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Most Inspiring Summer Olympics Movie?

by urbanemovies • Created 9 years ago • Modified 11 months ago
Which inspirational movie about world class athletes competing, qualifying or training for the Summer Olympics touches you the most?

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  • Brad Davis, Ben Cross, Yves Beneyton, Colin Bruce, Ian Charleson, Dennis Christopher, Patrick Doyle, Nicholas Farrell, Daniel Gerroll, Stephen Mallatratt, Alan Polonsky, Struan Rodger, Edward Wiley, Benny Young, and David John in Chariots of Fire (1981)

    1. Chariots of Fire

    19812h 5mPG78Metascore
    7.1 (69K)
    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.
    DirectorHugh HudsonStarsBen CrossIan CharlesonNicholas Farrell
  • Jack O'Connell in Unbroken (2014)

    2. Unbroken

    20142h 17mPG-1359Metascore
    7.2 (192K)
    After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he's caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
    DirectorAngelina JolieStarsJack O'ConnellMiyaviDomhnall Gleeson
  • Adnan Sarwar in Shah (2015)

    3. Shah

    20151h 49m
    8.1 (1.5K)
    SHAH is the biography of great boxer Syed Hussain Shah. This film covers the story of this Legend's journey from homeless child in the streets of Layari,Karachi to become Olympian for his country PAKISTAN.
    DirectorAdnan SarwarStarsAdnan SarwarGulab ChandioKiran Chaudhry
  • Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, and Channing Tatum in Foxcatcher (2014)

    4. Foxcatcher

    20142h 14mR81Metascore
    7.0 (153K)
    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.
    DirectorBennett MillerStarsSteve CarellChanning TatumMark Ruffalo
  • The Jericho Mile (1979)

    5. The Jericho Mile

    19791h 37mTV Movie
    7.1 (2.3K)
    A prisoner gets a chance to take part in the Olympics.
    DirectorMichael MannStarsPeter StraussRichard LawsonRoger E. Mosley
  • Stephan James in Race (2016)

    6. Race

    20162h 14mPG-1356Metascore
    7.1 (43K)
    Jesse Owens' quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.
    DirectorStephen HopkinsStarsStephan JamesJason SudeikisEli Goree
  • Jared Leto in Prefontaine (1997)

    7. Prefontaine

    19971h 46mPG-1355Metascore
    6.8 (7.9K)
    Based on the life of Olympic hopeful Steve Prefontaine, a long distance runner who lived in Oregon and died young.
    DirectorSteve JamesStarsJared LetoR. Lee ErmeyEd O'Neill
  • Vanessa Lengies, Missy Peregrym, Nikki SooHoo, and Maddy Curley in Stick It (2006)

    8. Stick It

    20061h 43mPG-1353Metascore
    6.4 (32K)
    After a run-in with the law, Haley is forced to return to the world from which she fled years ago. Enrolled in an elite gymnastics program run by the legendary Burt Vickerman, Haley's rebellious attitude slowly gives way to a team spirit.
    DirectorJessica BendingerStarsMissy PeregrymJeff BridgesVanessa Lengies
  • Fehér tenyér (2006)

    9. Fehér tenyér

    20061h 37mNot Rated72Metascore
    7.4 (1.9K)
    Having suffered as a boy under a brutal Communist-era coach, champion Hungarian gymnast Miklos moves to Canada years later in search of a new start - only to find himself unwittingly perpetuating the very same cycle of abuse among his own pupils.
    DirectorSzabolcs HajduStarsZoltán Miklós HajduKyle ShewfeltGheorghe Dinica
  • Melissa Rauch in The Bronze (2015)

    10. The Bronze

    20151h 40mR44Metascore
    6.1 (14K)
    A foul-mouthed former gymnastics bronze medalist with local celebrity status reluctantly trains a rising Olympics aspirant.
    DirectorBryan BuckleyStarsMelissa RauchGary ColeHaley Lu Richardson
  • Peaceful Warrior (2006)

    11. Peaceful Warrior

    20062hPG-1340Metascore
    7.2 (31K)
    Dan, a college student and a world-champion gymnast, is disturbed and wants to add some meaning to his life. A chance encounter leads him to discover an enlightened way ahead.
    DirectorVictor SalvaStarsScott MechlowiczNick NolteAmy Smart
  • Balls of Fury (2007)

    12. Balls of Fury

    20071h 30mPG-1338Metascore
    5.4 (46K)
    Down-and-out former professional ping-pong phenom, Randy Daytona, is sucked into a maelstrom when FBI Agent Ernie Rodriguez recruits him for a secret mission. Randy is determined to bounce back and win, and to smoke out his father's killer -- arch-fiend Feng.
    DirectorRobert Ben GarantStarsDan FoglerChristopher WalkenGeorge Lopez
  • Billy Crudup and Monica Potter in Without Limits (1998)

