- Dream team, birth of the modern athlete
- Glory road, Walt Disney Pictures ; directed by James Gartner ; written by Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois ; produced by Jerry Bruckheimer ; executive producers, Mike Stenson, Chad Oman, Andy Given ; Walt Disney Pictures presents in association with Jerry Bruckheimer Films
- The pride of the Yankees, Samuel Goldwyn presents ; directed by Sam Wood ; screenplay by Jo Swerling and Herman J. Mankiewicz ; original story by Paul Gallico
- Next goal wins, Searchlight Pictures presents ; in association with TSG Entertainment ; directed by Taika Waititi ; screenplay by Taika Waititi and Iain Morris ; produced by Jonathan Cavendish, Garrett Basch, Taika Waititi, Mike Brett, Steve Jamison ; an Imaginarium/Defender/Garrett Basch production ; a Taika Waititi film
- Linsanity, 408 Films presents ; Arowana Films ; in associations with Endgame Entertainment, Defy Agency ; directed by Evan Jackson Leong ; produced by Christopher C. Chen, Allen Lu, Brian Yang ; narration writer, Aaron Strongoni
- The legend of Bagger Vance, Dreamworks Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox present a Wildwood/Allied production ; directed by Robert Redford ; screenplay by Jeremy Leven ; produced by Robert Redford, Michael Nozik, Jake Eberts ; executive producer, Karen Tenkhoff ; a Robert Redford film
- Bleed for this, Open Road Films and Magna Entertainment present ; in association with Sikelia Productions, Verdi Productions, Bruce Cohen Productions, Younger Than You Productions, and the Solution Entertainment Group ; a Ben Younger Film ; story by Ben Younger and Pippa Bianco and Angelo Pizzo ; screenplay by Ben Younger ; produced by Bruce Cohen, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Chad A. Verdi, Noah Kraft, Ben Younger, Pamela Thur ; directed by Ben Younger
- UFC classics 3, where it all began!, directed by Marc Lucas ; produced by Campbell McLaren and Robert Meyrowitz
- ESPN films 30 for 30, director John Dorsey
- McEnroe, written and directed by Barney Douglas
- Million dollar baby, Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; in association with Lakeshore Entertainment ; a Malpaso/Ruddy Morgan production ; produced by Albert S. Ruddy, Tom Rosenberg, Paul Haggis ; screenplay by Paul Haggis ; produced and directed by Clint Eastwood
- Minding the gap, Hulu presents ; in association with Kartemquin, American Documentary, POV and ITVS ; a Hulu documentary ; produced by Diane Quon, Bing Liu ; directed by Bing Liu
- Coach Carter, writers, Mark Schwahn, John Gatins ; director, Thomas Carter
- The Dawn Wall, a Red Bull Media House production ; in association with Sender Films ; directed by Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer; produced by Peter Mortimer, Josh Lowell, Philipp Manderla
- 80 for Brady, directed by Kyle Marvin
- The Drew, no excuse just produce, directed by Baron Davis ; producers, Ali Brown [and six others]
- The Russian five, for Detroit to win, they had to become one, Gold Star Films in association with Muse Production House, Get Super Rad, Lucky Hat Entertainment and Arts + Labor presents ; produced by Daniel Milstein, Jenny Feterovich, Steve Bannatyne, Jason Wehling, Keith Gave, Raisa Churina, John Dean, John Aldrich ; directed by Joshua Riehl
- The natural, TriStar Pictures ; screenplay by Roger Towne and Phil Dusenberry ; produced by Mark Johnson ; directed by Barry Levinson
- Victorious, directed by Robert Mac
- Hoosiers, an Orion Pictures release ; Hemdale Film Corporation presents ; a Carter De Haven Production ; produced by Carter De Haven and Angelo Pizzo ; written by Angelo Pizzo ; directed by David Anspaugh
- The endless summer II, New Line Cinema ; a New Line Productions in association with Ron Moler and Roger Riddell ; a film by Bruce Brown ; produced by Ron Moler and Roger Riddell ; written by Bruce Brown and Dana Brown ; directed by Bruce Brown
- Snowboarding's holy grail, producer/director, Richard Christiansen
- Cinderella Man, Miramax Films, Imagine Entertainment present ; a Brian Grazer production in association with Parkway Productions ; produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Penny Marshall ; screenplay by Cliff Hollingsworth and Akiva Goldsman ; directed by Ron Howard
- The Express, Universal Pictures ; directed by Gary Fleder ; written by Charles Leavitt ; produced by John Davis ; executive producers, Derek Dauchy, Arne L. Schmidt ; director of photography, Kramer Morgenthau ; a Davis Entertainment Company production ; [Relativity Media]
- Celtic soul, produced by Markham Street Films ; produced in association with Super Channel ; directed and written by Michael McNamara ; created by Jay Baruchel, Eion O'Callaghan ; producer, Judy Holm ; producer, Michael McNamara, Aaron Hancox
- Race, Focus Features presents ; in association with the Jesse Owens Foundations and the Luminary Group ; a Solofilms/Trinica/Trinity Race production ; a Stephen Hopkins film ; producers, Jean-Charles Levy, Luc Dayan, Louis-Philippe Rochon, Dominique Seguin, Stephen Hopkins, Kate Garwood, Karsten Brünig, Nicolas Manuel ; written by Joe Shrapnel & Anna Waterhouse ; directed by Stephen Hopkins
- Love & basketball, written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood ; produced by Spike Lee, Sam Kitt ; New Line Cinema presents ; 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; a Gina Prince-Bythewood film