List of films based on sports books
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A list of sports films that are based on books. If a book has been turned into both a film and a tv series (or tv film), then the tv series is included.
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[edit] American football
College and professional
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work |
Author | Date | Type | TV | Date | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navy Blue and Gold | 1937 | Sam Wood | USA | Navy Blue and Gold | George Bruce | 1937 | Novel | - | - | - |
| 2 | Paper Lion | 1968 | Alex March | USA | Paper Lion | George Plimpton | 1967 | Nonfiction | - | - | - |
| 3 | Brian's Song | 1971 | Buzz Kulik | USA | I Am Third | Gale Sayers & Al Silverman | 1970 | Autobiography | Brian's Song | 2001 | USA |
| 4 | Semi-Tough | 1977 | Michael Ritchie | USA | Semi-Tough | Dan Jenkins | 1969? | Novel | - | - | - |
| 5 | North Dallas Forty | 1979 | Ted Kotcheff | USA | North Dallas Forty | Peter Gent | 1973 | Novel | - | - | - |
| 6 | Fighting Back | 1980 | Robert Lieberman | USA | Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier | Rocky Bleier | 1975 | Autobiography | - | - | - |
| 7 | Everybody's All-American | 1988 | Taylor Hackford | USA | Everybody's All-American | Frank Deford | 1981 | Novel | - | - | - |
| 8 | Monday Night Mayhem | 2002 | Ernest R. Dickerson | USA | Monday Night Mayhem: The Inside Story of ABC's Monday Night Football | Bill Carter & Marc Gunther | 1988 | Nonfiction | - | - | - |
| 9 | Friday Night Lights | 2004 | Peter Berg | USA | Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream | H. G. Bissinger | 1990 | Nonfiction | - | - | - |
[edit] Baseball
- * The book ‘’Fever Pitch’‘ is about a fan of football and with Arsenal Football Club in particular, not the baseball team, The Boston Red Sox.
[edit] Basketball
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work |
Author | Date | Type | TV | Date | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glory Road | 2006 | James Gartner | USA | Glory Road | Don Haskins | 2005 | Autobiography | - | - | - |
[edit] Boxing
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work |
Author | Date | Type | TV | Date | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Champion | 1949 | Mark Robson | USA | Champion | Ring Lardner | ? | Short Story | - | - | - |
| 2 | Raging Bull | 1980 | Martin Scorsese | USA | Raging Bull: My Story | Jake LaMotta & Joseph Carter | 1970 | Autobiography | - | - | - |
| 3 | The Hurricane | 1999 | Norman Jewison | USA | book 1: The 16th Round & book 2: Lazarus and the Hurricane | 1. Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter 2. Sam Chaiton & Terry Swinton | ? | Nonfiction | - | - | - |
| 4 | Million Dollar Baby | 2004 | Clint Eastwood | USA | Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner | F.X. Toole | ? | Collection of Short Stories | - | - | - |
[edit] Football (soccer)
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work |
Author | Date | Type | TV | Date | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Arsenal Stadium Mystery | 1940 | Thorold Dickinson | UK | The Arsenal Stadium Mystery | Leonard Reginald Gribble | ? | Novel | - | - | - |
| 2 | Fever Pitch | 1997 | David Evans | UK | Fever Pitch | Nick Hornby | 1992 | Novel | - | - | - |
[edit] Golf
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work |
Author | Date | Type | TV | Date | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Legend of Bagger Vance | 2000 | Robert Redford | USA | The Legend of Bagger Vance | Steven Pressfield | 1995 | Novel | - | - | - |
| 2 | The Greatest Game Ever Played | 2005 | Bill Paxton | USA | The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf | Mark Frost | 2002 | Nonfiction | - | - | - |
[edit] Horse racing
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work |
Author | Date | Type | TV | Date | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let It Ride | 1989 | Joe Pytka | USA | Good Vibes | Jay Cronley | ? | Novel | - | - | - |
| 2 | Seabiscuit | 2003 | Gary Ross | USA | Seabiscuit: An American Legend | Laura Hillenbrand | 2001 | Nonfiction | - | - | - |
[edit] See also
- List of athletes in movies
- Baseball movie
- Sports film
- List of movies about sports
