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1. Molly's Game (2017)
R | 140 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target.
Director: Aaron Sorkin | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera
Votes: 188,638 | Gross: $28.78M
2. The Cutting Edge (1992)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A temperamental figure skater and an arrogant former hockey player attempt to win the Olympic Gold Medal as a figure skating pairs team.
Director: Paul Michael Glaser | Stars: D.B. Sweeney, Moira Kelly, Roy Dotrice, Terry O'Quinn
Votes: 22,427 | Gross: $25.11M
3. Chariots of Fire (1981)
PG | 125 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, are driven to win in the 1924 Olympics as they wrestle with issues of pride and conscience.
Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nicholas Farrell, Nigel Havers
Votes: 66,069 | Gross: $58.97M
4. Ice Castles (1978)
PG | 108 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
An inexperienced yet naturally gifted ice skater makes a spectacular debut in the skating world before encountering an event that could possibly derail her hopes and dreams.
Director: Donald Wrye | Stars: Lynn-Holly Johnson, Robby Benson, Colleen Dewhurst, Tom Skerritt
Votes: 4,061 | Gross: $20.71M
5. The Bronze (2015)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A foul-mouthed former gymnastics bronze medalist with local celebrity status reluctantly trains a rising Olympics aspirant.
Director: Bryan Buckley | Stars: Melissa Rauch, Gary Cole, Haley Lu Richardson, Thomas Middleditch
Votes: 13,511 | Gross: $0.62M
6. The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)
PG | 113 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A supersonic airborne disaster. In order to survive a flight headed for the Moscow Olympics, passengers of the Concorde must endure aerial acrobatics to dodge missiles and survive a device that decompresses the plane.
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner, George Kennedy
Votes: 6,983 | Gross: $13.00M
7. The Jericho Mile (1979 TV Movie)
97 min | Crime, Drama, Sport
A prisoner gets a chance to take part in the Olympics.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Peter Strauss, Richard Lawson, Roger E. Mosley, Brian Dennehy
Votes: 2,073
8. Swimming Upstream (2003)
PG-13 | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The inspirational life story of Australian swimmer Tony Fingleton.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Jesse Spencer, Tim Draxl
Votes: 3,487 | Gross: $0.05M
9. The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984)
237 min | Drama, History, Sport
This movie describes the founding of the modern Olympics and concentrates on the creation of the American team and their trials in getting to the Olympics in Athens.
Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Hunt Block, David Caruso, Alex Hyde-White
Votes: 434
10. Black Cloud (2004)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama
Black Cloud, is an inspirational story about a young Navajo, Native American boxer, who overcomes personal challenges as he comes to terms with his heritage, while fighting his way for a spot on the US Olympic boxing team.
Director: Ricky Schroder | Stars: Eddie Spears, Russell Means, Julia Jones, Tim McGraw
Votes: 548
11. Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story (1997 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 95 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Breaking the Surface is about the tough times Greg Louganis had on his way to becoming one of the world's top Olympic divers. Some topics discussed were Greg's childhood problems, his homosexuality, and him contracting the HIV virus.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Mario Lopez, Michael Murphy, Jeffrey Meek, Rosemary Dunsmore
Votes: 716
12. Champions: A Love Story (1979 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Sport
Two teens become romantically involved as they train for a skating championship.
Director: John A. Alonzo | Stars: Shirley Knight, Tony Lo Bianco, Jimmy McNichol, Joy LeDuc
Votes: 212
13. The Princess & the Barrio Boy (2000 TV Movie)
93 min | Romance
A teenager who dreams of becoming an Olympic swimmer has a romance with a boy from the wrong side of town.
Director: Tony Plana | Stars: Marisol Nichols, Nicholas Gonzalez, Edward James Olmos, Maria Conchita Alonso
Votes: 355
14. Dive (2010 TV Movie)
Drama
Schoolgirl Lindsey hopes to be an Olympic diver and has a strict training regime, but this goes out the window when supportive father Stewart leaves home and her mother Jacqueline moves in ... See full summary »
Director: Dominic Savage | Stars: Aisling Loftus, Jack O'Connell, Ewen Bremner, Gemma Bryden
Votes: 323
15. Finish Line (1989 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama, Sport
In order to get better results, a young athlete starts using steroids and begins his downfall.
