Top 24 Best Sports Movies Of All Time
Chariots Of Fire (1981)
This movie, along with "Rocky", also makes the list for most iconic soundtracks. Based on a true story, it follows two runners in 1924. It won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. And if you want the song to play on repeat in your head from now until forever, here you go.
Movie Plot: Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew, and the other a devout Christian, compete in the 1924 Olympics.
- Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
- Rated: PG
- Released: 09 Apr 1982 in UK
- Runtime: 125 min
- Starring: Nicholas Farrell, Nigel Havers, Ian Charleson, Ben Cross
- BoxOffice: $58,972,904
- Awards: Won 4 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 19 nominations.
Chariots of Fire was Written by Colin Welland (original screenplay) and directed by Hugh Hudson and produced by Warner Brothers, Allied Stars.
7.2/10 IMDB Rating
82% Rotten Tomatoes
78/100 Metacritic
82% Rotten Tomatoes
78/100 Metacritic
