Professional sports movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant professional sports movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, psychological, inspirational, entertaining, exciting and serious films and TV shows about / with professional sports, rivalry, athlete's life, ambition, sport team, athlete and trainer, friendship, athlete, sporting event and professional rivalry plots mostly in Sport, Drama and Biography genres shot in USA, UK, Russia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as professional sports: Ted Lasso (2020), Spinning Out (2020), Borg vs. McEnroe (2017), Rieke's Love (2001), Concussion (2015), The Warriors (2017), Goalie (2019), Pass The Rock (2022), Le.Gen.D (2021), Kunlun Fight (2014).
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he’s hired to manage a soccer team—despite having no experience. With cynical players and a doubtful town, will he get them to see the Ted Lasso Way?
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, sitcom, sincere ...
Plot:
soccer, football team, american abroad, soccer coach, football player, professional sports, closeted homosexual, friendship, strong female character, coaching, divorce, career change ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Kat Baker is an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who is about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with a talented bad-boy partner, she risks exposing a fiercely ...
Style:
inspirational, dramatic, intense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
figure skating, skating, mental health, athlete, human spirit, mother daughter relationship, love, enemies to lovers, true love, mental illness, couple relations, adaptation ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Czech Republic
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The story of the world's greatest tennis icons – Björn Borg and his biggest rival, the young and talented John McEnroe – and their legendary duel during the 1980 Wimbledon tournament.
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, exciting, art house ...
Plot:
tennis player, tennis, rivalry, coach, father son relationship, biopic, professional sports, arrogance, professional athlete, sports history, profanity, male objectification ...
Time:
year 1980, year 2017, 80s, year 1978, 70s ...
Place:
monte carlo, new york, stockholm sweden, eastern europe, monaco ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young figure-skater becomes jealous when her brother, also a young figure-skater, falls for another young female figure-skater. She thought she was all that he needs.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, bleak, erotic
Plot:
incest, sex, brother sister incest, brother sister relationship, brother sister sex, professional sports, incestuous sex, insecurity, illicit affair, incestuous relationship, figure skating, sex with sister ...
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104K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought ...
Style:
inspirational, emotional, captivating, compassionate, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
american football, doctor, professional sports, autopsy, football, sports injury, research, nfl, brain damage, uncover truth, investigation, biopic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, washington d.c., usa, pennsylvania, california ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story:
The Warriors is set in the world of Australian Rules Football. It explores the elite world of professional sport through the eyes of two new recruits - plucked from obscurity to fame and fortune - and two established players as they are thrown ...
Style:
captivating, realistic
Plot:
professional sports, football team, athlete's life, sport team, rising to stardom, football player, desire for fame, contests and competitions, direction and purpose, athlete and trainer, professional athlete, sport competition ...
Place:
melbourne
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659
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Terry Sawchuk biopic.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
hockey, ice hockey, hockey player, professional sports, male protagonist, biopic, lifestyle, sports man, life, legacy, dedication, addiction ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 20th century
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Genre: Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
“Pass the Rock,” a new NBA Entertainment original multi-part series, will stream exclusively on the NBA App and provide fans throughout the season behind-the-scenes access to the next generation of NBA stars as they prepare their minds and ...
Style:
captivating, funny, entertaining, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
basketball, professional sports, basketball team, gym, professional athlete, sporting event, sport team, basketball player, sport competition, sports man, athlete's life, behind the scenes ...
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
According to the plot, because of his narcissism and selfishness, the undefeated MMA fighter does not notice how he is betrayed by the closest people. Now professional sports are closed to him. It could destroy another, but for the Legend it is only ...
Style:
light, psychological, humorous, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
mixed martial arts, ambition, professional sports, contests and competitions, doping, problem, direction and purpose, humour, escapades, professional wrestler, militant, coping ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Sport
Country: China
TV show
Story:
Kunlun Fight is a leading kickboxing promotion. Started in 2014 the events are broadcast worldwide and include the best fighters and biggest stars in the sport like Buakaw Banchamek and Artur Kyshenko
Style:
inspirational, breathtaking, captivating, uplifting, non fiction
Plot:
kickboxing, fight, mixed martial arts, professional sports, martial arts, tournament, competition, hand to hand combat, entertainment, world champion, champion, boxing ...
