Film as Visual Representation of Sports

Introduction to Film Analysis

"Lights! Camera! Action!—A Grammar of Film for Media Literacy," by Fortuna

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Choosing a Film to Analyze

The following page from the American Movie Channel website names and describes many films which have sports as their central theme:

Wikipedia's list of sports fiction films offers a chronology, starting with silent films and moving to the present.

This page from Wikipedia separates sports films by type of sport.

Wikipedia also has a comprehensive list of documentary films about sports subjects.

ESPN offers their perspective about the 25 best sports films ever.