Track and field movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant track and field movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, captivating, serious, touching, feel good and inspirational films and TV shows about / with track and field, running, athlete, runner, ambition, athlete's life, olympics, coach, rivalry and athlete and trainer plots mostly in Sport, Drama and Biography genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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track and field movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as track and field: Race (2016), 4 Minute Mile (2014), McFarland, USA (2015), I Am Bolt (2016), Fast Girls (2012), The Long Run (2001), Prefontaine (1997), Four Minutes (2005), Without Limits (1998), The Ringer (2005).

List of track and field movies

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 7.1
 41K
Race (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, Germany, France, UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Based on the incredible true story of Jesse Owens, the legendary athletic superstar 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 ...
Style: inspirational, factual, political, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: racism, olympics, track and field, african american, nazi, racial prejudice, nazi germany, running, biopic, racial segregation, athlete, world war two ...
Time: year 1936, 1930s, year 1933, 20th century
Place: berlin germany, germany, usa, cleveland ohio, ohio
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4 Minute Mile (2014)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A teenager overcomes odds to run a 4-minute mile race.
Style: realistic, sentimental, sincere, uplifting, serious ...
Plot: track and field, single parent, running, training, high school, athlete and trainer, brother brother relationship, family problems, contests and competitions, haunted by the past, teenage life, death in the family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, seattle, washington d.c.
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 7.4
 42K
McFarland, USA (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A track coach in a small California town transforms a team of athletes into championship contenders.
Style: inspirational, touching, uplifting, feel good, exciting ...
Audience: teens, family outing, boys' night, kids
Plot: teacher, underdog, coach, track and field, high school, athlete and trainer, human spirit, mentor, teenager, school, competition, dedicated educator ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, palo alto california
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 7.1
 4K
I Am Bolt (2016)
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: inspirational, twisted
Plot: track and field, jamaican, game, real life, conference, black, black history, olympic athlete, race, runner, champion, athlete ...
Time: year 2016, year 2008, year 2015, 2000s, year 2002 ...
Place: jamaica, beijing china, rio de janeiro
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 6.2
 4K
Fast Girls (2012)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
Style: uplifting, feel good, exciting, touching, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick, teens
Plot: running, follow your dream, contests and competitions, society, sport team, lifestyle, friendship, athlete's life, ego clash, social differences, rivalry, athlete and trainer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
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 5.7
 380
The Long Run (2001)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: South Africa
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A failed track coach finally finds someone who he believes has what it takes to win. The Comrades Marathon is a 90-k race in South Africa. An aging running coach, Barry, wants to field a winner; he's working with four men from a factory, but ...
Style: uplifting, serious, touching, feel good, sincere ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: runner, interracial relations, obsession, running, ambition, human spirit, rivalry, contests and competitions, society, athlete and trainer, track and field, female athlete ...
Time: 90s
Place: south africa, africa
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 6.8
 8K
Prefontaine (1997)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: factual, talky, intense, serious, rough ...
Plot: olympics, runner, underdog, running, justice, athlete's life, human spirit, contests and competitions, american football, lifestyle, hopes, track and field ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 70s, 60s, year 1969 ...
Place: usa, seattle, oregon, finland, mexico city ...
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 6.8
 380
Four Minutes (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sir Roger Bannister's historic running of the sub-four-minute mile is celebrated in Four Minutes, an inspiring and respectably authentic TV movie about breaking the most famous barrier in the history of sports.
Plot: running, runner, track and field, cambridge university, male female relationship, twenty something, jazz, new year, boat, pianist, race, patient ...
Time: 1950s, 1940s, year 1954, year 1952, year 1947 ...
Place: helsinki finland, oxford university, mount everest
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Without Limits (1998)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The film follows the life of famous 1970s runner Steve Prefontaine from his youth days in Oregon to the University of Oregon where he worked with the legendary coach Bill Bowerman, later to Olympics in Munich and his early death at 24 in a car crash.
Style: inspirational, sincere, factual, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: olympics, running, runner, track and field, competition, athlete's life, hopes, contests and competitions, human spirit, ambition, rivalry, lifestyle ...
Time: year 1998, 70s, 20th century, year 1972, year 1970 ...
Place: usa, finland, helsinki finland, munich germany, oregon
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 5.8
 39K
The Ringer (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Pressured by a greedy uncle (Brian Cox) and a pile of debt, lovable loser Steve Barker (Knoxville) resorts to an unthinkable, contemptible, just-crazy-enough-to-work scheme. He pretends to be mentally challenged to rig the upcoming Special Olympics ...
