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Best 100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012 Movies Ranked

Explore the best 100 years of olympic films: 1912–2012 movies ranked by Movie Rankings users. Our current #1 pick is Les Jeux Olympiques De Chamonix 1924. Browse 51 franchise titles in ranked order, with direct links to movie pages and matchup data.

Spanning fifty-three movies and forty-one editions of the Olympic Games, 100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012 is the culmination of a monumental, award-winning archival project encompassing dozens of new restorations by the International Olympic Committee. The documentaries collected here cast a cinematic eye on some of the most iconic moments in the history of modern sports, spotlighting athletes who embody the Olympic motto of “Faster, Higher, Stronger”: Jesse Owens shattering world records on the track in 1936 Berlin, Jean-Claude Killy dominating the Grenoble slopes in 1968, Joan Benoit breaking away to win the Games’ first women’s marathon in Los Angeles in 1984.