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61 is a 2001 HBO drama directed by Billy Crystal, starring Barry Pepper as Roger Maris and Thomas Jane as Mickey Mantle chasing Babe Ruth's record.
8 Mile (film)
8 Mile is a 2002 American drama film directed by Curtis Hanson, starring Eminem in his film debut as a young rapper in Detroit's rap battle scene.
Akeelah and the Bee
Akeelah and the Bee is a 2006 American drama film, Doug Atchison's directorial debut, starring Keke Palmer as an 11-year-old South Los Angeles spelling prodigy coached by Laurence Fishburne's Dr. Larabee to the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
And the Spring Comes
And the Spring Comes (立春, Li Chun) is Gu Changwei's 2007 Chinese drama about Wang Cailing, a plain music teacher in a northern provincial city dreaming of an opera career; starring Jiang Wenli, it premiered at Rome 2007, where she won Best Actress.
Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot is a 2000 British comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Daldry, starring Jamie Bell as a coal miner's son who discovers ballet during the 1984–85 miners' strike.
Black Snake Moan (film)
Black Snake Moan is Craig Brewer's 2007 drama, also called a Southern Gothic exploitation-style film, in which bluesman Lazarus (Samuel L. Jackson) chains Christina Ricci's Rae to a radiator; Justin Timberlake co-stars. Released by Paramount Vantage, it grossed about $10.9 million on a $15 million budget.
Blue Crush
Blue Crush is a 2002 American sports drama film directed by John Stockwell and starring Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sanoe Lake as surfers on Oahu's North Shore.
Center Stage (2000 film)
Center Stage is a 2000 American drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner, starring Amanda Schull, Zoe Saldana, and ballet dancer Ethan Stiefel as students competing for a professional ballet company.
Coach Carter
Coach Carter is a 2005 American sports drama directed by Thomas Carter, starring Samuel L. Jackson as coach Ken Carter, who benched his undefeated team over grades.
Crazy Heart
Crazy Heart is a 2009 drama, Scott Cooper's directorial debut adapted from Thomas Cobb's 1987 novel, starring Jeff Bridges as alcoholic country singer Bad Blake. It won Oscars for Best Actor and Best Original Song, "The Weary Kind."
Crying Fist (주먹이 운다)
Crying Fist (주먹이 운다) is a 2005 South Korean boxing drama by Ryoo Seung-wan starring Choi Min-sik and Ryoo Seung-bum as two desperate men meeting in an amateur title final; it won the FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes 2005 Directors' Fortnight.
Double Teamed
Double Teamed is a 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie, premiered January 18, 2002, directed by Duwayne Dunham, dramatizing WNBA twins Heidi and Heather Burge's Palos Verdes High basketball years.
Drumline (film)
Drumline is a 2002 American comedy-drama directed by Charles Stone III, starring Nick Cannon as a Harlem street drummer who wins a scholarship to a historically Black university in Atlanta.
Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal
Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal is a 2008 Lifetime TV movie directed by Tom McLoughlin, starring Jenna Dewan, Ashley Benson, and Tatum O'Neal, dramatizing the 2006 McKinney North High School cheerleader scandal in Texas.
Facing the Giants
Facing the Giants is a 2006 Christian sports drama from Sherwood Pictures, directed by and starring pastor Alex Kendrick, made for about $100,000 with church volunteers, released September 29, 2006, and grossing $10.1 million.
Full-Court Miracle
Full-Court Miracle is a 2003 Disney Channel Original Movie, also a Hanukkah sports drama, directed by Stuart Gillard and starring Alex D. Linz and Richard T. Jones as real-life coach Lamont Carr.
Goal II: Living the Dream
Goal II: Living the Dream (2007) is the second film of the Goal! trilogy, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, in which Kuno Becker's Santiago Muñez transfers from Newcastle United to Real Madrid amid fame, family drama, and a Champions League final against Arsenal.
Goal III: Taking on the World
Goal III: Taking on the World, 2009 sports drama, final Goal! film, directed by Andrew Morahan, starring Kuno Becker, JJ Feild, Leo Gregory; straight-to-DVD UK release 15 June 2009, set at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, poorly received.
Goal! (film)
Goal! (Goal! The Dream Begins), 2005 Danny Cannon drama starring Kuno Becker as Santiago Muñez, a Mexican immigrant who trials for Newcastle United; first of a FIFA-backed trilogy with Real Madrid and World Cup sequels.
Hustle & Flow
Hustle & Flow is a 2005 American drama and music film directed by Craig Brewer, starring Terrence Howard as a Memphis pimp who decides to become a rapper.
Looking for Eric
Looking for Eric is Ken Loach's 2009 comedy-drama, written by Paul Laverty, in which Manchester postman Eric Bishop (Steve Evets) gets life advice from visions of footballer Eric Cantona as himself; Cannes 2009, Ecumenical Jury prize.
Lords of Dogtown
Lords of Dogtown (2005) is Catherine Hardwicke's biographical drama, scripted by Stacy Peralta, dramatizing the Z-Boys, Peralta, Tony Alva, and Jay Adams, whose empty-pool skating in 1970s Venice Beach radicalized skateboarding.
Million Dollar Baby
Million Dollar Baby, also known by its source title Rope Burns story, is Clint Eastwood's 2004 boxing drama with Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman; it won four Oscars including Best Picture and sparked euthanasia and disability controversy.
Platform (站台)
Platform (站台, Zhantai) is Jia Zhangke's 2000 drama, his second feature, following a Fenyang, Shanxi theatre troupe from Maoist propaganda in 1979 to Cantopop by 1990; premiered at Venice 2000, NETPAC award and Golden Lion nomination.
Stomp the Yard
Stomp the Yard is a 2007 American dance drama film directed by Sylvain White, about a Los Angeles street dancer drawn into stepping competitions at an Atlanta university.
Take Off (국가대표) (2009 film)
Take Off (국가대표, Gukgadaepyo) is a 2009 South Korean sports drama directed by Kim Yong-hwa, starring Ha Jung-woo, about Korea's hastily formed first national ski jump team during Muju's 1996 Winter Olympics bid; it sold over 8 million tickets.
Take the Lead
Take the Lead is a 2006 American drama film starring Antonio Banderas as ballroom dancer Pierre Dulaine, who teaches detention students in a New York high school.
The Company (film)
The Company is Robert Altman's 2003 drama starring Neve Campbell, James Franco, and Malcolm McDowell with the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, released December 25, 2003 by Sony Pictures Classics.
The Drummer (战鼓)
The Drummer (戰．鼓, Zhan Gu) is a 2007 Hong Kong-Taiwan-Germany crime drama directed by Kenneth Bi, starring Jaycee Chan as a gangster's son who joins Taiwan's real Zen drum troupe U Theatre; it premiered at Locarno 2007 and won Tony Leung Ka-fai a Golden Horse Best Supporting Actor award.
The Foul King (반칙왕)
The Foul King (반칙왕, Ban-chik-wang) is a 2000 South Korean comedy by Kim Jee-woon, starring Song Kang-ho in his first lead as a bullied bank clerk who becomes a masked foul-playing wrestler; it drew 817,000 Seoul admissions, ranking second among 2000 Korean films.