6 Best Parkour and Free-Running Movies

By Vlad Zakh · June 2, 2026

Parkour makes for gravity-defying chase scenes. Brick Mansions and District 13: Ultimatum have undercover cops and vigilantes racing across rooftops, Casino Royale opens with a bomb-maker chase through a construction site, and District B13 and Yamakasi are the originals. Extreme Ops adds extreme sports to the mix.

Brick Mansions (2014)

TMDB ★ 5.8

An undercover cop teams up with a vigilante to stop a crime lord detonating a bomb that would destroy a neighbourhood.

Directed by Camille Delamarre · 1h 30m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Philo, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz, Starz Apple TV channel, Starz Roku Premium Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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District 13: Ultimatum (2009)

TMDB ★ 6.6

A local hero and an undercover cop unite to stop a corrupt government scheme to level their neighbourhood.

Directed by Patrick Alessandrin · 1h 41m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Casino Royale (2006)

IMDb ★ 8.0 RT 94% Metacritic 80

A newly minted 007 takes on a financier of global terrorism in a high-stakes poker game.

Directed by Martin Campbell · 2h 24m · Rated PG-13

Won 1 BAFTA Award28 wins & 44 nominations total

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Extreme Ops (2002)

TMDB ★ 5.1

A group of extreme sports athletes filming a commercial in the Alps stumble on a fugitive war criminal.

Directed by Christian Duguay · 1h 33m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Buy: Amazon Video

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District B13 (2004)

TMDB ★ 6.9

An undercover cop and a local vigilante team up to infiltrate a walled-off, crime-ridden Paris housing project.

Directed by Pierre Morel · 1h 24m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Yamakasi (2001)

TMDB ★ 6.0

A group of skilled free-runners use their acrobatic talents to raise money for a friend's medical bills, drawing police attention.

Directed by Julien Seri & Ariel Zeitoun · 1h 30m

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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 Parkour and Free-Running Movies

Brick Mansions (2014)

District 13: Ultimatum (2009)

Casino Royale (2006)

Extreme Ops (2002)

District B13 (2004)

Yamakasi (2001)

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