Olympic athlete movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant olympic athlete movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, serious, inspirational, uplifting and psychological films and TV shows about / with olympic athlete, olympics, athlete's life, athlete, coach, rivalry, ambition, training, competition and bare chested male plots mostly in Drama, Sport and Biography genres shot in USA, France, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as olympic athlete: Berlin '36 (2009), Swimming Upstream (2003), Nadia, Butterfly (2020), Sonja: The White Swan (2018), A Patriotic Man (2013), Flip Turn (2022), The Final Game (2022), The Flight to Victory (2017), Personal Best (1982), Dawn! (1979).

List of olympic athlete movies

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Berlin '36 (2009)
Genre: Drama, History, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: uplifting, disturbing, serious, realistic, period drama
Plot: olympics, athlete's life, friendship, against the odds, racism, society, contests and competitions, politics, world war two, underdog, shoah, judaism ...
Time: 20th century, year 1936, 1930s
Place: germany, berlin germany
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Swimming Upstream (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A young man aspiring for recognition of his talents battles against his estranged father's sentiment towards him as the father deals with his own demons.
Style: uplifting, sincere, sentimental, touching, realistic ...
Plot: swimming, human spirit, dysfunctional family, olympics, domestic violence, athlete's life, follow your dream, ambition, lifestyle, rivalry, self discovery, contests and competitions ...
Time: 60s, year 2003, 1950s, 20th century
Place: australia, melbourne, harvard university, sydney australia
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Nadia, Butterfly (2020)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story: While young and in her prime, Nadia decides to retire from pro swimming after the Olympic Games; to escape a rigid life of sacrifice. After her very last race, Nadia drifts into nights of excess punctuated by episodes of self-doubt. But even this ...
Style: captivating, psychological
Plot: swimmer, olympic athlete, athlete's life, female protagonist, moral dilemma, changing lives, introspection, self discovery, life is a bitch, lifestyle change, professional sports, male nudity ...
Place: canada
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The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Based on her book, this World Premiere film follows Simone Biles through the sacrifices and hard work that led her to win 19 Olympic and World Championship medals.
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, semi autobiographical, teen
Plot: gymnastics, female athlete, gymnast, olympic athlete, aspiration, rise to the top, athlete's life, athlete, coping, direction and purpose, champion, ambitious woman ...
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Sonja: The White Swan (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Norway
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The true story of Sonja Henie, one of the world's greatest athletes and the inventor of modern figure skating, who decides to go to Hollywood in 1936 to become a movie star.
Style: disturbing, artsy, emotional, tragic
Plot: ice skater, power struggle, price of fame, performer's life, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, tragic love, family relations, rise and fall, backstage, strong female character, frustration ...
Time: year 1936, 1930s, pre world war two
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A Patriotic Man (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Finland, Croatia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Every nation gets the heroes it deserves. A man with a special blood type is used as a device for human doping athletes skiing national team.
Style: tense, contemplative, humorous, unusual plot structure, patriotic
Plot: patriotism, athlete, olympics, conspiracy, doping, coach, olympic gold medalist, skiing, doctor, morals, winter olympics, olympic athlete ...
Time: 80s
Place: soviet union, finland
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Vancouver 2010: XXI Olympic Winter Games (2010)
Genre: Family, Sport
Country: USA
TV show
Story: No overview found.
Style: captivating, entertaining, non fiction
Plot: winter olympics, olympics, competitor, female athlete, snow, skiing, professional sports, olympic athlete, sporting event, olympian, rivalry, champion ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s
Place: vancouver, canada
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 9.4
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Flip Turn (2022)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An autistic high school boy emulates the swim style of his Olympic gold medalist grandfather to become a swimming champion himself.
Style: captivating, dramatic, inspirational, exciting, serious ...
Plot: swimming, boy, autism, championship, champion, athlete's life, professional sports, grandfather, world champion, world championship, olympic athlete, grandfather grandson relationship ...
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The Final Game (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Spain, Andorra
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A few months before the ’92 Barcelona Olympic Games, it looks like the Spanish water polo team will hardly make a splash during their home field Olympics. The national team is a battleground under attack on two fronts: the harsh techniques of ...
