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1. Foxcatcher (2014)
R | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
U.S. Olympic wrestling champions and brothers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz join "Team Foxcatcher", led by eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont, as they train for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, but John's self-destructive behavior threatens to consume them all.
Director: Bennett Miller | Stars: Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Vanessa Redgrave
Votes: 149,250 | Gross: $12.10M
2. Cool Runnings (1993)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican Bobsled Team.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: John Candy, Leon, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis
Votes: 113,736 | Gross: $68.86M
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: 65,880 | Gross: $58.97M
4. 2 Days in the Valley (1996)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
48 hours of intersecting lives and crimes in Los Angeles.
Director: John Herzfeld | Stars: Teri Hatcher, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Charlize Theron
Votes: 21,738 | Gross: $11.11M
5. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Showgirls Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé, as well as a rich, enamored old man and many other doting admirers.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid
Votes: 43,003 | Gross: $12.00M
6. Muriel's Wedding (1994)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
A young social outcast in Australia steals money from her parents to finance a vacation where she hopes to find happiness, and perhaps love.
Director: P.J. Hogan | Stars: Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Bill Hunter, Sophie Lee
Votes: 41,724 | Gross: $15.19M
7. Perfect (1985)
R | 115 min | Drama, Romance
A female aerobics instructor meets a male reporter doing a story on health clubs, but it isn't love at first sight.
Director: James Bridges | Stars: John Travolta, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ramey Ellis, Alma Beltran
Votes: 5,984 | Gross: $12.92M
8. Deadfall (2012)
R | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Two siblings decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist and their unlikely reunion during another family's Thanksgiving celebration.
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie Hunnam, Sissy Spacek
Votes: 41,043 | Gross: $0.07M
9. Personal Best (1982)
R | 128 min | Drama, Sport
The intertwined lives and loves of three highly ranked athletes striving for the national team; Chris bounces between the beds of male coach Terry and her female friend, competitor, and role model Tory.
Director: Robert Towne | Stars: Mariel Hemingway, Scott Glenn, Patrice Donnelly, Kenny Moore
Votes: 3,210 | Gross: $5.67M
10. Amelia (2009)
PG | 111 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston
Votes: 13,619 | Gross: $14.24M
11. International Velvet (1978)
PG | 127 min | Drama, Family, Sport
Velvet's orphaned niece Sarah follows her dream of Olympic glory with her horse Arizona Pie.
Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Tatum O'Neal, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Hopkins, Nanette Newman
Votes: 1,640
12. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)
Not Rated | 111 min | Documentary, Sport
The document of the 1936 Olympics at Berlin.
Director: Leni Riefenstahl | Stars: David Albritton, Arvo Askola, Jack Beresford, Erwin Blask
Votes: 5,239
13. This Is the Night (1932)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy
An affair is almost exposed when Claire's husband unexpectedly returns early from the Summer Olympics.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Roland Young, Thelma Todd, Cary Grant, Lili Damita
Votes: 961
14. Traffik (1989)
Unrated | 315 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Hamburg police arrest an international businessman, charging him with smuggling heroin from Pakistan. While he's on trial, his trophy wife, a former Olympic swimmer, discovers steely ruthlessness within herself.
Stars: Bill Paterson, Lindsay Duncan, Fritz Müller-Scherz, Jamal Shah
Votes: 1,587
15. Jim Thorpe -- All-American (1951)
Approved | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The triumph and tragedy of Native American Jim Thorpe, who, after winning both the pentathlon and decathlon in the same Olympics, is stripped of his medals on a technicality.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Charles Bickford, Steve Cochran, Phyllis Thaxter
Votes: 2,298
16. 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
17. 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: 433
18. Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
Approved | 71 min | Mystery
When a strategically important new aerial guidance system is stolen, Charlie traces it to the Berlin Olympics, where he has to battle spies and enemy agents to retrieve it.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Warner Oland, Katherine DeMille, Pauline Moore, Allan Lane
Votes: 1,832
19. Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)
79 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A collection of profiles of people dead from AIDS who are remembered in the AIDS Memorial Quilt.
Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: Sara Lewinstein, David Mandell, Suzi Mandell, Sallie Perryman
Votes: 1,081
20. Stadium Nuts (1972)
80 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Les Charlots, a French rock group, continue their adventures, in the manner of the Beatles in Hard Day's Night. This is their second adventure. The foursome are on holiday, camping outside ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Jean-Guy Fechner, Gérard Filippelli, Gérard Rinaldi, Jean Sarrus
Votes: 909
21. Two Half-Times in Hell (1961)
140 min | Drama, Sport, War
On Hitler's birthday, the Germans decide to organize a soccer match between prisoners of war and Germans.
