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- DirectorC. Thomas HowellPatrick Read JohnsonStarsLogan BartholomewKelsey SandersC.R. LewisA college hockey player and a female journalism student struggle to find common ground with their spiritual faith and scientific studies.
- DirectorTony ScottStarsBruce WillisDamon WayansChelsea FieldA private detective's protected female witness is murdered, prompting him and the victim's boyfriend to investigate the crime that leads to a corrupt politician and a crooked football team owner.
- DirectorBill CouturiéStarsMatt LeBlancJayne BrookGene RossA trained chimpanzee plays third base for a minor-league baseball team.
- DirectorSteve BoyumStarsStephen BaldwinJessica SteenGary Busey25 years after the events of the first film, the Charlestown Chiefs are still languishing in Pennsylvania.
- DirectorLindsay AndersonStarsRichard HarrisRachel RobertsAlan BadelDespite success on the field, a rising rugby star senses the emerging emptiness of his life as his inner angst begins to materialize through aggression and brutality, so he attempts to woo his landlady in hopes of finding reason to live.
- DirectorHal NeedhamStarsBart ConnerLori LoughlinBill AllenThe story of one young man, Cru Jones, who has the intensity and desire to win a BMX race called Helltrack.
- DirectorDonald WryeStarsLynn-Holly JohnsonRobby BensonColleen DewhurstAn inexperienced yet naturally gifted ice skater makes a spectacular debut in the skating world before encountering an event that could possibly derail her hopes and dreams.
- DirectorJoe PytkaStarsMichael JordanWayne KnightTheresa RandleIn a desperate attempt to win a basketball match and earn their freedom, the Looney Tunes seek the aid of retired basketball champion, Michael Jordan.
- DirectorSteven LisbergerStarsGilda RadnerBilly CrystalHarry ShearerThe animal kingdom stages its own olympic games.
- DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsJeff BridgesJohn GoodmanJulianne MooreJeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
- DirectorF. Martin ThorntonStarsJames KnightJoan LeggeMinna GreyA postmistress adopts an heir who becomes a boxer and rejects the title when he finds his friend is a usurper.
- DirectorErle C. KentonStarsCarole LombardJack OakieAdrienne AmesThe various residents and occupants of a resort hotel await the outcome of a horse race at a nearby track, as it will affect each of their lives in different ways. .
- DirectorRobert FloreyStarsJames DunnClaire DoddPatricia EllisJoe is a reporter who is looking for his big break and he gets it when he takes over George Gorman's sports column. Marty is a hood who would fix any sporting event he could and Joe keeps the pressure of the paper on him. His wife Maxine, however, wants only the finer things in life and when Joe is on the road, she becomes Marty's Gal. That and the money that she owes Marty ends Joe's career as a New York Register columnist and starts his new career as a drunk. But Connie, who has had a crush on Joe for years, will try to make him the reporter he once was.
- DirectorSam WoodStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxA veterinarian posing as a doctor teams with a singer and his friends as they struggle to save an upstate New York sanitarium with the help of a misfit racehorse.
- DirectorD. Ross LedermanStarsCharles QuigleyRita HayworthJohn GallaudetTom Ferguson, star left wing of the Indians hockey team, is killed during a game in an "accident" with Dick Adams and Bill Drake, two of his own teammates. His brother, Alec Ferguson, is not convinced it was and accident, and goes to New York to uncover the truth. Posing as a fellow townsman named Steve Moreau who is unable to accept an offer to play with the Indians because of an injury, Alec wins a place with the team. He learns that the team, a member of a nation-wide professional league, has been throwing games on the orders of a gambling ring. He meets Betty Holland, the pretty daughter of team coach Joe Holland and falls in love with her. He plays along with Adams and Drake and learns that the owner, Rudy Maxwell, is the head of the gambling ring and has Coach Holland under control because of bad checks written to pay off gambling losses. Reporter Sam Erskine suspecting that the games are being thrown and talks Betty into accepting a job on the Chronicle to find out what she can to protect her father's name. Maxwell discovers Alec's true identity and orders Betty kidnapped, thus ensuring that Alec's play will lead to an Indians' defeat in an important game.
