| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Sport | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Raging Bull | 1980 | Martin Scorsese | Boxing | 29 |
| 2 | The Big Lebowski | 1998 | Joel Coen | Bowling | 108 |
| 3 | Rocky | 1976 | John G. Avildsen | Boxing | 125 |
| 4 | Hoop Dreams | 1994 | Steve James | Basketball | 284 |
| 5 | The Hustler | 1961 | Robert Rossen | Pool | 301 |
| 6 | Million Dollar Baby | 2004 | Clint Eastwood | Boxing | 331 |
| 7 | Jerry Maguire | 1996 | Cameron Crowe | American Football | 382 |
| 8 | Field of Dreams | 1989 | Phil Alden Robinson | Baseball | 385 |
| 9 | Bull Durham | 1988 | Ron Shelton | Baseball | 441 |
| 10 | Chariots of Fire | 1981 | Hugh Hudson | Track | 450 |
| 11 | The Wrestler | 2008 | Darren Aronofsky | Professional Wrestling | 475 |
| 12 | Caddyshack | 1980 | Harold Ramis | Golf | 528 |
| 13 | When We Were Kings | 1996 | Leon Gast | Boxing | 569 |
| 14 | A League of Their Own | 1992 | Penny Marshall | Baseball | 591 |
| 15 | Breaking Away | 1979 | Peter Yates | Bicycle Racing | 622 |
| 16 | The Karate Kid | 1984 | John G. Avildsen | Karate | 678 |
| 17 | Hoosiers | 1986 | David Anspaugh | Basketball | 701 |
| 18 | Rocco and His Brothers | 1960 | Luchino Visconti | Boxing | 727 |
| 19 | Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations | 1938 | Leni Riefenstahl | Olympic Sports | 734 |
| 20 | Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty | 1938 | Leni Riefenstahl | Olympic Sports | 790 |
| 21 | Slap Shot | 1977 | George Roy Hill | Ice Hockey | 801 |
| 22 | The Natural | 1984 | Barry Levinson | Baseball | 832 |
| 23 | Night and the City | 1950 | Jules Dassin | Professional Wrestling | 834 |
| 24 | The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner | 1962 | Tony Richardson | Cross-Country Running | 932 |
| 25 | Fat City | 1972 | John Huston | Boxing | 964 |
| 26 | Happy Gilmore | 1996 | Dennis Dugan | Golf | 968 |
| 27 | The Bad News Bears | 1976 | Michael Ritchie | Baseball | 976 |
| 28 | This Sporting Life | 1963 | Lindsay Anderson | Rugby | 977 |
| 29 | The Pride of the Yankees | 1942 | Sam Wood | Baseball | 1014 |
| 30 | National Velvet | 1944 | Clarence Brown | Horse Racing | 1019 |
| 31 | Eight Men Out | 1988 | John Sayles | Baseball | 1032 |
| 32 | Murderball | 2005 | Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro | Wheelchair Rugby | 1051 |
| 33 | Remember the Titans | 2000 | Boaz Yakin | American Football | 1053 |
| 34 | The Fighter | 2010 | David O. Russell | Boxing | 1063 |
| 35 | Rollerball | 1975 | Norman Jewison | Rollerball | 1079 |
| 36 | Cinderella Man | 2005 | Ron Howard | Boxing | 1126 |
| 37 | Senna | 2010 | Asif Kapadia | Auto Racing | 1127 |
| 38 | Warrior | 2011 | Gavin O'Connor | Mixed Martial Arts | 1156 |
| 39 | Miracle | 2004 | Gavin O'Connor | Ice Hockey | 1172 |
| 40 | Touching the Void | 2003 | Kevin Macdonald | Mountain Climbing | 1180 |
| 41 | Rudy | 1993 | David Anspaugh | American Football | 1194 |
| 42 | Ali | 2001 | Michael Mann | Boxing | 1199 |
| 43 | The Sandlot | 1993 | David M. Evans | Baseball | 1206 |
| 44 | Bend It Like Beckham | 2002 | Gurinder Chadha | Association Football (Soccer) | 1211 |
| 45 | The Longest Yard | 1974 | Robert Aldrich | American Football | 1214 |
| 46 | Friday Night Lights | 2004 | Peter Berg and Josh Pate | American Football | 1249 |
| 47 | Heaven Can Wait | 1978 | Warren Beatty and Buck Henry | American Football | 1262 |
| 48 | Kingpin | 1996 | Bobby and Peter Farrelly | Bowling | 1339 |
| 49 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | 2004 | Rawson Marshall Thurber | Dodgeball | 1356 |
| 50 | Tin Cup | 1996 | Ron Shelton | Golf | 1359 |
| 51 | Cool Runnings | 1993 | Jon Turteltaub | Bobsledding | 1370 |
| 52 | Lagaan: Once upon a Time in India | 2001 | Ashutosh Gowariker | Cricket | 1436 |
| 53 | The Set-Up | 1949 | Robert Wise | Boxing | 1437 |
| 54 | Any Given Sunday | 1999 | Oliver Stone | American Football | 1440 |
