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Directed by Daniel MannOrigin USAGenres Drama,
BiographyThemes Sports films,
Basketball filmsActors Bernie Casey,
Bo Svenson,
Maidie Norman,
Ji-Tu Cumbuka,
Janet MacLachlan,
William WalkerRating77%
The film chronicles Twyman's and Stokes's relationship from Stokes's rookie year in the NBA up until his death. Stokes and Twyman were teammates on the Rochester Royals during the 1950s (during which time the team located to Cincinnati). Stokes fell ill three days after the last game of the 1957-58 NBA season, in Minneapolis. Stokes drove to the basket, drew contact and fell to the floor, hit his head, and was knocked unconscious. He was revived with smelling salts, and he returned to the game., 1h48
Directed by Jamaa FanakaOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
ActionThemes Prison films,
Sports films,
Martial arts films,
Boxing filmsActors Ernie Hudson,
Glynn Turman,
Tony Cox,
Ren Woods,
Mr. T,
James HawthorneRating44%
Martel "Too Sweet" Gordone earned his parole from jail by winning a prison boxing tournament. All Gordone wants to do is start a peaceful life, but a condition of his release is that he work for a boxing promoter. Gordone has no interest in boxing and wants to live with his sister and her husband who support his desire to start over. However, when some of his enemies from prison escape and kill his girlfriend, Gordone changes his plans and returns to the ring., 2h16
Directed by Thomas CarterOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Comedy-drama,
HistoricalThemes Films about education,
Films about music and musicians,
Sports films,
Basketball films,
Hip hop films,
Gangster filmsActors Samuel L. Jackson,
Ashanti,
Rob Brown,
Robert Ri'chard,
Nana Gbewonyo,
Rick GonzalezRating73%
Coach Ken Carter takes over the head coaching job for the basketball team at his old high school Richmond, having played on the team himself and earning records. Carter quickly sees that the athletes are rude and disrespectful, and are in need of discipline. He hands the players individual contracts, instructing them to attend all of their classes, wear dress shirts and ties on game days, refer to everyone (players and coach alike) as "sir", and maintain a minimum 2.3 (C+) grade point average, among other requirements. Carter also asks the school staff for progress reports on the players' grades and attendance. He teaches them to play a disciplined brand of basketball., 1h30
Directed by James TobackOrigin USAGenres Drama,
DocumentaryThemes Sports films,
Martial arts films,
Boxing films,
Documentary films about sports,
Documentaire sur une personnalitéActors Robin Givens,
Mills LaneRating73%
This documentary is a self-discovery of a matured Mike Tyson, who reflects on his highly controversial and publicly viewed life. It begins with clips of 20-year-old Tyson's convincing World Boxing Council Heavyweight Championship win over Trevor Berbick, then explores the fighter's upbringing and motivation. It is revealed that he had a fractured family life and difficult childhood in Brownsville, Brooklyn, where his crimes led him to Tryon School for Boys in Johnstown, New York. A father-son relationship with his first professional trainer and only father figure in his life, Cus D'Amato, is expressed as Tyson chokes back tears. He reveals his vulnerability when he relates the fear that he felt when D'Amato died in 1985. Tyson was only 19 years old when he lost the one real parental figure in his life., 1h47
Directed by Eran RiklisOrigin IsraelGenres Drama,
BiographyThemes Sports films,
Basketball filmsActors Danny Huston,
Hanns Zischler,
Amira Casar,
Max Riemelt,
Mark Waschke,
Smadi WolfmanRating54%
The movie tells the story of legendary Israeli basketball coach Max Stoller. He became a national hero, when he made Maccabi Tel Aviv into European Champions in the late Seventies, one of Israel's first great international sporting successes. But Max became a national traitor equally fast, when he then accepted the against-all-odds job of turning the totally hopeless West-German basketball team into European winners., 1h44
Origin USAGenres Drama,
BiographyThemes Sports films,
Basketball filmsActors Millie Perkins,
John Richardson,
Tom LesterRating67%
The film shows 5-foot-2-inch (1.57 m) Maravich's efforts to make the D. W. Daniel High School varsity team as an eighth grader as he deals with racially charged issues in the deep south of the 1950s. Press Maravich serves as his son's drill sergeant, motivator, coach and cheerleader., 1h58
Origin ThailandeGenres Drama,
Biography,
ActionThemes L'adolescence,
Films about education,
Films about children,
Films about sexuality,
Sports films,
LGBT-related films,
Transgender in film,
Martial arts films,
Boxing films,
Films about school violence,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Sorapong Chatree,
Nong ToomRating70%
L'histoire est basée sur la vie de Parinya Charoenphol, dite Nong Toom, une boxeuse de muay-thaï katoï. Le film relate l'enfance de Nong Toom, enfant sensible, aimant jouer avec les filles et pour cela souffre-douleur de certains de ses camarades. Adolescente, alors encore considérée comme un homme, elle accepte le défi de participer à un combat de boxe qui lui montre que la volonté est plus forte que les aléas de la vie. Elle décide de s'entraîner sérieusement et, après bien des difficultés, progresse jusqu'à devenir championne, tout cela sans renier son identité de genre qui lui permet de se démarquer de ses adversaires à son avantage. Mais le désir profond qui l'anime est de transitionner, ce qu'elle fait au sommet de sa carrière., 2h9
Directed by Niki CaroOrigin USAGenres Drama,
BiographyThemes Sports films,
Athletics films,
Children's filmsActors Kevin Costner,
Maria Bello,
Morgan Saylor,
Vincent Martella,
Martha Higareda,
Chris EllisRating74%
In 1987, in Boise, ID football coach Jim White is chastising his players for an underwhelming half. Jim gets into a verbal altercation with one of the players, resulting in Jim throwing a football shoe with cleats at him. Following this incident, Jim is forced to move with his wife, Cheryl, and two daughters, Julie and Jamie. They settle down in McFarland, California, a predominantly Hispanic town. On their first night there, the family goes to a small restaurant and leaves to find a large gathering of Latinos in cars surrounding the place. One man makes suggestive motions toward Julie, prompting the family to leave faster., 2h4
Origin IndeGenres Drama,
Biography,
Action,
HistoricalThemes Feminist films,
Sports films,
Martial arts films,
Boxing films,
Political films,
Le boxe anglaiseActors Priyanka Chopra,
Danny Denzongpa,
Shishir Sharma,
Sunil Thapa,
Kenny Basumatari,
Rajni BasumataryRating68%
The movie opens with a pregnant Mary Kom (Priyanka Chopra), heading towards the hospital with her husband Onler Kom (Darshan Kumaar). Onler is mistaken for an insurgent and beaten when he tries to find a vehicle despite a curfew. The film then shifts to a flashback with Mangte Chungeijang Kom, finding boxing gloves in the remains of an air crash in 1991, which prompted her interest in boxing despite her father's disapproval. During an early fight, she chases a boy and ends up in a boxing gym. The coach of the gym, Narjit Singh (Sunil Thapa) is the coach of the Asian Champion Dingko Singh, and Kom tells him about her boxing aspirations. He asks her to visit the gym for next thirty days and says that he will only teach her if she is deserving enough. She starts visiting the gym, telling her mother but not her father. Days pass but her father does not enquire about her. Due to Kom's dedication and stubbornness, Coach Singh starts training her, suggesting she change her name to Mary Kom.