Ten moving sports movies based on real people and their impactful stories

Rolling Stone makes their picks

Sports films have a way of moving an audience. Many of them tell an underdog story, but even with similar themes of overcoming obstacles and beating the odds, each film tells its own story. 

There are a slew of sports movies that are entirely fictional, but many are based on true events, with, of course, a Hollywood twist of fictional elements.  

In this roundup, you’ll find a handful of classic titles, as well as some that aren’t quite as mainstream but still tell powerful sports stories, based on real people. Even though all of these movies are based on real people and events, there are fictional elements mixed into these true stories. Some films follow the true events more closely than others. 

"Remember the Titans" is a sports movie based on the T.C. Williams High School football team.  (Buena Vista/Getty Images)

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No sports movie roundup is complete without "Remember the Titans." 

The movie takes place in the '70s, when an African American coach named Herman Boone (Denzel Washington) is hired to coach the T.C. Williams High School football team in Alexandria, Virginia. His assistant coach, Bill Yoast (Will Patton), had been a favorite of the program for many years before Boone’s beginnings with the team.

The two men of different races must work together to lead their team to victory. The movie includes real-life people, including the coaches and a handful of players, like Gerry Bertier, as well as fictional characters and events. 

"Remember the Titans" came out in 2000 and has remained an extremely popular sports film based on true events.  (Buena Vista/Getty Images)

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