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- DirectorRon SheltonStarsTommy Lee JonesRobert WuhlLolita DavidovichA reporter hired to write the 'official' biography of Ty Cobb discovers just how dark the baseball legend's real story is.
- DirectorRobert TowneStarsBilly CrudupDonald SutherlandMonica PotterThe life of renowned runner Steve Prefontaine and his relationship with legendary coach Bill Bowerman.
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsDennis ChristopherDennis QuaidDaniel SternA working-class Indiana teen obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl while searching for life goals with his friends.
- DirectorBille AugustStarsJoseph FiennesDennis HaysbertDiane KrugerGoodbye Bafana is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
- DirectorYoon-Chul JungStarsCho Seung-wooKim Mi-sookLee Ki-youngAn autistic boy discovers he has a talent for running and with the help of the mother participates in a major marathon.
- DirectorJohn BadhamStarsKevin CostnerDavid Marshall GrantRae Dawn ChongMarcus takes his kid brother, David, with him for a physical test and a brain scan, suspecting cerebral aneurysm like their dad died of. They head off on bikes for the big Rockies bike race with Marcus' Sarah driving the van.
- DirectorJerry CiccorittiStarsMark LutzRon LeaPeter MacNeillDespite having dreams of being a world record breaststroker since he was a child, Canadian Victor Davis came out of virtual obscurity to win the silver medal in the 100 meter breaststroke and shattering the long standing world record on his way to the gold medal in the 200 meter breaststroke at the 1982 World Swimming Championships. There, Victor and his coach, Cliff Barry, predict Victor will break world records en route to gold medals in these two races at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Victor's public bravado and hot temperedness, both extensions of his hyperactivity, irk his competitors, exasperate Cliff and sometimes place him at odds with the public and the media, both Canadian and international. From 1982, Victor has some spectacular swimming heartaches, some equally as spectacular swimming moments, and some potentially career-ending moments related to medical and legal issues all leading up to and at the 1984 Olympic Games. Through it all, he is supported by Cliff, his equally as famous national swim teammate Alex Baumann, his swim club teammates, his family, and his girlfriend Donna Clavel. Then, following his retirement from competitive swimming, on the fateful evening of November 11, 1989 after leaving a Montréal nightclub with Donna,...
- DirectorGaby DellalStarsPeter MullanBrenda BlethynBilly BoydFrank determines to salvage his self-esteem and tackle his demons by attempting the ultimate test of endurance - swimming the English Channel.