Movies about Cycling
by Malte006 | created - 06 Jul 2019 | updated - 30 Apr 2020 | PublicA list of movies containing cycling and bicycle racing.
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1. Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist (2014)
PG | 96 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
Documents Marco Pantani's battle with addiction after winning Tour de France and Giro d'Italia in 1998 until his death from cocaine poisoning six years later.
Director: James Erskine | Stars: Greg LeMond, Bradley Wiggins, Evgeni Berzin, Piotr Ugrumov
Votes: 2,077
2. The Program (II) (2015)
R | 99 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Ben Foster, Chris O'Dowd, Guillaume Canet, Jesse Plemons
Votes: 19,541
3. The Armstrong Lie (2013)
R | 124 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
A documentary chronicling sports legend Lance Armstrong's improbable rise and ultimate fall from grace.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Lance Armstrong, Reed Albergotti, Betsy Andreu, Frankie Andreu
Votes: 7,964 | Gross: $0.38M
4. Stjernerne og vandbærerne (1974)
91 min | Documentary, Sport
The images from the Tour de France in the television production Eddy Merckx in the Vincinity of a Cup of Coffee may be seen as a small sketch for the fully unfurled epic cycling drama Stars... See full summary »
Director: Jørgen Leth | Stars: Marino Basso, Felice Gimondi, Eddy Merckx, Ole Ritter
Votes: 231
5. Den umulige time (1974)
45 min | Documentary
In continuation of the time trial sequence from Stars and Watercarriers, The Impossible Hour is a concentrated study of Ole Ritter's attempt in Mexico City in 1974 to set a new record for ... See full summary »
Director: Jørgen Leth | Star: Ole Ritter
Votes: 73
6. Breaking Away (1979)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A working-class Indiana teen obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl while searching for life goals with his friends.
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley
Votes: 25,567 | Gross: $16.42M
7. Overcoming (2005)
105 min | Documentary, Sport
Profound and penetrating insight into the hermetically closed world of professional cycling. With former pro rider, Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis as the protagonist, the documentary ... See full summary »
Director: Tómas Gislason | Stars: Michelle Bartoli, Ivan Basso, B.S. Christiansen, Ole Kaare Føli
Votes: 448
8. Moon Rider (2012)
82 min | Documentary
An honest and heartbreaking picture of the extreme and lonely life of a young championship rider.
Director: Daniel Dencik
Votes: 137
9. American Flyers (1985)
PG-13 | 113 min | Drama, Sport
Marcus takes his kid brother, David, with him for a physical test and a brain scan, suspecting cerebral aneurysm like their dad died of. They head off on bikes for the big Rockies bike race with Marcus' Sarah driving the van.
Director: John Badham | Stars: Kevin Costner, David Marshall Grant, Rae Dawn Chong, Alexandra Paul
Votes: 6,670 | Gross: $1.40M
10. A Sunday in Hell (1977)
111 min | Documentary, Sport
The film follows the French Paris-Roubaix spring classic, notorious for the hellish paves or cobbled roads of the north "which are no longer used for traffic but only for transporting ... See full summary »
Director: Jørgen Leth | Stars: David Saunders, Roger De Vlaeminck, Marc Demeyer, Freddy Maertens
Votes: 919
11. Icarus (2017)
TV-MA | 120 min | Documentary, Sport
When Bryan sets out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, a chance meeting with a Russian scientist transforms his story from a personal experiment into a geopolitical thriller.
Director: Bryan Fogel | Stars: Bryan Fogel, Dave Zabriskie, Don Catlin, Grigory Rodchenkov
Votes: 55,019
12. Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story (2014)
TV-14 | 104 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
This documentary is an intimate but explosive story about the man behind the greatest fraud in sporting history. Lance Armstrong enriched himself by cheating his fans, his sport and the truth.
Director: Alex Holmes | Stars: Reed Albergotti, Betsy Andreu, Frankie Andreu, Kristin Armstrong
Votes: 3,091
13. The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
PG-13 | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters--an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire--to rescue him.
