TOP 10: The best films about sports

Cinema about sports is a separate, interesting and popular genre of modern cinema, which is very popular not only among sports fans, but also among connoisseurs of good cinema. Today there is not a single sport about which at least one film would not have been shot. Each film about sports is not only a motivating story about dedicated, courageous and hardy athletes, but also an exciting story.

Lefty

• Release Year: 2015
• Country: Hong Kong, USA
• Cast: Rachel McAdams, Una Lones, Victor Ortiz, Jake Gyllenhaal, Skylan Bruce, Bo Napp, Noami Harris, Miguel Gomez, Fifti St.

Lefty is an exciting film about the career and life of a successful boxing champion. Life situations force the protagonist to first abandon a successful sports career, and then change his mind and prove to everyone that he is a worthy athlete and father.

"Legend number 17"

• Release Year: 2012
• Country Russia
• Cast: Danila Kozlovsky, Svetlana Ivanova, Boris Scherbakov, Oleg Menshikov, Vladimir Menshov, Sergey Genkin, Alexander Yakovlev, Alexander Lobanov, Alejandro Grepi

“Legend No. 17” is a biographical film about the life and sports career of the famous hockey player Kharlamov. After watching this film, you are convinced of the veracity of the famous saying that real men play hockey, not cowards. From the first minutes of the film, the viewer is immersed in the atmosphere that was during the Soviet era, and a little added humor makes viewing the picture pleasant and unforgettable.

"Poddubny"

• Release Year: 2014
• Country Russia
• Cast: Mikhail Porechenkov, Alexander Mikhailov, Mikhail Krylov, Katerina Spitsa, Roman Madyanov, Vladimir Ilyin, Deni Laban, Stephen Bent, Terry Bird

“Poddubny” is a wonderful film about the real life story of the famous wrestler Ivan Poddubny. Everyone heard about incredible strength, about the exploits of a fighter, but you can find out how this powerful person lived by watching the film "Poddubny".

"Race"

• Release Year: 2013
• Country: USA, Germany, UK
• Cast: Daniel Bruhl, Alexandra Maria Lara, Chris Hemswardt, David Calder, Stephen Mangan. Alistair Petrie, Natalie Dormer

"Race" - a biographical drama about the famous sports racing "Formula 1" of the 70s of the last century. The film perfectly shows how they lived, and what racers of those times had to go through. Many athletes paid dearly for the love of speed, sometimes even their own lives.

“Conquerors of the waves”

• Release Year: 2012
• Country: USA
• Cast: Elizabeth Shue, Gerard Butler, Scott Iswood, Alexander Kaneplakos, Cooper Timberline, Etienne Wieck, Dianna Marx, Michael Acosta

Wave Conquerors is an exciting film about extreme sports - surfing. The viewer sees an amazing story about friendship, support and the person’s ability to go towards the goal. Surfing in itself is fraught with many pitfalls, and tricks on surfboards can end very sadly. But the main character will certainly achieve his goal, and conquer his wave.

"The hammer"

• Release Year: 2016
• Country Russia
• Cast: Oksana Akinshina, Alexey Chadov, Sergey Chirkov, Anton Shagin, Igor Sklyar, Alexander Simkin, Evgeny Evdokimov, Nikita Panfilov, Oleg Pospolitak, Dmitry Penkov

"Hammer" is an exciting drama about a hero who is professionally engaged in martial arts. The main character has achieved considerable success in the ring. But in life there are a number of events that led to the fact that the athlete is forbidden to do what he loves. But sport is not for weak people, and how this intriguing story ends, you will learn by watching the drama "The Hammer".

Million Dollar Baby

• Release Year: 2004
• Country: USA
• Cast: Morgan Freeman, Hilary Swank, Jane Baruchel, Clind Eastwood, Mike Colter, Anthony Mackey, Mike Peña, Lucia Rijker, Miguel Perez, Bruce McVitti, Ted Grossman

Million Dollar Baby is a film about the unusual sports story of a young girl. Not so long ago, it was believed that boxing is a purely masculine sport. The main character, who has been dreaming since childhood to become a boxing champion, achieves the desired. With her perseverance and desire, she proves to the coach that a woman can prove herself in such a strong sport as boxing. Having become an invincible champion, the heroine prepares for an important battle, but a tragedy happens.

"Ice"

• Release Year: 2018
• Country Russia
• Cast: Maria Aronova, Aglaya Tarasova, Alexander Petrov, Diana Enakaeva, Milos Bikovich, Ksenia Rappoport, Pavel Maykov, Yan Tsapnik, Maxim Beloborodov, Ksenia Lavrova-Glinka

“Ice” is a melodrama about sports and love. Figure skating is a beautiful sport, but requires dedicated training and full dedication of strength and health from athletes. The main character does not come to figure skating at an early age as is customary, but as an already matured girl. But this did not prevent her from becoming successful in pair figure skating. However, the tragedy led to injury and a ban on sports. What will happen to the heroine? How and with whose help she will survive all the trials and betrayals?

"Rebel"

• Release Year: 2006
• Country: USA, Germany
• Cast: Juno Temple, Maddy Curly, Keplan Lutz, John Patrick Amedori, Nick Frost, Kimberly Nixon, Natasha Richardson, Emma Roberts, Svetlana Efremova, Julie Warner

"Rebel" is a film with an interesting story about a teenager gymnast. At her young age, she achieved excellent results in sports, but the life situation led to the fact that the girl quit sports, which entailed a series of even greater problems. What way out of this situation will the young athlete choose? A prison or a closed gymnastics school?

"Champions"

• Release Year: 2016
• Country Russia
• Cast: Alexey Chadov, Mark Bogatyrev, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Taisiya Vilkova, Konstantin Kryukov, Andrey Smolyakov, Igor Vernik, Angelina Doborodnova, Maxim Vitorgan

The film "Champions" consists of five sports stories. Hockey is a sport of real men, and this is proved in its history by hockey player Kovalchuk. Nikolay Krugov is a biathlete who sacrifices everything for his son. Skater Elena careful will overcome the pain and fear after a serious injury and will return to the big sport. Snowboarder Ilyukhin will achieve his goal no matter what. And who would not say that the skater Zhurov will definitely win. All stories about people with a strong will to live and victory, with a persistent character and fortitude.

A film about sports is not only a sports story that will be forgotten the next day. This is a message that will live in memory for a very long time. When watching such a movie, one cannot remain indifferent to life stories, to human strength of mind and endurance of athletes. Indeed, behind every victory story is a lifetime.