- DirectorEdward SedgwickStarsJoe E. BrownJune TravisMan Mountain DeanA man returns to college and is talked into joining he football team and is a real joke on the team, until he is given a drug that gives him super strength.
- DirectorAnatole LitvakJean NegulescoStarsJames CagneyAnn SheridanArthur KennedyDanny is a content truck driver, but his girl Peggy shows potential as a dancer and hopes he too can show ambition. Danny acquiesces and pursues boxing to please her, but the two begin to spend more time working than time together.
- DirectorJean StelliStarsAlbert PréjeanMeg LemonnierRené GéninThe romantic relationship between a sports journalist and a cyclist during the Tour de France.
- DirectorRay McCareyStarsLloyd NolanCarole LandisSara AllgoodA washed up baseball player (Lloyd Nolan) returns to Brooklyn to manage his old team but ends up clashing with the beautiful new owner (Carole Landis)
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsRochelle HudsonBuster CrabbePaul BryarSherry Baker (Rochelle Hudson), owner of a sports service (a bookie)is very successful and is highly respected by gamblers in New York City. Ricky Sloan (Buster Crabbe), owner of the Panthers professional football team, is in love with her. Jimmy Carson (Donald Mayo), a six-year-old boy, comes into Sherry's office to place a bet for his mother, who dies shortly after sending Jimmy to place her bet. Sherry reluctantly takes the kid home with her and, after a short while, decides to adopt him. But the court does not approve of Sherry's business, as it is more than somewhat illegal.
- DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsArthur LakeDale EvansLionel StanderJoe Bagley, owner of the Blue Heaven Club, tries to foster a romance between shy pianist Sandy Elliott and band vocalist June Mayfield. Joe tells June that Sandy is really a professional, masked wrestler known as "The Devil." Wally Porter, also in love with June doesn't believe the story. The real wrestler breaks a leg in a match and Sandy, in order to keep up the ruse now has to wear a cast on his leg. June attends a match and hears the real Devil announce his engagement to another girl.
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsDanny KayeVirginia MayoVera-EllenAfter a timid milkman knocks unconscious a boxing champion who was accosting his sister, he decides to take up boxing himself in order to impress a beautiful nightclub singer.
- DirectorSemyon DerevyanskyIgor ZemganoStarsYekaterina DerevshchikovaVitali DoroninBoris TolmazovAndrey Kravchenko is the best footballer of the city - the attack center of the Meteor football team, who works as a design engineer, when his job duties required him to move to another city, he leaves his team and his girlfriend.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsEsther WilliamsAkim TamiroffRicardo MontalbanWhen a matador leaves town to focus on his music, his twin sister takes on his identity in the bullfighting ring.
- DirectorBusby BerkeleyStarsFrank SinatraEsther WilliamsGene KellyTwo turn-of-the-century baseball players, who work in vaudeville during the off-season, run into trouble with their team's new female owner and a gambler who doesn't want them to win the pennant.
- DirectorSeymour FriedmanStarsWillard ParkerLola AlbrightHillary BrookeTommy Jones, a well-built plumber, is invited to join a troupe of professional wrestlers, but is surprised to learn that the sport of exhibition wrestling is not on the up-and-up.
- DirectorRobert RossenStarsMel FerrerMiroslavaAnthony QuinnIn 1950s Mexico, a famous bullfighter loses his nerve after he's injured and witnesses the death of another matador in the ring.
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsRobert StackJoy PageGilbert RolandHoping to impress a beautiful senorita, an American visiting Mexico trains with a famous Mexican bullfighter and becomes a competing bullfighter himself.
- DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsHugh BeaumontAnn SavageEdward BrophyPrivate detective finds himself framed for the murders of a wrestler and a crooked referee, then for the murder of a mystery man posing as a new parolee from Alcatraz.
