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77
8.2
/78071/
75
/594/
74
/272/
3.7
/13859/
75
/20/
84
/134/

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)
The true story of the "Flying Sikh" world champion runner and Olympian Milkha Singh who overcame the massacre of his family, civil war during the India-Pakistan partition, and homelessness to become one of India's most iconic athletes.
poster
77
7.1
/70429/
69
/1519/
68
/999/
3.4
/44458/
84
/114/
80
/1663/
78
/19/
cc age 11+

Chariots of Fire (1981)
In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
7.4
/17518/
75
/874/
77
/721/
3.5
/36683/
81
/53/

Boys (2014)
Two teen track stars discover first love as they train for the biggest relay race of their young lives.
poster
74
7.2
/7980/
74
/157/
65
/79/
3.6
/2915/
79
/39/
91
/452/
71
/22/

Without Limits (1998)
The life of renowned runner Steve Prefontaine and his relationship with legendary coach Bill Bowerman.
poster
74
6.9
/72160/
71
/2136/
67
/1100/
3.6
/109690/
86
/189/
74
/5049/
68
/32/
cc age 14+

Whip It (2009)
In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.
poster
Disney Plus
71
6.8
/7353/
73
/280/
67
/151/
3.3
/4249/
82
/11/
71
/198/
71
/5/
cc age 6+

Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.
poster
Hoopla
76
68
7.5
/9939/
74
/159/
72
/159/
3.9
/10212/
73
/22/
85
/146/

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
A rebellious youth, sentenced to a boy’s reformatory for robbing a bakery, rises through the ranks of the institution by impressing its Governor through his prowess as a long distance runner. He is encouraged to compete in an upcoming race, but faces ridicule from his peers.
poster
68
6.3
/3485/
66
/79/
58
/47/
3.3
/4356/
74
/34/
53
/51/
71
/13/

Personal Best (1982)
Young sprinter Chris Cahill is having difficulty reaching her potential as an athlete, until she meets established track star Tory Skinner. As Tory and her coach help Chris with her training, the two women form friendship that evolves into a romantic relationship. Their intimacy, however, becomes complicated when Chris' improvement causes them to be competitors for the Olympic team.
poster
Netflix
68
7.1
/43616/
77
/3538/
72
/1595/
3.3
/29671/
64
/158/
77
/403/
56
/35/
cc age 12+

Race (2016)
Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose 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.
poster
Hoopla
66
6.8
/7942/
70
/165/
65
/86/
3.2
/3293/
54
/35/
78
/301/
55
/15/
cc age 13+

Prefontaine (1997)
It's the true-life story of legendary track star Steve Prefontaine, the exciting and sometimes controversial "James Dean of Track," whose spirit captured the heart of the nation! Cocky, charismatic, and tough, "Pre" was a running rebel who defied rules, pushed limits ... and smashed records ...
poster
Netflix
66
7.2
/197481/
73
/6751/
74
/4300/
3.6
/181078/
53
/230/
70
/2569/
59
/48/
cc age 14+

Unbroken (2014)
A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
65
6.9
/5810/
65
/125/
67
/125/
3.4
/8765/
92
/24/
72
/92/

College (1927)
A bookish college student dismissive of athletics is compelled to try out sports to win the affection of the girl he loves.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
63
6.7
/858/
65
/11/
37
/10/
3.3
/238/
84
/35/

Running Brave (1983)
The story of Billy Mills the American Indian that came from obscurity, to win the 10,000 meter long distance foot race in the Tokyo Olympics.
poster
71
62
7.1
/4065/
76
/392/
70
/110/
3.4
/1393/
86
/14/
62
/14/
64
/4/
cc age 10+

I Am Bolt (2016)
Fully authorized, access-all-areas feature doc on the hugely charismatic and globally adored Usain Bolt – officially the fastest man alive. With never-before-seen archive footage of his youth in Jamaica, through to original footage that will be captured at his fourth and final Olympic Games in Rio, where he will compete for the gold in both the 100 and 200 metres races, for a third straight Games before his retirement in 2017. I AM BOLT will reveal the man and define the legacy of this incredible athlete.
poster
The Roku Channel
65
58
6.2
/4013/
66
/174/
61
/109/
3.0
/2148/
83
/23/
58
/83/

Fast Girls (2012)
A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
poster
Hoopla
51
6.2
/3237/
63
/160/
59
/85/
3.0
/979/
23
/13/
44
/34/
48
/6/
cc age 14+

4 Minute Mile (2014)
A teenager overcomes odds to run a 4-minute mile race.
poster
Netflix
69
36
6.7
/1304/
70
/44/
71
/45/
3.2
/2057/
75
/7/
cc age 10+

Zero to Hero (2021)
Biopic tribute to So Wa Wai, Hong Kong's first Paralympic athlete to win gold. Even if you start at a disadvantage, you can still be first across the finish line.
poster
Hulu
70
34
6.4
/320/
65
/24/
63
/11/
3.6
/527/
100
/41/
53
/7/
77
/8/
cc age 13+

