Each of the films that have been shot in this genre will tell about sportsmen and the internal kitchen of sports of one or another type. In most cases, films about sports are based on real events and each of them has its own prototypes, thanks to which the films evoke increased interest and admiration. Everyone knows about the victories of one or the defeat of another athlete, but no one knows what he had to overcome in order to achieve a decent level, fame and glory.

Champions: faster, higher, stronger

• Year: 2016
• Genre: Sport, Drama
• Country Russia
• Starring: Sergey Bondarchuk, Evgeny Pronin, Christina Asmus, Yegor Koreshkov, Daria Ekamasova, Alexander Robak

A Russian film about big sports is a huge rarity. “Champions” is a high-quality film that has become a pleasant exception, because it looks in the same breath, causes positive emotions and pleasant impressions. The name of the film speaks for itself, as it tells the story of Russian champions.The plot of the film is based on real events, thanks to it you can learn the secrets of great athletes and see their hard way, which they had to go in order to achieve the Olympic championship.

Knockdown

• Year: 2005
• Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
• Country: USA
• Cast: Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Paddy Considine, Craig Bierko

Probably, this film is the most outstanding story about human destiny, the hero of which is a famous boxer. This film is considered a classic of sports films, as it tells about the hard fate of a heavyweight boxer during the Great Depression. James is a successful and wealthy boxer with a happy family. At one point, everything changes, as the country is facing an economic crisis. Now, the hero is trying to grab hold of any job that brings income while at one moment he is not offered to enter the ring instead of another boxer. Rival James will be a contender for the title.

Cursed United

• Year: 2009
• Genre: Sport, Biography, Drama
• Country: United Kingdom
• Cast: Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Colm Mini, Jim Broadbent, Henry Goodman and others

Another sports film, the plot of which is based on real events. The film tells about the history of the UK's greatest football coach, Brian Clafe. The film will show how a simple coach took the usual team of the third division to raise it from the base, making the country champions. However, the coach had a bad temper, which was the reason for his dismissal. After that, Brian becomes the coach of another eminent club - Leeds United, but here he will be able to work only 44 days.

Invisible side

• Year: 2009
• Genre: Drama, Sport, Biography
• Country: USA
• Cast: Sandra Bullock, Quinton Aaron, Jay Head, Ray McKinnon, Tim McGraw

“The Invisible Side” is a sports film whose events are based on real events, and all the main characters have their own prototypes. This film is a difficult story about the life of a black guy from a dysfunctional family. He has no father, but his mother is a drug addict, but the boy does not become a gangster, but wanders through the streets until one day - he was noticed by the white family of Tui, who quickly became attached to the boy. The mother of this family helps the guy to become a professional rugby player, but for this you need not only to play well, but also learn, and this is the main character that turns out badly.

Legend number 17

• Year: 2012
• Genre: Sport, Biography, Drama
• Country Russia
• Cast: Danila Kozlovsky, Svetlana Ivanova, Oleg Menshikov and Vladimir Menshov

Another story based on real events. The star of the world hockey team that performed under number 17 is Valery Kharlamov, who wanted to play a fight against the Canadian team all his life. The hero was injured in a car accident, but still came out on the years of September 2, 1972 to fight the USSR-Canada, which was held in Montreal. Almost the whole world predicted a defeat for our athletes, however, the country remembered this day forever, because the team won a crushing victory with a score of 7: 3.

The man who changed everything

• Year: 2011
• Genre: Drama, Biography, Sports
• Country: USA
• Cast: Brad Pitt, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Chris Pratt, John Hill

Billy Binet is a young and promising guy who had a great talent in baseball, but was never able to demonstrate his greatness on the field. Now he is a brilliant manager of a sports team, which hopes for the championship. It would seem that this task is possible, but no, because the team has financial difficulties and it cannot afford to buy good players, and those who are in reserve are not impressive, as they are not eager. Billy is aware of this, but at one point he realizes that he can fix it and begins to act.

Warrior

• Year: 2011
• Genre: Drama, Sport
• Country: USA
• Starring Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, Jennifer Morrison, Nick Nolte

The main character - pursued by a tragic past, a former marine Tommy Riordan.He returns to his home and asks his alcoholic father to once again become his coach in order to be ready for the biggest fights tournament in the history of sports. The guy is ready for fights and enters the tournament, not even knowing that one day he will have to enter the ring against his brother, with whom they have not been in a long time. Now they will give free rein to emotions and personal experiences, but only one must win.

Race

• Year: 2013
• Genre: Drama, Sport, Biography
• Country: USA, Germany, United Kingdom
• Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl, Alexandra Maria Lara, Olicia Wilde and David Calder

The 70s of the last century - the golden time for the "Formula 1". Racing cars, kilometers of tracks and difficult tracks, sexual fans, ordinary and vulnerable racers outside and tracks and liters of champagne that are already waiting for the winner at the finish. In the center of the plot are two irreconcilable rivals that bring themselves to the physical and psychological ideal in order to win the race. Each of them must go through a difficult path, but they have no right to make mistakes, because any mistake can be the end not only of a career, but also of life.

Fastest indian

• Year: 2005
• Genre: Drama, Biography, Sports
• Country: USA, New Zealand, Japan, Switzerland
• Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ian Rea, Aaron Murphy, Tessa Mitchell

Probably, this film is the only one that is not entirely about sports, but despite this, it fully deserves a place in the list. The film will tell us about the life of the famous New Zealander Bert Monroe - the experimenter-inventor. A man spent dozens of years of his life trying to create a unique racing car from an ordinary “Indian” motorcycle of 1920 (maximum speed of about 90 km / h). It is worth noting that in 1967 he achieved his goal, the official record is 200 miles per hour.