The 10 Best Movies About the Olympics, Ranked

The Olympic Games are a quadrennial athletic festival with roots in Ancient Greece and an official revival in 1896. They unite nations through sport, rouse patriotism and have inspired a wide range of cinematic stories, from underdog comedies to tense political dramas.

This ranked selection spans tones and eras. It includes The Cutting Edge, a 1992 rom-com about a mismatched figure-skating duo; Foxcatcher, the dark biographical drama about Olympic wrestling; Eddie the Eagle, the uplifting tale of a British ski jumper; and The Fire Inside, a boxing biopic that follows Claressa Shields’ path to Olympic gold.

Also featured are films that confront harder moments: Munich, which dramatizes the 1972 massacre; Cool Runnings, the beloved story of the Jamaican bobsled team; Race, the Jesse Owens drama set against the 1936 Berlin Games; Miracle, the account of the 1980 U.S.

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