Random Sports Movies That Aren't Actually About Sports (14 items)

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  (#6) Jerry Maguire

  • Tom Cruise, Lucy Liu, Renée Zellweger, Troy Aikman, Kelly Preston, Michael Irvin, Cuba Gooding Jr., Warren Moon, Emily Procter, Jonathan Lipnicki, Katarina Witt, Drew Bledsoe, Jay Mohr, Regina King, Glenn Frey, Dan Dierdorf, Eric Stoltz, Jerry Cantrell, Jerry O'Connell, Bonnie Hunt, Kerry Collins, Drake Bell, Beau Bridges, Frank Gifford, Art Monk, Stacey Williams, Brent Barry, Ki-Jana Carter, Ivana Miličević, Johnnie Morton, Al Michaels, Rick Mirer, Donal Logue, Aries Spears, Herman Moore, Summer Sanders, Rich Kotite, Tim McDonald, Jeffrey Lurie, Jim Irsay, Winnie Holzman, Mike Tirico, Rebecca Rigg, Kenneth Keith Kallenbach, Jann Wenner, Wayne Fontes, Drew Rosenhaus, Alexandra Wentworth, Hynden Walch, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Rob Moore, Toby Huss, Justina Vail Evans, Roy Firestone, Christine Cavanaugh, Gina La Piana, Todd Louiso, Leigh Steinberg, Kelly Coffield Park, Mark Pellington, Jacqueline Collen, Angela Goethals, Jeremy Suarez, Mia Korf, Mel Kiper Jr., Peg Phillips, Jerry Ziesmer, Jeff Moorad, Lisa Rotondi, Dean Biasucci, Alice Marie Crowe, David Ursin, Micki Duran, Jason H. Karniol, Michael Kehoe, Tom Gallop, Sean Patrick Reilly, Lisa Ann Hadley, Lynnanne Zager, Andrea Ferrell, E. Lamont Johnson, Jordan Ross, Jared Jussim, Iva Franks Singer, Larina Adamson, Mike Boss, John Cramer, Anthony Natale, Steve J. Termath, Alison Armitage, Joseph Neibich, Russel Lunday, Kerry Friend, Lisa Stahl, Nada Despotovich, Rod Tate, Amaryllis Borrego, Lightfield Lewis, Samantha Smith, Kari Keegan, Klair Bybee, Mike White, Benjamin Kimball Smith, Dallas Malloy, Matt von Siegel, Charley Gilleran, Leslie Upson, Susan Norfleet, Kirsten Krueger, Golan Ramras, Thomas J. Reilly, Christopher J. Smith, Jeff Dolniak, Theo Greenly, Carolyn Renee Smith, Coleman McClary, Sean Neff, Joanna Daniels, Erica Sorgi, Dennis Fitzgerald, Jenny Worman, Thomas James Kepner, Michael James Johnson, Danny Rimmer, David Spring, Charlie Cronin, Lisa Amsterdam, Lauren Parker, Ryan Langdon, Stan Sessoms, Sascha Lorren, Gale Hillman, Heather Cheney, Jim Moffatt, Shannon Thornton, Golde Starger, Stephanie Furst, Beaumont Bacon, Luis Damian, Valerie Richards, Jody Collins, June Saruwatari, Alberto Alfavo, Cha-Cha Sandoval, Diana Jordan, Brandon Christianson, Jesus Alberto Guzman, Leo Zick, Susan Pingleton, Kymberly Kalil, Joseph B. Henry, Tom Friend, Ingrid Beer, Meg Coyle, Evelyn Fontes, Juan Arnoldo Morales, Kevin McNally, Rick Johnson

  Jerry Maguire might be about a sports agent, but it's really about taking a chances. Over the course of the movie, Jerry's (Tom Cruise) relationships with his client Rod (Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr.) and his wife Dorothy (Renee Zellweger) grow and change as he learns to let people in for the first time. The movie also contains two of cinema's most unmistakable quotes about love: "You complete me" and "You had me at hello."

