Topic: Olympic Games

Direction Ian Bonhôte · Peter Ettedgui

Cast Tatyana McFadden · Jonnie Peacock · Bebe Vio Beatrice · Jean Baptiste Alaize

Synopsis The history and current standing of the Paralympic Games, which has grown to become the world's third largest sporting event.

Direction Leni Riefenstahl

Synopsis Riefenstahl's film of the 11th Olympic Games which took place in Berlin from August 1st to August 16th, 1936, has won numerous awards and is widely considered by film critics to be the greatest sports documentary ever made, also often...

Direction Zak Levitt

Cast Michael Jordan · Charles Barkley · Larry Bird · Clyde Drexler

Synopsis 60-minute documentary about "The Dream Team". Branded as one of the greatest teams ever assembled in sports history, the 1992 USA Olympic basketball team celebrates their 20th anniversary by sharing their road to the gold.

Direction Joan Soler

Cast Manel Estiarte · Jesús Rollán · Micky Oca · Pedro García

Direction Danny Boyle

Cast Darius Alexander

Synopsis The world's best all-round sporting event returns in 2012, this time in London, and England's capital has a lot in store.

Direction Rakesh Omprakash Mehra

Cast Farhan Akhtar · Sonam Kapoor · Rebecca Breeds · Pavan Malhotra

Synopsis 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. He...

Direction Clint Eastwood

Cast Paul Walter Hauser · Sam Rockwell · Kathy Bates · Jon Hamm

Synopsis Richard Jewell was an American police officer and security guard. While working as a security guard for AT&T, he became known in connection with the Centennial Olympic Park bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Discovering a backpack filled...

Direction Steven Spielberg

Cast Eric Bana · Daniel Craig · Ciarán Hinds · Mathieu Kassovitz

Synopsis Munich (2005) follows a gripping tale of vengeance and moral conflict in the aftermath of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre. A young Israeli agent is recruited to lead a secret mission targeting those responsible for the tragic event. As he...

Direction Zhang Yimou

Cast Jan Peter Balkenende · Barbara Bush · George W. Bush · George Bush

Synopsis Coverage of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.

Direction Hugh Hudson

Cast Ben Cross · Ian Charleson · Nigel Havers · Cheryl Campbell

Synopsis Chariots of Fire (1981) tells the inspiring story of two British athletes, Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell, as they prepare for the 1924 Olympics. Abrahams, a Jewish sprinter, faces societal prejudice and strives to prove himself through sheer determination. Liddell,...

Direction Sebastian Dehnhardt · Uli Weidenbach · Manfred Oldenburg

Direction Kevin Macdonald

Synopsis The 1972 Munich Olympics were interrupted by Palestinian terrorists taking Israeli athletes hostage. Besides footage taken at the time, we see interviews with the surviving terrorist, Jamal Al Gashey, and various officials detailing exactly how the police, lacking an anti-terrorist...

Direction Chris Marker

Synopsis The 1964 Olympic games in Japan are seen through the eyes of the beautiful Muroaka Koumiko in this documentary from Chris Marker. She gives her opinions of life, love, men, and Japanese culture in her responses to an unseen interviewer.

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Abebe Bikila

Synopsis Ichikawa's cameras follow the 1964 Summer Olympics from opening to closing ceremonies. Sometimes he focuses on spectators, as athletes pass in a blur; sometimes he isolates a competitor; other times, it's a closeup of muscles as a hammer is thrown...

Direction Nick Park · Lee Wilton · Richard Starzak

Synopsis TV Series (2012). 21 Episodes. Twenty-one minute long sports-themed shorts made to coincide with the London 2012 Olympics celebrations.

Direction Jimmy Wan

Cast Louis Cheung · Chin Siu-Ho · Chung-Hang Leung · Lo Hoi-Pang

Synopsis This film is based on the story of So Wa Wai, the medal-winning Paralympic athlete. It teaches audiences that even people who “lose on the starting line” can achieve victory as long as they persist.

Direction Frank Cassenti

Direction Alberto Isaac

Synopsis Documentary about the Olympic Games in Mexico City.

Direction Sally El Hosaini

Cast Manal Issa · Nathalie Issa · Matthias Schweighöfer · Ali Suliman

Synopsis A story of the miraculous journey made by swimming sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini who fled as refugees from war-torn Syria all the way to the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Direction Miquel Galofré

Cast Usain Bolt