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The following is a list of highest-grossing sports films of all time, which may also be among the highest grossing films of all time. Auto racing is the most frequent sport with 20 films on the list, including seven of the top 10 entries. Fast & Furious is the most frequent franchise with nine films, followed by Rocky with seven.
George Best: All By Himself: 2017 Documentary Made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. George Best was one of the most naturally gifted footballers ever, lifting Manchester United to new prominence a decade after its unspeakable tragedy—but alcoholism ended his football career while he was still in his twenties. Early Man: 2018 Comedy
Wildcats. Metascore: 41 "Wildcats" doesn't top many best-of lists, and the 1986 comedy certainly wasn't the first to use sports as a backdrop for tackling issues of sexism, racial prejudice, and ...
Multi-part documentary series (three in theaters, five on TV) for ESPN Films and the 30 for 30 series focusing on the life, football career, acting career, and criminal cases of O. J. Simpson. Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. This Was the XFL: 2017 Documentary Made for TV as a part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series.
Films on the list span a period of 80 years, starting with Sherlock Jr. (1924) directed by Buster Keaton, and finishing with Finding Nemo (2003) directed by Andrew Stanton. Of the 33 films in the list that were released before 1950, only 6 were produced outside Hollywood, and 13 of those 27 American films were directed by men born abroad: [4]
Seven Samurai (1954) topped the BBC poll of best foreign-language films as well as several Japanese polls.. Battleship Potemkin (1925) was ranked number 1 with 32 votes when the Festival Mondial du Film et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique asked 63 film professionals around the world, mostly directors, to vote for the best films of the half-century in 1951. [3]
In 2005, Rudy was named one of the best 25 sports movies of the previous 25 years in two polls by ESPN (#24 by a panel of sports experts, and #4 by espn.com users). It was ranked the 54th-most inspiring film of all time in the "AFI 100 Years" series. The film was released on October 13, 1993, by TriStar Pictures.
Direct-to-video short film. First entry in Dorf series with Tim Conway. Caddyshack II: 1988 Comedy Sequel to 1980 hit, with Jackie Mason as an insulted guest who decides to buy Bushwood. Dead Solid Perfect: 1988 Drama Made for TV, based on Dan Jenkins novel. Dorf's Golf Bible: 1988 Comedy Direct-to-video short film; second in the Dorf series.