Hoosiers (1986) — PICK

Secretariat (2010) — PICK

Secretariat, from Christian director Randall Wallace (We Were Soldiers) and Christian screenwriter Mike Rich (The Rookie), is among new family-friendly offerings on Netflix.

Diane Lane stars as Penny Chenery Tweedy, a housewife and sportswoman who bred and raced the greatest thoroughbred of the 20th century.

The film serves big emotions and sincere sentiment with a generous dollop of Golden-Age piety, from an epigram from Job to the strains of O Happy Day playing over Secretariat’s final triumph.

Hoosiers, new on Hulu, is from the same writer-director team as Rudy — but this is the better film.

Gene Hackman stars as Norman Dale, the overqualified coach for a small-town Indiana high-school basketball team.

Dennis Hopper has a rare touching role as a former player and the alcohol-addled father of one of the current players.

The story of second chances, tough choices and overcoming adversity is a familiar one, but Hoosiers has that trait sports films so often celebrate in their athletes but don’t always possess: heart.