Style: thrilling, captivating
Plot: olympics, athlete, team, coach, competition, sport team, athlete and trainer, direction and purpose, championship, ambitious, aspiration, swimming ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
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The Flight to Victory (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
TV show
Story: Victoria is a free spirited girl from a humble background and an aspirant Sprinter. She was abandoned by her biological mother when she was a child. A woman named Chencha took her in and treated her as her own daughter. Victoria dreams to become a ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, telenovela
Plot: love triangle, love affair, ambitious woman, aspiration, romantic rivalry, male female relationship, romantic triangle, athlete's life, runner, coping, romantic relationship, foster child ...
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Pocket Hercules: Naim Suleymanoglu (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Turkey
Duration: 141 min.
Story: From defecting to the Olympics, an underdog weightlifter powers through adversity to raise up his community in this biopic of Naim Süleymanoğlu.
Style: captivating, thought provoking, psychological, inspirational, iconic
Plot: weightlifting, migration, olympics, real life, assimilation, tournament, athlete, muslim, communism, rivalry, athlete's life, contests and competitions ...
Time: 80s, year 1996, year 1992, year 1988, 90s
Place: atlanta georgia, barcelona, bulgaria, seoul, balkan ...
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Personal Best (1982)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: This film chronicles the relationship of two female world-class athletes. Mariel Hemingway and real-life Olympian pentathlete Patrice Donnelly play runners who train together, compete against each other and eventually become lovers. Scott Glenn ...
Style: sexual, erotic, uplifting, tense, touching ...
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, nudity, running, lesbian relationship, lgbtq, track and field, gay, olympics, female nudity, female athlete, sexuality ...
Time: 80s, year 1982, 70s, 20th century, year 1976 ...
Place: oregon
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Dawn! (1979)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Dawn! is a 1979 Australian sports biopic about the three-time Olympic gold medallist swimmer Dawn Fraser.
Style: independent film
Plot: olympics, swimming, gender, olympic athlete, swimmer, biopic, husband wife relationship, swimming pool, beach, marriage, hotel, champion ...
Place: japan, australia, tokyo, melbourne
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Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story (1997)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Breaking the Surface is about the tough times Greg Louganis had on his way to becoming one of the world's top Olympic divers. Some topics discussed were Greg's childhood problems, his homosexuality, and him contracting the HIV virus.
Style: uplifting, captivating, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: gay, hiv, aids, lgbt, lgbtq, biopic, olympics, olympic athlete, swimming, motivation, glbt, diving ...
Time: 70s, 90s, year 1984, year 1988, 80s
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 6.1
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Stadium Nuts (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Les Charlots, a French rock group, continue their adventures, in the manner of the Beatles in Hard Day's Night. This is their second adventure. The foursome are on holiday, camping outside a village. The Olympic flame is going to pass through ...
Plot: camping, race, village, cycling, olympic athlete, olympics, bicycle, father daughter relationship, athlete, romantic rivalry, wedding dress, runner ...
Place: paris france, south of france, provence
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 5.8
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See for Me (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When blind former skier Sophie cat-sits in a secluded mansion, three thieves invade for the hidden safe. Sophie's only defense is army veteran Kelly, who she meets on the See For Me app. Kelly helps Sophie defend herself against the invaders ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Plot: home invasion, blind woman, mansion, female protagonist, blindness, threat, privacy invasion, fighting crime, breaking and entering, blind character, invasion, protector ...
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Dive (2022)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Argentina, Mexico, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Mariel is a veteran elite diver who has one last chance at the Olympic Games. However, when a terrible truth comes to light, Mariel faces her biggest personal question: Is winning her true dream?
Style: dramatic, exciting, serious, harsh, suspenseful
Plot: female athlete, diving, olympics, athlete, athlete's life, professional sports, sports man, relationships, water, olympic athlete, swimming, diver ...
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 7.6
 17K
Spinning Out (2020)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: Kat Baker is an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who is about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with a talented bad-boy partner, she risks exposing a fiercely ...
Style: inspirational, uplifting, psychological, suspense
Plot: figure skating, skating, mental health, mental illness, human spirit, enemies to lovers, athlete, love, mother daughter relationship, true love, family problems, couple relations ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa
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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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 7.2
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Unbroken (2014)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport, War
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 137 min.
Story: A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.
Style: motivational, uplifting, inspirational, epic, dramatic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: world war two, war, survival, torture, biopic, soldier, human spirit, prison, olympics, prisoners of war, lone hero, hopes ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 2014, 2010s, 1930s ...
