List of films about bicycles and cycling

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This is a list of films about bicycles and cycling, featuring notable films where bicycles and cycling play a central role in the development of the plot.

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Japanese movie poster for 1956 film Onna Keirin-o (Nu Jing Lun Wang ) Onna Keirin-o poster.jpg
Japanese movie poster for 1956 film Onna Keirin-ō (女競輪王)

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TitleYearGenreTypeNotes
6 Day Bike Rider 1934ComedyVelodromeTo impress a girl, a clumsy bumpkin (Joe E. Brown) enters a marathon indoor race.
Bicycle Thieves 1948DramaBicycle theftA father and son search Rome for a stolen bicycle
Cape to Cape 2021DocumentaryA documentary about the fastest unsupported continental bicycle crossing.
Crossing America 2024DocumentaryA documentary about the Jonas Deichmann's duathlon across USA.
Cinq Tulipe Rouges (Five Red Tulips)1949Murder mysteryTour De FranceDuring the Tour de France, five champions, all wearing the yellow jersey, are assassinated. Each time, the murderer leaves a red tulip close to the victim as a signature. (French, no subtitles)
Skid Kids 1953DramaCycle speedwayA Children's Film Foundation film. 'Swanky' and his chums take on bike thieves.
Onna Keirin-ō 1956Keirin
Vive le Tour 1962ShortTour De France
For A Yellow Jersey1965Short
A Sunday in Hell 1977DocumentaryRoad racingChronicles the 1976 Paris–Roubaix race.
Breaking Away 1979Comedy-dramaRoad racing and Little 500 Four Bloomington, Indiana friends team up in Little 500 race. Golden Globe winner and five Oscar nominations.
BMX Bandits 1983AdventureBMX racingAustralian children's film, featuring Nicole Kidman.
American Flyers 1985DramaRoad racing Kevin Costner as a world-class long-distance racer.
Pee-wee's Big Adventure 1985ComedyBicycle Theft Paul Reubens as a man-child on a quest to find his stolen customized bicycle.
Rad 1986BMX racingA boy risks college future to enter Helltrack race.
Quicksilver 1986 Kevin Bacon as a paperboy and becomes a bicycle messenger
The Cyclist 1987DramaIranian film.
Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar 1992DramaIndian movie about sporting rivalry between three schools.
Il grande Fausto1995Road racing
Tempo1996Bike courierA story about a young bike courier in Vienna who gets mixed up between his daydreams and a real adventure.
The Unknown Cyclist1998
2 Seconds1998
Downhill racingLaurie takes a job as a bike courier in Montreal after being fired from her previous job as a professional downhill racer.
El Amateur 1999Road racingArgentina film.
Road to Paris 2001DocumentaryRoad racingA look at the training and success of Lance Armstrong.
Cyclomania 2001Road racingFinland film.
Le Vélo de Ghislain Lambert 2001ComedyRoad racingThe story of Lambert, a modest Belgian bike racer in the '70s.
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia 2003 Anime Road racingJapan film.
Triplets of Belleville 2003AnimatedA grandmother seeks a kidnapped Tour de France cyclist.
Cycling Chronicles; LandScape The Boy Saw2004
Hell on Wheels 2005DocumentaryRoad RacingGermany film about 2003 Tour de France.
Overcoming2005DocumentaryRoad racing
The Flying Scotsman 2006DramaTrack CyclingBased on life and career of Scottish amateur cyclist Graeme Obree.
Island Etude 2006Drama Taiwan film.
Klunkerz: A Film About Mountain Bikes 2006
Clorophilla 2006FreerideItaly film.
The Cycling Genius Is Coming2008
Bicycle Dreams 2009DocumentaryRoad racingA look at 3,000-mile Race Across America.
The Birth of Big Air2010DocumentaryBMXMade for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Chronicles the life and career of Mat Hoffman.
Ride the Divide2010DocumentaryEndurance racingRace along the Great Divide from Banff, Canada, to the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Last Kilometer 2012DocumentaryRoad racingA portrait of road cycling. With Ignazio & Francesco Moser, Davide Rebellin, Gianni Mura, Didi Senft.
Premium Rush 2012Action FilmMessenger bikingFollows a bicycle messenger chased around New York City by a corrupt police officer who wants an envelope the messenger has.
Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist 2013DocumentaryRoad racing [1]
The Armstrong Lie 2013DocumentaryRoad racingA portrait of Lance Armstrong as he trains for his eighth Tour de France victory and the events leading to his downfall.
