# The best movies about cycling

The Tour de France, hour records, New York couriers and stolen bikes: the best cycling films, according to Comme un vélo, La Bicycle and France Vélo Tourisme.

- 23 votes · 13 items
- Jul 18, 2022 · C. Favre
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## Top 10

1. **Jour de fête (1949)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — François the postman goes American-style, by Jacques Tati.
2. **The Flying Scotsman (2006)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Graeme Obree and his bike built from washing-machine parts.
3. **The Kid with a Bike (2011)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A boy, his bike and a hairdresser, by the Dardenne brothers.
4. **La Grande Boucle (2013)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A fan who rides the Tour de France a day ahead of the pros.
5. **The Cyclist (1987)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — An Afghan refugee who cycles seven days non-stop, by Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
6. **The Program (2015)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Lance Armstrong's rise and fall.
7. **Breaking Away (1979)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Four Indiana youths and a college race.
8. **The Triplets of Belleville (2003)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A grandmother rescues her grandson, kidnapped during the Tour.
9. **A Sunday in Hell (1976)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The 1976 Paris–Roubaix filmed by Jørgen Leth.
10. **Bicycle Thieves (1948)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — An unemployed Roman searches for his stolen bike, by Vittorio De Sica.
11. **Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle (2001)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — A mediocre Belgian racer of the 70s, with Benoît Poelvoorde.
12. **Premium Rush (2012)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — A bike messenger chased through Manhattan.
13. **Wadjda (2012)** (-2 · ▲0 ▼2) — A Saudi girl who dreams of a bicycle.

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