Place: japan, asia, pacific ocean, germany, berlin germany
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The Bronze (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In 2004, Hope Ann Greggory became an American hero after winning the bronze medal for the women's gymnastics team. Today, she's still living in her small hometown, washed-up and embittered. Stuck in the past, Hope must reassess her life ...
Style: semi serious, absurd, light, funny, colorful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: gymnastics, sex scene, olympics, rise and fall, training, rivalry, ambition, rudeness, female protagonist, toilet humor, sexual humor, women in sport ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, ohio
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White Palms (2006)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Hungary
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Having suffered as a boy under a brutal Communist-era coach, champion Hungarian gymnast Miklos moves to Canada years later in search of a new start - only to find himself unwittingly perpetuating the very same cycle of abuse among his own pupils.
Style: realistic, serious, uplifting, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot: gymnastics, athlete's life, self discovery, human spirit, haunted by the past, athlete and trainer, lifestyle, ambition, traumatic childhood, olympics, teacher, cold war ...
Time: 80s, 2000s
Place: hungary, canada, eastern europe, europe
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Chariots of Fire (1981)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story: The true story of British athletes preparing for and competing in the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Style: inspirational, period piece, christian film, historical drama, costume drama ...
Audience: family outing, date night, teens, kids
Plot: christian, olympics, running, faith, prejudice, athlete, integrity, missionary, runner, religion, racing, catholic ...
Time: 1920s, 1910s, 20th century, post world war one, year 1978 ...
Place: scotland, england, israel, paris france, france ...
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Forever the Moment (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A look at the Korean women's handball team and their journey to the 2004 Summer Olympics. Their path was far from flowery, and they must overcome many obstacles before they can head over to compete.
Style: captivating
Plot: handball, coach, team, female protagonist, direction and purpose, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, sport team, friends, friendship, longing, teamwork ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s
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 6.2
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Deadfall (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A thriller that follows two siblings who decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist, and their unlikely reunion during another family's Thanksgiving celebration.
Style: suspense, neo noir, exciting, serious, grindhouse ...
Plot: robbery, incestuous relationship, snow, redemption, partner, on the run, homecoming, survival, car chase, violence, twists and turns, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, michigan, detroit
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Muriel's Wedding (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Muriel’s Wedding is P.J. Hogan’s film debut. A humorous emancipation story of an unemployed woman who evolves from a dreamer into a self sustaining successful woman. An amusing comedy that’s funny, silly, angry and serious.
Style: light, funny, humorous, melancholic, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: wedding, friendship, dysfunctional family, female protagonist, dignity, women, small town, coming of age, leaving home, parenthood, happy ending, honest ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1994
Place: australia, sydney australia, bali, ethiopia
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Perfect (1985)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A female aerobics instructor meets a male reporter doing a story on health clubs, but it isn't love at first sight. This film contains one of the greatest scenes of the '80s, an across the room sexual dance-off between the two main ...
Style: cult classic, sexy, retro, sex comedy, romantic drama ...
Audience: date night
Plot: aerobics, fitness, dancing, journalism, gym, courtroom, happy ending, stoned, workout, couples, uncover truth, fall in love ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 70s
Place: morocco
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 7.0
 149K
Foxcatcher (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.
Style: thought provoking, psychological, bleak, stylized, disturbing ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: mental illness, murder, wrestling, olympics, eccentricity, ambition, biopic, character study, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, wrestler, domination ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 2014, 2010s, year 1988 ...
Place: usa, pennsylvania, seoul, phoenix arizona
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 8.4
 2K
Traffik (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 315 min.
TV show
Story: Traffik is a 1989 British television serial about the illegal drugs trade. Its three stories are interwoven, with arcs told from the perspectives of Afghan and Pakistani growers and manufacturers, German dealers, and British users. It was nominated ...
Style: serious, tense, thought provoking, disturbing, rough ...
Plot: drug dealer, heroin, drug abuse, fighting the system, police corruption, smuggling, politics, organized crime, drug addict, rules and policies, price of justice, life is a bitch ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: europe, england, germany, london, pakistan ...
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 7.0
 113K
Cool Runnings (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican Bobsled Team.
Style: feel good, inspirational, funny, hilarious, humorous ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: underdog, reggae, snow, childhood, olympics, winter, kids and family, heartwarming, racing, transformation, african american, winter olympics ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1988, year 1987
Place: canada, caribbean, antarctic, jamaica
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