THEME EXPLORATION

sports as salvation

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Kings Ransom
2009 · Peter Berg

Touchdown Mickey

Touchdown Mickey
1932 · Wilfred Jackson

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
1938 · Leni Riefenstahl

Grand Prix
1966 · John Frankenheimer

Rocky IV
1985 · Sylvester Stallone

Metropolis
1927 · Fritz Lang

Short Plays
2014 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Hajime no Ippo
2003 · —

2DIE4
2026 · André Abdala

Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye

Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977 · Nobuhiko Obayashi

Dead Cert
1974 · Tony Richardson

Film For Guitar

Film For Guitar
1966 · Bruce Beresford

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films explore how sports and physical activity offer redemption and dignity to working-class individuals struggling against systemic poverty.

Ryan Coogler United States

His films consistently portray boxing and sports as transformative forces that save young Black men from cycles of incarceration and trauma.