis match between women's world champion Billie Jean King and ex-men's-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs became one of the most watched televised sports events of all time, reaching 90 million viewers around the world. As the rivalry between King and Riggs kicked into high gear, off-court each was fighting more personal and complex battles.
14) Ford v Ferrari
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
The remarkable true story of the visionary American car designer Carroll Shelby and the fearless British-born driver Ken Miles, who together battled corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.
15) Ferrari
Publisher
Decal Releasing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Formats
Description
Set during the summer of 1957. Behind the spectacle and danger of 1950’s Formula 1, ex-racer, Enzo Ferrari, is in crisis. Bankruptcy stalks the company he and his wife, Laura, built from nothing ten years earlier. Their tempestuous marriage struggles with the mourning for their one son. Ferrari struggles with the acknowledgement of another. His drivers’ lust to win pushes them out to the edge. He wagers all in a roll of the dice on one race, the...
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Experts from Messi's first coach, Pep Guardiola to FOX Sports commentator Warren Barton compare their upbringing, progression into the world of sports, their skills and talents, their current successes and awards, their influence on the game, plus their marketability on and off the field. Hear from rabid die-hard fans, colleagues, competitors such as Gerard Pique and former coaches including Sir Alex Ferguson as they debate which player is the best-of-the-best!...
Publisher
Briarcliff Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
Inspired by true events, witness the extraordinary journey of Nat 'Sweetwater' Clifton, who made history as the first Black player to sign an NBA contract. At a time when segregation divided sports, New York Knicks coach Joe Lapchick and team executive Ned Irish see the future of basketball in Sweetwater's dazzling and unorthodox displays of entertaining athleticism. Together, they challenge convention and break through barriers that would change...
18) Creed III
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian a fighter who has nothing to lose.
19) 80 for Brady
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
"As the New England Patriots reach the Super Bowl in Houston, four female fans become determined to go to the game and meet quarterback Tom Brady, which proves a more memorable experience than they anticipated after the Patriots fall behind by four touchdowns." --
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
This unique film revisits the rich bounty of 16-mm-shot footage of the left-handed tennis star John McEnroe, at the time the world’s top-ranked player, as he competes in the French Open in 1984. Close-ups and slow motion sequences of McEnroe competing, as well as instances of his notorious temper tantrums, highlight a ”man who played on the edge of his senses.” Far from a traditional documentary, Faraut probes the archival film to unpack both...
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