Place:
china, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When Rachel Phelps inherits the Cleveland Indians from her deceased husband, she's determined to move the team to a warmer climate -- but only a losing season will make that possible, which should be easy given the misfits she's hired. ...
Style:
funny, humorous, talky, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
baseball, underdog, hot dog, major league, rivalry, professional sports, baseball coach, ambition, rise to the top, follow your dream, contests and competitions, against the odds ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
miami, ohio, florida, usa, new york ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After a blood- soaked jujitsu match in Dubai, fighting legend Mickey Kelley falls to superstar Blaine. But years later, an online video proves that Blaine cheated, and the world demands a rematch. Can the aging underdog get back into shape in time ...
Style:
tense, captivating, inspirational
Plot:
jujitsu, martial arts, fight, professional sports, contests and competitions, combat, life is a bitch, rivalry, athlete's life, battles, boxing champion, professional rivalry ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Sweden
TV show
Story:
Eagles revolves around a few teenagers living in the Swedish ice hockey town Oskarshamn while experiencing friendship, love, and rivalry on the ice.
Style:
sincere, touching, romantic, captivating, light ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenage daughter, hockey player, father son relationship, father daughter relationship, athlete's life, family relations, sport team, sports fan, sport competition, adolescence, sporting event, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, scandinavia, eastern europe
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Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Eijun Sawamura is a pitcher who joins an elite school with a brilliant catcher named Kazuya Miyuki. Together with the rest of the team, they strive for Japan's storied Koushien championships through hard work and determination.
Style:
anime, humorous, feel good, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
baseball, friendship, high school, teamwork, competition, sport team, athlete's life, professional rivalry, baseball player, baseball team, team, teammate ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Sport, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Bird Kazami (Robin Kazami), aiming to become a professional, meets former champion Ekusu Kurosu (Jaxon Cross) also known as 'Kamen X' (Blader X), and forms a team so that they can aim for the "top" of the X Tower. But what awaits ...
Style:
anime, entertaining, captivating, shounen
Plot:
professional sports, athlete's life, professional athlete, direction and purpose, ambition, sport competition, ambitious man, tower, restaurant, friend, rivals, young boy ...
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106K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damien Anderson, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, intense, interesting
Plot:
boxing, boxer, orphan, boxing match, boxing champion, professional sports, champion, boxing training, title bout, boxing trainer, male protagonist, world champion ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 2020s
Place:
philadelphia, los angeles
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Genre: Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Football series looking at the biggest issues in the women's game.
Style:
captivating, informative, insightful, fast paced, educational ...
Plot:
football, analysis, women's football (soccer), football team, professional sports, soccer match, woman, playing football, sport team, british, ambitious woman, soccer coach ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
england
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The 1980s snooker rivalry between Alex “Hurricane” Higgins and Steve “The Nugget” Davis, two very different personalities who helped popularise the sport on TV.
Style:
unusual plot structure, captivating, sincere, disturbing, humorous ...
Plot:
snooker, alcohol abuse, professional sports, british, professional athlete, self destructing, manager, rivalry, husband wife relationship, professional rivalry, family man, sports hero ...
Time:
80s, year 1982, 70s
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864
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The life story of former Manchester United football legend, George Best.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, emotional
Plot:
football player, athlete's life, rising to stardom, ambition, rivalry, life is a bitch, sport team, celebrity culture, professional sports, football, football team, biopic ...
Time:
60s, 90s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, england, europe, northern england, manchester
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Ireland, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Summer 1998 - the opening stages of Le Tour de France are relocated to Ireland. Belgian rider Dom Chabol (late 30s) has been one of the best “Domestiques” (support riders) on the Tour for the last 20 years. It’s a sacrificial role – setting ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, emotional, melancholic
Plot:
cycling, tour de france, ambition, professional athlete, cyclist, bicycle race, professional sports, sport team, ambitious man, sporting event, athlete's life, determination ...