- DirectorRobert C. DertanoStarsPeaches PageTimothy FarrellClara MortensenA money launderer uses women's wrestling as a front for his illegal activities, but earns the enmity of a powerful mobster.
- DirectorNicholas RayRobert ParrishStarsSusan HaywardRobert MitchumArthur KennedyRetired rodeo champion Jeff McCloud agrees to mentor novice rodeo contestant Wes Merritt against the wishes of Merritt's wife who fears the dangers of this rough sport.
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsStanley ClementsBarbara BestarSteve BrodieThe Red Devils, a professional ice hockey team, owned by Jack Monohan (Steve Brodie), is in the midst of a long losing streak, due to bribes being accepted from gamblers by the star player. When the team is joined by cocky Mike Connors (Stanley Clements), a boyhood friend of Jack's, they begin to regain their former winning ways. Mike becomes a star who cannot be stopped, but is disliked by his teammates becuase of his selfish play. Jack tries to keek Mike away from his sister Margaret (Barbara Bestar), who is in love with him, which leads to a bloody fight between the two men. The angry Mike accepts a bribe from gambler Rocky Gilbratar (Lyle Talbot) to throw the big final game. But during the game, an appeal from a young boy who idolizes him, Davey (Duncan Richardson), sets Mike on the right road, and his unselfish play helps win the game.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsGig YoungJean HagenPolly BergenRodeo rider's marriage is endangered because of his commitment to the sport.
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsHumphrey BogartRod SteigerJan SterlingAn ex-sportswriter is hired by a shady fight promoter to promote his latest find, an unknown but easily exploitable rising star from Argentina.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsPaul NewmanPier AngeliEverett SloaneBoxer Rocky Graziano's biopic, based on his autobiography, from childhood to his World Middleweight Championship title win at age 28 in 1947.
- DirectorVladimir PogacicStarsRadmila AndricZoran StojiljkovicSima JanicijevicThe first omnibus film made in Yugoslavia, tells the three stories set in Belgrade by night - a loving couple, a desperate boxing handler, and troubles of contemporary youth.
- DirectorBoris BarnetKonstantin YudinStarsStanislav ChekanAleksandr MikhaylovAnatoliy SolovyovIt's a story about two of the most famous russian personages. They become friends, and then go along on the path of glory in parallel.
- DirectorGeorge AbbottStanley DonenStarsTab HunterGwen VerdonRay WalstonA frustrated fan of the hopeless Washington Senators makes a pact with the Devil to help the baseball team win the league pennant.
- DirectorTony RichardsonStarsMichael RedgraveTom CourtenayAvis BunnageA young thief takes up long-distance running when he is sent to a borstal.
- DirectorColeman FrancisStarsKevin CaseyEric TomlinAnthony CardozaA woman seeks revenge on her former lover, who owns a skydiving business.
- DirectorDon TaylorPhil KarlsonStarsFabianShelley FabaresPeter BrownFabian and Shelley Fabares are among the '60s stars surfing their way to paradise along the famous beaches on Hawaii's North Shore.
- DirectorRafail GoldinStarsVyacheslav ShalevichElza LezhdeyGennadiy YukhtinThe captain of the "Rocket" ice hockey team Anatoliy Duganov, a famous and experienced player, decides to fight for the sporting longevity of such "old people" as he is trying to prove that it is too early for him to retire. But in sports, including hockey, a certain stereotype has long been formed: at 16, a player is considered still a junior, at 18 as a young player in an adult team, and at 25 as a veteran.
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsJames CaanLaura DevonGail HireThe story of three racing drivers and three women, who constantly have to worry for the lives of their boyfriends. Jim Loomis and Mike Marsh drive for Pat Cassarian. Jim expects his fiancée Holly, but before she arrives, he dies in a race. Since she doesn't have the money to travel back, she stays. The young and very ambitious talent Ned Arp joins the team, and immediately starts wooing Pat's sister Julie. Third on the team is womanizer Dan McCall, who brings with him his current girlfriend Gabrielle from Paris. So the basic theme of this movie is, "Whom with whom?"
