The best movies about the Olympics
The top 3 according to 17 votes from people: Olympia (1938) · Tokyo Olympiad (1965) · Chariots of Fire (1981). (Updated Sep 9, 2025.)
From Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia to Chariots of Fire, Cool Runnings, Foxcatcher and I, Tonya: the Olympic films picked by IndieWire.
Automatically translated (original in Italiano). See the original
Top 11
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1
Olympia (1938)
Leni Riefenstahl.
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2
Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
Kon Ichikawa.
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3
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Hugh Hudson.
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4
I, Tonya (2017)
Craig Gillespie.
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5
Olympic Dreams (2019)
Jeremy Teicher.
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6
Downhill Racer (1969)
Michael Ritchie.
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7
Personal Best (1982)
Robert Towne.
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8
Cool Runnings (1993)
Jon Turteltaub.
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9
One Day in September (1999)
Kevin Macdonald.
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10
Foxcatcher (2014)
Bennett Miller.
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11
The Boys in the Boat (2023)
George Clooney.
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Comments (2)
Momenti di gloria, con quella musica di Vangelis... la scena della corsa sulla spiaggia la conoscono tutti.
Cool Runnings l'avrò visto venti volte da bambino, i giamaicani sul bob sono un mito