Style: funny, humorous, light, hilarious, not serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: mentally challenged, rivalry, running, friendship, love and romance, lie, gambling, pretense, track and field, disability, down syndrome, mental disorder ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
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 7.3
 6K
Saint Ralph (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: This Canadian made comedy/drama, set in Hamilton, Ontario in 1954, is a sweet and - at times - goofy story that becomes increasingly poignant as the minutes tick by. It's the fictional tale of a wayward 9th grader, Ralph (Adam Butcher), who is ...
Style: emotional, sincere, sentimental, realistic, feel good ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: friendship, coming of age, adolescence, religion, fighting the system, running, human spirit, ambition, goodhearted, teachers and students, underdog, youth ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, year 2004, 20th century, year 1954
Place: ontario canada, ireland, europe, boston
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 7.3
 193
Hana Kimi (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 75 min.
TV show
Story: After watching a high jump competition on TV, Lu Rui Xi was so inspired by a jumper named Zuo Yi Quan that she decides to transfer to his school, which happened to be an all-boys school; therefore, she disguises herself as a boy to get accepted. At ...
Style: captivating, semi serious, psychological, disturbing, shoujo ...
Plot: cross dressing, track and field, athlete, secret, pretending to be someone else, relationships, pretense, athlete and trainer, school, friendship, dormitory, youth ...
Place: taiwan
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 5.7
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Billie (1965)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A 16-year-old tomboy and high school athlete becomes embroiled with the lives around her boyfriend whose conservative father is running for mayor.
Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: teens
Plot: track and field, tomboy, coming of age, in love, candidate, campaigning, fall in love, campaign, election, family relations, ambition, battle of the sexes ...
Time: 60s
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The Jesse Owens Story (1984)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 174 min.
Story: The Jesse Owens Story is a biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood plays the Olympic gold-winning athlete. The drama won a 1985 Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for two more.
Plot: olympics, african american, track and field, running, runner, racism, overcoming, conflict, freedom, motivation, black history, nazi germany ...
Time: 1930s
Place: cleveland ohio, berlin germany, chicago
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 5.9
 2K
Run the Race (2018)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Reeling from his mother’s death and his father’s abandonment, Zach, an All-State athlete, finds glory on the football field, working to earn a college scholarship and the brothers’ ticket out of town. When a devastating injury puts Zach—and ...
Style: christian film, psychological, sentimental, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: american football, christian, brother brother relationship, teenage boy, party, high school football, family bonds, friendship, coming of age, society, rivalry, riding in the back of a pickup truck ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, alabama, florida
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Erotic Campus: Rape Reception (1977)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 66 min.
Story: Ryu, a sinister transfer student with a dark past, sexually assaults his way through his nubile female classmates to his ultimate conquest, the leggy athletic champ and class president Misa. Tadao, a fellow classmate, is also in love with Misa and ...
Style: erotic, teen sex comedy, black comedy, dark comedy, pink cinema
Plot: serial rapist, high school, animal sex, japanese schoolgirl, erotica, teenage rape, serial rape, rape, zoophilia, pig, rapist, bestiality ...
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 6.6
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Pacemaker (2011)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Man-ho is a pacemaker for Korean national marathon team. His purpose is to stay ahead of others until the 30km mark. But he gradually grows a desire to run for the victory.
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating
Plot: marathon, athlete, track and field, runner, athletics, athlete's life, ambitious man, professional sports, direction and purpose, male protagonist, ambition, desire
Place: korea
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Queen of Walking (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A high school girl, Man-bok, who has to walk for four hours every day back and forth between home and her school due to the congenital motion sickness disorder, happens to begin her training as a speed walking athlete unexpectedly. Through the ...
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot: walking, female protagonist, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, track and field, schoolgirl, teenage girl, athlete, teenager, teenage life
Place: korea
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Road to Boston (2023)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A rousing tale of the Korean athletes who ran the 1947 Boston International Marathon, the first international marathon held since World War II.
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating, road movie, period piece ...
Plot: marathon, athlete, running, sport competition, professional rivalry, ambition, problem, competition, runner, track and field, japanese occupation of korea, gold ...
Time: 1940s, year 1947, 20th century, 1930s, year 1936
Place: korea
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Falling Into You (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: China
TV show
Story: Duan Yucheng is a high-spirited young man who loves high jump but is limited by his height, met his talent scout, the experienced athletics assistant Luo Na. In order to get more professional guidance and help, Duan Yucheng made every effort to ...