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsFrankie AvalonAnnette FunicelloFabianTwo race car drivers get caught up in a moonshine operation while competing for titles and women.
- DirectorMario CamusStarsRaf ValloneLea MassariAlberto de MendozaA former soccer player is morally and mentally destroied by the death of his wife. But when he gets the chance to train a team he regains his life by making victories and also finding another love.
- DirectorAlex JofféStarsBourvilRobert HirschGianni BonaguraStory talks about inventor. Inventor inventes cool bike and goes on racing competition. But on his way he has problems.
- DirectorGus TrikonisStarsRoss HagenDiane McBainMichael PatakiMotorcycle racer Rommel seeks vengeance against JC, a madman who murdered the sidehacker's fiancee.
- DirectorLee H. KatzinJohn SturgesStarsSteve McQueenSiegfried RauchElga AndersenTwo car racing champions, an American and a German, face off on the world's hardest endurance course: Le Mans in France.
- DirectorPedro MasóStarsRosanna YanniIngrid GarboClaudia GravyThe novelty of women's football fills in the stadia with fans of the sport, and of the beautiful legs. The women are more interested in leading their boyfriends to the church then in field tactics, but Ibericas are the champions in the end.
- DirectorGeorge McCowanStarsBruce ArmstrongEric CrydermanDon AllenA young hockey player becomes an overnight star of the Toronto Maple Leafs and falls in love with a beautiful young singer. Their relationship is plagued by his "jock" nature and decadent lifestyle.
- DirectorWim WendersStarsArthur BraussKai FischerErika PluharGoalkeeper Josef Bloch is ejected during a game for foul play. He leaves the field and goes to spend the night with a cinema cashier.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsStacy KeachJeff BridgesSusan TyrrellTwo men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take different directions.
- DirectorJerrold FreedmanStarsRaquel WelchKevin McCarthyHelena KallianiotesRoller derby skater K.C. Carr tries to balance her desire for a happy personal life and her dreams of stardom.
- DirectorVernon ZimmermanStarsClaudia JenningsLouis QuinnBetty Anne ReesBehind-the-scenes like of the Roller Derby circuit... A beautiful young woman joins a Roller Derby team, but her fierce independence and competitive spirit get her into trouble.
- DirectorJames A. WestmanStarsEdward AsnerElaine GiftosVerne GagneFrank Bass takes a stand and defends what he thinks is right. Gamblers and money-grubbing conspire to corrupt the industry. Frank's efforts climax as he promotes an over-the-hill champion in the final matches of his career.
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsBurt ReynoldsEddie AlbertEd LauterA sadistic warden asks a former pro quarterback, now serving time in his prison, to put together a team of inmates to take on (and get pummeled by) the guards.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsJames CaanJohn HousemanMaud AdamsIn a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.
- DirectorMichael SchultzStarsRichard PryorBeau BridgesPam GrierThe true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper tier NASCAR race.
- DirectorDaniel MannStarsElliott GouldClive RevillHarry GuardinoA small-time talent agent discovers an amazing boxing kangaroo and figures to use it as his stepping-stone into the big time.
- DirectorNoel NosseckStarsTim MathesonSusan BlakelyJack WardenThe dream began twenty years ago, when a young pinsetter win a championship. Now, Harold "Dreamer" Nuttingham has a chance to attain his dream: to win the Tournament of Champions and buy his own lanes. But what price will he pay?
- DirectorHoward ZieffStarsBarbra StreisandRyan O'NealPaul SandA bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring - an idea her protégé isn't fond of.
- DirectorDavid WintersStarsBert ConvyLynda Day GeorgeEdie AdamsCentred around a former tennis champ who swings with the girls and volleying straight sets with the rich and famous while set on owning his own tennis court.
- DirectorRobert FowlerStarsRegina BaffJohn C. BecherMildred BurkeA New York City waitress decides to become a professional wrestler.
- DirectorJohn ClarkStarsTerry SerioDeborah ConwayMax CullenMike is a young man who is a budding street racer, and owner of a Ford Falcon GT-HO Phase III. His best mate and mechanic, Tony, are both steel workers by day, but when they aren't working, they are racing.