    13. Without Limits

    19981h 57mPG-1371Metascore
    7.2 (7.9K)
    The life of renowned runner Steve Prefontaine and his relationship with legendary coach Bill Bowerman.
    DirectorRobert TowneStarsBilly CrudupDonald SutherlandMonica Potter
  • Personal Best (1982)

    14. Personal Best

    19822h 8mR71Metascore
    6.3 (3.4K)
    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.
    DirectorRobert TowneStarsMariel HemingwayScott GlennPatrice Donnelly
  • Szabadság, szerelem (2006)

    15. Szabadság, szerelem

    20062h 3m
    6.9 (4.7K)
    At the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, the Hungarian water polo team faces off against the Russians in what will become known as one of the bloodiest matches in the sport's history.
    DirectorKrisztina GodaStarsKata DobóIván FenyöSándor Csányi
  • Before the Fall (2004)

    16. Before the Fall

    20041h 50m65Metascore
    7.4 (19K)
    Friedrich's boxing skills gets him in an elite Nazi high school in a castle in 1942. He enrolls against his dad's wish as it promises a brighter future. It's not what he expected.
    DirectorDennis GanselStarsMax RiemeltTom SchillingDevid Striesow
  • Burt Lancaster and Phyllis Thaxter in Jim Thorpe -- All-American (1951)

    17. Jim Thorpe -- All-American

    19511h 47mApproved
    6.9 (2.4K)
    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.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsBurt LancasterCharles BickfordSteve Cochran
  • Swimming Upstream (2003)

    18. Swimming Upstream

    20031h 54mPG-1358Metascore
    7.0 (3.6K)
    The inspirational life story of Australian swimmer Tony Fingleton.
    DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsGeoffrey RushJudy DavisJesse Spencer
  • Walk Don't Run (1966)

    19. Walk Don't Run

    19661h 54mApproved
    6.6 (4.9K)
    During the housing shortage of the Summer Olympic Games in 1964, two men and a woman share a small apartment in Tokyo, and the older man soon starts playing Cupid to the younger pair.
    DirectorCharles WaltersStarsCary GrantSamantha EggarJim Hutton
  • Fair Play (2014)

    20. Fair Play

    20141h 40m
    6.8 (1.2K)
    The 1980s in Czechoslovakia. The young talented sprinter Anna (Judit Bárdos) is selected for the national team and starts training to qualify for the Olympic Games. As a part of the preparation she is placed in a secret "medical programme" where she's getting doped with anabolic steroids. Her performance is getting better, but after she collapses at the training, she learns the truth about the drugs. Anna decides to continue in her training without the steroids even though her mother (Anna Geislerova) is worried that she won't be able to keep up with other athletes and might not qualify for the Olympics, which she sees as the only chance for her daughter to escape from behind the Iron Curtain. After Anna finishes the last in the indoor race, her mother informs the coach (Roman Luknar) that Anna is no longer using steroids. They decide to apply the steroids to Anna secretly, pretending it's nothing but doses of harmless vitamins.
    DirectorAndrea SedláckováStarsJudit PechácekAnna GeislerováRoman Luknár
  • Running Brave (1983)

    21. Running Brave

    19831h 46mPG
    6.7 (835)
    The story of Billy Mills, the American Indian who came from obscurity to win the 10,000-meter long-distance foot-race in the Tokyo Olympics in 1964.
    DirectorDonald ShebibStarsRobby BensonPat HingleClaudia Cron
  • Berlin '36 (2009)

    22. Berlin '36

    20091h 40m45Metascore
    6.3 (1K)
    In the days leading up to the 1936 Olympics, the fate of high jumper Gretel Bergmann hangs in the balance as it is decided whether or not a Jewish athlete can be a part of the German Olympic team.
    DirectorKaspar HeidelbachStarsKaroline HerfurthSebastian UrzendowskyAxel Prahl
  • Muhammad Ali in The Greatest (1977)

    23. The Greatest

    19771h 41mPG
    5.9 (1.7K)
    Muhammad Ali plays himself in a reconstruction of the events that brought him to fame.
    DirectorsTom GriesMonte HellmanStarsMuhammad AliErnest BorgnineJohn Marley
  • Tim McGraw, Ricky Schroder, Eddie Spears, and Julia Jones in Black Cloud (2004)

    24. Black Cloud

    20041h 37mPG-13
    5.7 (561)
    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.
    DirectorRicky SchroderStarsEddie SpearsRussell MeansJulia Jones
  • International Velvet (1978)

    25. International Velvet

    19782h 7mPG
    5.9 (1.7K)
    Velvet's orphaned niece Sarah follows her dream of Olympic glory with her horse Arizona Pie.
    DirectorBryan ForbesStarsTatum O'NealChristopher PlummerAnthony Hopkins

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