# The best tennis movies

Grand Slam rivalries, love triangles and the odd murder plot: the best films about tennis, ranked from The Manual, IndieWire and Basha Tennis.

- 1920 votes · 11 items
- Apr 18, 2025 · Daniel White
- https://even.best/en/l/4169/the-best-tennis-movies

## Top 10

1. **King Richard (2021)** (214 · ▲231 ▼17) — Richard Williams raising Venus and Serena; Will Smith's Oscar.
2. **Challengers (2024)** (171 · ▲190 ▼19) — A love triangle played out across one Challenger final, by Luca Guadagnino.
3. **Borg vs McEnroe (2017)** (156 · ▲175 ▼19) — The 1980 Wimbledon final between the iceman and the hothead.
4. **Battle of the Sexes (2017)** (137 · ▲166 ▼29) — Billie Jean King against Bobby Riggs in 1973.
5. **Strangers on a Train (1951)** (129 · ▲153 ▼24) — A tennis player and a stranger who proposes swapping murders, by Hitchcock.
6. **Match Point (2005)** (113 · ▲140 ▼27) — A tennis coach marries into money, by Woody Allen.
7. **John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection (2018)** (106 · ▲131 ▼25) — Footage of McEnroe at Roland-Garros 1984.
8. **Wimbledon (2004)** (83 · ▲120 ▼37) — A fading British player gets a wild card and falls in love.
9. **7 Days in Hell (2015)** (83 · ▲114 ▼31) — A mockumentary about a seven-day Wimbledon match.
10. **Venus and Serena (2012)** (70 · ▲103 ▼33) — A documentary on the Williams sisters.
11. **The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)** (66 · ▲101 ▼35) — Richie, the former tennis prodigy, by Wes Anderson.

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