The best tennis movies
The top 3 according to 1,920 votes from people: King Richard (2021) · Challengers (2024) · Borg vs McEnroe (2017). (Updated Apr 18, 2025.)
Grand Slam rivalries, love triangles and the odd murder plot: the best films about tennis, ranked from The Manual, IndieWire and Basha Tennis.
Top 10
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1
King Richard (2021)
Richard Williams raising Venus and Serena; Will Smith's Oscar.
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2
Challengers (2024)
A love triangle played out across one Challenger final, by Luca Guadagnino.
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3
Borg vs McEnroe (2017)
The 1980 Wimbledon final between the iceman and the hothead.
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4
Battle of the Sexes (2017)
Billie Jean King against Bobby Riggs in 1973.
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5
Strangers on a Train (1951)
A tennis player and a stranger who proposes swapping murders, by Hitchcock.
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6
Match Point (2005)
A tennis coach marries into money, by Woody Allen.
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7
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection (2018)
Footage of McEnroe at Roland-Garros 1984.
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8
Wimbledon (2004)
A fading British player gets a wild card and falls in love.
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9
7 Days in Hell (2015)
A mockumentary about a seven-day Wimbledon match.
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10
Venus and Serena (2012)
A documentary on the Williams sisters.
Candidates
They don't make it into the top 10… yet. Vote for them to move them up.
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11
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Richie, the former tennis prodigy, by Wes Anderson.
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Comments (10)
7 Days in Hell is so stupid and I love it
Strangers on a Train counts? The tennis match scene is great so I'll allow it
King Richard first, fair. Will Smith earned that Oscar
Wimbledon is a guilty pleasure but it's so fun
Match Point is more about class than tennis but the opening shot with the ball on the net is iconic
Borg vs McEnroe should be #1, Sverrir Gudnason looks exactly like Borg
Challengers at #2 is a crime. It's a great movie but it's barely about tennis lol
it's 100% about tennis, the whole movie is one match
Both of you are right, it's about tennis AND about the three of them. Best soundtrack of the decade too
no Federer doc? or Break Point on Netflix? ok it's a series