Rocky
“You’re gonna eat lightnin’ and you’re gonna crap thunder!” – Burgess Meredith as Mickey
Category: Sports Films
Classic stories and comedies about the games we play.
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“Your enemy will be out in force. But you cannot meet him on his own low ground.” – Harrison Ford as Branch Rickey
Jimmy Stewart: Strategic Air Command (1955)
The film that brought Stewart back into his life as a military pilot.
Warrior
“The devil you know… is better than the devil you don’t.” – Tom Hardy and Nick Nolte as Tom and Paddy Conlon
The Other Side of the Mountain
Despite the shortcomings of the movie it’s worth watching if you’d like to see an inspiring true story.
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Burns puts together the life and career of one of the great boxers of all time.
Hoop Dreams
“The best film of the 1990’s” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Senna
This is a great documentary on the life and career of Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna.
