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Sports Movies

  1. movie review
    The Boys in the Boat Is Better Than You’ve HeardDirected by George Clooney, this period rowing drama is the kind of unfussy medium-budget prestige pic Hollywood rarely makes anymore.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  2. let’s get ready to rumble
    10 Essential Pro-Wrestling MoviesThe Iron Claw joins a small but mighty assemblage of films about the squared circle.
    By Jihane Bousfiha
  3. vulture lists
    The 50 Greatest Sports Movies of All TimeBoxing epics, baseball weepies, golf comedies, and beyond.
    By Tim Grierson and Will Leitch
  4. vulture lists
    Movies That Make Your Dad Cry: 10 Films That Explain the ‘Male Weepie’Is there such a thing as a Steel Magnolias for men? What makes tough guys cry?
    By Christina Newland
  5. the big game
    An Ode to the Varsity Blues ‘I Don’t Want Your Life’ SpeechA ’90s artifact that has endured the ravages of time.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  6. vulture lists
    Every Kevin Costner Movie, RankedThe actor’s career is full of peaks, valleys, and Waterworlds.
    By Tim Grierson and Will Leitch
  7. vulture lists
    16 Essential Movies That Tell the History of BaseballFrom Eight Men Out to Moneyball, the sport has produced a rich filmography.
    By Keith Phipps
  8. movie review
    The Way Back Will Make You Believe Ben Affleck’s Best Roles Are Yet to ComeAffleck is uncomfortably great in a movie that’s more about emotional repression than basketball.
    By Alison Willmore
  9. major league
    These 9 Characters Show Up in Every Sports-Comedy MovieThe genre’s best offerings possess about as much nuance as a fastball to the crotch. But that’s why we love them.
    By Harris Mayersohn
  10. in development
    Disney Is Working on a Jesse Owens BiopicWritten by The King’s Speech scribe.
    By Halle Kiefer
  11. Ridley Scott to Direct Football Concussion FilmJust as soon as he finishes up Exodus.
    By Halle Kiefer
  12. sports movies
    Alabama Watched Zero Dark Thirty Last NightNotre Dame watched Knute Rockne, All American for the 160th time.
    By Jesse David Fox
  13. The Starting Lineup of Every Sports Movie EverWhen you’ve seen as many movies as I have—and I’d strongly caution against doing so—you start to notice the patterns. Through sheer repetition […]
    By Joe Berkowitz