5 sports movies that will make you get up off the couch

Prepare the popcorn, call your friends and watch this list of encouraging movies!

Currently, we find several sports films capable of moving and / or getting a good laugh. That's because, surrounded by stories of resilience and motivation, films that revolve around sports activities tend to enchant the public.

In addition, movies with a sports footprint can still motivate many to get up from the couch and practice a sport towards a complete life change. That's the power of a good movie.

Therefore, we have gathered here 5 great sports films capable of inspiring you or, at least, making you consider buying a boxing glove or a pair of cleats and practicing physical activity to have an even healthier life. Join there!

1.  Invictus

A film that portrays Rugby and that deserves our attention is the Invictus, although the central plot does not revolve around this sport. This is because the film portrays the story of Nelson Mandela, moments after leaving prison and finding a segregated country.

at the end of the Apartheid, the president will have to deal with a fragmented south africa, both economically and racially.

Thus, one day, while watching a Rugby match, Mandela realizes that black fans were rooting against the team due to white supremacy. Thus, considering that the country would host the Rugby World Cup, the leader has the idea of ​​unifying the country based on sport.

And it is precisely Rugby that manages, according to the cinematographic narrative, to unite blacks and whites in a passionate crowd.

2.  Golden girl

A movie classic that never goes out of style, Golden girl it's one of those sports movies you watch and when you're done, you reach for a boxing glove. The plot of 2004 revolves around the entry of the worker Maggie Fitzgerald in the boxing from training with tough veteran Frankie Dunn.

The film then shows Fitzgerald's saga towards her dream of becoming champion of the modality. Not without going through a lot of blood, sweat and tears first.

The title deserves to be here, because it is one of the first films to feature a female boxer. Incidentally, the film won the 2005 Oscar Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor. And it was no wonder, what a filming, my friends.

3. Goal! – An impossible dream

Goals! consists of a film full of traces of reality. So right that many real sportsmen participated in the narrative.

The plot revolves around a young Mexican who plays football with his American friends until a scout decides to take him to England for trials in the Newcastle team.

The film itself demonstrates the young boy's difficulties in adapting to his teammates and overcoming his homesickness. However, the skill, persistence and friendship make the player become an icon of world football.

4. Rush (at the edge of emotion)

The film Rush is based on true events and tells the story of the rivalry of formula 1 drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt, in particular, in the 1976 championship.

James Hunt was a playboy who didn't hesitate to lead a life ruled by pleasures and lots of drugs. On the other hand, Niki Lauda was extremely methodical and strategic and a Formula 1 genius. It was to be expected that the meeting of the two would generate sparks.

One of the controversies of the film is the reliable representation of both actors. Including the scenes in which Hunt vomited to cleanse his body of the drinks and drugs he consumed. Furthermore, the film is packed with action-packed race shots that make even viewers' hearts beat faster.

5. Jamaica Below Zero

A cinematic classic, Jamaica Below Zero it's also one of the best sports movies of all time. The story is based on real facts and narrates the union of 4 Jamaicans with the purpose of creating a team of bobsled to compete in the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Even without any credit from society and targets of the most severe mockery, athletes hire a former athlete to be a coach, so that they can go to gold in Canada.

Success of the year 1993, the film is one of the finest comedy that ever existed in cinema and deserves your attention.

Did you like this content? So don't forget to share with those friends who also love sports. By the way, how about getting the guys together and accessing the Netflix to watch each of the titles that we have listed? Surely, everyone will tie themselves. Until later!