Topic: Rugby

Explore the top movies, series, and documentaries on Rugby. Enjoy the must-watch titles that define this topic.


Murderball

2005 · Documentary · 85 min. · United States

Direction Henry Alex Rubin · Dana Adam Shapiro

Synopsis Featuring fierce rivalry, stopwatch suspense, and larger-than-life personalities, Murderball is a film about tough, highly competitive quadriplegic rugby players.

7.1

502 votes

7.1

502 votes

This Sporting Life

1963 · Movie · 129 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lindsay Anderson

Cast Richard Harris · Glenda Jackson · Rachel Roberts · Alan Badel

Synopsis Richard Harris is Frank Machin, an aggressive rugby-playing miner in the north of England who destroys the relationship he wants most by the force of his rebellious will. Anderson's incisive comment on class expatiation is as forceful as it is...

7.0

858 votes

7.0

858 votes

Cast Taika Waititi · Nic Gill · Scott Barrett · Tony Page

Synopsis Behind-the-scenes series following the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team throughout 2017, taking an in-depth look at the players and coaches on and off the field.

7.0

109 votes

7.0

109 votes

Invictus

2009 · Movie · 134 min. · United States

Direction Clint Eastwood

Cast Morgan Freeman · Matt Damon · Tony Kgoroge · Julian Lewis Jones

Synopsis Invictus (2009) tells the inspiring true story of Nelson Mandela's early presidency in post-apartheid South Africa. Facing a deeply divided nation, Mandela sees an opportunity to unite the country through the universal language of sport. He rallies support for the...

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7.0

66K votes

7.0

66K votes

Espartanos: Una historia real

2025 · Series · 35 min. · Argentina

Direction Sebastián Pivotto

Cast Guillermo Pfening · Mariana Giménez · Pablo Rago · Juana Viale

Synopsis A criminal lawyer sees the harsh reality of prisons and takes action. Against all advice, he teaches rugby to inmates at Unit 48, facing prejudice and bureaucracy. Over time, the sport transforms them and helps them leave crime behind.

6.9

26 votes

6.9

26 votes

Building Jerusalem

2015 · Documentary · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction James Erskine

Cast Matt Dawson · Peter FitzSimons · George Gregan · Martin Johnson

Synopsis ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, World Cup Final, 2003. With two minutes of extra time left to win, Jonny Wilkinson goes for his trademark drop goal. This time, he's shooting for a place in sporting history.

6.8

31 votes

6.8

31 votes

All Out!! (TV Series)

2016 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Synopsis Kenji Gion is a short first-year high school student. On his first day in Kanagawa Prefectural High School, he meets the tall Sumiaki Iwashimizu during a game of rugby. Kenji strikes a friendship with Sumiaki, and soon joins the rugby...

6.6

34 votes

6.6

34 votes

Six Nations: Full Contact

2024 · Documentary · 45 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Mark O'Brien

Cast Ugo Monye · Finn Russell · Stuart Hogg · Fabien Galthié

Synopsis TV Series (2024-2025). 2 Seasons. 16 Episodes. Round by round, match by match, the best rugby teams in Europe battle it out to take home the trophy in the 2023 Six Nations Championship. Cancelled after its second season.

6.4

143 votes

6.4

143 votes

Lomu: The Lost Tapes

2024 · Documentary · 66 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Mark Sharman

Cast Jonah Lomu

Synopsis Jonah Lomu shares his story. Featuring never-before-seen footage, he describes the traumas around his childhood and how he escaped a life of gang violence to become the most iconic rugby player on the planet.

6.4

23 votes

6.4

23 votes

Pacific Warriors

2015 · Documentary · 93 min. · United Kingdom

6.4

31 votes

6.4

31 votes

The Moment: How Sports Changed the World

2023 · Documentary · 58 min. · Austria

Direction Tom Jennings

Synopsis The Moment is the story of key moments in sports that created seismic cultural change with ripples that continue to impact the modern day. In 1995, Nelson Mandela takes a huge gamble to unite a fractured country still reeling from...

6.4

37 votes

6.4

37 votes

By the Balls

2019 · Documentary · 87 min. · New Zealand

Direction Simon Coldrick · Charlotte Purdy

Synopsis Sport and politics most definitely do mix in this gripping look back at a brutal and turbulent time for New Zealand rugby, told from the point of view of the players themselves including David Kirk and Buck Shelford.

6.3

35 votes

6.3

35 votes

Forever Strong

2008 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction Ryan Little

Cast Sean Faris · Penn Badgley · Gary Cole · Sean Astin

Synopsis Talented-but-troubled rugby player Rick Penning (Sean Faris) lands in jail for his reckless behavior, where he's awarded the opportunity to join Highland Rugby, a team as unique and principled as its coach (Gary Cole). Rick's dedication and loyalty to more...

6.2

322 votes

6.2

322 votes

Chasing Great

2016 · Documentary · 105 min. · New Zealand

Direction Justin Pemberton · Michelle Walshe

Synopsis 'Chasing Great' follows Richie McCaw through his final season as he attempts to captain the All Blacks to the first ever-back-to back World Cup win.

6.1

39 votes

6.1

39 votes

Handsome Devil

2016 · Movie · 95 min. · Ireland

Direction John Butler

Cast Fionn O'Shea · Nicholas Galitzine · Andrew Scott · Moe Dunford

Synopsis Ned and Conor are forced to share a bedroom at their boarding school. The loner and the star athlete at this rugby-mad school form an unlikely friendship until it's tested by the authorities.

6.0

1K votes

6.0

1K votes

Uproar

2023 · Movie · 110 min. · New Zealand

Direction Hamish Bennett · Paul Middleditch

Cast Minnie Driver · Julian Dennison · Erana James · James Rolleston

Synopsis Takes place on 1981 in New Zealand when the arrival of the South African rugby team sets off nationwide protests against apartheid and racism.

5.8

148 votes

5.8

148 votes

In From the Side

2022 · Movie · 134 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Matt Carter

Cast Alex Lincoln · Alexander King · Peter McPherson · Christopher Sherwood

Synopsis Following a drunken encounter, two equally attached men from a cash strapped and divided gay rugby club unwittingly sleepwalk into an adulterous affair but must conceal their growing feelings or risk destroying the club they love.

5.6

345 votes

5.6

345 votes

Mercenary

2016 · Movie · 104 min. · France

Direction Sacha Wolff

Cast Toki Pilioko · Iliana Zabeth · Mikaele Tuugahala · Laurent Pakihivatau

Synopsis A young man of Wallisian origin in New Caledonia defies his father to go and play rugby in France. Living on his own on the other side of the world, he learns there is a price to pay to find...

5.5

267 votes

5.5

267 votes

5.3

272 votes

5.2

431 votes