| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Sport | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Raging Bull | 1980 | Martin Scorsese | Boxing | 18 |
| 2 | Rocky | 1976 | John G. Avildsen | Boxing | 101 |
| 3 | The Hustler | 1961 | Robert Rossen | Pool | 222 |
| 4 | Field of Dreams | 1989 | Phil Alden Robinson | Baseball | 245 |
| 5 | Hoop Dreams | 1994 | Steve James | Basketball | 292 |
| 6 | Jerry Maguire | 1996 | Cameron Crowe | American Football | 304 |
| 7 | Chariots of Fire | 1981 | Hugh Hudson | Track | 320 |
| 8 | Bull Durham | 1988 | Ron Shelton | Baseball | 344 |
| 9 | Breaking Away | 1979 | Peter Yates | Bicycle Racing | 413 |
| 10 | Caddyshack | 1980 | Harold Ramis | Golf | 467 |
| 11 | Million Dollar Baby | 2004 | Clint Eastwood | Boxing | 536 |
| 12 | When We Were Kings | 1996 | Leon Gast | Boxing | 548 |
| 13 | Olympia | 1938 | Leni Riefenstahl | Olympic Sports | 596 |
| 14 | A League of Their Own | 1992 | Penny Marshall | Baseball | 641 |
| 15 | Hoosiers | 1986 | David Anspaugh | Basketball | 651 |
| 16 | National Velvet | 1944 | Clarence Brown | Horse Racing | 657 |
| 17 | The Pride of the Yankees | 1942 | Sam Wood | Baseball | 671 |
| 18 | Slap Shot | 1977 | George Roy Hill | Ice Hockey | 673 |
| 19 | Eight Men Out | 1988 | John Sayles | Baseball | 674 |
| 20 | The Freshman | 1925 | Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor | American Football | 716 |
| 21 | Fat City | 1972 | John Huston | Boxing | 761 |
| 22 | This Sporting Life | 1963 | Lindsay Anderson | Rugby | 768 |
| 23 | Body and Soul | 1947 | Robert Rossen | Boxing | 785 |
| 24 | The Bad News Bears | 1976 | Michael Ritchie | Baseball | 807 |
| 25 | The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner | 1962 | Tony Richardson | Cross-Country Running | 813 |
| 26 | Horse Feathers | 1932 | Norman Z. McLeod | American Football | 819 |
| 27 | Woman of the Year | 1942 | George Stevens | Baseball | 827 |
| 28 | Bend It Like Beckham | 2002 | Gurinder Chadha | Association Football (Soccer) | 845 |
| 29 | The Longest Yard | 1974 | Robert Aldrich | American Football | 854 |
| 30 | Touching the Void | 2003 | Kevin Macdonald | Mountain Climbing | 906 |
| 31 | The Natural | 1984 | Barry Levinson | Baseball | 908 |
| 32 | Rollerball | 1975 | Norman Jewison | Rollerball | 916 |
| 33 | North Dallas Forty | 1979 | Ted Kotcheff | American Football | 961 |
| 34 | The Karate Kid | 1984 | John G. Avildsen | Karate | 1003 |
| 35 | Brian's Song | 1971 | Buzz Kulik | American Football | 1006 |
| 36 | Rocco and His Brothers | 1960 | Luchino Visconti | Boxing | 1008 |
| 37 | Kingpin | 1996 | Bobby and Peter Farrelly | Bowling | 1031 |
| 38 | Pat and Mike | 1952 | George Cukor | Golf and Tennis | 1105 |
| 39 | Heaven Can Wait | 1978 | Warren Beatty and Buck Henry | American Football | 1129 |
| 40 | The Color of Money | 1986 | Martin Scorsese | Pool | 1153 |
| 41 | The Rookie | 2002 | John Lee Hancock | Baseball | 1157 |
| 42 | Tin Cup | 1996 | Ron Shelton | Golf | 1216 |
| 43 | Bang the Drum Slowly | 1973 | John D. Hancock | Baseball | 1225 |
| 44 | Night and the City | 1950 | Jules Dassin | Professional Wrestling | 1251 |
| 45 | The Set-Up | 1949 | Robert Wise | Boxing | 1275 |
| 46 | Rudy | 1993 | David Anspaugh | American Football | 1295 |
| 47 | Cool Runnings | 1993 | Jon Turteltaub | Bobsledding | 1309 |
| 48 | Pumping Iron | 1977 | George Butler and Robert Fiore | Bodybuilding | 1332 |
