Best Sport movies of 1999

Any Given Sunday(1999)

Actors : Al Pacino, James Woods, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Oliver Stone,

A behind-the-scenes look at the life-and-death struggles of modern-day gladiators and those who lead them.

Mystery, Alaska(1999)

Actors : Mary McCormack, Hank Azaria, Burt Reynolds, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Jay Roach,

This comedy is about the residents of a small town who get over-excited when their hockey team gets chosen to host a televised event

For Love of the Game(1999)

Actors : John C. Reilly, Jena Malone, Kelly Preston, Kevin Costner,
Directors : Sam Raimi,

A washed up pitcher flashes through his career.

The Hurricane(1999)

Actors : Denzel Washington, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber, Vicellous Shannon,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

Play It to the Bone(1999)

Actors : Antonio Banderas, Tom Sizemore, Woody Harrelson, Lolita Davidovich,
Directors : Ron Shelton,

Two best friends and former middleweight contenders travel to Las Vegas to fight each other for the first time.

Phörpa(1999)

Actors : Neten Chokling, Orgyen Tobgyal, Lama Chonjor, Jamyang Lodro,
Directors : Khyentse Norbu,

While the soccer World Cup is being played in France, two young Tibetan refugees arrive at a monastery/boarding school in exile in India. Its atmosphere of serene contemplation is somewhat ...

Soccer Dog: The Movie(1999)

Actors : Sam McMurray, Jeremy Foley, James Marshall, Olivia d'Abo,
Directors : Tony Giglio,

A heart-warming comedy about the friendship between the new kid in town and a soccer-playing dog on the lam from the dog-catcher. It's up to these two underdogs to win the PeeWee Soccer League championship game.

The Match(1999)

Actors : Isla Blair, Max Beesley, Laura Fraser, James Cosmo,
Directors : Mick Davis,

Two Scottish pub football teams play each other in order to resolve a century-old grudge, with the prize for the winning team being the other team's pub.

Don't Go Breaking My Heart(1999)

Actors : Jenny Seagrove, Anthony Edwards, Charles Dance, Linford Christie,
Directors : Willi Patterson,

Well meaning friends try to persuade Suzanne, a beautiful widow, to remarry and the choice seems to be between Frank, a philandering dentist, and Tony, a sensitive, failing sports trainer who helps her son.

Endurance(1999)

Actors : Yonas Zergaw, Tedesse Haile, Haile Gebrsellasie, Shawananness Gebrselassie,

The gold medal for the men's 10,000-metre race in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics is won by Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie.

The First of May(1999)

Actors : Mickey Rooney, Dan Byrd, Charles Nelson Reilly, Julie Harris,
Directors : Paul Sirmons,

Eleven-year-old Cory (Dan Byrd) is a foster child nobody wants. Carlotta (Academy Award-nominee Julie Harris) is an elderly woman the world has forgotten.

Game Day(1999)

Actors : Richard Lewis, Gerry Becker, Alicia Minshew, Sean Squire,
Directors : Steve Klein,

Richard Lewis plays coach Steven Adler, a one time high profile division one college basketball coach haunted by the demon of having lost five championship titles. Now he finds himself ...

Histoires d'hiver(1999)

Actors : Patrick Thomas, Denis Bouchard, Joël Dalpé-Drapeau, Mathieu Beaumier,
Directors : François Bouvier,

An adult Martin Roy reminisces about his life in the 1966/67 school year. At fifteen years old and in his last year of junior high school, he breathed, ate and slept hockey. He collected ...

Les collègues(1999)

Actors : Sacha Bourdo, Joël Cantona, Patrick Bosso, Christian Charmetant,
Directors : Philippe Dajoux,

This is the story of a small Marseilles football club on the verge of extinction that ends up in an amateur tournament organised during the World Cup (inevitably referred to as "La ...