Best Sports Movies Ranked 2020 – the most epic list you’ve ever seen yet

An expansive list of sports movies, including the most up tp date movies made in 2020, featuring some of the more agressive sports and some of the most elegant ones. If you yourself or you know someone who absolutely love sports, share and add this to your to-watch lists. Conveniently ranked according to the IMDB movie critic scale, you can bet that these are the best of the best!

1

Warrior

Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte
Gavin O\'Connor
2011

The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.

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8.2 IMDB
2

Free Solo

Alex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell, Jimmy Chin
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
2018

Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or safety gear, this would arguably be the greatest feat in rock climbing history.

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8.2 IMDB
3

Rush

Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Brühl, Olivia Wilde
Ron Howard
2013

A biographical drama centered on the rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 Formula One motor-racing season.

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8.1 IMDB
4

Ford v Ferrari

Christian Bale, Matt Damon, Jon Bernthal
James Mangold
2019

American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.

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8.1 IMDB
5

Million Dollar Baby

Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman
Clint Eastwood
2004

Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.

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8.1 IMDB
6

The Wrestler

Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood
Darren Aronofsky
2008

Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating, however, Randy hangs up his tights, pursues a serious relationship with a long-in-the-tooth stripper, and tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter. But he can't resist the lure of the ring and readies himself for a comeback.

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7.9 IMDB
7

The Fighter

Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams
David O. Russell
2010

The Fighter, is a drama about boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.

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7.8 IMDB
8

Remember the Titans

Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Ryan Hurst
Boaz Yakin
2000

After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the beloved Yoast as he could be. The two men learn to overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions.

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7.8 IMDB
9

Moneyball

Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Bennett Miller
2011

The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.

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7.6 IMDB
10

The English Game

Kevin Guthrie, Edward Holcroft, Niamh Walsh
Tim Fywell
2020

Two 19th-century footballers on opposite sides of a class divide navigate professional and personal turmoil to change the game — and England — forever.

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7.6 IMDB
11

Creed

Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson
Ryan Coogler
2015

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.

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7.6 IMDB
12

The Damned United

Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney
Tom Hooper
2009

Taking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to be friction. Glimpses of his earlier career help explain both his hostility to previous manager Don Revie and how much he is missing right-hand man Peter Taylor.

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7.5 IMDB
13

I, Tonya

Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney
Craig Gillespie
2017

Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U. S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.

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7.5 IMDB
14

The Greatest Game Ever Played

Shia LaBeouf, Stephen Dillane, Josh Flitter
Bill Paxton
2005

A biopic of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet who defeated his golfing idol and 1900 US Open Champion, Harry Vardon.

7.4 IMDB
15

Invictus

Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge
Clint Eastwood
2009

Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.

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7.3 IMDB
16

Coach Carter

Samuel L. Jackson, Rob Brown, Robert Ri\'chard
Thomas Carter
2005

Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.

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7.3 IMDB
17

Rocky Balboa

Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Antonio Tarver
Sylvester Stallone
2006

When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ Rocky Balboa, reigning heavyweight titleholder, Mason Dixon retaliates by challenging Rocky to a nationally televised, 10-round exhibition bout. To the surprise of his son and friends, Rocky agrees to come out of retirement and face an opponent who's faster, stronger and thirty years his junior.

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7.1 IMDB
18

Concussion

Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks
Peter Landesman
2015

A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world.

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7.1 IMDB
19

Foxcatcher

Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo
Bennett Miller
2014

The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.

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7 IMDB