# The best movies about the Olympics

From Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia to Chariots of Fire, Cool Runnings, Foxcatcher and I, Tonya: the Olympic films picked by IndieWire.

- 17 votes · 11 items
- Sep 9, 2025 · I. Ferraro
- https://even.best/en/l/4798/the-best-movies-about-the-olympics

## Top 11

1. **Olympia (1938)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Leni Riefenstahl.
2. **Tokyo Olympiad (1965)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Kon Ichikawa.
3. **Chariots of Fire (1981)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Hugh Hudson.
4. **I, Tonya (2017)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Craig Gillespie.
5. **Olympic Dreams (2019)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Jeremy Teicher.
6. **Downhill Racer (1969)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Michael Ritchie.
7. **Personal Best (1982)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Robert Towne.
8. **Cool Runnings (1993)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Jon Turteltaub.
9. **One Day in September (1999)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Kevin Macdonald.
10. **Foxcatcher (2014)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Bennett Miller.
11. **The Boys in the Boat (2023)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — George Clooney.

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