Best Sport movies of 1970s that are oscar winners or nominees

Raging Bull(1980)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 78

An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring destroys his life outside it.



The Black Stallion(1979)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 60

While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion who is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks ...



Rocky(1976)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 35

Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.



The Champ(1979)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 16

Billy Flynn, a former boxing champion, is now horse trainer in Hialeah. He makes just enough money to raise his little boy T.J., over whom he got custody after his wife Annie left him seven...



Fat City(1972)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 16

Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take opposite momentum.



Bang the Drum Slowly(1973)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The story of the friendship between a star pitcher, wise to the world, and a half-wit catcher, as they cope with the catcher's terminal illness through a baseball season.



The Great White Hope(1970)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 5

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