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I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike!

by yrnej • Created 9 years ago • Modified 8 years ago
Which of these bicycle-related films gets your heart and legs pumping?

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  • Joe E. Brown in 6 Day Bike Rider (1934)

    1. 6 Day Bike Rider

    19341h 9mApproved
    5.9 (377)
    To get his girl back, that has fallen for a biker, a worker and one of his friends enter a six day race.
    DirectorLloyd BaconStarsJoe E. BrownMaxine DoyleFrank McHugh
  • Lamberto Maggiorani and Enzo Staiola in Bicycle Thieves (1948)

    2. Bicycle Thieves

    19481h 29mNot Rated
    8.2 (187K)
    In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.
    DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsLamberto MaggioraniEnzo StaiolaLianella Carell
  • Jacques Tati in The Big Day (1949)

    3. The Big Day

    19491h 10mNot Rated
    7.2 (9.4K)
    A village postman with no sense of humour delivers his mail via bicycle on the day the travelling fair comes to town. He is disrupted by a short film about US speed and efficiency and the playful teasing of the village folk.
    DirectorJacques TatiStarsJacques TatiGuy DecomblePaul Frankeur
  • Poster by Rumen Tzanov

    4. Selyaninat s koleloto

    19741h 42m
    7.7 (178)
    Born in a small village, Yordan has to live and work in the nearby town. Only on the weekends can he return to his native village. He travels by a bike and observes the nature and the animals around him with overt sadness. In the village arrives a young pharmacist and she rents his house. Soon both of them fall in love. In order to be near her, Yordan tries to persuade his colleagues to move one of the workshops from the plant to the village. But they are all used to living in the town now and decline his offer. Yordan realizes that he cannot demand impossible things.
    DirectorLyudmil KirkovStarsDiana ChelebievaGeorgi Georgiev-GetzLili Eneva
  • Dennis Quaid, Dennis Christopher, Jackie Earle Haley, and Daniel Stern in Breaking Away (1979)

    5. Breaking Away

    19791h 41mPG91Metascore
    7.7 (27K)
    A working-class Indiana teen obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl while searching for life goals with his friends.
    DirectorPeter YatesStarsDennis ChristopherDennis QuaidDaniel Stern
  • BMX Bandits (1983)

    6. BMX Bandits

    19831h 28mPG53Metascore
    5.5 (6.4K)
    A trio of teen BMX enthusiasts become entangled with a group of bank robbers after discovering their cache of walkie-talkies.
    DirectorBrian Trenchard-SmithStarsDavid ArgueJohn LeyNicole Kidman
  • American Flyers (1985)

    7. American Flyers

    19851h 53mApproved50Metascore
    6.5 (7.1K)
    Marcus takes his kid brother, David, with him for a physical test and a brain scan, suspecting cerebral aneurysm like their dad died of. They head off on bikes for the big Rockies bike race with Marcus' Sarah driving the van.
    DirectorJohn BadhamStarsKevin CostnerDavid Marshall GrantRae Dawn Chong
  • Paul Reubens in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)

    8. Pee-wee's Big Adventure

    19851h 31mPG47Metascore
    7.1 (62K)
    When eccentric man-child Pee-wee Herman gets his beloved bike stolen in broad daylight, he sets out across the U.S. on the adventure of his life.
    DirectorTim BurtonStarsPaul ReubensElizabeth DailyMark Holton
  • Kevin Bacon in Quicksilver (1986)

    9. Quicksilver

    19861h 45mPG43Metascore
    5.7 (5.7K)
    Failed stock market whiz kid Jack Casey gets a job on a bike at San Francisco's Quicksilver Speed Delivery, where he befriends entrepreneur Hector Rodriguez and attractive fellow bicycler Terri, then finds an enemy in drug dealer Gypsy.
    DirectorThomas Michael DonnellyStarsKevin BaconJami GertzPaul Rodriguez
  • Rad (1986)

    10. Rad

    19861h 33mPG24Metascore
    6.7 (7.5K)
    The story of one young man, Cru Jones, who has the intensity and desire to win a BMX race called Helltrack.
    DirectorHal NeedhamStarsBart ConnerLori LoughlinBill Allen
  • Mohammad Reza Maleki and Moharram Zaynalzadeh in The Cyclist (1989)

    11. The Cyclist

    19891h 22m
    7.2 (2.5K)
    The wife of Nasim, an Afghan immigrant in Iran, is gravely ill. He needs money to pay for her care, but his day labor digging wells does not pay enough. A friend connects Nasim to a two-bit promoter who sells tickets to watch Nasim ride a bicycle continuously for a week. The promoter brings in sick and aged spectators, haranguing them to find hope in Nasim's strength. Aided by his son, who feeds him as he rides, Nasim grinds out the days and shivering nights. Local officials believe this may be a plot and Nasim may be a spy; they try to sabotage him as do those who bet he won't finish the week. Will desperation alone get Nasim the money? Is any triumph an illusion?
    DirectorMohsen MakhmalbafStarsMahshid AfsharzadehFirouz KianiSamira Makhmalbaf
  • Pooja Bedi, Deven Bhojani, Ayesha Jhulka, Aamir Khan, Deepak Tijori, and Aditya Lakhia in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992)