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot: competition, coach, life, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, social problems, follow your dream, track and field, athlete, following a dream, relationships, relationship problems ...
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The Loneliest Runner (1976)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: A teenage bedwetter overcomes the obstacles to be a champion runner.
Style: sad
Plot: running, track and field, olympics, motivation, runner, biopic, child abuse, humiliation, childhood trauma, marathon, athlete, loneliness ...
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 6.1
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Pumpkin (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: When perfect, perky Carolyn (Christina Ricci) and her Alpha Omega Pi sisters decide to coach mentally challenged athletes for the regional Challenged Games, Carolyn's assigned to coach Pumpkin (Hank Harris), a young disabled man who touches her ...
Style: humorous, sweet, romantic, witty, teen ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: college, friendship, physical disability, fall in love, couples, love and romance, social misfits, misfit, mentally challenged, women, love story, happy ending ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
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Run with the Wind (2018)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Kakeru, a former elite runner at high school, is chased for stealing food. He is saved by a Kansei University student Haiji, who is also a runner. Haiji persuades Kakeru to live in the old apartment "Chikuseisou" where he plans to team up ...
Style: anime, captivating, seinen, super sentai
Plot: marathon, running, rivalry, training, high school life, tournament, track and field, teamwork, school club, youth, human spirit, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
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Walk Don't Run (1966)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: British industrialist Sir William Rutland - "Bill" to his friends - is in Tokyo on a business trip during the time of the Summer Olympic Games there in 1964. Having actually arrived in Tokyo two days before his original planned arrival, he ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good, slapstick comedy
Audience: date night
Plot: olympics, screwball, matchmaking, music and dance, track and field, embassy, hotel room, love and romance, opposites attract, athlete's life, contests and competitions, couples ...
Time: 60s, year 1966, year 1964
Place: tokyo, asia, japan
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 6.2
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The Games (1970)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Four marathon runners (one from England, one from the U.S., a Czech and an Australian Aborigine) prepare to run in the Olympic games. The film follows each one and shows what their motivations are for running in the games.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, uplifting, rough
Plot: running, olympics, track and field, bookies, culture clash, destiny, love affair, athlete's life, rivalry, human spirit, athlete and trainer, hopes ...
Time: 60s
Place: rome italy, europe, italy, australia
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A Shining Season (1979)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The true story of University of New Mexico track star John Baker who, dying of cancer, spent his remaining time coaching a losing girls" track team to a winning season.
Plot: running, track and field, inspiration, terminal illness, struggle, coach, team, athlete, footprint
Place: new mexico
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Run for Your Life (1988)
Genre: Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Major Charles Forsythe (Carradine) is a Vietnam veteran U.S. Army officer stationed near Rome. He is a brutal, if effective, commander who was "fragged" by his own men in Vietnam. When he is denied promotion because of the number of men ...
Plot: track and field, running, revenge, u.s. army, marathon, coach, veteran, officer, miscarriage, abusive husband
Place: italy, vietnam, rome italy
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 4.3
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Pentathlon (1994)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When East German Eric Brogar (Dolph Lundgren) wins a gold medal in the pentathlon, he escapes to freedom in the west with the help of a beautiful American athlete. But his demanding coach, Heinrich Mueller (David Soul) vows revenge and Eric's ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, perverse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: olympics, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, vengeance, contests and competitions, power relations, human spirit, rivalry, betrayal, employer employee relationship, coach, die hard ...
Time: 70s, 80s
Place: europe, east germany, berlin germany, seoul, usa ...
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Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The true story of Olympic gold medalist Gail Devers (Charlayne Woodard) and her fight to combat Graves disease while becoming the fastest female sprinter in the world. From a setback in Seoul that nearly costs her the use of her feet to her ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, uplifting
Plot: running, olympics, track and field, radiation, disability, power relations, contests and competitions, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, human spirit, unfulfillment, hopes ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: seoul, barcelona
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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A rebellious youth, sentenced to a boy's reformatory for robbing a bakery, rises through the ranks of the institution through his prowess as a long distance runner. During his solitary runs, reveries of his life and times before his ...
Style: political, social, black and white, realistic, serious ...
Plot: prison, kitchen sink realism, runner, running, loser, juvenile delinquent, rebellion, working class, prison life, angry, social realism, coming of age ...
Time: year 1962, 60s, 20th century
Place: london, england
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