6 Best Underdog Sports Team Movies

By Vlad Zakh · April 21, 2026

The against-all-odds team is a reliably satisfying formula. Miracle has the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team facing the Soviets, Remember the Titans has an integrated team overcoming racial tension, and Cool Runnings has Jamaican sprinters forming a bobsled team. Invictus has Nelson Mandela using rugby to unite South Africa, with Rudy and Hoosiers rounding out the six.

Invictus (2009)

TMDB ★ 7.3

Nelson Mandela uses the Rugby World Cup to try to unite a still-divided post-apartheid South Africa.

Directed by Clint Eastwood · 2h 14m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Miracle (2004)

TMDB ★ 7.6

The 1980 US Olympic hockey team's coach drills a group of college kids into gold medallists.

Directed by Gavin O'Connor · 2h 15m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Remember the Titans (2000)

TMDB ★ 7.8

A newly integrated football team has to learn to function as a team before the season destroys them.

Directed by Boaz Yakin · 1h 53m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus, Hulu · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home

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Cool Runnings (1993)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Four Jamaican sprinters form an unlikely bobsled team to compete in the Winter Olympics.

Directed by Jon Turteltaub · 1h 38m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Rudy (1993)

TMDB ★ 7.5

An undersized walk-on spends years just trying to earn one play for Notre Dame.

Directed by David Anspaugh · 1h 54m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: TNT, TBS, tru TV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Hoosiers (1986)

TMDB ★ 7.9

A small-town Indiana high school team makes an improbable run at the state championship.

Directed by David Anspaugh · 1h 54m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Underdog Sports Team Movies

Invictus (2009)

Miracle (2004)

Remember the Titans (2000)

Cool Runnings (1993)

Rudy (1993)

Hoosiers (1986)

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