Movie lovers; 8 Gold-Worthy Olympics Movies

 Hello Movie lovers,,

These are the top ten Olympic movies of all time.....

Chariots of Fire

1981

What look at Olympic movies would be complete without this rousing take on the thrill of competition? Focusing on two runners selected to represent Great Britain in the 1924 games, the fact-based drama also examines the role religion played in their lives. And of course, there’s the Vangelis Papathanassiou score with the theme that has become deeply woven into pop culture. The critically acclaimed film won four Academy Awards, including best picture.
 

Cool Runnings

1993

“Jamaican bobsledders?” Some movie posters for “Cool Runnings” asked that question in giant letters, and it’s the simple hook of this comedy, the buoyant tale of an unlikely bobsledding team formed by a Jamaican sprinter after he failed to qualify for the Summer Games. Reviewing the film for The Times, Janet Maslin wrote that its view of Jamaica “is about as authentically Caribbean as Sebastian the crab,” but she said it is “playfully acted by an appealing cast.”
 

Race

2016

This drama, released in February, chronicles the rise of the track star Jesse Owens, who captured the world’s attention when he won gold not once but four times in the 1936 Berlin Games. The film doesn’t shy away from the racism he encountered, or the complications of competing in an Olympics that were used as propaganda for the Nazis.
Read a review of “Race.”

 

The Bronze

2016

Forget the glory of competing in the Games. The comedy “The Bronze” is all about faded glory. Melissa Rauch stars as Hope Ann Greggory, a bronze-medal-winning gymnast who still relishes that victory, even though it’s now over a decade old. In appearance, Hope Ann looks like a sendup of the disgraced skater Tonya Harding. In action, Hope Ann is foul-mouthed and vindictive, not exactly your typical big-screen Olympian.
 

Munich

2005

Steven Spielberg focuses on a grim chapter in Olympic history in this thriller set at the 1972 Games, where 11 Israeli competitors were taken hostage and killed by a Palestinian terrorist group. The film follows the Israeli government’s secret assassination mission targeting the group, Black September. Breathtaking action, not Olympic competition, dominates the film. The Times critic Manohla Dargis called it “a slammin’ entertainment filled with dazzling set pieces and geometric camerawork.”

 


Personal Best

1982

In this drama, a romantic relationship develops between two female track stars set to compete in the 1980 Olympics. The film included a career-making performance from Mariel Hemingway, and marked the directorial debut of the screenwriter of “Chinatown,” Robert Towne. Many critics praised the movie’s realistic portrayal of female athletics, although The Times’s Vincent Canby thought it dwelled too much on women’s bodies in slow motion. He said it “has flashes of wit as well as skin.”

Foxcatcher

2014

The desire for success takes a harsh turn in this drama based on the true story of the chemical company heir John Eleuthère du Pont (Steve Carell) and his interest in the Olympic wrestler Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum). Du Pont invites the athlete to train at his estate, and what should be a dream offer soon spirals downward, ending in death. The film was a critical success and received five Academy Award nominations.


 Blades of Glory

2007

In this comedy, Chazz and Jimmy (played by Will Ferrell and Jon Heder) are rival skaters who decide to team up as the first same-sex figure-skating pair in the history of the Olympics-like Winter Worldsport Games. All the hallmarks of a rousing underdog tale are here, though they’re delightfully off-kilter, like the heartwarming speech meant to buck up a pal. “Hey, they laughed at Louis Armstrong when he said was going to go to the moon,” Chazz says. “Now he’s up there, laughing at them.” Um, go team?