- DirectorJoseph L. ScanlanStarsSusan AntonFrank ConverseJessica WalterTough girl from Vegas (Carling Bassett) travels to Florida with her promiscuous mother (Susan Anton) to compete in the Junior Nationals Women's Tennis championship.
- DirectorWilliam WebbStarsAl MusicLantz DouglasMary McKinleyDisk jockey Mad Man Jack (AL MUSIC) needs to pump up his dwindling audiences at a local radio, and hits upon the idea of holding a competition to find California's most exciting girl. Jackie, Joyce and Chrissie are three young California girls hoping to gain a foothold in the acting profession, so they decide to perform nude in front of the window of the D.J. Thus, their paths cross, and a series of sports and stunts scenes follow, to the wild music themes: tennis, body-building, karate, flying, fish-driving, (sexy),car washing, foxy boxing, aerobics, motorcycle scrambling, baseball, wind surf, singing, roller-skating, Russian mountain gliding, wind-skating, hang-gliding, skating, cheer-leading, mud-wrestling, roller derby, and nude parachuting. Some of the skits are followed with mini interviews with the girls taking part in the events. It's immaterial who wins the competition - the California girls did, with their influence on radio music and film titles of the 1980s.
- DirectorOddvar Bull TuhusStarsRune DybedahlPer Theodor HaugenLiv Bernhoft OsaFollowing the Norwegian ice hockey club Manglerud/Star through their season with conflicts through wins and losses, when the get the Finnish National coach as new trainer.
- DirectorPeter MarkleStarsDavid NaughtonPatrick HouserTracy SmithHarkin Banks heads to skiing championships in California. A teen runaway tags along as he parties and competes with friends and foes.
- DirectorKen HandlerStarsJosh MarcanoTom SierchioJim SorieroA gang of boys under the Brooklyn Bridge are united by their common interest in break dancing. Some work as pizza delivery boys, hence they call themselves the "Delivery Boys". They form a dance team and enter a local break dance contest, sponsored by a woman's panty manufacturer. A rival gang's sponsor intimidates their employer into thinking she must keep the boys working so they won't be harmed. She gives the boys some "specialized" deliveries to make them late for the contest. The antics and calamities abound as the boys wrestle with her work assignments and getting to the contest on time.
- DirectorAllan HolzmanStarsMagic SchwarzSteve StrongMarilyn Dodds FrankA documentary crew sets out to unravel one of professional wrestling's most closely guarded secrets: is former champion "Mad Dog" Joe DeCurso now wrestling as The Mask?
- DirectorPeter MarkleStarsRob LoweCynthia GibbPatrick SwayzeA 17 year old farm boy is offered an ice hockey tryout. His brother drives him to Canada. He has fast legs, slow fists, but is chosen. Will he learn to use his fists and play ice hockey the Canuck way? Will he get the coach's cute daughter?
- DirectorRobert MandelStarsMichael KeatonMaria Conchita AlonsoAjay NaiduAn ice hockey star is accosted by a youth gang who attempt to rob him; after he chases them off he catches the youngest member and gives him a ride home, where he meets the boy's mother. A romantic plot ensues, as well as a confrontation with the gang leaders.
- DirectorSteve CarverStarsScott StraderPerry LangMariska HargitayThe coach of a college tennis team is given an ultimatum: put together a winning team, or else.
- DirectorMenahem GolanStarsSylvester StalloneRobert LoggiaSusan BlakelyTough trucker Lincoln Hawk is determined to win back his son and triumph at the world arm wrestling championships.
- DirectorPeter ManoogianStarsPaul SatterfieldHamilton CampClaudia ChristianA human becomes an unlikely rising star in the biggest fighting tournament in the galaxy that's dominated by alien species.
- DirectorThomas J. WrightStarsHulk HoganJoan SeveranceKurt FullerA TV-network boss pits a wrestler called Zeus against a wrestler called Rip in a wrestling match.
