Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World
Aug 05, 2016 | IMDB 6.8
266 min Watch NowDocumentary
With fireworks forming the word “Rio” in the sky and supermodel Gisele Bundchen shimmering to the tune of “The Girl from Ipanema,” Rio de Janiero welcomed the world to the first Olympic Games in South America with a serious message underlying the celebration: Let’s take care of our planet.
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Tenório and the Dreams of Judo
The Road to the Tokyo Olympics
La Grande Seine
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
13 Days in France
The Procession to Lying-in-State
A Farra do Circo
Bus 174
Rio by Them
Laure ! Laure ! Laure !
Pull Like A Dog
Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season
Marathon
Fight Without Hate
XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport
Where the World Meets
Gold and Glory
White Vertigo
Olympic Games 1956
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Tenório and the Dreams of Judo
IMDB 7 | Jul , 2021
Antônio Tenório and the Brazilian Paralympic Team are invited to a rare training camp in Japan. Passing through the main temples of Judo, our visually impaired athletes face the many challenges of training in an unknown country. The encounter with their Japanese hosts generates strangeness and difficulties, but also discoveries and joys. Step by step, these situations strengthen our athletes, who find themselves increasingly united. Led by the charisma and sensitivity of champion Tenório, a new generation of judo is revealed and inspired.The Road to the Tokyo Olympics
IMDB 0 | Feb , 1963
A documentary film that includes footage of past Olympics held in different countries with an particular emphasis on the activities and successes of Japanese athletes and how they are currently (circa 1963) improving themselves.La Grande Seine
IMDB 8.5 | Dec , 2024
Discover the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony full preparations, from first sketches until the very end of the show. We follow every aspect, including exclusive access to Celine Dion’s rehearsal, as a small team of dedicated individuals defy all odds to create one of the most incredible TV shows that has ever-been produced.Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
IMDB 6.8 | Apr , 1938
Starting with a long and lyrical overture, evoking the origins of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, Riefenstahl covers twenty-one athletic events in the first half of this two-part love letter to the human body and spirit, culminating with the marathon, where Jesse Owens became the first track and field athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympics.Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
IMDB 6.7 | Jun , 1938
Part two of Leni Riefenstahl's monumental examination of the 1938 Olympic Games, the cameras leave the main stadium and venture into the many halls and fields deployed for such sports as fencing, polo, cycling, and the modern pentathlon, which was won by American Glenn Morris.13 Days in France
IMDB 6 | Sep , 1968
This colorful documentary chronicles the events of the 1968 Winter Olympics in France. The events made international celebrities of skater Peggy Fleming and skier Jean-Claude Killy for their gold-medal performances. The camera accurately catches the speed of bobsleds and downhill racers and ski jumpers as they race for the gold. President Charles DeGaulle is shown observing the action over 13 days, which saw France earn the best performance to date in the winter games.The Procession to Lying-in-State
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2022
Coverage of the ceremonial procession of the Queen's coffin through central London to lying-in-state at Westminster Hall. HM the King and members of the royal family take part in the procession as the cortège makes its way from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster. The doors of Westminster Hall will open for the first members of the public to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II.A Farra do Circo
IMDB 9 | Nov , 2013
This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' performance space to national cultural institution.Bus 174
IMDB 7.3 | Oct , 2002
Documentary depicts what happened in Rio de Janeiro on June 12th 2000, when bus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to shoot all the passengers. Transmitted live on all Brazilian TV networks, this shocking and tragic-ending event became one of violence's most shocking portraits, and one of the scariest examples of police incompetence and abuse in recent years.Rio by Them
IMDB 0 | May , 2017
An unprecedented collection of pictures, characters and historical facts about the city of Rio de Janeiro, rescued by tv networks, documentary filmmakers and foreign journalists over the course of the 20th Century. The film reveals how Rio, its inhabitants and its cultural and natural attributes have been seen by foreigners. This is an opportunity to relive, through the eyes of a foreigner, social, political, technological and mundane events which Brazilians either did not manage to document audiovisually or whose works were lost.Laure ! Laure ! Laure !
IMDB 7.3 | Jan , 2025
Pull Like A Dog
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2016
A documentary film looking back at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, including rowing brothers Gary and Paul O'Donovan, who won silver medals at the games. In August 2016 Gary and Paul O’Donovan, two young rowers from West Cork in Ireland, came from nowhere to become household names after bolting their way to silver medal success at the Rio Olympics. Not only did they become the first ever Irish rowers to bring home Olympic medals but within a week Paul also went on to become the fastest singles lightweight rower on the planet by winning gold at the World Championships. With catch phrases like ‘Pull Like A Dog’ and ‘Stheak and Spuds’ these two young men have succeeded in warming the hearts of a nation.Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season
IMDB 6.6 | Nov , 2019
Universally recognized as the greatest female skier ever, Lindsey Vonn went on a remarkable journey that was defined by unexpected twists and turns and dramatic peaks and valleys in its final chapter. LINDSEY VONN: THE FINAL SEASON intimately recounts the iconic skier’s last competitive campaign while looking back on her transcendent career, from child prodigy to decorated Olympian to global superstar.Marathon
IMDB 4.2 | Jan , 1993
A documentary covering the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.Fight Without Hate
IMDB 6.3 | Dec , 1948
A documentary covering the 1948 Olympic Games in St. Moritz.XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport
IMDB 6.1 | Sep , 1948
A documentary covering the 1948 Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and London, England.Where the World Meets
IMDB 5 | Nov , 1952
A first part of a documentary on the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.Gold and Glory
IMDB 5 | Mar , 1953
A second part of a documentary covering the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.White Vertigo
IMDB 6 | Dec , 1956
A documentary covering the 1956 Olympic Games in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.Olympic Games 1956
IMDB 6.1 | Dec , 1956
A documentary covering the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne and Stockholm.