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1. Nyad (2023)
PG-13 | 121 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The remarkable true story of athlete Diana Nyad who, at the age of 60 and with the help of her best friend and coach, commits to achieving her life-long dream: a 110-mile open ocean swim from Cuba to Florida.
Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | Stars: Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Anne Marie Kempf, Carolyn McCormick
Votes: 37,035
2. Meatballs (1979)
PG | 94 min | Comedy
Wacky hijinks of counselors and campers at a less-than-average summer camp.
Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Bill Murray, Harvey Atkin, Kate Lynch, Russ Banham
Votes: 23,883 | Gross: $43.05M
3. National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
The most popular kid on campus meets a beautiful journalist who makes him realize that maybe he's afraid to graduate.
Director: Walt Becker | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Tim Matheson, Kal Penn
Votes: 115,379 | Gross: $21.01M
4. Young Woman and the Sea (2024)
PG | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Romance | Completed
The story of competitive swimmer Trudy Ederle, who, in 1926, was the first woman to ever swim across the English Channel.
Director: Joachim Rønning | Stars: Daisy Ridley, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Stephen Graham, Kim Bodnia
5. Patriots Day (2016)
R | 133 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The story of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists responsible.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan, J.K. Simmons, John Goodman
Votes: 112,526 | Gross: $31.89M
6. Tyson's Run (2022)
PG | 103 min | Drama
An unathletic boy with autism strives to become an unlikely marathon champion giving his unfulfilled father purpose and a second chance at putting his family first.
Director: Kim Bass | Stars: Major Dodson, Amy Smart, Rory Cochrane, Barkhad Abdi
Votes: 1,303
7. Four Lions (2010)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Four incompetent British terrorists set out to train for and commit an act of terror.
Director: Christopher Morris | Stars: Will Adamsdale, Riz Ahmed, Adeel Akhtar, Kayvan Novak
Votes: 85,333 | Gross: $0.30M
8. Stronger (I) (2017)
R | 119 min | Biography, Drama
Stronger is the inspiring real life story of Jeff Bauman, an ordinary man who captured the hearts of his city and the world to become a symbol of hope after surviving the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson, Richard Lane Jr.
Votes: 49,680 | Gross: $4.21M
9. Unfinished Business (I) (2015)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
A hard-working small business owner and his two associates travel to Europe to close the most important deal of their lives. But what began as a routine business trip goes off the rails in every way imaginable, and unimaginable.
Director: Ken Scott | Stars: Vince Vaughn, Dave Franco, Tom Wilkinson, James Marsden
Votes: 35,160 | Gross: $10.21M
10. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
M | 129 min | Drama
The lives of a disparate group of contestants intertwine in an inhumanely grueling dance marathon.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Gig Young
Votes: 20,867 | Gross: $12.60M
11. Tag (2015)
85 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A girl's life cascades into chaos as everyone around her suffers a gruesome fate while she becomes less certain of who she is and her once-once normal.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Reina Triendl, Mariko Shinoda, Erina Mano, Yuki Sakurai
Votes: 8,104
12. The Survivor (2021)
R | 129 min | Biography, Drama, History
After World War II, Harry Haft is a boxer who fought against his peers in concentration camps. Haunted by memories, he tries to use fighting legends as a way to find his love.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Ben Foster, Billy Magnussen, Vicky Krieps, Peter Sarsgaard
Votes: 6,140
13. Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
A young woman decides to make positive changes in her life by training for the New York City Marathon.
Director: Paul Downs Colaizzo | Stars: Jillian Bell, Jennifer Dundas, Patch Darragh, Alice Lee
Votes: 22,256 | Gross: $0.22M
14. Run Fatboy Run (2007)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Five years after jilting his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day, out-of-shape Dennis decides to run a marathon to win her back.
Director: David Schwimmer | Stars: Simon Pegg, Thandiwe Newton, Hank Azaria, Dylan Moran
Votes: 69,862 | Gross: $6.00M
15. Footlight Parade (1933)
Passed | 104 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell
Votes: 6,096 | Gross: $3.49M
16. Magical Mystery Tour (1967 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 55 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
The Beatles charter a special bus for a surreal mystery tour.
Directors: George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Bernard Knowles | Stars: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
Votes: 7,903
17. Houseguest (1995)
PG | 113 min | Comedy
In hot water with the mob over an unpaid debt, a con man poses as a family friend in an affluent Pennsylvania suburb.
Director: Randall Miller | Stars: Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Kim Greist, Kim Murphy
Votes: 7,495 | Gross: $26.33M
18. Thumbsucker (2005)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
Justin throws himself and everyone around him into chaos when he attempts to break free from his addiction to his thumb.
Director: Mike Mills | Stars: Lou Taylor Pucci, Tilda Swinton, Vincent D'Onofrio, Keanu Reeves
Votes: 21,991 | Gross: $1.33M
19. Dhoom 2 (2006)
Not Rated | 152 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Back in action DHOOM:2 reinvents the action comedy genre and propels it into the 21st century. Go on and enjoy the ride once again with Jai and Ali.
