Best Sport movies of 1960s that are oscar winners or nominees

Actors : Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, George C. Scott, Piper Laurie,
Directors : Robert Rossen,

An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.

Actors : Alan Badel, Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, William Hartnell,
Directors : Lindsay Anderson,

Despite 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.

Actors : Toshirô Mifune, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, James Garner,
Directors : John Frankenheimer,

American Grand Prix driver Pete Aron is fired by his Jordan-BRM racing team after a crash at Monaco that injures his British teammate, Scott Stoddard. While Stoddard struggles to recover, ...

Actors : Joel Fluellen, James Earl Jones, Lou Gilbert, Jane Alexander,
Directors : Martin Ritt,

A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.