Time:
year 1998
Place:
ireland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.
Style:
suspense, controversial, social, serious, tense ...
Plot:
bicycle, journalism, tour de france, cyclist, cycling, racing, cancer, biopic, investigation, doping, suspicion, race ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2016, 2000s, 90s, year 1999 ...
Place:
ireland, france, new jersey
Is relevant?
106
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A story of two brothers - two young hockey players.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, art house, ambiguous ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
brother brother relationship, brothers, hockey, loyalty, professional sports, life is a bitch, social problems, brotherhood, ice hockey, family relations, athlete's life, society ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Pro Beach Volleyball star, Kelly Reyes, faces challenges everyday, fierce competitors, the press, but nothing could prepare her for him.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, psychological, scary
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, stalking, dangerous attraction, voyeur, police investigation, danger, rivalry, murder, psychopath, obsession, mind game, woman in danger ...
Place:
usa, beverly hills
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The story of a New York pro baseball team and two of its players. Henry Wiggen is the star pitcher and Bruce Pearson is the normal, everyday catcher who is far from the star player on the team and friend to all of his teammates. During the ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, inspirational, melancholic ...
Plot:
baseball, friendship, terminal illness, baseball player, teammate, male bonding, father son relationship, secret, death of friend, compassion, voice over narration, best friend ...
Time:
20th century, year 1973, 70s
Place:
new york, minnesota, georgia, usa
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The film's two main protagonists are Russia's best saber fencers. One of them has long been in the limelight, the other only recently made it into the national team and has been winning almost every tournament since. The two athletes begin ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, exciting, motivational ...
Plot:
fencing, swordsman, contests and competitions, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, professional rivalry, rivalry, rivals, ambition, professional sports, hopes, olympics ...
Place:
russia, eastern europe, moscow russia
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522
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
By the age of twenty, Eduard Streltsov has everything one can dream of: talent, fame and love. He is the rising star of Soviet football. The whole country, with bated breath, expects victory from the national team at the upcoming World Cup where ...
Style:
realistic, serious, uplifting, disturbing, factual ...
Audience:
boys' night, family outing
Plot:
soccer coach, football player, football team, obstacle, unrequited love, human spirit, sport competition, professional sports, male protagonist, ambition, sport team, sports star ...
Place:
ussr
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Contemporary Russia. After he flubs a penalty kick, a humiliated national soccer player quits the game. He flees to a small town, where he decides to coach their local team.
Style:
exciting, captivating, emotional, inspirational, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
coach, football player, soccer coach, football team, playing football, soccer, athlete and trainer, professional sports, athlete, soccer match, sporting event, redemption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
moscow russia, russia
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Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III is an professional wrestling show in the NXT TakeOver series at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.The event is produced by WWE for its NXT brand and streamed live on the WWE Network.
Style:
entertaining, exciting, captivating
Plot:
wrestling, sporting event, mixed martial arts, professional wrestling, martial arts tournament, professional sports, professional wrestler, battle zone, battles, arena, fistfight, champion ...
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Genre: Sport
Country: USA
Story:
UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on November 4, 2017 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
Style:
entertaining, exciting, captivating
Plot:
mixed martial arts, sporting event, professional sports, martial arts tournament, professional wrestler, title bout, master warrior, professional wrestling, battle zone, battles, muscleman, rivalry ...
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Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
WWE Clash of Champions comed to TD Garden in Boston, Mass. in this high-stakes SmackDown LIVE pay-per-view stacked with title clashes, including WWE Champion AJ Styles against former titleholder Jinder Mahal, absolutely anything can happen.
Style:
entertaining, exciting, captivating
Plot:
wrestling, professional wrestling, arena, championship, sporting event, professional rivalry, professional sports, professional wrestler, title bout, muscleman, wrestler, champion ...
Place:
boston
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