Sports Drama
A type of drama whose source of conflict is the struggle of an athlete or team as they rise to the top of a chosen sport. Olympic events, baseball, football, basketball, and boxing have provided settings for this film sub-genre. The resolution usually has one of two outcomes: the protagonist(s) either wins some sort of championship or large individual sporting event (i.e. a race, the Oympics, etc.), or loses, resulting in soul searching, depression and/or enlightenment. Conventions of these films often include romantic subplots, physical or psychological injuries, social and political obstacles, male camaraderie, and an action-oriented climax. Examples include The Natural, the Rocky series, He Got Game, North Dallas Forty, Tin Cup, Hoosiers, Jerry Maguire and Chariots of Fire. Others variations on this subgenre are biopics and historical docudramas of famous sports figures or events of a particular sport. Though these use authentic life stories as source material, often reality is manipulated for dramatic tension and many use similar conventions as fictional sports dramas. Illustrations of this approach include The Pride of the Yankees, Raging Bull, Cobb, The Jessie Owens Story, Knute Rockne, All American, and Eight Men Out.
Featured Films:
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| Rating | MPAA | Year | Title |
 | R | 2009 | The Damned United |
| PG | 2008 | The Express |
 | R | 2008 | Redbelt |
 | R | 2008 | Sugar |
 | PG13 | 2008 | Forever Strong |
 | PG13 | 2007 | The Flying Scotsman |
| 2007 | American Pastime | |
| PG13 | 2007 | Lucky You |
| PG13 | 2007 | Gracie |
| PG13 | 2007 | Goal! II: Living the Dream |
| 2007 | Ta Ra Rum Pum | |
| PG | 2007 | The Final Season |
| PG | 2007 | Pride |
| PG13 | 2006 | Crossover |
| 2006 | 30 Days | |
| PG13 | 2006 | Annapolis |
| PG | 2006 | Believe in Me |
| PG13 | 2006 | Gridiron Gang |
| PG | 2006 | Invincible |
| PG | 2006 | We Are Marshall |
 | 2006 | White Palms | |
| PG | 2006 | Facing the Giants |
| PG | 2006 | Glory Road |
| PG | 2006 | Rocky Balboa |
| 2005 | Detroit Hoopz | |
| PG13 | 2005 | Lords of Dogtown |
| PG13 | 2005 | Coach Carter |
| R | 2005 | Two for the Money |
| PG13 | 2005 | Peaceful Warrior |
| PG | 2005 | The Game of Their Lives |
| G | 2005 | Ice Princess |
| PG | 2005 | The Greatest Game Ever Played |
| PG13 | 2005 | Supercross: The Movie |
| PG | 2005 | Goal! |
| PG13 | 2005 | Cinderella Man |
| PG | 2004 | Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius |
| R | 2004 | Fighting Tommy Riley |
| PG | 2004 | Miracle |
| PG13 | 2004 | Friday Night Lights |
| PG13 | 2004 | Million Dollar Baby |
| PG13 | 2004 | Black Cloud |
| PG13 | 2004 | Against the Ropes |
 | 2003 | Girls Fight Tonite | |
| 2003 | Hoop Days [Anime Series] | |
| PG | 2003 | Radio |
| 2003 | Cock & Bull Story | |
| 2003 | Matchups | |
| 2003 | Ball of Wax | |
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