La grande boucle2013ComedyRoad racingA French amateur cyclist decides to take part in the Tour de France.
Bicycle 2014DocumentaryHistoryThe rise and fall of the bicycle and bicycle culture in Great Britain from its origins to modern day.
Slaying the Badger2014DocumentaryRoad racingMade for TV as a part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Examines rivalry between Greg LeMond and Bernard Hinault ("The Badger") as teammates during 1986 Tour de France.
Yowamushi Pedal Re:RIDE 2014AnimatedRoad racing
To the Fore 2015DramaRoad racingHong Kong-Chinese film.
Yowamushi Pedal Re: ROAD 2015AnimatedRoad racing
Yowamushi Pedal: The Movie 2015AnimatedRoad racing
The Program 2015DramaRoad racingAn adaptation of David Walsh's book Seven Deadly Sins depicting his battle to expose Lance Armstrong.
Le Ride 2016DocumentaryRoad racingA look back at the 1928 Tour de France, and particularly the four-member Australasian team that rode in it, interspersed with a modern-day attempt by the film's director Phil Keoghan and a riding partner to retrace the 1928 route, holding to the original race schedule and riding on 1928-vintage racing bikes.
Blood Road 2017DocumentaryMountain bikingCovers the 2015 ride of mountain bike endurance champion Rebecca Rusch to visit the site where her father died when his plane was shot down during the Vietnam War—a 1,200-mile journey along the Ho Chi Minh Trail through Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
Tour de Pharmacy 2017ComedyRoad racingHBO mockumentary short film starring Andy Samberg, about a 1980s Tour de France competition beset by doping and bad behavior.
Time Trial 2017DocumentaryRoad cyclingBritish documentary film about the final season of David Millar's professional cycling career.
Icarus 2017DocumentaryRoad RacingBrian Fogel, a competitive amateur bicyclist and documentary filmmaker, attempts to make a film about the prevalence of performance-enhancing drug abuse in bicycle racing, a project that connects him with the head of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory just as the scandal around Russian doping at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games begins to unfold.
The Ride 2018DramaBMXBased on a book with the same title, the inspiring true story of extreme sports legend John Buultjens, The Ride follows John McCord, an athletically gifted youth who triumphs over a troubled upbringing. Starring Ludacris.
The Climb 2019ComedyRoad cycling
LANCE2020DocumentaryRoad racingMade for TV as a part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Two-part examination of the life, career, and controversies of Lance Armstrong.
The Racer 2020 Sports film Road racingAt the start of what will probably be his last Tour de France, Dom is unceremoniously expelled from the team he dedicated his whole life to. As he prepares to return home, a massive doping scandal knocks another teammate out of the Tour and Dom has to get back in the saddle.
The Limit is Just Me 2022 Documentary EnduranceThe film follows adventurer and multiple world record holder Jonas Deichmann as he completes the longest triathlon of all time.
Tour de France: Unchained 2022DocumentaryTour de FranceBehind-the-scenes Netflix documentary following some of the sport’s leading teams. [2]
The Last Rider 2022DocumentaryRoad racingDocumentary about the career of Greg LeMond, and the 1989 Tour de France
Kurangu Pedal 2022Drama - TamilLove of cyclingA heartfelt drama that explores a child's quest to learn cycling against the backdrop of a father's unfamiliarity with it, highlighting a generation's emotional bond with bicycles and evoking nostalgia through the innocence and camaraderie of childhood.
Hard Miles 2023DramaTouringA beleaguered coach named Greg rallies a group of disgruntled teenage inmates of a correctional facility for a transformative 1,000-mile (1,600 km) bicycle ride from Denver to the Grand Canyon, where they must battle obstacles and each other.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Documentary of Marco Pantani's life and death coming to British cinemas in May 2013". road.cc.
  2. ↑ "Netflix Tour de France documentary could take sport "to next level" says Patrick Lefevere". road.cc. 2022-03-07. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
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