American sports documentary films

Manny

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 2014 IMDB Rating: 7.1

From abject poverty to becoming a ten-time boxing world champion, congressman, and international icon, Manny Pacquiao is the true definition of a Cinderella story. In the Philippines, he first entered...

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You Cannot Kill David Arquette

Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2020 IMDB Rating: 7.1

Following his infamous championship as part of a marketing stunt for the film Ready to Rumble, David Arquette is widely known as the most hated man in pro-wrestling worldwide. Nearly 20 years after he...

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Surfwise

Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2007 IMDB Rating: 7.1

The inspiring and tumultuous story of 85-year old surfer, health advocate and sex guru, Dr. Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, his wife Juliette, and their nine children who were all home-schooled and raised in...

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Running the Sahara

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2007 IMDB Rating: 7.1

A small film crew tracks three extreme runners across the Sahara desert, capturing their incredible journey on camera, recording this landmark moment in athleticism, in humanitarianism, and in history...

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United Skates

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2018 IMDB Rating: 7.1

When America's last standing roller rinks are threatened with closure, a community of thousands battle in a racially charged environment to save an underground subculture.

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Generation Iron

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 2013 IMDB Rating: 7

Generation Iron - examines the professional sport of bodybuilding today and gives the audience front row access to the lives of the top 7 bodybuilders in the sport as they train to compete in the worl...

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Highwater

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 2009 IMDB Rating: 7

"High Water" is an action-packed adventure centered around surfing's Triple Crown competitions,the professional surfing tour's final three competitions held each year on the North Shore of Oahu.

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A League of Ordinary Gentlemen

Film Age rating: 17 Year: 2004 IMDB Rating: 7

Filmmaker Christopher Browne documents the mission of a group of middle-aged bowlers as they attempt to revitalize the sport and get the television-watching public interested in it again.

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Bustin' Down the Door

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 7

During the winter of 1975 in Hawaii, surfing was shaken to its core. A group of young surfers from Australia and South Africa sacrificed everything and put it all on the line to create a sport, a cult...

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