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12th Warrior
12th Warrior (2011)
, 1h10
Directed by Miguel A. Reina
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Documentary films about sports, Association football films

Beyond the fun and sporty, it is clear that football has become part of the idiosyncrasies of people. In Mexico it is a religion, it is a phenomenon that promotes an inexplicable passion.
Salaam Dunk
Salaam Dunk (2011)
, 1h18
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Basketball films, Documentary films about sports

The film follows the women's basketball team of the The American University of Iraq – Sulaimani (AUIS) for a full academic year. The players discover what it means to be students, athletes and friends in the difficult political, economic, cultural and ethnic/sectarian divide and how basketball unites them around a game. The film follows the lives of some of the AUIS' woman basketball players, notably those of Laylan (team captain), Enji, Ola and Safa and their basketball coach Ryan Bubalo, who is the university's contractual English language teacher. The film is a testament to the perseverance of a handful of young Iraqi women, it is a story of triumph in the face of chaos and adversity.
Benji
Benji (2012)
, 1h18
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Basketball films, Documentary films about sports

This film documents the November 1984 death of Wilson, who was regarded as the best basketball player in the country, but was shot the day before his senior season of high school basketball was to begin and died the next morning. The film documents the cultural ripple effects of his life and death. It documents the contemporaneous impact of the death on those closest to Wilson, such as Anderson, and the long-run influence of his death on Chicago's youth, such as Parker.
El Capitan
El Capitan (1978)
, 1h
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Alpinisme, Documentary films about sports

The film follows three climbers as they do the 3000-feet (900 m) vertical ascent of
The September Sessions
The September Sessions (2002)
, 40minutes
Directed by Jack Johnson
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Surfing films, Documentary films about sports
Actors Jack Johnson

Kelly Slater, Shane Dorian, Rob Machado, and others take a freesurf trip to the coast of Sumatra, where they find themselves surfing beautiful waves, and lose the urgency they have come to live with being professionals.
My Football Summer
My Football Summer (2006)
, 1h43
Themes Sports films, Documentary films about sports, Association football films

In Hualien, players of Mei Lun Junior High School () football team are preparing for the upcoming National High School Games, which is one of the major youth football competitions in Taiwan. It is the last, and the most important, game in their three years of junior-high-school life. They are eager to win, not only because they are the defending champion, but also they want to devote the title to their beloved coach, Wu Hsiao-yin, as his wedding gift.
Substitute
Substitute (2007)
, 1h10
Directed by Fred Poulet
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Documentary films about sports, Association football films
Actors Fred Poulet

Le 6 avril 2006, Fred Poulet propose à Vikash Dhorasoo de filmer son quotidien de remplaçant durant la Coupe du monde 2006. Le footballeur accepte et reçoit deux caméras super 8, Fred Poulet le suit dans ses déplacements et ils écrivent le film au jour le jour, dans leurs chambres d'hôtel. Douzième homme, Vikash Dhorasoo ne joue finalement que seize minutes lors de cette coupe du monde historique pour la France, qui atteint la finale pour la deuxième fois depuis la création du championnat.