Olympic Athlete Movies

Five-time Olympic medalist and Native Hawaiian Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku shattered records and brought surfing to the world while...

A young man aspiring for recognition of his talents battles against his estranged father's sentiment towards him as the father deals with his own...

At the Munich Olympics of 1972, John Akii Bua, from the impoverished African country of Uganda, powered round the inside lane in the 400m hurdles,...

Berlin 36 is a 2009 German film telling the fate of Jewish athlete Gretel Bergmann in the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was replaced by the Nazi regime...

Just like one in five Americans, many Olympic athletes similarly face serious mental health challenges and struggle to find the necessary support and...

For one year, Léon Marchand allows cameras to follow him through competitions, studies, family life, and growing fame. Through an intimate...

At the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, the silent protest of Tommie Smith and John Carlos changed The Games forever, becoming one of the defining images...

While young and in her prime, Nadia decides to retire from pro swimming after the Olympic Games; to escape a rigid life of sacrifice. After her very...

Breaking the Surface is about the tough times Greg Louganis had on his way to becoming one of the world's top Olympic divers.

The story of Norwegian speed-skating gold medalist Johann Olav Koss, who founded the non-profit organization Right to Play, which brings sports to...

Follows the 1936 Berlin Olympics when Black athlete Jesse Owens won 4 golds against the backdrop of Hitler's racist Nazi regime in Germany.

I told you all I was going to be No. 1, and I did just that Usain Bolt There is no athlete that can compete with him...he s a global superstar...

An Olympic hopeful marathon runner hopes his success will be the answer to his marriage woes and other personal problems.

This short film presents several athletes preparing for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

In 2014, in Donetsk, Renaud Lavillenie broke the pole vault world record held by the legendary Sergei Bubka. Since then, the French pole vaulter has...

Follows Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Suni Lee‘s return to competition.

With never-before seen home video, this film recounts the paranoid downward spiral of John E. du Pont and the murder of Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz.

A documentary about Swedish Discus champion Ricky Bruch as he prepares for the 1984 Olympics. The film highlights Bruch's obsessive behavior...

In 1936, 18 African American athletes dubbed the "black auxiliary" by Hitler defied Nazi Aryan Supremacy and Jim Crow Racism to win hearts and medals...