All movies stir up emotion from the viewer. However, sports movies go about it in a different way. Putting together stories that follow the basic plot of good vs evil and victory vs defeat makes the films easy to follow.
Whether you are a sports fan or not there is always something to enjoy. There can be a romantic triangle subplot or some of the characters are being unfairly persecuted due to their race, gender, or religion, etc.
In fact some of the movies are more about the characters than the actual sport they play. That’s part of what makes sports movies so great. We expect all of our movies to have at least one standout character, the scene stealer. Every great sports movie does. We’re paying respect to the genre, and counting down the top 10 sports movies of all time.