Sports Documentary Movies

On August 9, 1988, the NHL was forever changed with the single stroke of a pen. The Edmonton Oilers, fresh off their fourth Stanley Cup victory in...

A meteoric rise and tragic fall are captured in this brief history of a beloved sports team and a man who took a chance. When the New York Islanders...

Mike Tyson escaped a life of poverty and petty crime to make a name for himself, becoming the youngest Heavyweight Champion of the World and a...

Back in the 1980s, the road to the Olympics was long and hard for an amateur wrestler. But then along came John du Pont, an eccentric heir to the...

This documentary film examines how NBA star Kevin Durant’s hometown of Prince George’s County, Maryland, has recently produced more elite...

The children of "Happy Valley" were victimized for years, by a key member of the legendary Penn State college football program. But were Jerry...

Adrenaline can be addicting. Athletes around the world push their limits in death defying acts to get the feeling of it. Extreme sports, extreme...

After enduring eleven years as one of the most dominant and controversial players in a professional lacrosse league that was anything but...

A film on mountain-climbing in Grand Teton National Park, Wyo. Glenn Exum, Virginia Garner, and Paul Petzoldt demonstrate mountaineering techniques...

In the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, as terror and tragedy dominated the media landscape, WWE provided a beacon of hope with a live edition of...

On a Friday evening in Lake Placid, New York, a plucky band of American collegians stunned the vaunted Soviet national team, 4-3 in the medal round...

Dominik Hašek, Olympic gold medalist and two-time Stanley Cup-winning goaltender, looks back on his life growing up in Pardubice,...

Chronicles the rise of the greatest college football program in the history of the sport – the University of Alabama Crimson Tide. But behind...

This is the story of Guy Roux and how he managed to bring the modest A.J. Auxerre to the top of professional french football league.

Alex Horne tries to discover why some games survived, and examines the best of those that did not. Whilst revisiting his own childhood haunts, he...