"Based on a True Story": Sport and Martial Arts
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- DirectorHugh HudsonStarsBen CrossIan CharlesonNicholas FarrellTwo British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, are driven to win in the 1924 Olympics as they wrestle with issues of pride and conscience.
- DirectorDavid BlairStarsMatt SmithSam HoareJames FrainThrown together just five weeks before the final of the 1948 London Olympics, Bert Bushnell and Dickie Burnell row together in the the double sculls.
- DirectorTim WhitbyStarsGeorge MacKayBebe SandersLeigh QuinnIn 1943, a refugee doctor from Nazi Germany uses new methods to rehabilitate those with spinal injuries in Great Britain. Based on actual events.
- DirectorRob CohenStarsJason Scott LeeLauren HollyRobert WagnerA fictionalized account of the life of the martial arts superstar.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroCathy MoriartyJoe PesciThe life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
- DirectorJohn HerzfeldStarsVing RhamesVondie Curtis-HallJeremy PivenA cinematic portrait of the famous fight promoter and boxing manager.
- DirectorJames StrongStarsDean AndrewsKate AshfieldNatalie BurtBased on the true story of Manchester United's legendary "Busby Babes", the youngest side ever to win the Football League, and the 1958 Munich Air Crash that claimed eight of their number.
- DirectorTom HooperStarsColm MeaneyHenry GoodmanDavid RoperThe story of the controversial Brian Clough's 44-day reign as the coach of the English football club Leeds United.
- StarsLachy HulmeAbe ForsytheDamon GameauSet in the 1970s, media mogul Kerry Packer signs top cricketers for his World Series Cricket, challenging established cricketing authorities.
- DirectorJanus MetzStarsSverrir GudnasonShia LaBeoufStellan SkarsgårdThe story of the 1980 tennis rivalry between the placid Björn Borg and the volatile John McEnroe.
- DirectorGillies MacKinnonStarsPoppy Lee FriarWill TudorCassie BradleyBiopic of Britain's most famous ice skaters.
- StarsLindokuhle Justice KhanyileMichael SheenNatalia TenaFollows the Wagatha Christie case, a UK High Court defamation case between Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney. Rooney famously tried to catch out Vardy for selling news stories about her to the tabloids, using sleuth tactics.