Some of our favorites have included The U, and Winning Times (Reggie Miller Vs The Knicks). However, Run Ricky Run (The Ricky Williams Documentary) looks to surpass them all as our favorite ESPN documentary yet. Here’s a look at the ESPN trailers:
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9. Bigger, Faster, Stronger
A relevant and informative look inside the world of steroids, and the pressures that lead to the use of performance enhancing drugs.
8. Surfwise
The story of a family that gave it all up to hit the road and surf. Nine kids, no money, and no home, the documentary shows a lifestyle all but unheard of in today's world. The film's focus on 'the first family of surfing' makes this technically a sports documentary, although it is more a detailed look of the Stanford's Medical School's decision to drop of the map and pursue happiness in the rarest of ways.
7. Go Tigers!
A high school football team finds themselves in the crossfire of a divided town. With a school tax levy needed to save the jobs of many of the schools coaches and teachers, the team realizes that the fate of the levy, and their town, rests on their shoulders.
6. Murderball
“We're not going for a hug. We're going for a fucking gold medal.”
Quadriplegics put their athletic talents to the test in the wheelchair rugby game they call murder ball. Funny, intense and touching, the movie familiarizes us with a sport made more appealing by its obscurity and more stirring by the ferocious attitudes of the seated athletes.
5. Pumping Iron
Here’s a funny clip from this Schwarzenegger Documentary. Pretty typical of the entire movie, and made even more funny by the fact that he is now Governor of the golden state. The a movie that catapulted The Govenator to stardom shines as both a comedy and an insightful look into the unique world of body building.
4. Tyson
“My mission is to go and destroy, and not let anything get involved. You punch, you get hurt, I refused to get hurt, knocked down, or knocked out. I can't lose, I refuse to lose.”
The best documentary ever made about the self-proclaimed hell raiser. Exciting and revealing, Tyson is well paced and succeeded in keeping us all spellbound for the duration. Tyson is a fascinating character, and this film does him justice.
3. More Than A Game (LBJ Documentary)
Distinct, charismatic characters and unbelievably extensive game tapes from the team’s middle and high school days make this film a sure fire hit.
2. Hoop Dreams
"People ask me, 'Will I remember them if i make it?'. I tell them, 'Will you remember me If I don't?'"
The trailer does not do the classic film justice, but the documentary succeeds both as a basketball chronicle and a commentary on American life.
1. When We Were Kings (Ali Documentary)
“I done wrestled with an alligator. That's right. I have wrestled with an alligator. I done tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail. That's bad!”
Here are the first 10 minutes of the film to get you started, but the DVD is worth renting to watch it on a TV. Shows Muhammad Ali at his best, as his charisma makes the film the classic that it is.
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