Best Sport movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Clint Eastwood, Jay Baruchel,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional.

Actors : Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad,
Directors : Ryan Coogler,

The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.

Actors : Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Mark Margolis, Evan Rachel Wood,
Directors : Darren Aronofsky,

A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.

Actors : Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg, Melissa Leo,
Directors : David O. Russell,

A look at the early years of boxer "Irish" Micky Ward and his brother who helped train him before going pro in the mid 1980s.

Actors : Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

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.

Actors : Jon Bernthal, Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Saniyya Sidney,
Directors : Reinaldo Marcus Green,

A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard Williams.

Actors : Quinton Aaron, Tim McGraw, Sandra Bullock, Jae Head,
Directors : John Lee Hancock,

The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.

Actors : Nicholas Farrell, Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers,
Directors : Hugh Hudson,

Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew, and the other a devout Christian, compete in the 1924 Olympics.

Actors : Tom Cruise, Paul Newman, Helen Shaver, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

Fast Eddie Felson teaches a cocky but immensely talented protégé the ropes of pool hustling, which in turn inspires him to make an unlikely comeback.

Actors : Mickey Rooney, Kelly Reno, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse,
Directors : Carroll Ballard,

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 ...

Actors : Carl Weathers, Burt Young, Talia Shire, Sylvester Stallone,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

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.

Actors : Deborah Kara Unger, Denzel Washington, 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.

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

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

Actors : Faye Dunaway, Jack Warden, Jon Voight, Ricky Schroder,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

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...

Actors : Toshirô Mifune, Eva Marie Saint, James Garner, Yves Montand,
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.