Top 28 Sport Movies Must-Watch Released in 1997

An unexpected player joins the school basketball team - a circus dog who escaped from a cruel master. Check out Air Bud / IMDB / YouTube

Boxing documentary on the 1974 world heavyweight championship bout between defending champion, George Foreman, and the underdog challenger, Muhammad Ali. Details on When We Were Kings / IMDB / YouTube

A sports fan's romantic courtship clashes with his obsession with his favorite football team. Find out about Fever Pitch / IMDB / YouTube

Based on the life of Olympic hopeful Steve Prefontaine, a long distance runner who lived in Oregon and died young. More about Prefontaine / IMDB / YouTube

A college athlete returns from the dead to help his brother's basketball team win the NCAA title. Explore The Sixth Man / IMDB / YouTube

Jean-Pierre, a frazzled sport agent, has better things to do than to look after his friend's labrador Didier. An amazing discovery will lead him off on an amazing adventure. Details on Didier / IMDB / YouTube

A wacky free-for-all comedy about the riotous rivalry between snobby skiers and knuckle-dragging snowboarders. See more about Snowboard Academy / IMDB / YouTube

After his trainer is murdered, Alex Cardo uses his martial arts skills and takes on the one responsible. Find out about Bloodsport III / IMDB / YouTube

A cinematic portrait of the famous fight promoter and boxing manager. Info on Don King: Only in America / IMDB / YouTube

A teenage gymnast is accepted to an elite training center in Seattle to train for the Olympics. After being criticized for her weight, she begins a regimen of purging and starving herself. See more about Perfect Body / IMDB / YouTube

Al the Angel returns, but this time he visits a small town and manages to halt the losing tradition of the high school football team, also changing forever the lives of two young brothers who have recently lost their father. Find out about Angels in the Endzone / IMDB / YouTube

Breaking the Surface is about the tough times Greg Louganis had on his way to becoming one of the world's top Olympic divers. Some topics discussed were Greg's childhood problems, his homosexuality, and him contracting the HIV virus. Explore Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story / IMDB / YouTube

A has-been cowboy is given a second chance at the hands of an unexpected teacher. Info on The Ride / IMDB / YouTube

A remake of Romeo and Juliet, set in a modern day high school. Info on Ronnie & Julie / IMDB / YouTube

Follow the Newman-Haas (Andretti) racing team through the process of building, testing, and racing for a season. Check out Super Speedway / IMDB / YouTube

A family discovers their youngest daughter has cancer, but the real struggle is still ahead. Get info on A Child's Wish / IMDB / YouTube

A gymnast moves to a gym where the top coach in the US is and has difficulties adjusting. Look into Little Girls in Pretty Boxes / IMDB / YouTube

The life trials and tribulations of a group of young athletic men that struggle through everyday life supporting one another on the rough streets of a Brooklyn neighborhood, using basketball as their way out of a possible life of poverty. Details on Soul in the Hole / IMDB / YouTube

ECW Title: Raven vs. Terry Funk, ECW Television Title: Shane Douglas vs. Pitbull #2, ECW Tag Team Titles: The Dudley Boyz vs. The Eliminators, Terry Funk vs. The Sandman vs. Stevie Richards, The Great Sasuke, Gran Hamada & Masato Yakushiji vs. Terry Boy, Taka Michinoku and Dick Togo, Taz vs. Sabu, Rob Van Dam vs. Lance Storm Info on ECW Barely Legal / IMDB / YouTube

White stars as Reggie Knox, a pro football player who retires, frustrated because he hasn't won a championship. Knox begins coaching a Portland, Ore., high school football program, where he befriends a troubled student. More about Reggie's Prayer / IMDB / YouTube

This film involves three interwoven stories with the only seeming connection being the delusions of the involved leads. In the first element of the film, a hot-tempered world tennis star loses endorsement contracts when the press outs him even though he claims the report is false. In the second, a talent-less woman struggles to make it in the world of fashion design o. Find out about Fame Whore / IMDB / YouTube

It's Ghosts vs. Skeletons one night in a churchyard cricket match. At the outset, it appears that the Ghosts' pitcher will best all of the Skeleton's batters. That is until one dandy steps up to bat and practically lays waste to the entire churchyard. Info on Owzat / IMDB / YouTube

This year's Great American Bash is going to be just that, a bash taking place in the heartland of America. The event this year is headlined by three grudge matches. Diamond Dallas Page got the win over Randy Savage two months prior at WCW Spring Stampede, now Savage wants revenge in a lights out match. Who will win Page-Savage II? In other action, Ric Flair and Rowdy. Find out about The Great American Bash / IMDB / YouTube

Year of the Dogs is a documentary detailing the turbulent 1996 season of the Australian Football League (AFL) team Footscray Football Club (now Western Bulldogs). Read about Year of the Dogs / IMDB / YouTube

The New World Order has been sweeping thru the World Championship Wrestling, led by Hollywood Hulk Hogan and the Outsiders Scott Hall and Kevin Nash. Now that Eric Bischoff, the top executive of WCW has flipped to the nWo--they've even taken over their own pay-per-view. Look into NWO Souled Out / IMDB / YouTube

In a Three-Way Dance main event, Sabu faces The Franchise Shane Douglas and Terry Funk with the ECW World Heavyweight Title on the line. ECW goes to war with the WWE when Tommy Dreamer faces Jerry The King Lawler. Rob Van Dam faces Al Snow. Bam Bam Bigelow battles Little Spike Dudley. Taz takes on Chris Candido and more! Read about ECW Hardcore Heaven '97 / IMDB / YouTube

Rodney Mullen vs. Daewon Song featured full parts from Rodney Mullen and Daewon Song, and guest appearances from the A-Team, Blind and World Industries teams. Check out Rodney Mullen VS Daewon Song / IMDB / YouTube