Director: Sylvain Chomet | Stars: Michèle Caucheteux, Jean-Claude Donda, Michel Robin, Monica Viegas
Votes: 57,437 | Gross: $7.00M
14. Tour de Pharmacy (2017 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 41 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sport
A mockumentary that chronicles the prevalence of doping in the world of professional cycling.
Director: Jake Szymanski | Stars: Andy Samberg, Orlando Bloom, Freddie Highmore, Joe Buck
Votes: 12,398
15. Vive le tour (1962)
18 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
Chronicles the cyclists of the Tour de France and their daily trails along the race.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Jean Bobet, Jacques Anquetil, Raymond Poulidor
Votes: 977
16. 2 Seconds (1998)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Laurie, a professional downhill racer gets fired because of her slight overindulgence in irresponsibility.
Director: Manon Briand | Stars: Charlotte Laurier, Dino Tavarone, Jonathan Bolduc, Suzanne Clément
Votes: 568
17. Bicycle (I) (2014)
87 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Why is the bicycle back in fashion? The film explores this and tells the story of cycling in the land that invented the modern bicycle, it's birth, decline and re birth from Victorian origins to today.
Director: Michael B. Clifford
Votes: 94
18. Bicycle Dreams (2009)
104 min | Documentary, Adventure, Sport
They are seekers, madmen and angels hell bent on riding across America on a bicycle in less than ten days. What began as the adventure of a lifetime is transformed in an instant when one of... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Auerbach | Stars: Patrick Autissier, Cat Berge, Bob Breedlove, Chris Hopkinson
Votes: 110
19. Chasing Legends (2010)
93 min | Documentary, Sport
Documentary following the progress of Team Columbia-HTC throughout the 2009 Tour de France including race footage interspersed with interviews, archive clips and brief history of the Tour.
Director: Jason Berry | Stars: Jean-Michel Heimonet, Mark Cavendish, Bernhard Eisel, Bert Grabsch
Votes: 173
20. Höllentour (2004)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Sport
A look behind the scenes of the toughest cycling race in the world on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Tour de France.
Directors: Pepe Danquart, Werner Schweizer | Stars: Erik Zabel, Rolf Aldag, Dieter Ruthenberg, Andreas Klöden
Votes: 749
21. Le vélo de Ghislain Lambert (2001)
Not Rated | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
In the 70s, there was Merckx and there were the others. Ghislain Lambert was one of the others. This is his story, a quite simple one. The story of a modest Belgian bike racer. His greatest ambition in life? To become a champion. His greatest tragedy? Not having the legs his heart deserves.
Director: Philippe Harel | Stars: Benoît Poelvoorde, José Garcia, Daniel Ceccaldi, Sacha Bourdo
Votes: 2,439
22. Rad (1986)
PG | 91 min | Drama, Sport
The story of one young man, Cru Jones, who has the intensity and desire to win a BMX race called Helltrack.
Director: Hal Needham | Stars: Bart Conner, Lori Loughlin, Bill Allen, Talia Shire
Votes: 7,068 | Gross: $2.02M
23. Up and Down (1993 TV Movie)
84 min | Comedy, Sport
A bicycle race is held every year in a pass of the Alps called Parpaillon. With the energy of a skillful cyclist perhaps as a great tribute to François, the mailman played by Tati in The ... See full synopsis »
Director: Luc Moullet | Stars: Jean Abeillé, Clément Boutterin, Brigitte Canaan, Pompée Casagrande
Votes: 78
24. Rising from Ashes (2012)
82 min | Documentary, Sport
The impossible triumph of Team Rwanda.
Director: T.C. Johnstone | Stars: Jonathan 'Jock' Boyer, Adrien Niyonshuti, Tom Ritchey, Nathan Byukusenge
Votes: 276 | Gross: $0.04M
25. Road to Roubaix (2008)
Documentary, Sport
Road To Roubaix is a documentary on the most prestigious one-day cycling race in the world, Paris-Roubaix. First held in 1896 and now in its 105th edition, the race is a grueling contest ... See full summary »
Directors: Dave Cooper, David Deal
Votes: 78
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30 for 30 (2009– )
Episode:
Slaying the Badger
(2014)
TV-G | 79 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Before Lance Armstrong, there was Greg LeMond, who is now the first and only American to win the Tour de France. In this engrossing documentary, LeMond looks back at the pivotal 1986 Tour, ... See full summary »
Director: John Dower | Stars: Bernard Hinault, Greg LeMond
Votes: 913
27. The Flying Scotsman (2006)
PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, Sport
The true story of Graeme Obree, the Champion cyclist who built his bicycle from old bits of washing machines who won his championship only to have his title stripped from him and his mental health problems which he has suffered since.
