The 2008 Beijing Olympics are on! If you’re not into watching the racing, running, swimming, and flipping, we suggest you celebrate with cinema. Glam recommends our five favorite flicks about the Olympics.

 

The Cutting Edge, 1992
What happens when the graceful perfectionist meets the has-been hockey player? It’s passion on ice in this romantic Olympics figure-skating flick.


Blades of Glory, 2007
Two opposing male figure skaters will stoop to anything (including doubling up as the only same-sex figure skating pair) to win the gold in this slapstick silly Olympics-themed movie starring Will Ferrell and Jon Heder.


Cool Runnings, 1993
A Jamaican bobsled team?!? … Yep, the laid-back boys of the Caribbean get serious about the 1988 Winter Olympics – even though they’ve never experience cold weather let alone snow. This ’90s Disney flick is based on a true story.


Chariots of Fire, 1981
This Academy Award-winning film chronicles the lives of a pair of British athletes training for the 1924 Olympics in France. They’ll sacrifice everything to go for the gold.


Munich, 2005
Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Eric Bana, Geoffrey Rush, and Daniel Craig, Munich is based on a true story. The moving, emotion movie depicts the murders of elevent Israeli athletes during the 1972 Olympic games.

*Cool Runnings & Chariots of Fire Photos Coutesy of Everett Collection

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