Other Sports Movies

The best cricket movie ever made...2001's Lagaan....but then again how many cricket movies have ever been made.
The best cricket movie ever made…2001’s Lagaan….but then again how many cricket movies have ever been made.

Want to know the best Other Sports Movies?  How about the worst Other Sports Movies?  Curious about Other Sports Movies did at the box office or which Other Sports Movies picked up the most Oscar® nominations and Oscar® wins? Need to know which Other Sports Movies movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

This page represents the 10th and final page in a series of pages that is trying to identify the Top 400 Sports Movies. This page will look at the top 62 Other Sports movies.  Movies are ranked by using a combination of box office results, reviews from audiences and critics and award recognition. 

Paul Newman in 1961's The Hustler
Paul Newman in 1961’s The Hustler

Other Sports Movies Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort Other Sports Movies by the type of sport in the movie
  • Sort Other Sports Movies by actual domestic box office grosses
  • Sort Other Sports Movies by adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost
  • Sort by how Other Sports Movies were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Other Sports Movie received.
  • Sort Other Sports Movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.

Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Other Sports Movies Table

  1. Six Other Sports Movie crossed the magical $100 million mark.  That is a percentage of 9.67% of his movies listed.  The Karate Kid Part II (1986) is the biggest box office hit when looking at adjusted domestic box office.
  2. An average Other Sports Movie grosses $38.23 million in adjusted box office gross.
  3. Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter.  31 Other Sports Movies are rated as good movies…or 50.00% of the movies listed.  Highest rated Other Sports movie is The Wrestler (2008).  Lowest rated Other Sports movie is Rollerball (2002).
  4. Ten Other Sports Movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 15.87% of the listed movies.
  5. Two Other Sports Movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 3.22% of the movies listed.
  6. An average Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score is 39.86.  9 of Other Sports Movies’s movies scored higher that average….or 14.51% of the listed movies.  The Karate Kid (1984) got the highest UMR Score….Supercross (2005) got the lowest UMR Score.
The original Karate Kid ranks #1 of all the other sports movies out there.
The original Karate Kid ranks #1 of all the other sports movies out there.

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38 thoughts on “Other Sports Movies

  1. I like your list but it seems to be lack motocross racing were did that ever go old fashion dirt bike movies i cant find them any where

    1. Hey cigarman10….you suggest some motorcross movies and I will be more than happy to include them….I look forward to your suggestions.

    1. Hey Shaun, well I was really struggling with this last page, especially the last table….and I do not think many will show up on the Top 100 list I am working on

  2. I just got through reading all your movie articles, impressive work and I will be back to see the final one.

    1. Hey Ralphie, I am currently working on the final page….it is taking a lot longer than I thought, but I keep on working on it.

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