- DirectorTodd HollandStarsFred SavageLuke EdwardsJenny LewisA boy and his brother run away from home and hitch cross-country, with help from a girl they meet, to compete in the ultimate video-game championship.
- DirectorGabriele Mathes
- DirectorWilly BognerStarsRoger MooreShari BelafonteSimon ShepherdA tycoon's children and creditors compete for his money in an athletic contest.
- DirectorÉric DuretStarsJean RenoMarlee MatlinMarc DuretIn San Luis de la Paz, a small and and very poor town in northern Mexico, the priest Father Victorio manages an orphanage with nearly 50 children. He does wrestling, disguised with a golden mask, to get some money for the children. His dream of reconstruct the town begins to see a light when he is invited to become a professional wrestler
- DirectorMichael RitchieStarsJames WoodsLouis Gossett Jr.Bruce DernGabriel's released from prison. His con man friend makes a foolish bet with Diggstown's owner on who'd win the boxing matches - their man against ten Diggstown men.
- DirectorJack McCoyStarsMichael BarryWayne BartholomewPerry DaneThe Green Iguana is one of the most creative surf films ever featuring Australian surfers Mark Occhilupo, Luke Egan, 'Munga' Barry and 'Margo'. All Australian soundtrack by the best independent bands of the time and stunning cinematography by Jack McCoy made this a cult classic when it was released in 1992.
- DirectorJon TurteltaubStarsJohn CandyLeonDoug E. DougWhen a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican Bobsled Team.
- DirectorJeff PollackStarsDuane MartinTupac ShakurLeonStory of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.
- DirectorRon SheltonStarsTommy Lee JonesRobert WuhlLolita DavidovichA reporter hired to write the 'official' biography of Ty Cobb discovers just how dark the baseball legend's real story is.
- DirectorScott KalvertStarsLeonardo DiCaprioLorraine BraccoMarilyn SokolA teenager finds his dreams of becoming a basketball star threatened after he free falls into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
- DirectorSeth GordonStarsSteve WiebeBilly MitchellMark AlpigerDie-hard gamers compete to break world records on classic arcade games.
- DirectorRon HowardStarsRussell CroweRenée ZellwegerCraig BierkoThe true story of James J. Braddock, a supposedly washed-up boxer, who returned to the spotlight to win the heavyweight championship of the world.
- DirectorHoward DeutchStarsKeanu ReevesGene HackmanBrooke LangtonDuring a pro football strike, the owners hire substitute players.
- DirectorMichael MannStarsWill SmithJamie FoxxJon VoightA biography of sports legend Muhammad Ali, focusing on his triumphs and controversies between 1964 and 1974.
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsDenzel WashingtonMilla JovovichRay AllenA basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter sentence.
- DirectorRobert LorenzStarsClint EastwoodAmy AdamsJohn GoodmanA daughter tries to remedy her dysfunctional relationship with her ailing father, a decorated baseball scout, by helping him in a recruiting trip which could be his last.
- DirectorLukasz KosmickiStarsBill PullmanLotte VerbeekJames BloorDuring 1962's Cuban missile crisis, a troubled math genius finds himself drafted to play in a U.S.-Soviet chess match -- and a deadly game of espionage.
- DirectorStan DragotiStarsScott BakulaHector ElizondoRobert LoggiaDue to NCAA sanctions, the Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos must form a football team from their actual student body, with no scholarships to help, to play their football schedule.
- DirectorWilliam T. NaudStarsMichael MichaudMaggie HughesHawthorne JamesIn this parody of the Rocky films, Ricky Wanero is a male gigolo and stripper who sets out to beat "The Champ" in the boxing ring.
- DirectorKim SkyEvan SeplowStarsSelassie AmanaNicole BrierAaron FioreA Jewish man falls in love with a wrestling princess and it's a "no holds barred" quest for her love.
- DirectorJesse Thomas CookStarsDavid FoleyArt HindleRobert MailletEight classic monsters fight to the death in an explosive wrestling tournament set inside an abandoned and cursed graveyard.