The Covid-19 Pandemic has put a halt to many sports seasons since early March. And while most college and NFL football teams are about to kick off their seasons, some will still have to wait to cheer on their favorite teams. So, whether you have been going through sports withdrawal, or your favorite teams had to postpone their season, ImOn’s here to help. We have compiled a list of our employees’ favorite sports themed movies and TV shows that are guaranteed to score points with every sports fan in the family.
(This is the complete list of our employees’ recommendations in alphabetical order)
- 42 – Available on Amazon Prime
- 61* – Available on Amazon Prime
- A League of Their Own – Available on Amazon Prime and Showtime
As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest. The movie follows two Sisters, Kit and Dottie, who participate in the new Women's Baseball Association. They find themselves surrounded with drama and troubles as they make a name for themselves on the "Rockford Peaches."
- Ali – Available on Amazon Prime and Showtime
- All the Right Moves – Available on HBO and HBO Max
- Bad News Bears – Available on Amazon Prime, Netflix, and CBS All Access
Hard-drinking, ex-minor-league hopeful Morris Buttermaker grumpily agrees to coach a Little League team full of misfits. Can he find the luck and the patience to help whip these outcasts into shape?
- Ballers – HBO and HBO Max
- Bend It Like Beckham – Available on Amazon Prime and Netflix
- Blue Chips – Available on Amazon Prime and Crackle
- Brian's Song – Available on Amazon Prime, Netflix, and USA Network
- Bull Durham – Available on Starz, Amazon Prime, and Hulu
- Caddyshack – Available on Amazon Prime and Vudu
The movie takes place at the snooty Bushwood Country Club where Danny Noonan caddies for the eccentric members in order to earn enough money to go to college. Meanwhile, Carl Spackle, one of the greenskeepers, is battling a mischievous gopher that is wreaking havoc on the course.
- Chariots of Fire – Available on HBO Max and Vudu
- Coach (TV show) – Amazon Prime, IMDb TV, and Vudu
- Cool Runnings – Available on Disney+, Amazon Prime, and Vudu
Four Jamaican bobsledders dream of competing in the Winter Olympics, despite never having seen snow. With the help of a disgraced former champion as their coach, the Jamaicans set out to become worthy of a spot in the Olympics and to prove to the world they have what it takes to be champions.
- Creed – Available on Amazon Prime, Vudu, and Fandango Now
- Dodgeball – Available on HBO Max, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Vudu
The Average Joe Gym’s owner, Peter, is down on his luck. A fancy competing gym, called Globo-Gym, is about to put him out of business. So, to save his gym, Peter and a ragtag group of Average Joe's members and employees enter a dodgeball contest to try and win the big cash prize.
- Draft Day – Available on Amazon Prime, Vudu, and Starz
- Field of Dreams – Available on Starz, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Vudu
An Iowa farmer hears a mysterious voice in his cornfield saying "If you build it, he will come." Despite ridicule, Ray follows the voice and builds a baseball diamond on his farmland. Once the field is finished, the ghosts of former players start appearing to play ball on the field. But soon Ray learns this field is about much more than bringing former baseball greats out to play.
- For the Love of the Game - Starz, Amazon Prime, Vudu, Fandango Now
- Friday Night Lights (TV and/or Movie) – Available Hulu, HBO Max, and Amazon Prime
- Glory Road – Available on Disney+ and Amazon Prime
- Happy Gilmore – Available on Max Go, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Vudu, and Fandango Now
- Hard Knocks (Series) – Available on HBO and HBO Max
- Hoop Dreams – Available on HBO Max, Amazon Prim, Hulu, Max Go
- Hoosiers – Available on Hulu, Amazon Prime, Epix, and Vudu
Hoosiers tells the story of a small-town Indiana high school basketball team that wins the state championship thanks to the help of a new coach with a spotty past.
- Invictus – Available on Google Play and Vudu
- Jerry Maguire – Available on TNT, TBS, Amazon Prime, and Vudu
- King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters – Available on Starz and Amazon Prime
- Kingpin – Available on Sling TV, Showtime, Amazon Prime, and Vudu
- Last Chance U (series) – Available on Netflix
- Major League – Available on Amazon Prime, Google Play, and Vudu
The new owner of the Cleveland Indians wants to move the team to Miami. So, she hires the most incompetent players available to help tank the team’s ticket sales. But her plan backfires when the team actually starts winning.
- The Last Dance: Michael Jordan Documentary – Available on Netflix
- Million Dollar Baby – Available on Netflix, HBO Max, and Vudu
- Miracle – Available on Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime
The inspiring true story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team who overcame insurmountable odds to win the gold medal against the seemingly invincible Soviet squad.
- Money Ball – Available on Starz, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Google Play
- Mystery, Alaska – Available on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Fandango Now, and Vudu
- Pitch – Available on Hulu, Amazon Prime, Google Play, and Vudu
- QB1 – (series) – Available on Netflix
- Remember the Titans – Available on Disney+, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, and Google Play
- Rocky – Available on Amazon Prime, Google Play, Fubo TV, and Vudu
- Rudy – AMC, Amazon Prime, Vudu, Google Play, CBS All Access, and Fubo TV
Rudy has always wanted to play football at the University of Notre Dame, but doesn’t have the money or the grades to get in. Rudy decides to work hard to overcome his dyslexia, improve his grades, and raise money for tuition. Eventually, Rudy gains admission to Notre Dame. Then he begins to fight his way onto the school's football team. Based on a true story.
- Talladega Nights – Available on Amazon Prime, google Play, and Vudu
- The Blindside – Available on Sling, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google Play, and Fandango Now
- The Longest Yard - Available on Amazon Prime, Google Play, and Vudu
- The Mighty Ducks – Available on Disney+, Amazon Prime, Google Play, and Vudu
- The Miracle Season – Hulu, Amazon Prime, Google Play, and Vudu
- The Program – Amazon Prime, Google Play, and Vudu
- The Sandlot – Available on Starz, Disney+, Amazon Prime, Google Play, and Vudu
After moving to a new town, Scottie Smalls makes friends with a group of kids who play baseball in the sandlot near his home. Together they go on a series of funny adventures involving baseball, treehouse sleep-ins, a lost baseball, and a snooty rival team.
- Tin Cup – Available on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google Play, Fandango Now, and Vudu
- Trouble With The Curve – Amazon Prime, Fandango Now, Apple TV, and Google Play
- Varsity Blues – Available on Amazon Prime, Fandango Now, Google Play, and Vudu
- We Are Marshall – Amazon Prime, Fandango Now, Google Play, and Vudu