True story of Native American Jim Thorpe, who rose from an Oklahoma reservation to become a collegiate, Olympic, and professional star. Read More »
Sport
Mister Universe (1951) Joseph Lerner, Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Vince Edwards
A gullible and honest “Mr. Universe” winner, Tommy Tomkins, gets added to the stable of a con-man and a wrestling prompter. Read More »
The Great American Girl Robbery (1979) Jeff Werner, Kristine DeBell, Jason Williams, Anthony Lewis
A busload containing three cheerleading teams from 3 different schools who are heading to compete against each other is hijacked by terrorists and the girls are kidnapped. Read More »
Gentleman Jim (1942) Raoul Walsh, Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson
Because boxing is a considered an illegal and disreputable enterprise in 1880’s San Francisco Read More »
The Harlem Globetrotters (1951) Phil Brown, Will Jason, Thomas Gomez, Dorothy Dandridge
Abe Saperstein, owner/manager of the world-famous “Harlem Globetrotters”, an all-Negro professional basketball team Read More »
This Sporting Life (1963) Lindsay Anderson, Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel
In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver. Read More »
Saturday’s Hero (1951) David Miller, John Derek, Donna Reed, Sidney Blackmer
High school football hero Steve Novak finds himself caught up in the world of big-time college athletics at Jackson University in the 1950’s. Read More »
Le Mans (1971) Lee H. Katzin, Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Andersen
Almost in breadth and depth of a documentary, this movie depicts an auto race during the 70s on the world’s hardest endurance course: Le Mans in France. Read More »
The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1972) Wim Wenders, Arthur Brauss, Kai Fischer, Erika Pluhar
After letting in an easy goal, the experienced German goalkeeper, Josef Bloch, believing it is offside Read More »
Black Gold (1947) Phil Karlson, Anthony Quinn, Katherine DeMille, ‘Ducky’ Louie
In the early 1920s, in the desert near the Texas-Mexico border, Charley Eagle (Anthony Quinn), is Indian who owns a small Read More »
The Foul King (2000) Jee-woon Kim, Sang-Myeon Park, Kang-ho Song, Ho-kyung Go
Dae-Ho is an unproductive bank clerk who is late to work every morning and the object of his manager’s frustrations. Read More »
The Robber (2010) Benjamin Heisenberg, Andreas Lust, Markus Schleinzer, Roman Kettner
A story based on Johann Rettenberger, an Austrian marathon runner and a bank robber. Read More »
The Pride of the Yankees (1942) Sam Wood, Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth
Biopic traces the life of Lou Gehrig, famous baseball player who played in 2130 consecutive games Read More »
The Square Ring (1953) Basil Dearden, Jack Warner, Robert Beatty, Bill Owen
Boxing drama following the lives of 5 different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers. Read More »
Unchain (2000) Toshiaki Toyoda, Unchain Kaji, Chihara Junia
Documentary on the Japanese boxer Unchain Kaji, who retired from the ring at the age of 30 with an eye injury and a losing record. Read More »