Best 27 Sport Movies Releases from 2012

A high-school biology teacher looks to become a successful mixed martial arts fighter in an effort to raise money to prevent extracurricular activities from being axed at his cash-strapped school. Read about Here Comes the Boom / IMDB / YouTube

Labeled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing misfits to semi-pro hockey glory, beating the crap out of everything that stands in his way. More about Goon / IMDB / YouTube

A daughter tries to remedy her dysfunctional relationship with her ailing father, a decorated baseball scout, by helping him in a recruiting trip which could be his last. Check out Trouble with the Curve / IMDB / YouTube

The story of Paan Singh Tomar, an Indian athlete and seven-time national steeplechase champion who becomes one of the most feared dacoits in Chambal Valley after his retirement. Check out Paan Singh Tomar / IMDB / YouTube

When young Jay Moriarity discovers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, exists just miles from his Santa Cruz home, he enlists the help of local legend Frosty Hesson to train him to survive it. Details on Chasing Mavericks / IMDB / YouTube

A former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's football team as a way to get his life together. His attempts to become an adult are met with challenges from the attractive football moms who pursue him at every turn. More about Playing for Keeps / IMDB / YouTube

Several alumni reminisce about their final year at St. Theresa's College and the events that shaped their lives. Get info on Student of the Year / IMDB / YouTube

Dimitry hires German coach Rudolph Spitz to galvanize his ragtag team into the country's best football club, but then the first Nazi tanks roll in and Rebecca, a local banker's beautiful daughter, elopes with his star player. Read about The Third Half / IMDB / YouTube

After finding out that they have a tax debt of forty thousand euros, four very out-of-shape men working at a car shop start to train for a marathon in which they can win the money to pay the debt. More about De marathon / IMDB / YouTube

The story of Ayhan Kaplan who is a bodyguard and boxer in Berlin. Get info on Berlin Kaplani / IMDB / YouTube

Chronicles three underprivileged students from inner-city Memphis and their volunteer coach who tries to help them beat the odds on and off the field. Details on Undefeated / IMDB / YouTube

Danny's sent to stay with his estranged dad after yet another illegal street race and arrest. He befriends Jessica at school and has problems with her speed crazy bully ex. There's a drag race with a racing school scholarship as prize. More about Born to Race / IMDB / YouTube

When Brian, a hopelessly uncoordinated young fan magically switches talents with his hero, basketball star Kevin Durant, he becomes the star of his high school team, while Kevin Durant suddenly can't make a shot to save his life. Info on Thunderstruck / IMDB / YouTube

How the pursuit of an Indian cricket legend's Ferrari makes a young boy's dreams of playing cricket at Lords a reality. Get info on Ferrari Ki Sawaari / IMDB / YouTube

A man looks back 15 years to the injury that ended his career as a promising high-school football player. Find out about Touchback / IMDB / YouTube

Akkie is a pretty schoolgirl who is good at soccer and doesn't let boys mess with her, until she is diagnosed with leukemia and must start her battle to stay alive. See more about Cool Kids Don't Cry / IMDB / YouTube

A former footballer living in Brittany enlists his old teammates to help the local fisherman to win some games in order to raise money and save jobs. Get info on The Dream Team / IMDB / YouTube

A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete. Look into Fast Girls / IMDB / YouTube

The incredible story of the 1992 Lithuanian basketball team, whose athletes struggled under Soviet rule, became symbols of Lithuania's independence movement, and - with help from the Grateful Dead - triumphed at the Barcelona Olympics. Look into The Other Dream Team / IMDB / YouTube

The world's best all-round sporting event returns in 2012, this time in London, and England's capital has a lot in store. Look into London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder / IMDB / YouTube

When six teenage boys came together as a skateboarding team in the 1980s, they reinvented not only their chosen sport but themselves too - as they evolved from insecure outsiders to the most influential athletes in the field. Learn about Bones Brigade: An Autobiography / IMDB / YouTube

Fastest explores the greatest feeling coupled with the greatest risk in MotoGP racing, asking the question every rider - even the greatest of all time - must face: Who's fastest now? Get info on Fastest / IMDB / YouTube

A former NCAA champion wrestler, paroled after ten years in prison, agrees to a series of cage fights to save a friend's life and is asked to do the impossible - lose. Look into The Philly Kid / IMDB / YouTube

A story centered on a Native American lacrosse team making its way through a prep school league tournament. Look into Crooked Arrows / IMDB / YouTube

A story about the Latvian basketball team, which won the first-ever European Championships in 1935 and its enthusiastic head coach Valdemars Baumanis. Learn about Dream Team 1935 / IMDB / YouTube

A documentary that showcases baseball's most unpredictable pitch. Look into Knuckleball! / IMDB / YouTube

In ice hockey, no one is tougher than the goon. Those players have one mission: to protect the star players at any price. Check out The Last Gladiators / IMDB / YouTube