Better films about sport are inspirational and motivating pictures about the will to win, about the irresistible craving for sport, about the desire to show the world what you are capable of.
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Legend No. 17
Russian biographical drama " Legend No. 17 " opens our rating of the best films about sports, telling the story of the great Soviet hockey player Valery Kharlamov. The tape also highlights the famous Super Series match of 1972 between the teams of Canada and the USSR.This meeting ended with the victory of Soviet hockey players, whom foreign sports journalists considered amateurs. The picture received high marks from domestic critics.
An interesting fact: playing Valery Kharlamov Danila Kozlovsky was shot in a real jacket of the famous hockey player.
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Bunker
The 9th place in the ranking of the best pictures about sports is the youth comedy " Bunkart ".
High-profile gymnast Hayley Graham, because of serious problems in the family, breaks off at international competitions, as a result of which the American team is losing hope of winning prizes. Haley after the incident leaves the sport and leads the life of an ordinary teenager. For penetration into someone else's territory, the girl is sent to a closed gymnasium.
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Eddie "Eagle
New product in the spring of 2016" Eddie "Eagle " - a great motivating film about sports and the importance of believing in yourself.
Briton Eddie Edwards since childhood dreamed of becoming a participant in the Olympic Games, no matter what kind of sport he would have imagined. But for a physically weak person, suffering from farsightedness, it was practically impossible to get into the national team. Eddie chose a career as a mountain skier and decided to prepare for ski jumping, since the United Kingdom has long not exhibited athletes in this discipline, and therefore, he will not have competitors. For the will to win and hard work, he received from the fans the nickname Eddie "Eagle" and got all the same for the Winter Olympics in 1988 in Calgary.
"Eddie" Eagle "- in 8th place in the list of the best films about sports.
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Trainer
Based on real events, the sport film " Trainer ", released on screens in 2015, tells the story of the coach with the temperament of Jim White, who was fired from the old school and forced to move with his family to a small town McFarland. Most of its population is Hispanic - refugees and immigrants. Having settled into a local school as a physical education teacher, White soon notes that many of his students have excellent physical data and good potential. He organizes a cross-country team of local hooligans and tomboy and begins to prepare his wards for the championship in California. For the guys who have not seen anything good in life, this is the only chance to succeed, and they are not going to miss it.
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Race
The sports drama " Race ", which takes the sixth place in the rating of the best sports films, tells about the events that happened in 1976 at the races of "Formula 1".
Two of the best riders in the world - Austrian Nicky Laud and the charming Englishman James Hunt vie for the title. Lauda is in an accident and receives heavy head burns, disfiguring his face. Despite this tragedy, he returned to the track just six weeks after the accident and continued to fight for the title of the best racer of the 1976 season.
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Knockdown
The list of the best films about sport continues the drama " Knockdown " with Russell Crowe in the title role. The film is based on real events from the life of American boxer James Braddock.
After several defeats in the ring and received injuries, the talented boxer James Braddock withdraws from the sport. The Great Depression began in the country. To feed the family, the former boxer is forced to undertake any work. But once fate gives him a chance to return to the sport again - Braddock is offered to replace in the ring of another athlete. He agrees and wins a tough fight from the challenger for the title. After winning the next bouts, he is preparing for a decisive meeting with the current world champion, Max Baer. The latter is younger, taller and more enduring than Braddock, but James intends to fight to the last.
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42
The fourth place in the rating of the best films about sport is the drama " 42 ".
Jackie Robinson at school showed himself a promising player in baseball. But in the middle of the last century, African Americans could only play in the lower leagues - they were ordered to go upstairs. In 1945, the chief manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team, Branch Ricky, decides to fundamentally change the game. He announces that he is going to take on a black team player. His chosen one is Robinson. The newcomer will have to overcome not only the hostility of the spectators, but also the resistance of the team members.
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Left-hander
The third place in the rating of the best films about sports is the drama " Lefty ".
Boxer Billy Hope has achieved a long-standing goal - became the world light heavyweight champion. After this, his wife tragically perishes, and the protagonist under the weight of loss embarks on all the heavy - drinking, brawling and thinking about suicide. The result is sad - the reputation in the sport is lost, and the daughter is selected social services. Billy has only one way out to get her daughter back - to climb to the top of the sports Olympus again.
Interesting fact: can overcome itself and set amazing records of endurance not only athletes. For the movie "Stringer" Jake Gyllenhaal has grown quite thin, and for the next picture, "Lefty", he needed to quickly gain a large muscle mass. For six months of intensive training the actor changed beyond recognition - not only gained 15 kilograms of weight, but also learned the basic boxing tricks and movements.
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Baby in the million
" Million Dollar Baby " - a motivating story that anyone can come to the sport at any age. The main thing is to set a goal and persevere towards it, as the heroine of the film Maggie Fitzgerald did. Deciding to radically change her life and become the world champion in boxing, she turns to the owner of the boxing hall of Frankie Dunn for help. But he refuses to work with her, because he believes that women do not have a place in boxing. Then Maggie begins to train herself and with her perseverance gradually gains the respect of the old coach. He agrees to train Maggie, although she considers her desire to enter the professional ring as an adventure.
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The person who changed all
Biographical tape " The person who changed all " takes 1st place in the ranking of the best pictures about sports.
When the Oakland Athletics baseball team suffers another defeat, the leading players leave it. Team manager Billy Bin needs to urgently find a replacement for them. The young economist Peter Brand offers him to use a new scheme for calculating the usefulness of players. Focusing on it, Bean recruits to the team, at first glance, unpromising players. Despite the ridicule of journalists and the protests of the strong players of the team, Bean gives a chance to beginners and "Oakland Athletics" wins 20 matches in a row, confirming the success of the Brenda scheme.