| 49 | The Black Stallion | 1979 | Carroll Ballard | Horse Racing | 1342 |
| 50 | The Endless Summer | 1966 | Bruce Brown | Surfing | 1348 |
| 51 | Dogtown and Z-Boys | 2001 | Stacy Peralta | Skateboarding | 1358 |
| 52 | Downhill Racer | 1969 | Michael Ritchie | Downhill Skiing | 1364 |
| 53 | A Day at the Races | 1937 | Sam Wood | Horse Racing | 1385 |
| 54 | The Wrestler | 2008 | Darren Aronofsky | Professional Wrestling | 1399 |
| 55 | White Men Can't Jump | 1992 | Ron Shelton | Basketball | 1421 |
| 56 | Champion | 1949 | Mark Robson | Boxing | 1463 |
| 57 | Miracle | 2004 | Gavin O'Connor | Ice Hockey | 1483 |
| 58 | Happy Gilmore | 1996 | Dennis Dugan | Golf | 1493 |
| 59 | Remember the Titans | 2000 | Boaz Yakin | American Football | 1536 |
| 60 | Bring It On | 2000 | Peyton Reed | Cheerleading | 1539 |
| 61 | Damn Yankees! | 1958 | George Abbott and Stanley Donen | Baseball | 1544 |
| 62 | Without Limits | 1998 | Robert Towne | Track | 1563 |
| 63 | Tokyo Olympiad | 1965 | Kon Ichikawa | Olympic Sports | 1570 |
| 64 | Friday Night Lights | 2004 | Peter Berg and Josh Pate | American Football | 1593 |
| 65 | Seabiscuit | 2003 | Gary Ross | Horse Racing | 1610 |
| 66 | The Hurricane | 1999 | Norman Jewison | Boxing | 1619 |
| 67 | Cinderella Man | 2005 | Ron Howard | Boxing | 1624 |
| 68 | Ali | 2001 | Michael Mann | Boxing | 1657 |
| 69 | Requiem for a Heavyweight | 1962 | Ralph Nelson | Boxing | 1658 |
| 70 | Any Given Sunday | 1999 | Oliver Stone | American Football | 1660 |
| 71 | The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings | 1976 | John Badham | Baseball | 1691 |
| 72 | One Day in September | 1999 | Kevin Macdonald | Olympic Sports | 1792 |
| 73 | Rocky II | 1979 | Sylvester Stallone | Boxing | 1805 |
| 74 | Lagaan: Once upon a Time in India | 2001 | Ashutosh Gowariker | Cricket | 1884 |
| 75 | Victory | 1981 | John Huston | Association Football (Soccer) | 1896 |
| 76 | Gentleman Jim | 1942 | Raoul Walsh | Boxing | 1916 |
| 77 | Major League | 1989 | David S. Ward | Baseball | 1925 |
| 78 | The Harder They Fall | 1956 | Mark Robson | Boxing | 1926 |
| 79 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | 2004 | Rawson Marshall Thurber | Dodgeball | 1948 |
| 80 | Knute Rockne, All American | 1940 | Lloyd Bacon | American Football | 1988 |
| 81 | Million Dollar Legs | 1932 | Edward F. Cline | Olympic Sports | 2006 |
| 82 | Personal Best | 1982 | Robert Towne | Track | 2057 |
| 83 | The Love Bug | 1968 | Robert Stevenson | Auto Racing | 2096 |
| 84 | Rocky III | 1982 | Sylvester Stallone | Boxing | 2117 |
| 85 | Somebody Up There Likes Me | 1956 | Robert Wise | Boxing | 2169 |
| 86 | It Happens Every Spring | 1949 | Lloyd Bacon | Baseball | 2180 |
| 87 | Fear Strikes Out | 1957 | Robert Mulligan | Baseball | 2223 |
| 88 | Love & Basketball | 2000 | Gina Prince-Bythewood | Basketball | 2248 |
| 89 | The Champ | 1931 | King Vidor | Boxing | 2307 |
| 90 | Grand Prix | 1966 | John Frankenheimer | Auto Racing | 2324 |
| 91 | Rocky IV | 1985 | Sylvester Stallone | Boxing | 2327 |
| 92 | 61* | 2001 | Billy Crystal | Baseball | 2359 |
| 93 | Murderball | 2005 | Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro | Wheelchair Rugby | 2379 |
| 94 | The World According to Garp | 1982 | George Roy Hill | Wrestling | 2384 |
| 95 | Angels in the Outfield | 1951 | Clarence Brown | Baseball | 2386 |