Amazon Prime Video has been beefing up its sports lineup with Thursday night NFL games and a massive deal with the NBA that begins later this month.
Prime Video’s sports documentary lineup hasn’t caught up with this push, but there are still a handful that you have to see.
Watch With Us is sharing our picks for the must-watch Prime Video sports documentaries right now.
This month’s selections touch upon most of the major league sports, as well as a look back at a great soccer player from the world stage.
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‘Bye Bye Barry’ (2023)
During his NFL career, Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders was one of the best players in the game. Records seemed poised to fall as he consistently turned in outstanding numbers. At least until 1998, when Sanders abruptly retired without fanfare, and just before he would have hit big milestones.
Bye Bye Barry is a biographical documentary that lets Sanders fully explain where he was coming from when he made that decision. At the time, football fans in Detroit were less than forgiving about Sanders’ choices. But over time, his legacy has been secured.
Bye Bye Barry is streaming on Prime Video.
‘Game 7: Cubs vs. Indians 2016’ (2025)
Game 7 is a loose connection of standalone films chronicling some of the most memorable playoff series in the history of baseball, hockey and basketball. All three of those sports use a playoff structure that can end in a decisive winner-takes-all game 7.
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Cubs vs. Indians 2016 stands out from the rest as one of the greatest MLB playoff games in history. The contest had enough drama for a Hollywood movie, as it began with a home run and ended with a rain delay before heading into a decisive 10th inning. Going into the game, neither the Chicago Cubs nor the Cleveland Indians had won a World Series title in decades. By the end, one of those long losing streaks was broken.
Game 7: Cubs vs. Indians 2016 is streaming on Prime Video.
‘One Man and His Shoes’ (2021)
Marketing endorsements have become a major part of sports in the last five decades, but none could match the meteoric rise depicted in One Man and His Shoes. Even now, we scarcely have to tell you that the one man is Michael Jordan, or that his Air Jordan shoes redefined sneakers for decades.
This could have just been a documentary about Nike blowing its own horn and enjoying its good fortune. Except this film wasn’t made with Nike’s participation, and it goes to some places that the shoemaker would probably like to forget. The company created such a demand for these shoes that some people have been killed for them. Getting robbed for a pair of Air Jordan shoes is a problem that persisted for decades, and some of the victims’ families get a chance to speak about that in this film.
One Man and His Shoes is streaming on Prime Video.
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‘Hugo Sánchez, the Goal and the Glory’ (2022)
Hugo Sánchez, the Goal and the Glory is a Spanish language documentary that explores the career of Hugo Sánchez, one of the greatest soccer players to emerge from Mexico, who is also widely considered to be among the best who ever played international football.
The documentary touches on most of the stops during Sanchez’s 20-plus years as a professional, including his stint with the prestigious Real Madrid team, where he cemented his reputation with a high number of goals each season.
Hugo Sánchez, the Goal and the Glory is streaming on Prime Video.
‘The Identity Theft Of Mitch Mustain’ (2015)
The title of The Identity Theft of Mitch Mustain is a bit misleading, since there isn’t any actual identity theft in it. Director Matthew Wolfe apparently chose it as a cheeky title while sharing the story of former college football quarterback Mitch Mustain.
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At one point, Mustain was ranked the No. 1 high school quarterback in America, and he went undefeated during his initial college stop at Arkansas. But once Mustain transferred to USC, he never regained the same form or success he had earlier. This isn’t a story about a fall from grace, but it is an exploration of what can happen when the gulf between a player’s dreams and his reality is too far to bridge.
The Identity Theft of Mitch Mustain is streaming on Prime Video.