Changing the Game (2019)
Transgender high school athletes from across the country compete at the top of their fields, while also challenging the boundaries and perceptions of fairness and discrimination.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
45
31
5.2
/2584/
63
/81/
54
/67/
2.8
/584/
17
/12/
54
/57/
24
/8/
cc age 12+

A Warrior's Heart (2011)
Unable to cope with his military father's sudden death in combat, quick-tempered teen, Conor, starts getting into serious trouble. During an intense lacrosse camp, his father's old friend challenges Conor to get his life on track and become a man.
poster
Hoopla
57
28
6.2
/1066/
60
/24/
59
/29/
3.3
/879/
50
/6/
50
/8/

Sarah Prefers to Run (2013)
When Sarah has a chance to go to a first class university and to join its premiere athletic club, her suburban mother is fearful of the change and refuses to help financially. But Sarah's roommate knows that they will get a grant if they marry. Sarah agrees but only to discover that her true heart lies elsewhere. Sarah prefers to run.
poster
54
27
6.4
/1030/
58
/31/
55
/38/
3.3
/340/
43
/7/
49
/7/
45
/6/

Berlin '36 (2009)
Berlin 36 is a 2009 German film telling the fate of Jewish athlete Gretel Bergmann in the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was replaced by the Nazi regime by an athlete later discovered to be a man. The film is based on a true story and was released in Germany on September 10, 2009. Reporters at Der Spiegel challenged the historical basis for many of the events in the film, pointing to arrest records and medical examinations indicating German authorities did not learn Dora Ratjen was male until 1938.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
26
7.2
/801/
73
/71/
62
/19/
3.4
/874/

Zátopek (2021)
Autumn 1968, the Australian running record holder Ron Clarke is coming to Prague, hoping that his old friend and role model, Emil Zátopek, the most famous Czech athlete of all time, will help him overcome the biggest crisis of his career.
poster
78
22
7.5
/881/
75
/60/
78
/17/
3.7
/765/
89
/2/

Kipchoge: The Last Milestone (2021)
Kipchoge: The Last Milestone follows record-breaking marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge's journey to becoming the first person in history to run a marathon in under two hours.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
64
22
6.8
/1192/
67
/58/
61
/30/
3.4
/650/
59
/2/

Fair Play (2014)
In the 1980s, Anna, a Czech sprinter, starts training for the Olympics. After she collapses during training, she learns she is being given steroids and decides to stop using them until her mother helps the coaches give them to her.
poster
57
15
6.2
/342/
65
/13/
63
/7/
40
/216/

Wilma (1977)
The story of American track sprinter Wilma Rudolph, who overcame physical handicaps to win three gold medals in the 1960 Olympics.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
10
7.1
/483/
75
/31/
81
/5/
3.0
/342/
cc age 10+

Raising the Bar: The Alma Richards Story (2025)
In 1908, eighth grader Alma Richards quits school to work as a ranch hand. A chance meeting with a professor motivates him to resume his education, leading him to compete in high jump at the Stockholm Olympics and win a gold medal.
poster
55
10
5.1
/986/
58
/9/
47
/10/
3.2
/277/

Uuno Turhapuro herra Helsingin herra (1991)
Uuno is working as campaign manager of a president candidate but accidentally Uuno himself becomes the president of Finland.
poster
Kanopy
43
10
5.0
/507/
56
/23/
53
/18/
14
/3/

Oscar Pistorius: Blade Runner Killer (2017)
The true story of the rise and fall of sprint runner Oscar Pistorius, dubbed the “Blade Runner,” the first double-leg amputee to participate in the Olympics. From his Olympic fame, to the shooting that killed his girlfriend, Reeva, to the courtroom trials that followed.
poster
45
6
6.1
/272/
46
/6/
58
/4/
17
/29/

Racing for Time (2008)
Cleveland 'Stack' Stackhouse is a guard with the Texas Correctional Youth Authority who witnesses the cycle of destructive choices and racial tensions among female teen offenders and decides to do something about it. He gathers African-American, Latina and Caucasian teens, and organizes a multi-racial track team behind the bars of the prison. Participation in Stack's track team not only breaks down the racial divides between the girls, but puts them on a path to turn their lives around.
poster
?
7.7
/551/

The Heart of Mother Gongadze (2017)
Lesya Gongadze's unique lifetime film confession about the most intimate and inspiring moments of her life and her two sons, filmed in Ukraine, Georgia, Estonia, and France with music by composer Volodymyr Hronskyi. Lesya Gongadze's life story will take you to Georgia, Estonia, and France, revealing her prophetic words. You will learn from her about her family, Georgiy's incredible adventures, meet his grandmother, see places dear to their hearts, and discover the love story of this legendary woman.
poster
?
7.4
/24/

Personal Best (2012)
Filmed over four years, a portrait of up-and-coming British sprinters in training and competition on the eve of the 2012 Olympics, and a deeply personal account of their lives as they strive towards their dreams.
poster
?
7.6
/27/

Black Power Salute (2008)
A film about one of the most iconic images of the 20th century, the moment when the radical spirit of the 1960s upstaged the greatest sporting event in the world. Two men made a courageous gesture that reverberated around the world, and changed their lives forever. This film is about Tommie Smith and John Carlos' protest at the 1968 Olympics.
poster
76
?
7.8
/110/
73
/8/
77
/6/

Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story (1995)
Pre embodied the spirit of athletic excellence. He had a belief in self and sport that transcended all but the outer reaches of human speed and endurance. As a freshman, he appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, which hailed him as "America's Distance Prodigy". By the time he died in a tragic auto accident at the age of 24, Pre held all 7 American records between 2,000 and 10,000 meters. Off the track, he fought relentlessly for the rights of amateur athletes to prosper for their sacrifices. Narrated by Ken Kesey, Fire On the Track is the story of this young lion's life, as told through rare footage and the memories of those who knew him best - his teammates, coaches, family and friends. Interviews include David Bedford, Frank Shorter, Ian Stewart, Bill Bowerman, Jeff Galloway, Dick Buerkle, Lasse Viren, Dana Carvey, Mac Wilkins, Kenny Moore, Dave Wottle, Alberto Salazar, and many more.
poster
?
7.7
/35/
70
/1/

Dame Valerie Adams: More Than Gold (2022)
Olympic Champion, Kiwi Icon, Tongan Leader, Orphan, Mother...winning was just part of the journey.
poster
?
6.5
/50/
58
/4/

Accidental Meeting (1936)
A supposedly ordinary woman’s personal triumph and tragedy is explored in Igor Savchenko’s 1936 Sluchainaya Vstrecha (Accidental Meeting). Irina – the best shock worker in a provincial children’s factory – develops a relationship with the newly arrived and charming physical culture instructor named Grisha. Soon we learn that Irina is pregnant. Disappointed and angry on hearing her news, Grisha asks her about what will now happen to all their dreams.
poster
58
?
6.9
/156/
50
/3/
58
/10/

Sport, Sport, Sport (1970)
A half-fiction half-documentary story about sport and it's importance in everyday life.
poster
47
?
7.1
/260/
10
/2/
60
/1/

SBK The-Movie (2014)
A film 35 years in the making. One man's journey to become a legend of the Boardwalk by claiming the title of World Champion in the fast paced sport of professional Skeeball.
poster
63
?
6.5
/179/
63
/12/
62
/3/

Nike's Big Bet (2021)
On October 1, 2019 Alberto Salazar, perhaps the greatest track coach on Earth, was suspended for doping violations. Did he do it? Or is Salazar being victimized for his obsessive methods of pushing athletes to their absolute limits.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
?
7.3
/188/
71
/6/
70
/5/
100
/8/
50
/2/
73
/6/

Olympic Pride, American Prejudice (2016)
In 1936, 18 African American athletes dubbed the "black auxiliary" by Hitler defied Nazi Aryan Supremacy and Jim Crow Racism to win hearts and medals at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin. The world remembers Jesse Owens. But, Olympic Pride American Prejudice shows how all 18 are a seminal precursor to the modern Civil Rights Movement.
poster
?
10
/1/

The Winning Strain (1966)
A 1966 short documentary showing athletes in action at the 1966 National Amateur Athletic Union track carnival in New York. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
poster
fuboTV
64
?
7.3
/111/
56
/3/

Hell On Wheels (2007)
In 2001 a rowdy group of Austin women were determined to ressurect an old sport, but with a new spin. This is the beginning of a revolution: HELL ON WHEELS is the ass-kicking documentary film telling the story of a group of Texas women who band together to resurrect roller derby for the 21st century. Emerging from the Austin music and arts scene, these women create a rock and roll fueled version of all-girl roller derby that has spawned the derby craze that's sweeping the nation.
poster
?
6.4
/97/
72
/8/
67
/3/

The Fastest Man Who Has Ever Lived (2010)
Usain Bolt is the fastest man on the planet and a sportsman like no other. But what makes him so much faster than any other man in the history of the human race? Who better to investigate than athletics legend Michael Johnson, the man Bolt has dethroned as the world's fastest human ever.
poster
57
?
7.2
/344/
52
/4/
55
/4/

Babe (1977)
This is the life story of Babe Didrikson Zaharias, one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century, from her early Texas tomboy days to her Gold Medal triumphs at the 1932 Olympics, her remarkable career as a champion golfer, her fulfilling marriage to wrestler George Zaharias, and the final battle with the only thing tougher than she was.
poster
50
?
6.0
/105/
43
/3/

Finish Line (1989)
In order to get better results, a young athlete starts using steroids and begins his downfall.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
62
?
6.7
/142/
60
/1/
60
/1/

Perfect Feet (2019)
A feature length documentary film about one man's journey to find the perfect set of feet
poster
?
6.5
/53/
60
/1/

The One Man Olympics (2008)
The story of Liu Changchun, China's first Olympic athlete, and his journey from Japanese occupied China to the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games. One man representing 400 million people.
poster
42
?
3.5
/178/
42
/7/
41
/5/
54
/1/

Reverse Runner (2013)
A teenager pursues his childhood dream of becoming the best at reverse running.
poster
?
5.8
/109/
72
/4/

The Track Meet (2010)
A runner attempts to woo a woman he sees at the track with the perfect pair of shoes.


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