Sport Movies in 2000s
The Comebacks (2007)
Dir: Tom Brady
Stars: David Koechner, Robert Ri’chard, Carl Weathers
A comedy that spoofs the inspirational sports movies, The Comebacks tells the story of an out-of-luck coach, Lambeau Fields, who takes a rag-tag bunch of college misfits and drives them towards the football championships. In the process, this life-long loser discovers that he is a winner after all by redeeming himself, saving his relationship with his family and friends
Friday Night Lights (2004)
Dir: Peter Berg
Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Jay Hernandez, Derek Luke
Based on H.G. Bissinger’s book, which profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas and their heroic high school football team, The Permian High Panthers.
We Are Marshall (2006)
Dir: McG
Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, Anthony Mackie
When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team’s new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.
Ali (2001)
Dir: Michael Mann
Stars: Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight
A biography of sports legend, Muhammad Ali, from his early days to his days in the ring.
The Rookie (2002)
Dir: John Lee Hancock
Stars: Dennis Quaid, J.D. Evermore, Rachel Griffiths
A Texas baseball coach makes the major league after agreeing to try out if his high school team made the playoffs.
The Express (2008)
Dir: Gary Fleder
Stars: Rob Brown, Dennis Quaid, Clancy Brown
A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Through the Fire (2005)
Dir: Alistair Christopher, Jonathan Hock
Stars: Sebastian Telfair, Rick Pitino, Asher Beard
“Through the Fire” chronicles the journey of Coney Island basketball star, Sebastian Telfair, from famed Lincoln High School straight to the NBA.