| 55 | Seabiscuit | 2003 | Gary Ross | Horse Racing | 1474 |
| 56 | Rush | 2013 | Ron Howard | Auto Racing | 1487 |
| 57 | The Freshman | 1925 | Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor | American Football | 1489 |
| 58 | Horse Feathers | 1932 | Norman Z. McLeod | American Football | 1533 |
| 59 | Children of Heaven | 1997 | Majid Majidi | Cross-Country Running | 1534 |
| 60 | Damn Yankees! | 1958 | George Abbott and Stanley Donen | Baseball | 1539 |
| 61 | Bang the Drum Slowly | 1973 | John D. Hancock | Baseball | 1554 |
| 62 | Love & Basketball | 2000 | Gina Prince-Bythewood | Basketball | 1564 |
| 63 | Major League | 1989 | David S. Ward | Baseball | 1566 |
| 64 | North Dallas Forty | 1979 | Ted Kotcheff | American Football | 1570 |
| 65 | The Color of Money | 1986 | Martin Scorsese | Pool | 1587 |
| 66 | Body and Soul | 1947 | Robert Rossen | Boxing | 1593 |
| 67 | White Men Can't Jump | 1992 | Ron Shelton | Basketball | 1612 |
| 68 | Pumping Iron | 1977 | George Butler and Robert Fiore | Bodybuilding | 1617 |
| 69 | The Hurricane | 1999 | Norman Jewison | Boxing | 1646 |
| 70 | Moneyball | 2011 | Bennett Miller | Baseball | 1657 |
| 71 | He Got Game | 1998 | Spike Lee | Basketball | 1675 |
| 72 | The Blind Side | 2009 | John Lee Hancock | American Football | 1681 |
| 73 | Rocky II | 1979 | Sylvester Stallone | Boxing | 1686 |
| 74 | Brian's Song | 1971 | Buzz Kulik | American Football | 1693 |
| 75 | The Black Stallion | 1979 | Carroll Ballard | Horse Racing | 1763 |
| 76 | The Endless Summer | 1965 | Bruce Brown | Surfing | 1765 |
| 77 | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | 2006 | Adam McKay | Auto Racing | 1794 |
| 78 | Dogtown and Z-Boys | 2001 | Stacy Peralta | Skateboarding | 1806 |
| 79 | Victory | 1981 | John Huston | Association Football (Soccer) | 1809 |
| 80 | Woman of the Year | 1942 | George Stevens | Baseball | 1858 |
| 81 | The Rookie | 2002 | John Lee Hancock | Baseball | 1898 |
| 82 | The World's Fastest Indian | 2005 | Roger Donaldson | Motorcycling | 1957 |
| 83 | Shaolin Soccer | 2001 | Stephen Chow | Association Football (Soccer) | 1990 |
| 84 | Rocky IV | 1985 | Sylvester Stallone | Boxing | 2044 |
| 85 | Downhill Racer | 1969 | Michael Ritchie | Downhill Skiing | 2105 |
| 86 | Rocky III | 1982 | Sylvester Stallone | Boxing | 2108 |
| 87 | Tokyo Olympiad | 1965 | Kon Ichikawa | Olympic Sports | 2122 |
| 88 | Personal Best | 1982 | Robert Towne | Track | 2193 |
| 89 | Invictus | 2009 | Clint Eastwood | Rugby | 2215 |
| 90 | Bloodsport | 1988 | Newt Arnold | Mixed Martial Arts | 2228 |
| 91 | Creed | 2015 | Ryan Coogler | Boxing | 2231 |
| 92 | The Damned United | 2009 | Tom Hooper | Association Football (Soccer) | 2245 |
| 93 | Girlfight | 2000 | Karyn Kusama | Boxing | 2270 |
| 94 | Sugar | 2008 | Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck | Baseball | 2316 |
| 95 | The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings | 1976 | John Badham | Baseball | 2373 |
| 96 | Coach Carter | 2005 | Thomas Carter | Basketball | 2407 |
| 97 | Bring It on | 2000 | Peyton Reed | Cheerleading | 2460 |
| 98 | Varsity Blues | 1999 | Brian Robbins | American Football | 2480 |
| 99 | Space Jam | 1996 | Joe Pytka | Basketball | 2525 |
| 100 | The Mighty Ducks | 1992 | Stephen Herek | Ice Hockey | 2567 |
| 101 | Blue Chips | 1994 | William Friedkin | Basketball | 2617 |
| 102 | Knute Rockne, All American | 1940 | Lloyd Bacon | American Football | 2630 |
| 103 | 61* | 2001 | Billy Crystal | Baseball | 2638 |
| 104 | Green Street Hooligans | 2005 | Lexi Alexander | Association Football (Soccer) | 2642 |
| 105 | Pat and Mike | 1952 | George Cukor | Golf and Tennis | 2646 |
| 106 | The Lusty Men | 1952 | Nicholas Ray | Rodeo | 2668 |
| 107 | A Day at the Races | 1937 | Sam Wood | Horse Racing | 2681 |
| 108 | Glory Road | 2006 | James Gartner | Basketball | 2727 |
| 109 | Offside | 2006 | Jafar Panahi | Association Football (Soccer) | 2738 |