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Top Sports Movies on Peacock

Check out these funny, dramatic, and adrenaline pumping sports movies. Never underestimate the underdog!

By Tara Bennett
Michael (Mark Wahlberg) and Arthur in Arthur The King (2024).

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Key Takeaways

  • Peacock offers a wide selection of inspiring and feel‑good sports movies spanning comedy, drama, documentaries, and true stories.
  • Highlighted films include stories of athletic greatRead More
  • Peacock offers a wide selection of inspiring and feel‑good sports movies spanning comedy, drama, documentaries, and true stories.
  • Highlighted films include stories of athletic greatness, personal struggle, resilience, and underdog triumph across basketball, soccer, skiing, adventure racing, and more.
  • The platform features both recent releases and older favorites, with availability subject to change.

Not only is Peacock a great place to watch sports, it's also a great place to watch sports movies! Peacock’s got a starting roster of sports movies that’ll pump you up and have you cheering along. These adrenaline-rushing films will ignite your passion while stirring your emotions as you witness people push themselves to their limits to achieve greatness. 

Watching sports films is the perfect way to be inspired and energized — without even getting up from the couch! Check out these sports movies now streaming on Peacock that will leave you feeling like a winner.

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Quick Picks: Best Sports Movies on Peacock


Shooting Stars (2023)

The basketball team together in Shooting Stars (2023).

Delving into the dynamic origins of living basketball legend LeBron James (Marquis Mookie Cook) and his childhood friends, Shooting Stars traces their journey from neighborhood ballers to the nation's top high school team. Through triumphs and tribulations, the film celebrates friendship, resilience, and LeBron's unstoppable ascent to basketball immortality.

Stream Shooting Stars on Peacock!

Kicking and Screaming (2005)

Will Farrell brings his comedic lunacy to the role of family man Phil Weston, who takes on the duties of coaching an underperforming kids' soccer team, only to go head-to-head with his overly competitive father (Robert Duvall). A family film that will resonate with parents and kids who participate in youth sports.

Stream Kicking and Screaming on Peacock!

Threshold (2026)

Jessie Diggins applying face glitter in Threshold (2026).

The story of Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist Jessie Diggins and her fight with an eating disorder at the peak of her career. The documentary filmmakers were embedded with Jessie and the U.S. Ski Team to show where progress and pressure coexist in the lives of premier athletes.

Stream Threshold on Peacock!

Arthur the King (2024)

Michael (Mark Wahlberg) and Arthur in Arthur The King (2024).

Mark Wahlberg co-stars with Ukai the pooch in this incredible story based on the real life of Mikael Lindnord. Wahlberg plays an American runner competing in an adventure championship race when a stray dog comes along for the ride, redefining what victory, loyalty and friendship truly mean.

Stream Arthur the King on Peacock!

Champions (2023)

Marcus (Woody Harrelson) talking in Champions (2023).

Woody Harrelson plays Marcus Marakovich, a disgraced J-League basketball coach who is court-ordered to manage a team with intellectual disabilities, taking them further than they ever imagined. A heartwarming and funny story from Bobby Farrelly (Dumb & Dumber) about the power of change and perseverance.

Stream Champions on Peacock!

Hurricane Season (2010)

Al Collins (Forest Whitaker) and Dayna Collins (Taraji P. Henson) in Hurricane Season (2009).

Based on the inspiring true story of John Ehret's 2005–2006 Louisiana State high school basketball championship team, the story is set one year after Hurricane Katrina. Coach Al Collins (Forest Whitaker) gathers displaced students and turns them into a championship basketball team in this memorable underdog story. 

Stream Hurricane Season on Peacock!


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NBC Sports on Peacock

The biggest games, biggest stars and teams you love are all on NBC and Peacock.

NBC and Peacock are home to the NFL with Sunday Night Football, the NBA on NBC and the MLB with Sunday Night Baseball. NBC and Peacock are also the place to find the Olympics and Paralympics, marquee events like the Kentucky DerbyPremier League soccer, and some of the biggest golf tournaments of the year featuring the biggest stars in the sport. 

Find it all on NBC and Peacock.

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