Brad Pitt makes it look effortless in this a drama about the business of baseball in the era of multi-million dollar payrolls, which It earned six Academy Award nominations.
Ferrell and co-writer/director Adam McKay spoof NASCAR culture in this hilarious comedy of a race car driver with two first names and no self-awareness.
Paul Newman won an Oscar playing Fast Eddie Felson and young Tom Cruise is his pool player protege in this tale of pool hustling, regret, and redemption.
Stephen Chow stole Jackie Chan’s crown as Hong Kong’s clown prince of kung fu comedy and this film is full of Chow’s trademark talents, from martial arts spoofing to wild, cartoonish comedy.
The acclaimed drama set in a high school in a small Texas town is not so much a sports drama as a drama about people whose lives were—for better and for worse—defined by sports.
Christian Bale and Melissa Leo earned Oscars for their supporting turns in the true-life late-career comeback sports drama directed by David O. Russell.