6 Best Olympic and Track and Field Movies

By Vlad Zakh · February 16, 2026

The Olympic spirit of dedication and glory makes for stirring underdog stories. Race has Jesse Owens defying Nazi propaganda in Berlin, Eddie the Eagle has an unlikely British ski jumper, and Without Limits has a distance runner clashing with his coach. I, Tonya, Personal Best and Chariots of Fire round out the six.

I, Tonya (2017)

TMDB ★ 7.5

Tonya Harding's rise and fall retold through unreliable, contradictory interviews.

Directed by Craig Gillespie · 2h 00m · Rated R

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Race (2016)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Jesse Owens travels to the 1936 Berlin Olympics and dismantles Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy in front of his own people.

Directed by Stephen Hopkins · 2h 14m · Rated PG-13

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Eddie the Eagle (2016)

TMDB ★ 7.3

A hopeless but determined ski jumper becomes Britain's first Olympic entrant in the event in decades.

Directed by Dexter Fletcher · 1h 46m · Rated PG-13

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Without Limits (1998)

TMDB ★ 7.0

A brilliant, headstrong distance runner's unconventional training methods challenge his relationship with his coach.

Directed by Robert Towne · 1h 57m

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Personal Best (1982)

TMDB ★ 6.1

Two rival track athletes' intense friendship and romance complicates their shared Olympic ambitions.

Directed by Robert Towne · 2h 04m · Rated R

Where to watch

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Chariots of Fire (1981)

TMDB ★ 7.2

Two British sprinters race for very different reasons at the 1924 Paris Olympics.

Directed by Hugh Hudson · 2h 03m · Rated PG

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Stream: Howdy Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Olympic and Track and Field Movies

I, Tonya (2017)

Race (2016)

Eddie the Eagle (2016)

Without Limits (1998)

Personal Best (1982)

Chariots of Fire (1981)

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