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When you run into yourself you run into feelings you never thought you had.
Movie · 6.0 / 10 · 53 ratings · 5 Feb 1982 · English · 2h 4m · Released
Young sprinter Chris Cahill is having difficulty reaching her potential as an athlete, until she meets established track star Tory Skinner. As Tory and her coach help Chris with her training, the two women form friendship that evolves into a romantic relationship. Their intimacy, however, becomes complicated when Chris' improvement causes them to be competitors for the Olympic team.
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Bruised
Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 17 Nov 2021 · English
Jackie Justice is a mixed martial arts fighter who leaves the sport in disgrace. Down on her luck and simmering with rage and regret years after the fight, she's coaxed into a brutal underground fight by her manager and boyfriend Desi and grabs the attention of a fight league promoter who promises Jackie a life back in the Octagon. But the road to redemption becomes unexpectedly personal when Manny - the son she gave up as an infant - shows up at her doorstep. A triumphant story of a fighter who reclaims her power, in and out of the ring, when everyone has counted her out
Girlfight
Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 1 May 2000 · English
Diana Guzman, a troubled Brooklyn teenager, decides to channel her aggression by training to become a boxer, all while keeping it a secret from her father.
Gracie
Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 1 Jun 2007 · English
A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.
The Swimmers
Movie · 7.4 / 10 · 8 Sept 2022 · English
From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a risky voyage, putting their hearts and their swimming skills to heroic use.
Flow
Movie · 7.7 / 10 · 1 Jan 1996 · English
A filmmaker talks about his work and love life with an unseen friend behind the camera. We also watch four of his short films.
Downhill Racer
Movie · 5.9 / 10 · 6 Nov 1969 · English
An ambitious young skier, determined to break all existing records, is contemptuous of the teamwork advocated by the US coach when they go to Europe for the Olympics.
The Adjuster
Movie · 6.0 / 10 · 27 Nov 1991 · English
An uptight insurance man and his film-censor wife become a kinky couple's landlords.
Million Dollar Baby
Movie · 8.0 / 10 · 5 Dec 2004 · English
Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.
Thrashin'
Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 29 Aug 1986 · English
Corey and his band of skater buddies sometimes make mischief, but they're more interested in girls and having fun on their boards than in getting into any real trouble. Notorious enemy crew the Daggers, led by Tommy Hook, get their kicks terrorizing the locals at Venice Beach. When Corey starts dating Tommy's kid sister Chrissy, the Daggers are furious. The boys then take their beef to the "L.A. Massacre," a deadly skate race down a canyon road.
Southpaw
Movie · 7.4 / 10 · 22 Jul 2015 · English
Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Willis, a former fighter who trains the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future on the line, Hope fights to reclaim the trust of those he loves the most.
Tuesday
Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 7 Jun 2024 · English
A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 25 Nov 2020 · English
Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play.