Sport Films
Pattern Statistics
75
Movies
6.4
Avg Arcplot
110
Avg Runtime
1951-2024
Year Range
6.5
Avg IMDb
55%
Avg RT
54
Avg Metacritic
$3129M
Total Box Office
60
With Awards
15.0
Avg Plot Points
Sport Films - Story Architecture Study
This compilation of 75 sport films exhibits varied approaches to narrative structure common to the genre. Covering works from 1951 to 2024, the average Arcplot score of 6.9 suggests a balance between convention and innovation.
Notable examples include Love & Basketball (7.9), Chasing Mavericks (7.7), and Draft Day (7.7).
Length Conventions
Sport films in this sample average 1 hour and 50 minutes, indicating economical storytelling approaches.
+50-5
0%25%50%75%100%
A League of Their Own
1992
A Mile in His Shoes
2011
Air Bud: Golden Receiver
1998
An Extremely Goofy Movie
2000
Arthur the King
2024
Aspen Extreme
1993
Balls of Fury
2007
BASEketball
1998
Bleed for This
2016
Caddyshack
1980
Champions
2023
Chasing Mavericks
2012
Children of Heaven
1997
Crackerjack
2002
Creed
2015
Crossover
2006
Days of Thunder
1990
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004
Draft Day
2014
Everybody's All-American
1988
Facing the Giants
2006
Gladiators
2024
Goal II: Living the Dream
2007
Goal!
2005
Hot Rod
2007
Kickboxer
1989
King Richard
2021
Ladybugs
1992
Lords of Dogtown
2005
Love & Basketball
2000
Lucky You
2007
Million Dollar Baby
2004
Never Back Down
2008
Out Cold
2001
Overcomer
2019
Play It to the Bone
1999
Poms
2019
Pride
2007
Raging Bull
1980
Ready to Rumble
2000
Rocco and His Brothers
1960
Rocky
1976
Rocky Balboa
2006
Rocky IV
1985
Rollerball
1975
Seabiscuit
2003
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993
Ski Patrol
1990
Slap Shot
1977
Stealing Home
1988
Tall Story
1960
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
2006
That's My Boy
1951
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
1978
The Black Stallion
1979
The Caddy
1953
The Champ
1979
The Comebacks
2007
The Express
2008
The Fire Inside
2024
The Game Plan
2007
The Greatest
1977
The Greatest Game Ever Played
2005
The Hill
2023
The Hustler
1961
The Legend of Bagger Vance
2000
The Miracle Season
2018
The Underdoggs
2024
The Waterboy
1998
The Way Back
2020
Unstoppable
2024
Warrior
2011
Wimbledon
2004
Win Win
2011
Winning
1969