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- The Basketball Diaries. For fans of: dramas about basketball. In The Basketball Diaries, Jim Carroll (Leonardo DiCaprio) navigates the gritty streets of Manhattan, wrestling with adolescence and addiction.
- Coach Carter. For fans of: sports movies based on true stories. In the film Coach Carter, Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) is a high school basketball coach with a controversial yet effective approach to molding his team.
- Warrior. For fans of: sports movies about redemption. Warrior is a visceral sports drama that delves into the world of mixed martial arts. It intertwines the lives of two estranged brothers, Tommy (Tom Hardy) and Brendan (Joel Edgerton), who tread their paths in the unforgiving cage-fighting circuit.
- Friday Night Lights. For fans of: tense TV shows about competitions. Delving into the lives of a small-town Texas community, Friday Night Lights weaves an intricate tapestry of both on-field and off-field drama.
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William Friedkin's 1994 cautionary tale of leadership gone too far condemns competitive sport for its dark side while recognizing the good it can do as a community-builder. What it also shares with The Way Back: a haunted protagonist who has lost his wife, his soul and his hold over the sport of basketball. A flawed-but-lovable coach (Affleck in Th...
From Varsity Blues director Brian Robbins comes another humor-filled sports dramedy. 2002's Hardballfollows the unlikely bond formed between a degenerate gambler and the struggling, inner-city youth baseball team he has agreed to coach in order to pay off his debts. As is the case with The Way Back, the film's emotional beats stun and marvel. Moreo...
What is an effective sports movie, if not the story of an underdog pulling off the unthinkable? Gavin O'Connor's first foray into the gutwrenching sports drama genre has been a must-see for sports fans everywhere since its theatrical release in 2004. Miracle follows Herb Brooks' (played by Kurt Russell) on his true-life journey leading the U.S. Oly...
Adam Sandlerand co.'s 2002 ode to classic animated holiday movies quickly became a hit during the DVD boom. With two hours of laughs squeezed into its lightning-fast 1hr 16min. run time, one could easily forget just how many thematically evocative cooks were in its Happy Madison-heavy kitchen. Catchy musical numbers and potty humor aside, Eight Cra...
A DUI arrest also turned out to be the best thing to happen to former hockey star Gordon Bombay (played by Emilio Estevez), whose life was down-spiraling until becoming the court-mandated coach of the franchise-spanning youth hockey team in 1992. With a reboot on the way, refreshing one's self with the beloved band of Ducks players is a perfect way...
This hidden gem-of-a-feature debut from James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now, The End of the Tour) is the second film in the unofficial "Nick Nolte sports trilogy." It is also undoubtedly the most underseen of the three. 2006's Off The Black peels back the layers of a professionally and personally guarded youth baseball umpire (played by Nolte) who ...
Due to a health scare, Mickey Rourke's "Randy The Ram" in The Wrestlerlearns he must retire from the sport that has become his sole identity and purpose. Over the course of Darren Aronofsky's acclaimed 2008 film, he struggles to acclimate to a life lived without entrance music. The existential dread stirring within him is something viewers of The W...
The 1986 basketball drama starring Gene Hackman and Dennis Hopper regularly tops many all-time sports movie rankings. Rightfully so, as the film - not dissimilarly to The Way Back- dares to push the interweaving pursuits of victory and redemption to their absolute breaking point(s). While Hackman's assistant coach in Hopper is who suffers from crip...
Talk about sports movies that are more than sports. The final installment in the unofficial "Nick Nolte sports trilogy" (this time seeing the veteran actor in an oscar-nominated supporting turn as an alcoholic neglectful father looking to make amends) pits his estranged sons against each other in an MMAshowdown for the ages. 2011'sWarrior spends th...
An introspective, obsession-based character study where a future Oscar-winner plays a high school basketball star who quickly abandons his most redeeming quality to instead surrender to what numbs him the most. While pegging The Way Back beyond accurately, the same description rang true for The Basketball Diariesa quarter-of-a-century earlier. Whil...
- Love & Basketball. Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps, Alfre Woodard. 221 votes. Love & Basketball masterfully weaves together the worlds of sports and romance, showcasing the powerful connection between childhood friends-turned-lovers Monica (Sanaa Lathan) and Quincy (Omar Epps) as they strive to pursue their dreams of basketball stardom.
- The Cutting Edge. D.B. Sweeney, Moira Kelly, Roy Dotrice. 139 votes. In The Cutting Edge, we witness the unlikely pairing of two athletes - a talented but arrogant figure skater (Moira Kelly) and an injured hockey player (D.B.
- Wimbledon. Kirsten Dunst, Paul Bettany, Sam Neill. 119 votes. Set against the backdrop of the iconic tennis tournament, Wimbledon tells the story of a struggling British player (Paul Bettany), who finds renewed purpose and passion when he falls in love with an ambitious American tennis star (Kirsten Dunst).
- She's the Man. Amanda Bynes, James Kirk, Channing Tatum. 96 votes. In this modern adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Amanda Bynes stars as Viola, a talented high school soccer player who, disillusioned with the lack of opportunities for female athletes, disguises herself as her twin brother to join the boys' team.
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Mar 5, 2020 · The Way Back knows how to combine Affleck's charisma with his underrated skills as an actor. Gavin O'Connor isn't trying to change the recovery drama or the sports drama or make some daring...
Mar 4, 2020 · In ‘The Way Back,’ Ben Affleck Is the Latest Fading Star to Make a Comeback With a Sports Movie. Affleck joins a proud tradition of actors reinvigorating their image by playing a down-on-their-luck athlete. It’s a corny formula, but one we can’t seem to get enough of
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Mar 12, 2020 · Now, Warner Bros. Pictures and director Gavin O’Connor present the latest sports drama with the movie The Way Back. Does the film “find its way” to cinematic appeal or does it lost within its sports themed tropes?
