Biographical films about sportspeople

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2013 IMDB Rating: 8.2

The true story of the "Flying Sikh" world champion runner and Olympian Milkha Singh who overcame the massacre of his family, civil war during the India-Pakistan partition, and homelessness to become o...

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Rush

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2013 IMDB Rating: 8.1

In the 1970s, a rivalry propels race car drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt to fame and glory — until a horrible accident threatens to end it all.

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Raging Bull

Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1980 IMDB Rating: 8.1

The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.

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Cinderella Man

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 2005 IMDB Rating: 8

The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1920s, makes a surprise comeback in order to lift his family out of poverty.

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Maurie

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1973 IMDB Rating: 7.8

When an African-American basketball star suffers sudden paralysis, his white friend and teammate assists in his rehabilitation.

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The World's Fastest Indian

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 2005 IMDB Rating: 7.8

The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle—a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.

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The Fighter

Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2010 IMDB Rating: 7.8

Boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly bein...

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Remember the Titans

Film Age rating: 5 Year: 2000 IMDB Rating: 7.8

After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the beloved Yoast as he could be. The two men...

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61*

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 2001 IMDB Rating: 7.7

In 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees. One, Mantle, was universally loved, while the other, Maris, was universally hated. Both men started off with a bang, and both we...

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