    12. Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar

    19922h 54mNot Rated
    8.1 (26K)
    A rich brat and a poor chap try to woo a girl, with their rivalry culminating in the most prestigious college event - the marathon cycle race.
    DirectorMansoor KhanStarsAamir KhanAyesha JhulkaDeepak Tijori
  • 2 Seconds (1998)

    13. 2 Seconds

    19981h 40m
    6.6 (577)
    Laurie, a professional downhill racer gets fired because of her slight overindulgence in irresponsibility.
    DirectorManon BriandStarsCharlotte LaurierDino TavaroneJonathan Bolduc
  • El amateur (1999)

    14. El amateur

    19991h 28mPG
    6.5 (146)
    On the outskirts of a provincial town, Pajaro is determined to enter the Guinness Book of Records by breaking the longest bike-ride record. He rides around the fountain in the square with the help of his friend, Lopecito. He is willing to face many challenges, in attaining this new record. Will this race open the path to love for him, and for his redemption?
    DirectorJuan Bautista StagnaroStarsMauricio DayubPedro HerediaVando Villamil
  • Lin Cui and Bin Li in Beijing Bicycle (2001)

    15. Beijing Bicycle

    20011h 53mPG-1361Metascore
    7.2 (4.8K)
    A seventeen-year-old country boy working in Beijing as a courier has his bicycle stolen, and finds it with a schoolboy his age.
    DirectorXiaoshuai WangStarsLin CuiXun ZhouBin Li
  • Cyclomania (2001)

    16. Cyclomania

    20011h 33m
    5.9 (713)
    C (Lauri Nurkse) and Eetu (Tommi Mujunen) are the best friends. They work together as bike couriers in the center of Helsinki, and training tightly every night to reach success of bicycle racing. However, life will change once and for all when a charming and resolute student girl Oona (Elena Leeve) is coming to work in same courier company.Eetu falls in love to Oona. K is annoyed about this, because Oona interferes with their training.
    DirectorSimo HalinenStarsLauri NurkseTommi MujunenElena Leeve
  • Le vélo de Ghislain Lambert (2001)

    17. Le vélo de Ghislain Lambert

    20011h 59mNot Rated
    6.5 (2.5K)
    In the 70s, there was Merckx and there were the others. Ghislain Lambert was one of the others. This is his story, a quite simple one. The story of a modest Belgian bike racer. His greatest ambition in life? To become a champion. His greatest tragedy? Not having the legs his heart deserves.
    DirectorPhilippe HarelStarsBenoît PoelvoordeJosé GarciaDaniel Ceccaldi
  • The Middle of the World (2003)

    18. The Middle of the World

    20031h 25mNot Rated32Metascore
    6.5 (1.3K)
    A man and his family travel 3200km (1984 miles) by bicycle, from the State of Paraíba to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in search of a job.
    DirectorVicente AmorimStarsWagner MouraCláudia AbreuRavi Ramos Lacerda
  • Nasu: Summer in Andalusia (2003)

    19. Nasu: Summer in Andalusia

    200347m
    7.0 (468)
    Follows the struggle of a Spanish professional cyclist to win a bike race the same day of his brother's wedding.
    DirectorKitarô KôsakaStarsYô ÔizumiShin'ichi HatoriMinoru Hirano
  • The Triplets of Belleville (2003)

    20. The Triplets of Belleville

    20031h 20mPG-1391Metascore
    7.7 (59K)
    When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters--an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire--to rescue him.
    DirectorSylvain ChometStarsMichèle CaucheteuxJean-Claude DondaMichel Robin
  • Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw (2004)

    21. Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw

    20041h 29m
    6.3 (137)
    A Japanese teenager bicycles aimlessly through the countryside after killing his mother.
    DirectorKôji WakamatsuStarsTasuku EmotoEtsuko SekiKaori Kobayashi
  • Rebecca Palmer and Tom Frederic in Blood Trails (2006)

    22. Blood Trails

    20061h 27mR
    3.5 (1.7K)
    Bike messenger Anne never imagined the horrific events that would unfold after her one-night-stand with stranger Chris.
    DirectorRobert KrauseStarsRebecca PalmerBen PriceTom Frederic
  • Jonny Lee Miller in The Flying Scotsman (2006)

    23. The Flying Scotsman

    20061h 36mPG-1349Metascore
    7.0 (6.1K)
    The true story of Graeme Obree, the Champion cyclist who built his bicycle from old bits of washing machines who won his championship only to have his title stripped from him and his mental health problems which he has suffered since.
    DirectorDouglas MackinnonStarsJonny Lee MillerLaura FraserBrian Cox
  • Island Etude (2006)

    24. Island Etude

    20061h 48mNot Rated
    7.1 (648)
    A deaf man decided to cycle around Taiwan before graduating from college.
    DirectorHuai-En ChenStarsMing-hsiang TungDanny DengSaya Chang
  • The Pope's Toilet (2007)

    25. The Pope's Toilet

    20071h 30mTV-MA
    7.2 (2.9K)
    A small South American village is in a flurry over the Pope's 1988 visit.
    DirectorsCésar CharloneEnrique FernándezStarsCésar TroncosoVirginia MéndezMario Silva

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