CRAIG'S TOP 10 GENRE SERIES - SPORT

“Films that have a sports setting, event, and/or athlete that are central and predominant in the story.”

#1. CINDERELLA MAN - 2005

Director: Ron Howard

Starring: Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger, Paul Giamatti

#2. HOOSIERS - 1986

 Director: David Anspaugh

Starring: Gene Hackman, Dennis Hopper, Barbara Hershey

#3. SEABISCUIT - 2003

 Director: Gary Ross

Starring: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper

#4. CHARIOTS OF FIRE - 1981

 Director: Hugh Hudson

Starring: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Ian Holm

#5. ROCKY - 1976

 Director: John G. Avildsen

Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith

#6. THE DAMNED UNITED - 2009

 Director: Tom Hooper

Starring: Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Jim Broadbent

#7. THE FIGHTER - 2010

Director: David O. Russell

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo

#8. THE BLIND SIDE - 2009

Director: John Lee Hancock

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron

#9. BREAKING AWAY - 1979

 Director: Peter Yates

Starring: Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earl Haley

#10. RAGING BULL - 1980

 Director: Martin Scorsese

Starring: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty

Again, this is probably one of the best lists I could make though disappointingly I chose to snub sport comedies like Happy Gilmore and Mike Bassett on the essence that while both films were worthy of recognition on a sports list, I felt it would easier to go for more serious films hence their absence on here. Cinderella Man was a easy winner here, probably one of my top 5 which you'll all be able to see soon, it's a wonderful, triumphant film that deserves more support. Hoosiers is also a worthy film that not many Brits have seen, worth checking out!