Director: Zoltán Fábri | Stars: Imre Sinkovits, Dezsö Garas, László Márkus, Tibor Molnár
Votes: 1,475
22. Freedom's Fury (2006)
90 min | Documentary, Sport
A documentary on the 1956 Olympic semifinal water polo match between Hungary and Russia. Held in Australia, the match occurred as Russian forces were in Budapest, stomping out a popular revolt.
Director: Colin K. Gray | Stars: Viktor Ageyev, Antal Bolvári, János Bük, Sándor Csoóri
Votes: 734
23. Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (1938)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Sport
The document of the 1936 Olympics at Berlin, orchestrated as Nazi propaganda.
Director: Leni Riefenstahl | Stars: Sheigo Arai, Jack Beresford, Ralf Berzsenyi, Ferenc Csík
Votes: 4,325
24. Ski Patrol (1940)
64 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In 1939 a Finnish reserve unit defends the border and their town in the valley below from Russian invaders who are excavating an explosive-laden tunnel under their mountaintop encampment.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Philip Dorn, Luli Deste, Stanley Fields, Samuel S. Hinds
Votes: 217
25. Too Many Kisses (1925)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Richard Gaylord, Jr. is a modern Lothario who has so many sweethearts that his father does not know what to do with him. Tired of paying to get his son out of one romantic entanglement ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Sloane | Stars: Richard Dix, Frank Currier, Albert Tavernier, Frances Howard
Votes: 249
26. Summerslam (1988 TV Special)
149 min | Action, Sport
Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage vs. Ted DiBiase & Andre the Giant, WWF Intercontinental Title: The Honky Tonk Man vs. The Ultimate Warrior, WWF Tag Team Title: Demolition vs. The Hart Foundation,... See full summary »
Director: Kerwin Silfies | Stars: Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan, Ted DiBiase, André René Roussimoff
Votes: 490
27. Forever the Moment (2008)
124 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Once a professional Korean handball player, Mi-Sook (Moon So-Ri) is now working in a grocery store after her team disbanded. Hae-Kyung (Kim Jung-Eun), now a coach for a handball team in ... See full summary »
Director: Soon-rye Yim | Stars: Moon So-ri, Kim Jeong-eun, Lee Bong-gyu, Natallia Bulynia
Votes: 431
28. Dawn! (1979)
Not Rated | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Biopic of Australian 3 Time Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer Dawn Fraser.
Director: Ken Hannam | Stars: Bronwyn Mackay-Payne, Ron Haddrick, Bunney Brooke, Tom Richards
Votes: 71
29. Phyl & Mikhy (1980– )
30 min | Comedy
Track stars Phyllis (Phyl) and Mikhail (Mikhy) are on opposite sides of the Cold War but meet and marry. Mikhy defects and they move in with Phyl's father Max, where Mikhy must navigate the... See full summary »
Stars: Rick Lohman, Murphy Cross, Larry Haines, Michael Pataki
30. 68 (2008 TV Movie)
110 min | Documentary, History, War
From Washington to Saigon, Rome to Mexico, Paris to London, a wave of demonstrations shakes the world. 68 travels back in time to war torn Vietnam, freed and occupied Prague, Paris demonstrating, revolution in the Americas.
Director: Patrick Rotman | Stars: Edouard Balladur, The Beatles, Claude Berri, Leonid Brezhnev
Votes: 66
31. The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul (2015)
8 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Adorned in pink sequins, little girls from all over a divided, war-torn Ukraine audition to play the role of a national hero whose tears of joy once united their troubled country, the gold-winning figure skater Oksana Baiul.
Director: Kitty Green | Stars: Kseniia Nechyporuk, Vlada Kogan, Margaryta Sydelnykova, Sasha Bespalova
Votes: 64
32. Camino Sinuoso (2018)
108 min | Drama, Thriller
A former Olympic athlete must return to the city where she grew up to fix family problems and face her past.
Director: Juan Pablo Kolodziej | Stars: Juana Viale, Arturo Puig, Geraldine Chaplin, Gustavo Pardi
Votes: 92
33. Mighty Jerome (2010)
TV-G | 84 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
In 1959, at just nineteen years of age, Harry Jerome was Canada's most promising track and field star, and was on his way to the Olympics in Rome. By 1962, after suffering a gruesome leg ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Officer | Stars: Nykeem, Claire Burns, Fidel Dwayne Hodge
