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Inspire Me, Athletes! By d62933
After seeing every movie on this list, I still think that Rocky is the best underdog story of all time. I love the underdog as you can tell, and think they make for the most inspirational films. If you've missed any of these, do yourself a favor and go see them!
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1976John G. AvildsenDrama, Boxing, Action, Sports, Romance Film, New HollywoodThayer David, Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Talia Shire, Tony Burton, Burgess Meredith, Jodi Letizia, Carl Weathers, Joe Spinell, Jimmy Gambina, Pedro Lovell More - 2
1986David AnspaughDrama, Family, Sports, Teen, Sports, Family DramaChelcie Ross, Fern Persons, Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Sheb Wooley More - 3
1992Penny MarshallDrama, Comedy, SportsJon Lovitz, Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Robert Stanton, Rosie O'Donnell, Freddie Simpson, David Strathairn, Anne Ramsay, Don S. Davis, Ann Cusack, Téa Leoni, Lori Petty, Bitty Schram, Renee Coleman, Eddie Jones, Madonna, Megan Cavanagh, Garry Marshall, Bill Pullman, Tracy Reiner More - 4
1993David AnspaughDrama, Family, Sports, Family DramaJason Miller, Deborah Wittenberg, Lili Taylor, Greta Lind, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Erwin, Robert Prosky, Scott Benjaminson, Ned Beatty, Chelcie Ross, Sean Astin, Jon Favreau, Charles S. Dutton, Chris Reed, Mary Ann Thebus More - 5
1989Phil Alden RobinsonDrama, Fantasy, Family, Sports, Baseball, Film adaptation, Family Drama MoreDwier Brown, Kelly Coffield Park, Steve Eastin, Burt Lancaster, Fern Persons, Gaby Hoffmann, Ray Liotta, Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Timothy Busfield, James Earl Jones, Frank Whaley, Anne Seymour More - 6
2005Ron HowardDrama, Boxing, Period piece, Biography, Romance Film, Biographical film, Romantic drama, Sports MoreDavid Huband, Rosemarie DeWitt, Russell Crowe, Gene Pyrz, Angelo Tsarouchas, Renée Zellweger, Patrick Louis, Chuck Shamata, Linda Kash, Boyd Banks, Paul Giamatti, Connor Price, Bruce McGill, Nicholas Campbell, Ariel Waller, Craig Bierko, Paddy Considine, Fulvio Cecere More - 7 2005Richard LinklaterComedy, Family, SportsTyler Patrick Jones, Greg Kinnear, Billy Bob Thornton, Carter Jenkins, Jeffrey Tedmori, Seth Adkins, Ridge Canipe, Scott Adsit, Marcia Gay Harden, Sammi Kraft, Brandon Craggs More
- 8 2000Boaz YakinDrama, Biography, SportsRyan Hurst, Gregory Allen Howard, Denzel Washington, Wood Harris, Kevin Ian Pardue, Gregory Alan Williams, Earl C. Poitier, Ethan Suplee, Nicole Ari Parker, Michael Rouby, Hayden Panettiere, Burgess Jenkins, Scott Miles, Ryan Gosling, Lucinda Jenney, Will Patton, Donald Faison, Kate Bosworth More
- 9 1994Steve JamesDrama, Sports, Documentary, SportsIsiah Thomas, Curtis Gates, Luther Bedford, William Gates, Sister Marlyn Hopewell, Marjorie Heard, Emma Gates, Arthur Agee, Aretha Mitchell, Gene Pingatore More
- 10 1984John G. AvildsenDrama, Family, Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Sports, Romance Film, Teen, Family Drama, Coming of age MoreRalph Macchio, William Zabka, Ron Thomas, Dana Andersen, Tony O'Dell, William Bassett, Larry B. Scott, Chad McQueen, Israel Juarbe, Rob Garrison, Elisabeth Shue, Pat Morita, Martin Kove, Randee Heller, Andrew Shue More
- 11 2002Gurinder ChadhaComedy, Sports, Romance Film, Teen, Indie, Drama Film, Coming of agePooja Shah, Frank Harper, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Trey Farley, Anupam Kher, Parminder Nagra, Shaznay Lewis, Ameet Chana, Paven Virk, Shaheen Khan , Archie Panjabi, Juliet Stevenson, Preeya Kalidas, Imran Ali, Zohra Sehgal, Nina Wadia More
- 12 2001Michael MannDrama, Boxing, Period piece, Biography, Sports, Biographical filmWill Smith, Ron Silver, LeVar Burton, Jon Voight, Bruce McGill, Jeffrey Wright, Joe Morton, Mario Van Peebles, Jamie Foxx, Mykelti Williamson, Paul Rodríguez, Jada Pinkett Smith, Michael Michele, Giancarlo Esposito, Barry Shabaka Henley, Nona Gaye More
- 13 2004Gavin O'ConnorDrama, Period piece, SportsSean McCann, Patricia Clarkson, Eric Peter-Kaiser, Eddie Cahill, Nathan West, Patrick O'Brien Demsey, Noah Emmerich, Kurt Russell, Kenneth Welsh, Kenneth Mitchell, Michael Mantenuto, Billy Schneider, Bobby Hanson, Joseph Cure More
- 14 2006Joseph McGinty NicholDrama, SportsKimberly Williams, Tommy Cresswell, Brian Geraghty, Matthew Fox, Robert Patrick, Ian McShane, Anthony Mackie, Kate Mara, January Jones, Matthew McConaughey, David Strathairn, Nina Jones More
- 15 2002John Lee HancockDrama, Family, Sports, Family Drama, Airplanes and airportsRick Gonzalez, Raynor Scheine, Brian Cox, Rachel Griffiths, Rebecca Spicher, Jay Hernandez, Beth Grant, Russell Richardson, Marco Sanchez, Royce D. Applegate, Dennis Quaid, David Blackwell, Angus T. Jones, Daniel Tucker Kamin, Chad Lindberg, Angelo Spizzirri, Blue Deckert More
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