Director: Sanjay Gadhvi | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Uday Chopra
Votes: 29,930 | Gross: $2.64M
20. Drive (2007)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A drama about various people competing in an illegal cross-country road race.
Stars: Kristin Lehman, Emma Stone, Rochelle Aytes, Taryn Manning
Votes: 4,995
21. Naked (I) (2017)
TV-14 | 96 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Nervous about finally getting married, a guy is forced to relive the same nerve-wracking hours over and over again until he gets things right on his wedding day.
Director: Michael Tiddes | Stars: Marlon Wayans, Regina Hall, Dennis Haysbert, J.T. Jackson
Votes: 21,589
22. Road to Boston (2023)
113 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Tale of the Korean athletes who ran the 1947 Boston International Marathon, the first international marathon held since World War II.
Director: Kang Je-kyu | Stars: Ha Jung-woo, Bae Sung-woo, Im Si-wan, Kim Sang-ho
Votes: 434
23. Schramm (1993)
Not Rated | 65 min | Horror
As serial killer Lothar Schramm lies dying in his own blood, horrific memories of his miserable life of paranoia, self-harm and rejection flash before his eyes. A tragic look into the mind of a serial killer.
Director: Jörg Buttgereit | Stars: Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Monika M., Micha Brendel, Carolina Harnisch
Votes: 3,458
24. De Marathon (2012)
107 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
After finding out that they have a tax debt of forty thousand euros, four very out-of-shape men working at a car shop start to train for a marathon in which they can win the money to pay the debt.
Director: Diederick Koopal | Stars: Stefan de Walle, Martin van Waardenberg, Marcel Hensema, Frank Lammers
Votes: 7,537
25. Samurai Marathon (2019)
TV-14 | 103 min | Action, Adventure, History
In 1855, a daimyo sends his men on a grueling marathon to discover if they're tough enough to face the newly arrived Americans. Misunderstanding his intent, the Shogun dispatches assassins.
Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Nana Komatsu, Mirai Moriyama, Shôta Sometani
Votes: 1,188
26. The Trip to Greece (2020)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
Actors Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan travel from Troy to Ithaca following in the footsteps of the Odysseus.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Claire Keelan, Rebecca Johnson
Votes: 4,750
27. Saint Ralph (2004)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Saint Ralph is the unlikely story of Ralph Walker, a ninth-grader who outran everyone's expectations except his own in his bold quest to win the 1954 Boston Marathon.
Director: Michael McGowan | Stars: Adam Butcher, Campbell Scott, Jennifer Tilly, Michael Kanevsky
Votes: 6,340 | Gross: $0.80M
28. Rolling to You (2018)
TV-14 | 107 min | Comedy, Romance
Jocelyn is a successful businessman, but selfish and misogynistic. He tries to seduce a pretty young woman by pretending to be handicapped until she introduces him to her wheelchair-bound sister.
Director: Franck Dubosc | Stars: Franck Dubosc, Alexandra Lamy, Elsa Zylberstein, Gérard Darmon
Votes: 5,193
29. Softie (2021)
93 min | Drama
Follows ten year-old Johnny who stands out in different aspects way beyond his age. Things change when his new teacher sees his potential, believes in him and wants to open a new world to him.
Director: Samuel Theis | Stars: Aliocha Reinert, Mélissa Olexa, Antoine Reinartz, Izïa Higelin
Votes: 1,353
30. Running (1979)
PG | 102 min | Drama, Sport
American marathon runner Michael Andropolis sets his heart on representing his country at the Olympic games. Meanwhile his marriage has fallen apart and his children have no respect for him... See full summary »
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Michael Douglas, Susan Anspach, Lawrence Dane, Eugene Levy
Votes: 832
31. Mr. Heart (2020)
11 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Jin Won cares about one thing only: running. When he finds himself in a slump, his coach suggests Sang Ha as a pacemaker. Though Sang Ha's efforts are initially ignored, they find themselves growing closer and closer over time.
Stars: Sejin Lee, Seungho Cheon, Shin Ae Moon, Sin-ae Moon
Votes: 1,329
32. Staying Together (1989)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
The complacent life of three small town brothers is shattered when their father sells the family business from under them.
Director: Lee Grant | Stars: Sean Astin, Stockard Channing, Melinda Dillon, Jim Haynie
Votes: 948 | Gross: $4.35M
33. Run with the Wind (2018–2019)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Sport
Haiji wants to enter the Hakone Ekiden marathon with his dormmates, but they all have to train first!.
Stars: Mike Haimoto, Shin'ya Takahashi, Taito Ban, Shun'ichi Maki
Votes: 1,692
34. The Loneliest Runner (1976 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama, Sport
A young boy who still wets the bed finds escapism from his abusive mother and his own embarrassment by going running after school.
Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Lance Kerwin, Brian Keith, DeAnn Mears, Melissa Sue Anderson
Votes: 480
35. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)
Not Rated | 111 min | Documentary, Sport
The document of the 1936 Olympics at Berlin.
Director: Leni Riefenstahl | Stars: David Albritton, Arvo Askola, Jack Beresford, Erwin Blask
Votes: 5,240
36. Kipchoge: The Last Milestone (2021)
PG-13 | 87 min | Documentary, Sport
A man's struggle against himself and against time. Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge dreams of completing a marathon distance of less than two hours. An achievement that is considered ... See full summary »
Director: Jake Scott | Star: Eliud Kipchoge
Votes: 773
37. The Terry Fox Story (1983 TV Movie)
96 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The true story about the Canadian cancer amputee hero who decided to run across Canada on only one leg to raise money for cancer research.
Director: Ralph L. Thomas | Stars: Eric Fryer, Robert Duvall, Chris Makepeace, Rosalind Chao
Votes: 718
38. Animalympics (1980)
Not Rated | 78 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The animal kingdom stages its own olympic games.
Director: Steven Lisberger | Stars: Gilda Radner, Billy Crystal, Harry Shearer, Michael Fremer
Votes: 2,308
39. Marathon (2005)
117 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
An autistic boy discovers he has a talent for running and with the help of the mother participates in a major marathon.
Director: Yoon-Chul Jung | Stars: Cho Seung-woo, Kim Mi-sook, Lee Ki-young, Baek Sung-hyun
Votes: 2,498
40. The Giant of Marathon (1959)
90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Greek soldier leads the fight against an invading Persian army.
Directors: Jacques Tourneur, Bruno Vailati, Mario Bava | Stars: Steve Reeves, Mylène Demongeot, Sergio Fantoni, Alberto Lupo
Votes: 1,076
41. Bumm Bumm Bole (2010)
124 min | Drama, Family, Thriller
Pinu loses his sister Rimzim's shoes so they both decide to share a pair of shoes until their father has saved enough money to buy a new pair.
Director: Priyadarshan | Stars: Atul Kulkarni, Rituparna Sengupta, Darsheel Safary, Ziyah Vastani
Votes: 859
42. Zátopek (2021)
131 min | Biography, Drama, History
Autumn 1968, the Australian running record holder Ron Clarke is coming to Prague, hoping that his old friend and role model, Emil Zátopek, the most famous Czech athlete of all time, will help him overcome the biggest crisis of his career.
Director: David Ondricek | Stars: Václav Neuzil, Martha Issová, James Frecheville, Robert Miklus
Votes: 581
43. Visions of Eight (1973)
G | 110 min | Documentary, Sport
Eight film artists from different countries are given carte blanche to make a collection of short documentaries on the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, offering unexpected, original and often humorous perspectives.
Directors: Milos Forman, Kon Ichikawa, Claude Lelouch, Yuriy Ozerov, Arthur Penn, Michael Pfleghar, John Schlesinger, Mai Zetterling | Stars: Vasiliy Alekseev, Nikolay Avilov, Valery Borzov, Avery Brundage
Votes: 748 | Gross: $0.28M
44. The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984)
237 min | Drama, History, Sport
This movie describes the founding of the modern Olympics and concentrates on the creation of the American team and their trials in getting to the Olympics in Athens.
Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Hunt Block, David Caruso, Alex Hyde-White
Votes: 434
45. Skid Row Marathon (2017)
85 min | Documentary
A criminal court judge starts a running club on L.A.'s skid row, where he trains a motley group of homeless people to run international marathons.
Director: Mark Hayes | Stars: David Askew, Joan Bys, Rafael Cabrera, Mody Diop
Votes: 452
46. WrestleMania V (1989 TV Special)
TV-PG | 163 min | Action, Sport
Fifth WrestleMania on April 2nd, 1989 at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. A total of fourteen matches are contested at the event with the main event being Hulk Hogan versus Randy Savage for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.
Director: Kerwin Silfies | Stars: Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan, Jim Hellwig, Rick Rude
Votes: 1,116
48. Ethir Neechal (2013)
129 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
A young man opts to run a marathon to prove himself.
Director: R.S. Durai Senthilkumar | Stars: Sivakarthikeyan, Priya Anand, Nandita Shwetha, Sharath Lohitashwa
Votes: 2,710
49. Obsession (1997)
PG | 105 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Two men become entangled in a torrid love affair with the same woman. Pierre is Miriam's longtime lover. John is desperately searching for clues about his past when he and Miriam have a ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Sehr | Stars: Heike Makatsch, Charles Berling, Daniel Craig, Seymour Cassel
Votes: 392
50. Forever and a Day (2011)
105 min | Drama
Eugene (Sam Milby) arrives in Bukidnon with only one intention: to forget his problems at work. But when he meets Raffy (KC Concepcion) and as they travel and go on ridiculous and ... See full summary »
Director: Cathy Garcia-Sampana | Stars: Sam Milby, KC Concepcion, Rayver Cruz, Matet De Leon
Votes: 91