Some of the sports genre's best stories are true.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The high drama of athletics easily lends itself to real-life narratives, but only a handful of true-story sports movies have achieved true cinematic greatness. Over the course of games, seasons, decades, and even lifetimes, the myriad victories and defeats that play into an athlete’s life are prime fodder for Hollywood adaptation.
8 The Damned United A little-appreciated film from Rush screenwriter Peter Morgan, The Damned United depicts Brian Clough’s tumultuous tenure as manager of Leeds United football club in 1974. Director Tom Hooper practices a formula that would win him an Oscar the following year for The King’s Speech, telling a character-driven story of a somewhat obscure historical event that brings out the best in its performers.
6 Miracle The 1980 Winter Olympics victory of the United States men’s ice hockey team over the heavily favored Soviet team, dubbed “the miracle on ice," is commonly considered one of the greatest stories in American sports history. The 2004 film Miracle has the deceptively difficult task of dramatizing the film in a way that honors the beloved and well-documented historical moment, while simultaneously turning out an entertaining, traditionally structured drama.
3 A League Of Their Own The endearing, star-studded 1990s sports comedy A League Of Their Own comes from the true story of the 1940s All-American Girls Professional Baseball League . The film, which stars Madonna, Tom Hanks, and Geena Davis, follows two sisters’ attempts to keep the league alive while struggling to one-up each other. While the specifics of the plot are fictionalized, the larger story of the AAGPBL is true.
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