In honor of National Girls and Women in Sports Day, here’s an ever growing list (hooray!) of sports docuseries and documentaries featuring female athletes.
Watch More Women’s Sports!
Aerobatics
- Skydancers: Queens of the Sky
Archery
- Ladies First (Neftlix)
Basketball
- ESPN Films 144 (website)
- The Heart of the Game
- Women of Troy
Boxing / Fighting
- ESPN Films Blackfeet Boxing: Not Invisible (trailer)
- The Unbreakable Tatiana Suarez (HBO)
Cheerleading
- Cheer (Netflix)
Collegiate Sports
- Training Rules (website)
Football
- Earnin’ It: The NFL’s Forward Progress (Peacock)
- NFL Films A Lifetime of Sundays (trailer)
- NFL 360 Women in Football (video clip)
Gymnastics
- Athlete A (Netflix)
- At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal (website)
- Golden: The Journey of USA’s Elite Gymnasts
Ice Skating
- Meddling (Peacock)
- Nancy & Tonya
Lacrosse
- Keepers of the Game
Olympics
- Chasing Gold: Paris 2024 (Peacock)
- The 96 Effect (Peacock)
Ping Pong
- Top Spin (website)
Racing
- The Fastest Woman on Earth (MAX)
Roller Derby
- Hell on Wheels
Skiing / Ski Jumping
- Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season (HBO)
- Picabo
- Ready to Fly
Soccer
- Angel City (HBO)
- LFG (HBO)
- Matildas: The World at our Feet (Disney+)
- Sisters of ’96 (Peacock)
- The Ladies with Style
- Under Pressure: The US Women’s World Cup Team (Netflix)
- Welcome to Wrexham – S2E11 “Yn Codi” (Hulu)
Softball
- Burn the Ships (website)
Swimming / Diving
- Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive (Netflix)
- Touch the Wall (website)
- Watermarks
Tennis
- Althea
- Being Serena (HBO)
- Break Point (Netflix)
- Naomi Osaka (Netflix)
- Venus and Serena (YouTube)
Track & Field / Running / Marathons
- Lorena, Light-Footed Woman (Netflix)
- Sisters on Track (Netflix)
Weight Lifting
- Lift Like a Girl
Wrestling
- GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
- Little Miss Sumo (Netflix)
- The Fighting Cholitas
- The Sticking Place (website)
- Vice Versa: Chyna (VICE TV)
Yachting
- Maiden (website)
Know of any good women’s sports documentaries or docuseries not mentioned above, share them in the comments section below.
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The South Lincoln Track Club was founded in 1967 to give Girls the same chance to run and compete, like the Boys. This tiny grassroots club from Lincoln, Nebraska grew decades over into the largest and most decorated youth club in U. S. history. Over 75,000 youths went through up until 2016. My screenplay has won awards, but the story hasn’t been told yet on screen. What female director wants to help me make this Documentary? Please reach out.