23 Blast

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 24 Oct 2014 · English

When a high school football star is suddenly stricken with irreversible total blindness, he must decide whether to live a safe handicapped life or bravely return to the life he once knew and the sport he still loves.

Friday Night Lights

Movie · 6.9 / 10 · 8 Oct 2004 · English

A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during the first game of the season, all hope is lost, and the town's dormant social problems begin to flare up. It is left to the inspiring abilities of new coach Gary Gaines to instill in the other team members -- and, by proxy, the town itself -- a sense of self-respect and honor.

The Express

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 10 Oct 2008 · English

Follow the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.

Something the Lord Made

Movie · 7.9 / 10 · 30 May 2004 · English

A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.

Creed III

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 1 Mar 2023 · English

After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has thrived in his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian Anderson, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian — a fighter with nothing to lose.

The Way Back

Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 5 Mar 2020 · English

A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction, attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.

Tyson's Run

Movie · 7.7 / 10 · 4 Mar 2022 · English

When fifteen-year-old Tyson attends public school for the first time, his life is changed forever. While helping his father clean up after the football team, Tyson befriends champion marathon runner Aklilu. Never letting his autism hold him back, Tyson becomes determined to run his first marathon in hopes of winning his father's approval. With the help of an unlikely friend and his parents, Tyson learns that with faith in yourself and the courage to take the first step, anything is possible.

Concussion

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 12 Nov 2015 · English

A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world.

Gigi & Nate

Movie · 7.6 / 10 · 2 Sept 2022 · English

A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.

The Man Without a Face

Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 25 Aug 1993 · English

Justin McLeod is a former teacher who lives as a recluse on the edge of town after his face is disfigured from an automobile accident ten years earlier, in which a boy was incinerated--and for which he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Also suspected of being a paedophile, he is befriended by Chuck, causing the town's suspicions and hostility to be ignited.

Cry Freedom

Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 6 Nov 1987 · English

A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist.

Passing

Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 27 Oct 2021 · English

In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.