Votes: 49
34. Ben Johnson: Drugs and the Quest for Gold (2004 TV Movie)
46 min | Documentary, Sport
Director: Shel Piercy | Stars: Ben Johnson, Kiefer Sutherland
Votes: 22
35. A Patriotic Man (2013)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Every nation gets the heroes it deserves.
Director: Arto Halonen | Stars: Martti Suosalo, Pamela Tola, Janne Reinikainen, Mikko Kouki
Votes: 692
36. A Million to One (1936)
Passed | 68 min | Action, Drama, Romance
John Kent (Monte Blue') wins the Olympic decathlon but is disqualified on a charge of professionalism. William Stevens (Kenneth Harlan), the second-place finisher, is awarded the title and ... See full summary »
Director: Lynn Shores | Stars: Bruce Bennett, Joan Fontaine, Reed Howes, Monte Blue
Votes: 82
37. Black Power Salute (2008 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, Sport
A film about one of the most iconic images of the 20th century, the moment when the radical spirit of the 1960s upstaged the greatest sporting event in the world. Two men made a courageous ... See full summary »
Director: Geoff Small | Star: Colin Salmon
Votes: 27
38. The Eric Liddell Story (2007)
Not Rated | 31 min | Animation, Short, Biography
The inspirational story of Eric Liddell, Olympic athlete and Christian missionary to China.
Votes: 22
39. Out for the Long Run (2011)
Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary, Family, Sport
The film's focus is on a handful of openly gay high school and college athletes as they navigate the turbulent waters of their uncertain world. Utilizing footage shot by our cameras and ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Bloom
Votes: 12
40. The Fastest Man Who Has Ever Lived (2010 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
Legendary athlete Michael Johnson, the former fastest man alive, travels to Jamaica to meet the current fastest man alive - runner Usain Bolt, and learn about his life and the challenges and media controversies he faced.
Directors: Stephen Lyle, Leon Mann | Stars: Usain Bolt, Michael Johnson
Votes: 95
41. Eric Liddell: Champion of Conviction (2007 Video)
Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Biography of Eric Liddell, Christian missionary to China and one of the Olympic athletes portrayed in the film "Chariots of Fire".
Stars: Norman Cliff, Joe Cotterill, John Keddie, David McCasland
Votes: 16
42. Marvels of Motion, Issue D (1925)
Documentary, Short, Comedy
Photography is manipulated in slow-motion, reverse-motion, and freeze-frame to analyze the movement of horses, chickens, typing fingers, an Olympic long-jumper, and a lump of sugar dropped into milk.
Star: Robert LeGendre
43. 'Give Us the Olympics', Said Ryhmy (1952)
99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Director: Ilmari Unho | Stars: Reino Valkama, Oiva Luhtala, Assi Nortia, Salli Karuna
Votes: 48
44. Nancy Drew: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek (2007 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew travels to the Canadian Rockies to investigate a string of suspicious accidents and wolf sightings at the Icicle Creek Lodge.
Director: Mike Paganini | Stars: Lani Minella, Mark Shone, Kate Jaeger, Jonah Von Spreecken
Votes: 94
45. The Sandal Keeper (1964)
93 min | Comedy, Musical
Director: Kengo Furusawa | Stars: Hitoshi Ueki, Mie Hama, Mitsuko Kusabue, Meichô Soganoya
Votes: 22
46. All Elite Wrestling: Double or Nothing (2021 TV Special)
Sport
AEW World Title will be defended in a Triple match for the first time in the history of AEW. The AEW World Champion Kenny Omega will defend his title against two opponents - Orange Cassidy ... See full summary »
Stars: Kenny Omega, Ben Satterly, James Cipperly, Hikaru Shida
Votes: 109
47. An Díog Is Faide (2004)
14 min | Short, Biography, Drama
The powerful true story of Irish Steeplechase runner Sonnie Murphy and his battle against the odds to compete in the 1932 Olympics.
Director: Hugh Farley | Stars: Stephen D'Arcy, Aonghus Og McAnally, Caitríona Ní Mhurchú, Lochlann O'Mearáin
Votes: 15
48. Mulheres Olímpicas (2013 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, Sport
The history of women in sport is often confused with the history of women as a whole. While so many Brazilian women were fighting for the right to vote, divorce and free expression, some ... See full summary »
Director: Laís Bodanzky | Stars: Fabi Alvim, Maria Paula Gonçalves da Silva, Daiane dos Santos, Juca Kfouri
Votes: 9
49. Paula Radcliffe: The Marathon and Me (2015 TV Movie)
39 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
Director: Jamie Gavin | Stars: Steve Cram, Denise Lewis, Paula Radcliffe
50. The Devotion Project: Foremost in my Mind (2013)
10 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
The Devotion Project is a series of short documentary portraits celebrating LGBTQ love. Gail Marquis, an Olympic medalist (Montreal '76), met Audrey Smaltz when she was 43 and Smaltz, a ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Osso | Star: Audrey Smaltz