“Fighting, dying, hoping, hating … great sports films are about far more than sport itself,” said the Guardian.
These are the ten best sports films according to the critics of the Guardian and Observer.
Director: Martin Scorsese
Stars: Robert De Niro
Director: Robert Rossen
Stars: Paul Newman
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Stars: Mickey Rourke
Director: Cameron Crowe
Stars: Tom Cruise
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Stars: Patrick Swayze
Director: Ron Shelton
Stars: Kevin Costner
Director: George Roy Hill
Stars: Paul Newman
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
Director: Leni Riefenstahl
Stars: David Albritton
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
Director: Leni Riefenstahl
Stars: Sheigo Arai
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Stars: Richard Harris
The Guardian (founded in 1821) is a British national daily newspaper, and the Observer (founded in 1791) is its Sunday sibling. They are amongst the most influential papers in the world. The Guardian and its journalists have won numerous journalism awards, especially in the last decades.
Source: The Guardian
Last checked on: 16 January 2016
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