Inspirational Stories - Movies
The Long Run (2001)
Features the Comrades Marathon in South Africa (90K race). An aging running coach finds hope in a woman he thinks can win this race.
Running on the Sun (2000)
Chronicles The Badwater Ultramarathon – a 135 mile race across the desert. “the most extreme footrace on earth” (Netflix description)
Children of Heaven (1999, Foreign film)
This is an entertaining story of a brother and sister, and what happens when the boy inadvertently loses his sister’s pair of shoes. Their family is too poor to buy a new pair, so the children try to hide the fact that she no longer has a pair of shoes and they share the boy’s shoes. Then, one day the boy comes up with a plan - to win a new pair of shoes in a local student footrace…
Without Limits (1998)
Billy Crudup stars as Steve Prefontaine. See why Steve Prefontaine is one of the most respected and tragic runners of our time.
Prefontaine (1997)
Jared Leto stars as the legendary runner Steve Prefontaine…another good movie about the man.
Forrest Gump (1994)
One of Forrest’s many adventures includes getting his first pair of running shoes, and then he just starts running…
Running Brave (1983)
Robbie Benson stars as Native American runner, Billy Mills, who overcomes challenges to become the only American to win Gold in the Olympic 10,000 meter race
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Two long distance runners compete to win Olympic victory for England.
