SPMD -Sport Index

 

This index lists movie titles by the sport or other activity that is the focus of the sport psychology theme of the movie.  Movies with more than one sport are listed under all the sports shown.  Sports or activities for which only one movie was found are listed at he end of the index under “Miscellaneous.”

 

 

American Football

 

Auto Racing

Ballet

Baseball

Basketball

Bowling

Boxing

Cycling

 

Golf

Figure Skating

 

Gymnastics

Hockey

Martial Arts

 

Music

Olympics

Running

Skiing

 

Soccer

Warriors & Combat

Miscellaneous

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


- American Football -

All the Right Moves

Any Given Sunday

Brian’s Song

Everybody’s All-American

Jerry McGuire

Little Giants

The Longest Yard

Necessary Roughness

North Dallas Forty

The Program

Remember the Titans

The Replacements

Rudy

Varsity Blues

The Waterboy

Wildcats

 

 

 

 

 

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- Auto Racing -

Days of Thunder

Heart Like a Wheel

 

 

 

 

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- Ballet -

Billy Elliot

Center Stage

 

 

 

 

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- Baseball -

Angels in the Outfield

Bad News Bears

Bang the Drum Slowly

Bull Durham

Damn Yankees

Eight Men Out

The Fan

Fear Strikes Out

Field of Dreams

For the Love of the Game

A League of Their Own

Major League

Major League II

The Natural

Rookie of the Year

The Roy Campenella Story

The Sandlot

Three Wishes

Two Ball Games

 

 

 

 

 

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- Basketball -

Amazing Grace and Chuck

Basketball Diaries

Blue Chips

Eddie

Hoop Dreams

Hoosiers

Love and Basketball

One on One

Pistol: The Birth of a Legend

Space Jam

White Men Can’t Jump

 

 

 

 

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- Bowling -

The Big Lebowski

Kingpin

 

 

 

 

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- Boxing -

Billy Elliot

Body and Soul

The Boxer

The Champ

Don King: Only in America

Fat City

Gentleman Jim

Girlfight

Gladiator (1992)

The Harder They Fall

Dempsey

The Price of Glory

Raging Bull

Requiem for a Heavyweight

Rocky

Rocky II

Rocky III

Rocky IV

Rocky V

The Set-up

When We Were Kings

 

 

 

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 - Cycling -

American Flyers

Breaking Away

Pee Wee’s Big Adventure

Tracks of Glory

 

 

 

 

 

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- Figure Skating -

The Cutting Edge

Ice Castles

The Simpsons – Lisa on Ice

 

 

 

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- Golf -

Happy Gilmore

Follow the Sun

The Legend of Bagger Vance

The Simpsons – Dead Putting Society

Tin Cup

 

 

 

 

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- Gymnastics -

American Anthem

Little Girls in Pretty Boxes

 

 

 

 

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- Hockey -

The Cutting Edge

Happy Gilmore

The Mighty Ducks

Slap Shot

 

 

 

 

 

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- Martial Arts -

Bloodsport

Enter the Dragon

The Karate Kid

The Karate Kid II

The Karate Kid III

The Matrix

 

 

 

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- Music -

Mr. Holland’s Opus

The Red Violin

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

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- Olympics -

The Olympiad

Visions of Eight

 

 

 

 

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- Running -

Chariots of Fire

Gallipoli

The Jericho Mile

The Loretta Claiborne Story

Personal Best

Prefontaine

Running Brave

Without Limits

 

 

 

 

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- Skiing -

Aspen Extreme

Better Off Dead

Downhill Racer

Hot Dog – The Movie

 

 

 

 

 

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- Soccer -

The Cup

Fever Pitch

Hot Shot

Ladybugs

Victory

 

 

 

 

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- Warriors & Combat -

Braveheart

The Dirty Dozen

Gallipoli

Gladiator (2000)

Star Wars

Star Wars Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars Episode VI – The Return of the Jedi

Titan AE

 

 

 

 

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- Miscellaneous -

Backdraft - Firefighting

Bring It On - Cheerleading

By the Sword - Fencing

The Color of Money - Pool

Cool Runnings - Bobsledding

Dead Poets Society – Teaching, Acting

The Endless Summer - Surfing

Geordie - Hammerthrow

Good Will Hunting – Math?

The Hustler - Pool         

K2 – Mountain Climbing

National Velvet – Horse Racing

Olympia - Swimming

Ordinary People – Life & Death

Over the Top – Arm Wrestling

Oxford Blues - Rowing

Pumping Iron - Bodybuilding

Rollerball – Rollerball

Searching for Bobby Fisher - Chess

This Sporting Life - Rugby

Three Approaches to Sport Psychology Consulting - Consulting

Vision Quest - Wrestling

 

 

 

 

 

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