The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

The Set-Up

1949 · ★ 7.3

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.

The Great White Hope

1970 · ★ 6.3

A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.

Brian's Song

1971 · ★ 7.3

Based on the real-life relationship between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying.

The Reality of Bob Burnquist

2005

Captures the true essence of skateboarding through the eyes and mind of Bob Burnquist, world-famous multiple X-Games medal winner and owner of some of the most devious feats in skateboarding history.

The Housekeeper

Set in the mystic, brooding, and wild landscape of Cornwall, the rugged Atlantic foot of England, Danni, a housekeeper at Manderville Hall—a grand and historic house owned by the wealthy and widowed Lord DeWithers—falls prey to the glance of a young and beautiful visitor, the novelist Daphne Du Maurier. For one, their affair is an all-consuming love, for the other, an intoxicating realisation of her secret longings.

Creedacio I

2023 · ★ 10

A poor and desolated boy is bullied by the rich kid from school. Amidst his despair, he finds solace: Boxing.

Bad Romance: The Vicky White Story

2023 · ★ 6.9

When new prisoner Casey is brought to prison corrections officer Vicky White's facility, the two develop a secret infatuation.

Fighting

2009 · ★ 6

Small-town boy Shawn MacArthur has come to New York City with nothing. Barely earning a living selling counterfeit goods on the streets, his luck changes when scam artist Harvey Boarden sees that he has a natural talent for streetfighting. When Harvey offers Shawn help at making the real cash, the two form an uneasy partnership.

Youngblood

1986 · ★ 6.2

A skilled young hockey prospect hoping to attract the attention of professional scouts is pressured to show that he can fight if challenged during his stay in a Canadian minor hockey town. His on-ice activities are complicated by his relationship with the coach's daughter.

Believe in Me

2006 · ★ 6.5

In a conservative small town, a young man's wish to coach high school basketball are tweaked by a school board decision that makes him the new coach of the girls' team.

The Program

1993 · ★ 6.5

Several players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a major university. Each deals with the pressure differently, some turn to drinking, others to drugs, and some to studying.

Escape to Victory

1981 · ★ 6.9

A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime.