The 21 Best Sports Movies of the Century, Ranked
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Lance Cartelli, for Metacritic
– June 9, 2016
Sports and film have always been synonymous with drama, so it makes too much sense that Hollywood continues to churn out sports-themed movies year in and year out, from hilarious comedies to spellbinding classics.
Below, we use our unique Metascores to rank the best sports films from the 21st century.
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photo by Universal Pictures
Based on the book Seabiscuit: An American Legend, this 2003 horse racing drama was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including best picture. In his review, Vulture’s Peter Rainer said of the movie: “You get the feeling that the Depression existed so that Seabiscuit could be memorialized.”
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