| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Sport | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Raging Bull | 1980 | Martin Scorsese | Boxing | 18 |
| 2 | Rocky | 1976 | John G. Avildsen | Boxing | 107 |
| 3 | The Hustler | 1961 | Robert Rossen | Pool | 216 |
| 4 | Field of Dreams | 1989 | Phil Alden Robinson | Baseball | 219 |
| 5 | Chariots of Fire | 1981 | Hugh Hudson | Track | 297 |
| 6 | Jerry Maguire | 1996 | Cameron Crowe | American Football | 308 |
| 7 | Hoop Dreams | 1994 | Steve James | Basketball | 359 |
| 8 | Bull Durham | 1988 | Ron Shelton | Baseball | 419 |
| 9 | Breaking Away | 1979 | Peter Yates | Bicycle Racing | 458 |
| 10 | Olympia | 1938 | Leni Riefenstahl | Olympics | 477 |
| 11 | Caddyshack | 1980 | Harold Ramis | Golf | 549 |
| 12 | A League of Their Own | 1992 | Penny Marshall | Baseball | 621 |
| 13 | The Freshman | 1925 | Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor | American Football | 628 |
| 14 | National Velvet | 1944 | Clarence Brown | Horse Racing | 629 |
| 15 | The Pride of the Yankees | 1942 | Sam Wood | Baseball | 665 |
| 16 | Million Dollar Baby | 2004 | Clint Eastwood | Boxing | 674 |
| 17 | Slap Shot | 1977 | George Roy Hill | Hockey | 718 |
| 18 | When We Were Kings | 1996 | Leon Gast | Boxing | 752 |
| 19 | Hoosiers | 1986 | David Anspaugh | Basketball | 754 |
| 20 | Fat City | 1972 | John Huston | Boxing | 795 |
| 21 | The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner | 1962 | Tony Richardson | Running | 832 |
| 22 | Eight Men Out | 1988 | John Sayles | Baseball | 852 |
| 23 | Bend It Like Beckham | 2002 | Gurinder Chadha | Football (Soccer) | 853 |
| 24 | This Sporting Life | 1963 | Lindsay Anderson | Rugby | 895 |
| 25 | The Longest Yard | 1974 | Robert Aldrich | American Football | 897 |
| 26 | The Bad News Bears | 1976 | Michael Ritchie | Baseball | 921 |
| 27 | Body and Soul | 1947 | Robert Rossen | Boxing | 936 |
| 28 | Pat and Mike | 1952 | George Cukor | Golf and Tennis | 1024 |
| 29 | Rollerball | 1975 | Norman Jewison | Rollerball | 1091 |
| 30 | The Black Stallion | 1979 | Carroll Ballard | Horse Racing | 1111 |
| 31 | Brian's Song | 1971 | Buzz Kulik | American Football | 1150 |
| 32 | North Dallas Forty | 1979 | Ted Kotcheff | American Football | 1161 |
| 33 | The Natural | 1984 | Barry Levinson | Baseball | 1167 |
| 34 | The Karate Kid | 1984 | John G. Avildsen | Karate | 1170 |
| 35 | Champion | 1949 | Mark Robson | Boxing | 1225 |
| 36 | The Color of Money | 1986 | Martin Scorsese | Pool | 1255 |
| 37 | Bring It On | 2000 | Peyton Reed | Cheerleading | 1275 |
| 38 | Dogtown and Z-Boys | 2001 | Stacy Peralta | Skateboarding | 1281 |
| 39 | Cool Runnings | 1993 | Jon Turteltaub | Bobsledding | 1315 |
| 40 | The Rookie | 2002 | John Lee Hancock | Baseball | 1318 |
| 41 | Rudy | 1993 | David Anspaugh | American Football | 1359 |
| 42 | The Endless Summer | 1966 | Bruce Brown | Surfing | 1370 |
