Champions (2018)

Champions (Campeones, Spain, 2018), not the 2023 English-language remake. A hot-headed basketball coach is sentenced to community service training a team of players with intellectual disabilities, and if you know sports movies, you already know the shape. That familiarity is the point for a first subtitled film: the practices, botched plays and big games tell the story, so the Spanish can sit lightly on top. Javier Fesser's comedy won the Goya for Best Film, Spain's top movie prize, and its team members are played by actors with intellectual disabilities who give it its spark. Choose it for laughter that never punches down.