  Jerry Maguire is the perfect dose of rom-com mixed with a pinch of football.
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  (#7) Remember the Titans

  • Hayden Panettiere, Ryan Gosling, Denzel Washington, Kate Bosworth, Donald Faison, Nicole Ari Parker, Will Patton, Ethan Suplee, Ryan Hurst, Afemo Omilami, Kevin Ian Pardue, Wood Harris, Lucinda Jenney, Brett Rice, Mike Pniewski, Gregory Alan Williams, IronE Singleton, Tom Nowicki, J. Don Ferguson, Ric Reitz, Bob Neal, Tim Ware, David Dwyer, Scott Miles, Stuart Greer, Lou Walker, Craig Kirkwood, Earl C. Poitier, Andrew Hyatt Masset, Burgess Jenkins, Jim Grimshaw, Richard Fullerton, David de Vries, Rhubarb Jones, John Wesley, Robert Peterson, Steve Barnes, Dan Albright, Sharon Blackwood, Arvell Poe, Thomas Elliott, Preston Wigasi Brant, Marion Guyot, Bo Keister, Shanda Besler, Tess Panzer, Barry Brookshire, Doshia Darmane, C. Stephen Browder, Aaron Weiler, Ron Marino, John Michael Weatherly, Tina King, Shayne Tingle, Tom Turbiville, Krysten Leigh Jones, Ernest Peterson, Angel Glaspie, Michael Rouby, David Jefferson, John Paul Rice, Tyreese Burnett, Derick Marshall, Edward Coakley, Kelly Cheston, Ray Stoney, Alton Glass, Xavier Rivers, James W. Smith, Jr., Nicky Buggs, Jyn Hall, Stephen O. Martin, Eynne Ray, Robert M. Perez, Jonathan Thompson, Benjamin Gravitt, E.Y. Coley, Paula Claire Jones, Jemal L. Webb, Ryan Duncan, Gerrit Hamilton, Aly Sutton, Scott Slade, Andrew Collins, Kenric Richardson, Kevin Dankosky, David Chandley, Randy D. Patman Jr., Rory Griffin, Neal Ghant, Jameel Jackson, Shawn Cummings, Matt Adams, Grant Blanks Kristol, Walker Jones, Ryan Kowalske, Ronald L. Conner, Courtney James Stewart, B. Keith Harmon, Andy Francis, Marcus M. Moore

  Another fantastic sports drama, and another incredible Denzel Washington role. In Remember the Titans, Washington portrays Herman Boone, an African-American head coach tasked with leading a newly integrated high school football team in 1970s Virginia. Racial tensions explode, but during the course of the movie, the team slowly grows together.

  Remember The Titans tackles issues of prejudice in America, all while staying true to its complex, compelling characters. 
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  (#3) The Fighter

  • Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg, George Foreman, Roy Jones Jr., Sugar Ray Leonard, Melissa Leo, Micky Ward, Michael Buffer, Dendrie Taylor, Jack McGee, Dicky Eklund, Ted Arcidi, Jim Lampley, Joseph Basile, Miguel Espino, José Antonio Rivera, Jeff Martineau, Paul Campbell, Chanty Sok, Bonnie Aarons, Frank Renzulli, Henry Penzi, Billy 'V' Vigeant, Larry Merchant, Alison Folland, Americo Presciutti, Dan Marshall, Don Dunphy, Kevin DeCoste, Shawn Fogarty, John Franchi, Dale Place, Kimko, Jerrell Lee, Emanuel Steward, Tommy Dallace, Jeffrey Corazzini, Ron Shimshilashvili, Salvatore Santone, Ross Bickell, Lee M. Cunningham, Danielle Druz, Jodie Brunelle, Sean Patrick Doherty, Eric Weinstein, Lindsay Hanzl, Anthony Molinari, Kevin Stanton, Jen Weissenberg, Brian Christensen, Erica McDermott, D.W. Cormier, Alexandra East, Pete Cunningham, Luisa Diaz, Jeffery Kincannon, Jill Quigg, Caitlin Dwyer, Anthony Thomas, Ren Knopf, Albert Gornie, David Struffolino, Kenn Medeiros, Jenna Lamia, Ger Duany, J.T. Turner, Melissa McMeekin, Kt Baldassaro, Hunter Wilichoski, Shawn Doherty, Briggon Snow, Charlie Alejandro, Susan Farese, Jeremiah Kissel, Jim Patton, James Donnelly, Ronald Diberto, David A. Kirsch, Carrie Ann Quinn, Bianca Hunter, Simon Hamlin, Bo Cleary, J Parker Kent, Ziad Akl, Tricia Clift McCrone, Joseph Siriani, Paul Locke, Catherine Lynn Stone, Jackson Nicoll, Katelyn Cahill, Kim Carrell, Barry Ace, Richard DeAgazio, Anthony DiBartolomeo, Rob Marin, James Shalkoski Jr., Victoria Saunders, Ryan Burton, Stuart Pollock, Richard Pacheco, Brina, Frankie Imbergamo, Thomas Olson, Vinnie Varon, Richard Eklund, Jr., C.R. Marchi, Christopher J. Davis, Ryan Cultrera, Deme Lane, Matthew Muzio, Matthew Russell, Eric Ryan, Luke Ashlocke, Richard Farrell, Evan Fonseca, David Pulson, Joseph Bianchi-Coppola, Max Cross, Mel Alejandro, Rita Mercier, Megan Sacco, Cindi Alex, Justin James Lang, Gerald Greenhalge, Uke Doiron, Joe Lupino, Ray Greenhalge, Tommy Eklund, Carlos L. Smith, Rich Foster, Rikki Kleiman, David A. Ramalho Sr., Jack Greenhalge, Shawn Patrick Curley, Mickey O'Keefe, Steven Barkhimer, Ryan Gleason, Roeun Chea, Kevin Paige, Epifanio Melendez, Walter Driscoll, Al Conti, Diana Afonso, Jack Lally, Philip D. Herbert, Colin Hamell, Raul Vera, Clyde Anthony, Brian A. Nguyen, George Michael Ward, Sean Malone, Dennis Lauricella, A. Joseph Denucci, Kerry Moore, Eddie Lee Anderson, Thomas Benton, Matt Russell, Deborah Bolanger, Sean Eklund, Seamus Towle, Hugh Long, Josh Woolstenhulme, Art Ramalho, Michael Dell'Orto, Tino Kimly, Bernie Ongewe, Michael Marchand, Sue Costello, Lindsey Warm

  The Fighter centers on up-and-coming boxer Mickey Ward (Mark Wahlberg) as he attempts to move up the ranks while hindered by his troubled brother Dick "Dicky" Eklund (Christian Bale) and his overbearing mother Alice Eklund-War (Melissa Leo). As Ward navigates the murky waters of professional boxing, he is forced to balance his toxic relationships with his brother and mother.

  It is no surprise that this movie is really about family as The Fighter explores the necessity of emotional and professional boundaries.

  Both Bale and Leo took home Academy Awards for their supporting roles in The Fighter.
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  (#5) A League of Their Own

  • Madonna, Tom Hanks, Rosie O'Donnell, Geena Davis, Téa Leoni, Jon Lovitz, David Strathairn, Bill Pullman, Harry Shearer, Garry Marshall, Janet Jones, Lori Petty, David Lander, Eddie Jones, Don S. Davis, Bitty Schram, Megan Cavanagh, Joey Slotnick, Ann Cusack, Eddie Mekka, Rae Allen, Robert Stanton, Lynn Cartwright, Anne Ramsay, Gregory Sporleder, Tracy Reiner, Gary Houston, Kathleen Marshall, Stephen Mailer, Mark Holton, Keith Schrader, Michael Haley, Alan Wilder, Pauline Brailsford, Renée Coleman, Barbara Pilavin, Betty Miller, Ray Toler, Ellie Weingardt, Laurel Cronin, Eunice Anderson, Cris Cunningham, Freddie Simpson, Kelli Simpkins, Blaire Baron, Douglas Blakeslee, Patricia Wilson, K.C. Carr, Kindra Marra, Patti Pelton, Shirley Burkovich, Julie Croteau, Dolores Lee, Stephen Feagley, Marvin Einhorn, Barbara Erwin, Brian Boru Gleeson, Joe Krowka, Wantland L. Sandel Jr., Shelly Adlard, Stacey Gustaferro, Kirsten Gretick, Vera Johnson, Tonya Gilles Koch, Ryan Howell, Justin Scheller, Joette Hodgen, David Franks, Ed Quinn, Ryan Olsen, Cheryl Jones, Brian Flannery, Sharon Szmidt, Raymond L. Chapman, Sally Rutherford, Connie Pounds-Taylor, Brenda Ferrari, Amanda Walker, Brenda Watson, Andrea Helene, Neezer Tarleton, Lita Schmitt, Eugenia McLin, Larissa Collins, Shelly Niemeyer, Kathleen Butler, Vickie Buse, Sarah Cosgrove-Gaumond, Lisa Hand, Robin Knight