| 43 | Bang the Drum Slowly | 1973 | John D. Hancock | Baseball | 1391 |
| 44 | Touching the Void | 2003 | Kevin Macdonald | Mountain Climbing | 1400 |
| 45 | Kingpin | 1996 | Bobby and Peter Farrelly | Bowling | 1418 |
| 46 | The Set-Up | 1949 | Robert Wise | Boxing | 1420 |
| 47 | Tin Cup | 1996 | Ron Shelton | Golf | 1425 |
| 48 | Heaven Can Wait | 1978 | Warren Beatty and Buck Henry | American Football | 1439 |
| 49 | Pumping Iron | 1977 | George Butler and Robert Fiore | Bodybuilding | 1445 |
| 50 | White Men Can't Jump | 1992 | Ron Shelton | Basketball | 1601 |
| 51 | Friday Night Lights | 2004 | Peter Berg, Josh Pate, and Mark Piznarski | American Football | 1612 |
| 52 | The Love Bug | 1968 | Robert Stevenson | Auto Racing | 1680 |
| 53 | Seabiscuit | 2003 | Gary Ross | Horse Racing | 1684 |
| 54 | Any Given Sunday | 1999 | Oliver Stone | American Football | 1711 |
| 55 | Point Break | 1991 | Kathryn Bigelow | Surfing | 1743 |
| 56 | The Hurricane | 1999 | Norman Jewison | Boxing | 1745 |
| 57 | The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings | 1976 | John Badham | Baseball | 1760 |
| 58 | Downhill Racer | 1969 | Michael Ritchie | Skiing | 1776 |
| 59 | Miracle | 2004 | Gavin O'Connor | Hockey | 1795 |
| 60 | Tokyo Olympiad | 1965 | Kon Ichikawa | Olympics | 1846 |
| 61 | Cinderella Man | 2005 | Ron Howard | Boxing | 1928 |
| 62 | Personal Best | 1982 | Robert Towne | Track | 1933 |
| 63 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | 2004 | Rawson Marshall Thurber | Dodgeball | 1936 |
| 64 | The Great White Hope | 1970 | Martin Ritt | Boxing | 2002 |
| 65 | Without Limits | 1998 | Robert Towne | Track | 2003 |
| 66 | Somebody Up There Likes Me | 1956 | Robert Wise | Boxing | 2010 |
| 67 | Ali | 2001 | Michael Mann | Boxing | 2017 |
| 68 | Requiem for a Heavyweight | 1962 | Ralph Nelson | Boxing | 2026 |
| 69 | Girlfight | 2000 | Karyn Kusama | Boxing | 2037 |
| 70 | Remember the Titans | 2000 | Boaz Yakin | American Football | 2049 |
| 71 | Happy Gilmore | 1996 | Dennis Dugan | Golf | 2061 |
| 72 | Million Dollar Legs | 1932 | Edward F. Cline | Olympics | 2064 |
| 73 | Damn Yankees! | 1958 | George Abbott and Stanley Donen | Baseball | 2079 |
| 74 | Angels in the Outfield | 1951 | Clarence Brown | Baseball | 2180 |
| 75 | Knute Rockne, All American | 1940 | Lloyd Bacon | American Football | 2201 |
| 76 | Death Race 2000 | 1975 | Paul Bartel | Auto Racing | 2216 |
| 77 | Gentleman Jim | 1942 | Raoul Walsh | Boxing | 2223 |
| 78 | It Happens Every Spring | 1949 | Lloyd Bacon | Baseball | 2299 |
| 79 | The Harder They Fall | 1956 | Mark Robson | Boxing | 2308 |
| 80 | Love & Basketball | 2000 | Gina Prince-Bythewood | Basketball | 2349 |
| 81 | Lagaan: Once upon a Time in India | 2001 | Ashutosh Gowariker | Cricket | 2374 |
| 82 | Baseball | 1994 | Ken Burns | Baseball | 2396 |
| 83 | The Mighty Ducks | 1992 | Stephen Herek | Hockey | 2483 |