
Sports Competition movies
Competition-first sports stories: matches, races, tournaments, or seasons where winning and performance pressure drive the plot.

1. F1
Action Drama Vehicle-Driven Action Sports Competition2025•2h 36min
United States
Director: Joseph Kosinski
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The best years of racer Sonny Hayes are long behind him. A former teammate and friend invites Sonny to join his new Formula 1 team, which is struggling badly in the middle of the season. Sonny must lead the team to at least one win this season and teach his ambitious teammate what real teamwork means.
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2. Gran Turismo
Adventure Action Drama Sports Competition Vehicle-Driven Action2023•2h 15min
United States
Director: Neill Blomkamp
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The ultimate wish-fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won him a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional racecar driver.
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After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has thrived in his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian Anderson, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian — a fighter with nothing to lose.
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4. The First Slam Dunk
Animation Comedy Drama Anime Sports Competition2022•2h 5min
Japan
Director: Takehiko Inoue
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Shohoku's “speedster” and point guard, Ryota Miyagi, always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. In his second year of high school, Ryota plays with the Shohoku High School basketball team along with Sakuragi, Rukawa, Akagi, and Mitsui as they take the stage at the Inter-High School National Championship. And now, they are on the brink of challenging the reigning champions, Sannoh Kogyo High School.
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5. Thirteen Lives
Drama Thriller Sports Competition Survival Thriller2022•2h 27min
United Kingdom, United States
Director: Ron Howard
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Based on the true nail-biting mission that captivated the world. Twelve boys and the coach of a Thai soccer team explore the Tham Luang cave when an unexpected rainstorm traps them in a chamber inside the mountain. Entombed behind a maze of flooded cave tunnels, they face impossible odds. A team of world-class divers navigate through miles of dangerous cave networks to discover that finding the boys is only the beginning.
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After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, a down on his luck basketball scout takes it upon himself to bring the phenom to the States without his team's approval. Against the odds, they have one final shot to prove they have what it takes to make it in the NBA.
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7. American Underdog
Drama Family Sports Competition2021•1h 52min
United States
Director: Andrew Erwin
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The true story of Kurt Warner, who went from a stockboy at a grocery store to a two-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl champion, and Hall of Fame quarterback.
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Jackie Justice is a mixed martial arts fighter who leaves the sport in disgrace. Down on her luck and simmering with rage and regret years after the fight, she's coaxed into a brutal underground fight by her manager and boyfriend Desi and grabs the attention of a fight league promoter who promises Jackie a life back in the Octagon. But the road to redemption becomes unexpectedly personal when Manny - the son she gave up as an infant - shows up at her doorstep. A triumphant story of a fighter who reclaims her power, in and out of the ring, when everyone has counted her out
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9. The Way Back
Drama Sports Competition2020•1h 48min
United States, Canada
Director: Gavin O'Connor
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A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction, attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.
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10. Ford v Ferrari
Drama Action History Biographical History Sports Competition2019•2h 33min
United States
Director: James Mangold
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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.


