The stadium lights are on, the crowd is on their feet, and the world watches holding its breath. There is truly nothing more dramatic than the wild world of sports. With some of the greatest movies ever made centered around athletic competition and the chaotic pressures of athletes (both physical and mental), it begs the question: What are some of the greatest sports movies ever made?
Since almost the dawn of cinema, Hollywood filmmakers have regularly fixated their cameras on sports and athletes, whether they live on squeaky basketball courts or between the ropes of bloodstained boxing rings. (Some bar trivia for you: The first documented sports film is the 1914 film The Knockout, a boxing comedy starring Charlie Chaplin. Boxing and cinema have quite the history together.)
