BBC Sport's The 50 Sport Films You Must See

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50 sport films you must see
Rocky Balboa bounding up the steps to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, a group of white-clad men running along a beach as Vangelis plays, Pele... sorry, Luis Fernandez rising in slow motion to score with an overhead kick for the Allied side against the Nazis.

Film has provided us with some truly memorable sporting moments.

Now, with pretty much all sport halted as the world looks to combat the spread of coronavirus, film is one of the few places we can turn to get our fix of football, cricket, rugby and the rest.

To help you sift through the many sporting films out there, BBC Sport journalists have picked 50 of the best and have had a go at selling them to you.

We have made our picks to ensure a broad selection of sports are covered, along with a number of different genres, including some comedies and documentaries.

And we've supplied you with an indication of how each might give you your sporting fix or use a bit of artistic licence to get you invested.

We've also dug out a trailer for each film, to give you a taster. These are taken from YouTube and may contain adult themes.

In addition, we have enlisted the help of some of our leading correspondents to give a brief overview of their sport on film.

These 50 films are by no means a definitive top list of sporting films - and they are listed in alphabetical order - but they should hopefully be enough to fill the void and give you your sporting fix.