Are you a Netflix subscriber and have doubts about what to watch given the vast catalog of the platform? How about exploring films that deal with sports themes? If you like stories of overcoming, films about sports competitions are the perfect choice!
Below, we have compiled a list of 10 films covering the most varied sports available in the Netflix catalogue.
Sports movies: the best on Netflix
Drama set in the world of boxing, “Knockout” is directed by Antoine Fuqua. In the plot, a successful professional boxer (Jake Gyllenhaal) lives a life of luxury with his wife (Rachel McAdams) and his daughter.
However, when his wife is killed, the boxer turns to drugs and alcohol. Sinking into decline, he is suspended from boxing and loses custody of his daughter.
Determined to get back on his feet and regain custody of her, he decides to return to the ring. The cast also includes Forest Whitaker and 50 Cent.
The South Korean production, “Campeonato dos Sonhos”, is a football comedy that seeks to entertain and move the audience.
In the story, a footballer with career problems decides to coach a team made up of homeless people. This team is the South Korean team that will compete in the Homeless World Cup.
The biopic “I, Tonya” tells the story of the talented and controversial American figure skater Tonya Harding. Actress Margot Robbie plays Tonya.
Combining dramatic, comedic and mockumentary elements, the film explores Tonya’s humble beginnings, her success in the world of skating and the event that made her famous: the arson attack on her rival, Nancy Kerrigan.
The planning of the attack on Kerrigan was carried out by Tonya’s ex-husband and his bodyguard. Tonya was later implicated in the crime and was permanently banned from all U.S. figure skating competitions.
Basketball sports drama, “Amador,” addresses controversial issues within the sport.
In the story, a boy basketball phenom is recruited to an elite prep school. However, the young man discovers a terrible world of corruption in amateur sport.
The biographical drama, “The Man Who Changed the Game,” is an adaptation of the non-fiction book “Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game,” by Michael Lewis.
The film is based on the true story of Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland Athletics baseball team, and his revolutionary approach to building a competitive team with limited financial resources.
Brad Pitt plays Beane. Jonah Hill and Philip Seymour Hoffman make up the cast
Comedy that marked “Afternoon Session”, “Pequenos Grandes Astros” follows an orphan boy (Bow Wow) who dreams of becoming a basketball player.
However, this dream comes true in a fantastic way when he finds an old pair of sneakers that belonged to Michael Jordan, which give him magical basketball skills.
Now the boy plays alongside the NBA greats. The cast also includes Morris Chestnut, Robert Forster, Crispin Glover and Eugene Levy.
Directed by and starring the incredible Stephen Chow, this hilarious Hong Kong comedy combines football with martial arts, featuring acrobatic moves and impressive special effects.
In the film, a former soccer star (Ng Man-tat), now living as a lackey mistreated by a super businessman, sees an opportunity to become a coach when he witnesses a super soccer match by a former monk who practice kung fu. (Rancio).
Seeing an opportunity to promote kung fu through football, the monk asks his former Shaolin brothers to join the team, thus forming a team of incredible abilities.
An American football comedy inspired by true events, “Team of the Heart” stars Kevin James, Taylor Lautner, Rob Schneider and Jackie Sandler.
In the story, the coach of an NFL team (James) suffers a one-year suspension. During this period he returns to his hometown and decides to coach his son’s American football team, the worst team in the local competition.
Starring Adam Sandler, “Low Blow” is a remake of a 1974 film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Burt Reynolds (who returns in this film in a different role). The cast also includes Chris Rock, James Cromwell, Nelly and William Fichtner.
In this adaptation, Sandler plays a former American football star who ends up in prison. In exchange for a reduced sentence, she is forced by the prison director to form a team of inmates to face the guards in an American football game.
The Australian children’s film, “Second Chance,” follows a talented young gymnast who, however, lacks the self-confidence to thrive in the sport.
However, an opportunity arises to join the Australian Olympic gymnastics team and her new coach will help her.
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