We hope everybody has been having fun with the 2026 Olympic Winter Video games from wherever you’re tuning in from internationally. Because the competitors involves an in depth this weekend, we already know you’ll nonetheless be within the thralls of Olympics mania.
That’s why we went alongside and threw collectively an inventory of traditional films impressed by the Olympic Video games, be it a biopic or your favourite fictional-yet-funny sports activities flick on the topic.
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Outdoors of showcasing exemplary examples of athleticism for a complete month — Black Historical past Month besides! — the true Olympic Video games lore actually comes from the sense of inspiration you get simply from watching your nation excel. It’s an analogous feeling to watching a function movie on the subject, particularly if it leans extra in direction of the biopic class. These particularly (when accomplished proper!) have a tendency to provide a deeper look behind the gold, silver and bronze-bearing champions who we solely suppose we love. Many will always remember the highly effective efficiency that Will Smith dropped at the function of Ali (seen above), depicting the true story of the titular late boxing icon who himself grew to become a breakout star on the younger age of 18 after profitable a gold medal in the course of the Summer season Olympics of 1960.
On the similar time although, we’ll all the time admire the appearing chops of Leon, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis and Malik Yoba for making us actually imagine within the bobsledding expertise of Derice, Sanka, Junior and Yul, respectively — main props as effectively to Irv as depicted by the late John Sweet, after all! It’s a reminder total to dream huge, go on your personal private gold and all the time carry your self like a champion no matter your present character.