Director: Douglas Mackinnon | Stars: Jonny Lee Miller, Laura Fraser, Brian Cox, Sean Brown
Votes: 5,667 | Gross: $0.14M
28. La course en tête (1974)
110 min | Documentary
A documentary film that looks at the racing and private life of professional road and track bicycle racer Eddy Merckx and which is one of the pillars of films about cycling.
Director: Joël Santoni | Star: Eddy Merckx
Votes: 51
29. The Road Uphill (2011)
89 min | Documentary
Following Leopard Trek and the Schleck Brothers, focusing upon the team's participation in the prestigious 2011 Tour de France and upon their physical and mental preparation for the biggest cycling event in the world.
Director: Jean-Louis Schuller | Stars: Andy Schleck, Fränk Schleck, Jens Voigt, Johny Schleck
Votes: 192
30. The Tour: The Legend of the Race (2013 TV Movie)
100 min | Documentary
The Tour - The Legend of the Race sheds a new light on the last 100 years of the Tour de France, now considered one of the world's most popular sporting events. The Tour has lived through a... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Christophe Rosé | Star: André Dussollier
Votes: 27
31. Time Trial (II) (2017)
82 min | Documentary, Sport
An immersive fllm capturing the very essence of professional cycling.
Director: Finlay Pretsell | Stars: Thomas Dekker, David Millar
Votes: 318
32. Battle Mountain: Graeme Obree's Story (2015)
Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
Addicted to breaking records, this former world champion puts his mind and body on the line one last time. 20 years after his last world record he is in the American desert looking for ... See full summary »
Director: Dave Street | Stars: Chris Hoy, Charlie Milarvie, Euan Obree, Graeme Obree
Votes: 44
33. Eddy Merckx i nærheden af en kop kaffe (1973 TV Movie)
29 min
With a slow introductory zoom onto Leth in a TV studio and a corresponding zoom out at the end Eddy Merckx in the Vicinity of a Cup of Coffee may be structured in the classical style but an... See full summary »
Director: Jørgen Leth | Stars: Walther Godefroot, Jørgen Leth, Eddy Merckx
Votes: 21
34. Outskirts: Route 66 (The Road Once Travelled) (2018)
82 min | Documentary
Outskirts: Route 66 is a no holds barred account of an extraordinary journey along the length of the iconic American highway. Once known as the High Street of America, much has changed on ... See full summary »
Director: Angus Morton | Stars: Justin Diamond, Pat Drapac, Angus Morton, Sami Sauri
Votes: 14
Watch free on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh25fH5diwQ
35. Clean Spirit: In the Heart of the Tour (2014)
87 min | Documentary, Sport
A behind the scenes look at the 2013 Tour de France of Dutch professional cycling team, Argos Shimano, and its breakout young sprinter, Marcel Kittel of Germany. The team claims to be part ... See full summary »
Director: Dirk Jan Roeleven | Stars: Edwin Achterberg, Mark Cavendish, Roy Curvers, Koen de Kort
Votes: 192
36. All for One (II) (2017)
TV-14 | 107 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
ALL FOR ONE is the story of GreenEdge, Australia's first ProTour cycling team.
Directors: Marcus Cobbledick, Dan Jones | Stars: Esteban Chaves, Matthew Hayman, Phil Liggett
Votes: 176
37. Thereabouts (2014)
49 min | Documentary, Adventure
We have had the view that sports in general is losing its sense of magic and wonder in recent times - in part due to scandal and in part to the reduction of all achievements to a bunch of ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Donald Mitchell | Stars: Angus Morton, Lachlan Morton
Votes: 26
Watch free on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqoKsDBQCTY
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