Sports

Sports is a movie genre that can be cross referenced with many others. Romance plays well with the sports theme in Bull Durham. You can see the science fiction/fantasy influence in Field of Dreams. Raging Bull can be confused with a drama but it’s still a boxing film just like Million Dollar Baby. Brian’s Song is a football movie, romance, and biography movie. Some of the best movies in history have been true stories about real people who touch us in some way, even if it’s a sports jock who happens to die, like Jim Thorpe, All American or The Pride of the Yankees (Lou Gehrig).

Million Dollar Baby Poster
Year: 2004
Genres: Sports | Drama | Adaptation
Produced in: United States
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel, Mike Colter, Lucia Rijker, Brían F. O'Byrne, Anthony Mackie, Margo Martindale, Riki Lindhome
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Produced by: Clint Eastwood
IMDB Rating: 8.2 out of 10 (173059 votes)
The Wrestler poster
Year: 2008
Genres: Action/Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Sports
Produced in: United States
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Mark Margolis, Todd Barry, Wass Stevens, Judah Friedlander, Ernest Miller, Dylan Keith Summers, Tommy Farra
Directed by: Darren Aronofsky
Produced by: Darren Aronofsky
IMDB Rating: 8.1 out of 10 (143077 votes)