11 sports films to celebrate the start of the 2024 Olympics

One of the most celebrated sporting events in the world, the 2024 Summer Olympics officially began last Friday (26), in Paris, France, bringing together different nationalities in multiple sports.

The Olympics celebrate the competitive spirit and overcoming of athletes who are often pushed to the limit in search of the coveted gold medal; and, to celebrate, the Rolling Stone Brazilthe CineBuzz and the With you! prepared a list of films about sports.

The productions listed here celebrate competitiveness, sportsmanship and the desire to win. In addition, they are all available on streaming platforms, so you can watch them between one competition and the next. Check them out below:

NYAD (2023)

Olga (2021)

Artistic gymnastics is one of the most celebrated sports at the Olympics. Athletes spend years preparing for one of the most important moments of their lives. Any mistake will be punished, so seeing young athletes under such pressure is distressing. Olga bring it.

SYNOPSIS:In 2013, Olgaa talented 15-year-old Ukrainian gymnast, is exiled in Switzerland trying to earn her place at the National Sports Center. At the same time, the Euromaidan uprising — a wave of nationalist demonstrations and civil unrest — breaks out in Kiev and suddenly engulfs her family, transforming it completely.

WHERE TO WATCH: Telecine

I, Tonya (2017)

The will to win can go beyond the limits of ethics, as the infamous story of Tonya Hardingplayed by Margot Robbie in I, Tonyawhich earned the actress her first Oscar nomination.

SYNOPSIS:Since she was very young, she has shown talent for figure skating on ice, Tonya Harding (Robbie) grows up excelling in sports and enduring mistreatment and humiliation from his aggressive mother.

Between ups and downs in his career and comings and goings in an abusive relationship with Jeff Gillooly (Sebastian Stan), the athlete ends up involved in a bizarre plan during preparation for the 1994 Winter Olympics.

WHERE TO WATCH: Netflix

Iron Claw (2023)

Family is important. We often see award-winning athletes highlighting how family support made a difference in their Olympic achievements. The unity of siblings From Erichin a film that features a great performance by Zac Efronportrays how family can be your glory, but also your downfall.

SYNOPSIS:The troubled trajectory of the inseparable brothers From Erichwho made history in the competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Dominated by their father, they collected triumphs and tragedies.

WHERE TO WATCH: For rent on Prime Video, Google Play, Apple TV and YouTube

Lords of Dogtown (2005)

Skateboarding is one of the sports that every Brazilian should follow because of Rayssa Lealwhich is Brazil’s great hope for a medal at the Olympics. But do you know how the sport came about? The Lords of Dogtown tells this story.

SYNOPSIS:In the 1970s, the streets of Venice, California, were the scene of a revolution in the world of skateboarding. A group of friends decided to bring surfing moves to skateboarding, creating aggressive and sinuous moves. Training in empty swimming pools around the city, they gradually became true legends in the world of skateboarding.

WHERE TO WATCH: For rent on Prime Video, Google Play and Apple TV

Battle of the Sexes (2017)

Men and women compete against each other in the Olympics, but separated by categories. However, in 1973, a tennis match between a retired former champion and the world number one caused quite a stir. Can you imagine?!

SYNOPSIS:A tennis match between the former champion Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) and the leader of the world ranking Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) becomes the center of a global debate on gender equality. Caught in the media spotlight and with different ideologies, Riggs tries to revive the glories of the past, while King questions her sexuality and fights for women’s rights.

WHERE TO WATCH: Disney+

A League of Their Own (1992)

Not very popular in Brazil, baseball will not be at the Olympics in France. However, A Very Special Team It deserves to be seen because it has a cast full of stars. — including Madonna and Tom Hanks — and address female empowerment at a time when not much attention was paid to it.

SYNOPSIS:The Dottie Sisters (Geena Davis) and Mother (Madonna) join the women’s baseball league, founded during World War II to keep fans’ morale up while the men were serving in combat.

WHERE TO WATCH: Max

Throwing High (2022)

The United States is the biggest power in world basketball and this year they will arrive at the Olympics with a team full of stars. Throwing High shows behind the scenes of the difficult journey to reach the NBA, and draws attention for bringing Adam Sandler in dramatic role.

SYNOPSIS:An unlucky basketball scout finds a player with great potential and sets out to show the world that they both deserve to make it to the NBA.

WHERE TO WATCH: Netflix

Cooler Than Zero (1993)

OK, bobsled, the sport shown in Jamaica Below Zeroa classic from the Afternoon Session, is not a sport present in the Summer Olympics, but the message of inspiration it brings is useful for any Olympic athlete. Plus, this is a true story!

SYNOPSIS:At the Olympics, Irwin Flitzer (John Candy) disgraced himself when he put extra weights on his bobsled team, causing him to have to return his gold medal.

A few years later, Derice Bannock (Leon Robinson), son of an old friend of Irwinfails to qualify as a sprinter for the 100-meter event in the Olympics, because of a stupid accident. But when Derice discover that Flitzer also lives in Jamaica, he decides to go to the Olympics anyway, not as a runner but leading a bobsled team.

WHERE TO WATCH: Disney+

Stronger than the World – The Story of José Aldo (2016)

The UFC is a martial arts organization that gained fame in Brazil with fighters such as Anderson Silva, Victor Belfort and Jose Aldo. The latter won a film about his life story starring Jose Loreto. Many of the martial arts featured in the UFC are represented at the Olympics, such as boxing and wrestling.

SYNOPSIS:The story of the first UFC featherweight champion. José Aldo (Loreto), a young man from a poor family, marked by domestic violence, leaves Amazonas and goes to Rio de Janeiro in search of a chance as an athlete.

WHERE TO WATCH: Netflix

We Are Marshall (2006)

Overcoming is one of the most used words when we talk about the Olympics. We are Marshall goes beyond overcoming, showing that unity is strength and that no one reaches the top alone.

SYNOPSIS:In 1970, Marshall University and the small town of Huntington, Virginia, collide when 75 of the school’s football players and staff die in a plane crash. The new coach, Jack Lengyel (Matthew McConaughey), arrives on the scene in March 1971 determined to rebuild the Marshall Thundering Herd and, in the process, heal a grieving community.

WHERE TO WATCH: For rent on Prime Video, Google Play, Apple TV and YouTube

What was the best movie of 2024 so far? Vote for your favorite!

• The Snow Society
• Mean Girls: The Musical
• Anatomy of a Fall
• Everyone But You
• Poor Creatures
• Madame Web
• The Boy and the Heron
• Dune: Part 2
• All of Us Strangers
• Godzilla and Kong: The New Empire
• Civil War
• Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2
• Reign of the Planet of the Apes
• Inside Out 2
• Bandit: Number One
• A Quiet Place: Day One
• Interview With The Devil
• MaXXXine
• Twisters
• Deadpool & Wolverine