  A League of Their Own is a feminist masterpiece that was ahead of its time. The film depicts events within the real-life All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL), which was founded during WWII due to the absence of professional male players. The story is chock-full of compelling, memorable female characters who approach the game with unique perspectives. 

  A League of Their Own examines the complexities of female friendships and and the bonds of sisterhood, while stressing the importance of a woman's ability to control her own destiny.
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  (#2) The Blind Side

  • Sandra Bullock, Lily Collins, Kathy Bates, Tim McGraw, Kim Dickens, Nick Saban, Lou Holtz, Roger Goodell, Ed Orgeron, Afemo Omilami, Quinton Aaron, Rhoda Griffis, Houston Nutt, Phillip Fulmer, Andrew Stahl, Ray McKinnon, Brett Rice, Robert Pralgo, Joe Chrest, Elisabeth Omilami, IronE Singleton, Catherine Dyer, Tommy Tuberville, Tom Nowicki, Steve Warren, Adriane Lenox, David Dwyer, Jody Thompson, Omar J. Dorsey, Haji Abdullah, Keith Allen Hayes, Demetrius B. Banks, Shawn Knowles, Stacey Turner, Melissa LeEllen, L. Warren Young, Jae Head, Anthony B. Harris, Sharon Morris, John Fitzgerald Page, Pepper Rodgers, Scottie Knollin, Patrick G. Keenan, M.V. Oliphant, Cody Rowlett, Lynn McArthur, Libby Whittemore, Jaye Tyroff, Kirsten Van Wagner, Christoph Vogt, Morgan Hennum, Eaddy Mays, Matthew Atkinson, James Donadio, David Smith, Cesar Aguirre, Chrissy Chambers, Roger Herrera, Tim Brazeal, Monica D'Onofrio, Rachel St. Gelais, Ben Keen, Catherine Combs, John Newberg, April Rich, Preston Wigasi Brant, Micheal Leath, Ashley LeConte Campbell, Bobby Jordan, Jevocas Green, J. Colby Doler, Shawn Reynolds, Maria Howell, Kelly Johns, Tom Lemming, Jeanette Stout, Whitney Branan, Kevin Nichols, Tyler Lee Allen, Trey Best, Joseph Lavender, Hunter Aldridge, Brian Hollan, Eric Benson, John Henry Hancock, Omid Soltani, Michael Fisher, Brandon Rivers, Lamont Koonce, Destiny Long, Brian Sutherin, Adam Hamilton, Melody Weintraub, Paul Amadi, James Granville, Scott M. Yaffee, Andrew Riley, Bill Rainey, Pat Bird, Chris Gombash, Mark Rudge, Sean Hilton Stephens, Amy McManus, Stephen Bise, Christel Wright, Ryan Kightlinger, Luke Drawdy, Lauren Rothermel, Bob Bass, Shannon Brinson, Ashley Harvin

  Based on true events, The Blind Side centers on the unique bond between Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron), a homeless black teen, and Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock), a schoolmate's mother who offers him shelter. Tuohy initially offers Oher a place to stay simply out of empathy, but after getting to know the young man, she helps rebuild his life and encourages him to play football.

  The Blind Side is about the power of potential, and the heights that can be reached when someone else believes in that potential.
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  (#10) White Men Can't Jump

  • Woody Harrelson, Wesley Snipes, Rosie Perez, Marques Johnson, Duane Martin, Cylk Cozart, Kadeem Hardison, Freeman Williams, Tyra Ferrell, John Marshall Jones, Louis Price

  In White Men Can't Jump, Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson play Sidney Deane and Billy Hoyle, a duo of streetball hustlers who at first can't stand each other, but learn to rely on and trust each other as they swindle others.

  Although the movie is full of fun basketball scenes, the drama also has themes centered on the need for meaningful relationships. 

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