BBC Sport's The 50 Sport Films You Must See

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50 sport films you must see
Rocky Balboa bounding up the steps to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, a group of white-clad men running along a beach as Vangelis plays, Pele... sorry, Luis Fernandez rising in slow motion to score with an overhead kick for the Allied side against the Nazis.

Film has provided us with some truly memorable sporting moments.

Now, with pretty much all sport halted as the world looks to combat the spread of coronavirus, film is one of the few places we can turn to get our fix of football, cricket, rugby and the rest.

To help you sift through the many sporting films out there, BBC Sport journalists have picked 50 of the best and have had a go at selling them to you.

We have made our picks to ensure a broad selection of sports are covered, along with a number of different genres, including some comedies and documentaries.

And we've supplied you with an indication of how each might give you your sporting fix or use a bit of artistic licence to get you invested.

We've also dug out a trailer for each film, to give you a taster. These are taken from YouTube and may contain adult themes.

In addition, we have enlisted the help of some of our leading correspondents to give a brief overview of their sport on film.

These 50 films are by no means a definitive top list of sporting films - and they are listed in alphabetical order - but they should hopefully be enough to fill the void and give you your sporting fix.

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    A League of Their Own

    1992, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 2 new

    Cutting Edge: An Impossible Job

    1994, in 0 top lists Check
  3. 3 new

    Any Given Sunday

    1999, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 4 new

    En forårsdag i Helvede

    1977 — a.k.a. A Sunday in Hell, in 1 top list Check
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    Battle of the Sexes

    2017, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 6 new

    Bend It Like Beckham

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
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    Blades of Glory

    2006, in 1 top list Check
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    Borg McEnroe

    2017 — a.k.a. Borg vs McEnroe, in 0 top lists
    Check
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    Breaking Away

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
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    Caddyshack

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
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    Chariots of Fire

    1981, in 14 top lists Check
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    Cool Runnings

    1993, in 1 top list Check
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    Diego Maradona

    2019, in 0 top lists
    Check
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    Eddie the Eagle

    2016, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 15 new

    Victory

    1981 — a.k.a. Escape to victory, in 0 top lists Check
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    Fever Pitch

    1997, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 17 new

    Field of Dreams

    1989, in 10 top lists Check
  18. 18 new

    Fire in Babylon

    2010, in 0 top lists Check
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    Foxcatcher

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  20. 20 new

    Free Solo

    2018, in 1 top list
    Check
  21. 21 new

    Friday Night Lights

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 22 new

    Happy Gilmore

    1996, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 23 new

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  24. 24 new

    I, Tonya

    2017, in 1 top list
    Check
  25. 25 new

    Invictus

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 26 new

    Living with Lions

    1997, in 0 top lists
    Check
  27. 27 new

    Mike Bassett: England Manager

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 28 new

    Million Dollar Baby

    2004, in 12 top lists Check
  29. 29 new

    Moneyball

    2011, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 30 new

    Murderball

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 31 new

    National Velvet

    1944, in 4 top lists Check
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    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  33. 33 new

    Rocky

    1976, in 20 top lists Check
  34. 34 new

    Rush

    2013, in 6 top lists Check
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    Seabiscuit

    2003, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 36 new

    Senna

    2010, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 37 new

    Seve: The Movie

    2014, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 38 new

    Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

    2006, in 1 top list Check
  39. 39 new

    The Damned United

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  40. 40 new

    The Edge

    2019, in 0 top lists
    Check
  41. 41 new

    The Hurricane

    1999, in 1 top list Check
  42. 42 new

    The Mighty Ducks

    1992, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Wrestler

    2008, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 44 new

    This Sporting Life

    1963, in 9 top lists Check
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    Tin Cup

    1996, in 0 top lists Check
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    Touching the Void

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  47. 47 new

    TT3D: Closer to the Edge

    2011, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 48 new

    White Men Can't Jump

    1992, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 49 new

    When We Were Kings

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
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    Wimbledon

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
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