10 Sports Documentaries To Bookmark
The drama beyond the game
From motorsport to cricket, these ten titles capture the grit, glory and chaos of sport like never before. Underdogs. Champions. Controversies. Legacies. Superstars. Sports is just different gravy. It’s no surprise, then, that sports docuseries and drama have spawned a host of titles capturing the intensity beyond what we see on the field. From motorsport to rugby, golf to boxing, darts to cricket, these ten titles have something for every kind of sports fan.
1. ALL OR NOTHING
Football fans know that drama seldom remains on the pitch. There’s plenty more that goes on behind the scenes. Prime
Video’s All or Nothing series lifts the curtain on some of the game’s biggest clubs, including Manchester City, Tottenham
Hotspur, Arsenal and Juventus, capturing every moment of glory, chaos and everything in between.
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2. FULL SWING
Who said golf was boring? The PGA Tour sees a constellation of golfers every year. But the world of golf has not been the
same since 2022 with LIV Golf entering the frame. Full Swing—in its three seasons—looks at professional golfers on and off the course as they vie for wins, trophies and the fame that follows.
3. AMERICAS TEAM: THE GAMBLER AND HIS COWBOYS
Before the Dallas Cowboys became a multi-billion-dollar entity, they were bought by Jerry Jones for $140 million in 1989. This series tracks the highs, lows, controversies and Super Bowl triumphs that made the Cowboys one of the most valuable sports franchises in the world.
4. THE LAST DANCE
The Chicago Bulls’ second “three-peat” in the 1997–98 NBA season is basketball folklore, and at its heart was Michael Jordan. This 10-part series revisits that legendary run with rare footage and insights from Jordan, Phil Jackson, Dennis
Rodman and more.
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5. MATCHROOM: THE GREATEST SHOWMEN
An intimate look at the father-son duo of Barry and Eddie Hearn as they take their mammoth sports promotion company to
the next level. Featuring the likes Ronnie O’Sullivan, Luke Littler and Anthony Joshua, this is an absolute treat.
6. FORMULA 1: DRIVE TO SURVIVE
This is Formula 1 for dummies but with heaps of drama. There is perhaps no better way to understand the complex world of F1 than Netflix’s Formula 1: Drive to Survive, which is now seven seasons strong. Season 8 is expected to drop in 2026.
7. WELCOME TO WREXHAM
Everyone loves an underdog story. Especially when it has a storied, yet small, football club. Welcome to Wrexham charts the unlikely rise of Wrexham AFC, the small Welsh club revived by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney as they chase football glory.
8. SIX NATIONS RUGBY
The world of rugby is hard hitting. Full Contact is a blowby- blow account of the best rugby teams and players in Europe as they battle it out to take home the trophy in the Guinness Six Nations Championship.
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9. SPRINT
What does it take to be the fastest athletes on the planet? From Noah Lyles to Shericka Jackson, Sprint takes you into the fascinating world of elite-level runners, tracking their journey from the 2023 World Championships to the 2024 Olympic
Games in Paris.
10. THE TEST
The docuseries on the Australian men’s national cricket shines in its third season, which looks at the 2023 ICC World Test
Championship final against India before turning focus to the 2023 Ashes where they faced England and “Bazball”.
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