THEME EXPLORATION

sports

20 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Kings Ransom
2009 · Peter Berg

Touchdown Mickey

Touchdown Mickey
1932 · Wilfred Jackson

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
1938 · Leni Riefenstahl

Short Plays
2014 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Hajime no Ippo
2003 · —

2DIE4
2026 · André Abdala

Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye

Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977 · Nobuhiko Obayashi

Dead Cert
1974 · Tony Richardson

Film For Guitar

Film For Guitar
1966 · Bruce Beresford

Giraffe Football or “The Alternative”

Giraffe Football or “The Alternative”
1973 · Jean Rouch

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 · J. Lee Thompson

Nogent, Eldorado du dimanche

Nogent, Eldorado du dimanche
1929 · Marcel Carné

The Hand of God

The Hand of God
2021 · Paolo Sorrentino

This Sporting Life

This Sporting Life
1963 · Lindsay Anderson

Enthusiasm. Symphony of Donbas

Enthusiasm. Symphony of Donbas
1930 · Dziga Vertov

Garrincha: Joy of the People

Garrincha: Joy of the People
1962 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade

Turning Point
1982 · Yannis Dalianidis

Nacho Libre
2006 · Jared Hess

Arthur the King

Arthur the King
2024 · Simon Cellan Jones

Goon
2012 · Michael Dowse

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Danila Kozlovsky USSR [now Russia]

Explores personal growth and resilience within distinctly Russian social contexts.

Gary Fleder USA

Crafts accessible biographical dramas celebrating American athletes overcoming adversity.

Blends live-action spectacle with animated worlds through dynamic visual storytelling and commercial sensibility.