Director: John Nicolella | Stars: James Brolin, Josh Brolin, Mariska Hargitay, Kristoff St. John
Votes: 99
16. My Life on Ice (2002)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
My Life on Ice presents the unique point of view of 16-year-old Etienne, a cute would-be ice skating champion living in provincial Rouen who is obsessed with filming his daily life with a ... See full summary »
Directors: Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Jimmy Tavares, Jonathan Zaccaï, Hélène Surgère
Votes: 862
17. Alex (1992)
Unrated | 93 min | Drama, Sport
Headstrong New Zealand teen Alex Archer trains to qualify for the 1960 Rome Olympics in the women's 100 freestyle. Unlike the other top swimmers who train only for swimming, Alex takes ... See full summary »
Director: Megan Simpson Huberman | Stars: Lauren A Jackson, Chris Haywood, Josh Picker, Cathy Godbold
Votes: 152
18. Dive (II) (2018)
85 min | Drama
A young Irish swimmer faces the race of her life when she discovers she's pregnant on the brink of the biggest competition of her career. "Dive" is an intimate look at one young woman's ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel F. Holmes | Stars: Shauna Dineen, Tara Flynn, Shauna Ann Kavanagh, Steve Kingston
Votes: 26
19. The Setting Son (1997)
95 min | Drama
Cal is torn between his aspirations of becoming an Olympic athlete and helping his brother Max battle leukemia. Can he find the courage to reach out to his dying sibling?
Director: Lisa C. Satriano | Stars: Dave Oliver, Tania-Lee Bayliss, Blake Beltram, Franca Benvenuto
Votes: 33
20. Watersmith (1971)
31 min | Short
Abstract visual poem celebrating the freedom of bodies moving through water. A filmmaker unconcerned with plot films the practice of an olympic swimming team and creates a visually stunning work.
Director: Will Hindle
Votes: 15
21.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Greg Louganis: The Biggest Challenge
(2001)
TV-14 | 50 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Stars: Steve Kmetko, Greg Louganis
Votes: 94
22.
The Fall Guy (1981–1986)
Episode:
Olympic Quest
(1984)
TV-14 | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Colt flies to Yugoslavia to join his sister who is a skier in the Sarajevo Winter Olympics. Criminals try to kill them. These are the same men who have kidnapped a millionaire and his mother.
Director: Georg Stanford Brown | Stars: Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, Heather Thomas, Markie Post
Votes: 51
23.
In Treatment (2008–2021)
Episode:
Sophie: Week One
(2008)
TV-MA | 28 min | Drama
A precocious young gymnast (Mia Wasikowska) asks Paul to render his 'professional opinion' on an insurance report detailing the girl's recent, suspicious accident.
Director: Rodrigo García | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Mia Wasikowska, Max Burkholder, Michelle Forbes
Votes: 401
24.
Saving Grace (2007–2010)
Episode:
A Survivor Lives Here
(2008)
TV-MA | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Grace's life is full of missing persons and animals when her dog disappears while walking with Clay, and a friendship formed in the wake of the Murrah bombing is threatened when a young man and his girlfriend vanish.
Director: Guy Ferland | Stars: Holly Hunter, Leon Rippy, Kenny Johnson, Bailey Chase
Votes: 106
25.
So You Think You Can Dance (2005– )
Episode:
Auditions #3 and #4
(2010)
TV-PG | 120 min | Music, Reality-TV
Season 7 auditions continue in Los Angeles at the Orpheum theater, with Nigel Lythgoe, Hi-Hat and Adam Shankman critiquing, and then on to Chicago. Stacey Tookey joins Nigel and Shankman in Chicago. Some contestants share their stories.
Director: Nigel Lythgoe | Stars: Nigel Lythgoe, Cat Deeley, Adam Shankman, Alexie Agdeppa
Votes: 23
26.
Natalie Cassidy's Real Britain (2009– )
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(2009)
Documentary
Star: Natalie Cassidy
27.
Reef Break (2019)
Episode:
The Comeback
(2019)
TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
There's an attack on an old competitors life when a an annual surf competition takes place on the Reef. Cat investigates the attack and what it has to do with Carter Eastland.
Director: Grant Brown | Stars: Poppy Montgomery, Ray Stevenson, Desmond Chiam, Melissa Bonne
Votes: 95