THEME EXPLORATION

underdog sports team

12 films · 1 director

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004 · Rawson Marshall Thurber

Haikyu!! The Movie: Battle of Concepts

Haikyu!! The Movie: Battle of Concepts
2017 · Susumu Mitsunaka

Hajime no Ippo
2003 · —

Moneyball
2011 · Bennett Miller

The Club
1980 · Bruce Beresford

Jerry Go-Round
1965 · Chuck Jones

Kid Galahad
1962 · Phil Karlson

The Giants
1972 · Nagisa Oshima

Pretty Sweet
2012 · Spike Jonze

The Two Wizards of the Ball

The Two Wizards of the Ball
1970 · Mariano Laurenti

Williams
2017 · Morgan Matthews

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

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

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

John G. Avildsen USA

Directed Rocky (1976) and The Karate Kid (1984), establishing the definitive template for underdog sports triumph that influenced cinema for decades.