Topic: Rugby
Explore the top movies, series, and documentaries on Rugby. Enjoy the must-watch titles that define this topic.
Titles found: 75
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
All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks (TV Series)
2018 · Documentary · 44 min. · New Zealand
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...
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
Direction James Marquand
Cast Serge Betsen · Bakkies Botha · Brian Cox · Ranulph Fiennes
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
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
The Slow Game (S)
2009 · Movie · 10 min. · Italy
Direction Paolo Sorrentino
Cast Monica Dugo · Roberto Bernardini · Renato Gnani · Francesco Iacorossi
5.3
272 votes
5.3
272 votes
Direction Philippe Guillard
Cast Gérard Lanvin · Jérémie Duvall · Olivier Marchal · Vincent Moscato
5.2
431 votes
5.2
431 votes