The 25 Best Sport Documentaries

56 documentaries

Competition, obsession and what winning costs.

You don't need to care about the sport for any of these to work. Hoop Dreams follows two kids for five years, Senna is told entirely through archive footage, and When We Were Kings is Ali and Foreman in Zaire. The King of Kong proves the stakes don't have to be high to be gripping.

Hoop Dreams poster
1

Hoop Dreams

1994 · 2h 54m

8.398%
Senna poster
2

Senna

2010 · 1h 46m

8.493%
When We Were Kings poster
3

When We Were Kings

1996 · 1h 29m

7.9100%
The King of Kong poster
4

The King of Kong

2007 · 1h 23m

8.097%
The Last Dance poster
5

The Last Dance

2020 · 10 eps

9.0
Icarus poster
6

Icarus

2017 · 2h 1m

7.992%
Endurance poster
7

Endurance

2020 · 2h 12m

8.9
TT3D: Closer to the Edge poster
8

TT3D: Closer to the Edge

2011 · 1h 44m

7.9100%
Murderball poster
9

Murderball

2005 · 1h 28m

7.798%
Formula 1: Drive to Survive poster
10

Formula 1: Drive to Survive

2019 · 78 eps

8.5
Undefeated poster
11

Undefeated

2011 · 1h 53m

7.796%
Word Wars poster
12

Word Wars

2004 · 1h 20m

6.988%
The Speed Cubers poster
13

The Speed Cubers

2020 · 40m

7.4100%
Spellbound poster
14

Spellbound

2002 · 1h 37m

7.697%
Pulling John poster
15

Pulling John

2006

7.6
Riding Giants poster
16

Riding Giants

2004 · 1h 45m

7.893%
Williams poster
17

Williams

2017 · 1h 49m

7.693%
Dogtown and Z-Boys poster
19

Dogtown and Z-Boys

2001 · 1h 30m

7.692%
Diego Maradona poster
20

Diego Maradona

2019 · 2h 10m

7.790%
Being Evel poster
21

Being Evel

2015 · 1h 40m

7.297%
Brooklyn Castle poster
22

Brooklyn Castle

2012 · 1h 41m

7.296%
Hitting the Apex poster
23

Hitting the Apex

2015 · 2h 18m

8.1
Truth in 24 poster
25

Truth in 24

2008 · 1h 35m

8.1

More sport documentaries

Road poster

Road

2014 · 1h 42m

7.882%
On Any Sunday poster

On Any Sunday

1971 · 1h 36m

7.783%
Hands on a Hardbody poster

Hands on a Hardbody

1997 · 1h 38m

7.684%
1 poster

1

2013 · 1h 52m

7.9
Speed Sisters poster

Speed Sisters

2015 · 1h 20m

7.092%
Ferrari: Race to Immortality poster

Ferrari: Race to Immortality

2017 · 1h 32m

6.990%
Fastest poster

Fastest

2011 · 1h 50m

7.7
The Armstrong Lie poster

The Armstrong Lie

2013 · 2h 4m

7.283%
Free to Play poster

Free to Play

2014 · 1h 15m

7.6

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