Olympic Games Movies

The 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest. It began at 8:00 p.m. China...

At the Winter Olympics of 1980, after two tense weeks amidst growing Cold War fears, the U.S. Olympic hockey team found themselves playing improbably...

Discover the hidden story of the most successful Olympic sailing team and their unprecedented journey to the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Documentary footage recaptures the excitement of the 1948 London Olympics, the first games since 1936.

Sun Valley provides the backdrop to this story of a downhill ski racer who seeks to make a comeback after being branded a loser and the ski bunny who...

A 1981 documentary film directed by Yuri Ozerov. It showed the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow. The...

Part of the Almost Famous series. She was arguably the greatest women's basketball player. She won three national trophies; she played in the...

A documentary covering the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.

The 1972 Olympic men's basketball final, in which Team USA suffered their first ever loss in Games competition, was one of the most controversial...

The Munich Olympic Stadium, 1972. Athletes and officials are preparing for the 10,000 metres final. Lasse Virén is warming up on the track. It...

What were once lifestyle fads have evolved into some of the world's fastest-growing sports and are now set to debut on the world’s biggest...

Concerned about his small stature, a young Scottish boy applies for a mail-order body building course, successfully gaining both height and strength....

A documentary covering the 1994 Olympic Games in Lillehammer.

Film about the 10th Olympic Games in Grenoble in 1968. Using a subjective camera, Ertaud and Languepin take the pulse of the Games, cutting out the...

A look into the 100-meter final at the 1988 Seoul games.

As the human world gathers to stage the Olympic Games, this programme looks at what would happen if animals were to do the same. Competitors from the...

A documentary covering the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano.

Having stood on the gold medal podium a record 8 times during one Olympic Games, Michael Phelps now stands alone as the the greatest Olympic champion...

Cheah Liek Hou is a prodigious badminton player but discovers that he is afflicted with brachial plexus paralysis. Undeterred by this setback, he...

British documentary filmmaker and producer Tony Maylam reinvigorated the sports documentary genre with WHITE ROCK, an idiosyncratic and utterly...