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BMX Bandits (1983)
, 1h28Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Cycling films
Actors Nicole Kidman, Bryan Marshall, David Argue
After a successful Sydney bank robbery at the "Montgomery Street Bank" where they grabbed $101,586 (with the robbers wearing pig masks and brandishing shotguns), the man in charge, The Boss (Bryan Marshall), plans a further and larger payroll robbery for two days later worth at least $1.5 million, hoping that he can trust his less-than-competent gang headed by Whitey (David Argue) and Moustache (John Ley) to do the job properly, with anyone who doesn't answering to him.
The Armstrong Lie (2013)
, 2h2Directed by Alex Gibney
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Cycling films, Documentary films about sports, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about technology
Actors Anderson Cooper, Oprah Winfrey, Alex Gibney, Larry King
In 2009 director Alex Gibney set out to film The Road Back, a documentary on cyclist Lance Armstrong's comeback year after a four-year retirement from the sport. Three years later, on October 2012, a doping investigation led to his lifetime ban from competition and the stripping of his seven Tour de France titles, and the documentary was shelved. On January 14, 2013, three hours after his appearance on Oprah, Armstrong went back to Gibney to set the record straight about his career.
Le Prince des Six Jours (1936)
, 1h37Directed by Robert Vernay
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Cycling films
Actors Adrien Lamy, René Ferté, Marcel Vallée, Paulette Dubost, Robert Le Vigan, Robert Ancelin
Toto se fait passer pour Paul Prince, fameux coureur cycliste. Il participe et gagne les Six jours de Paris.
American Flyers (1985)
, 1h53Directed by John Badham
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Cycling films
Actors Kevin Costner, Rae Dawn Chong, Alexandra Paul, David Marshall Grant, Janice Rule, Jennifer Grey
Sports physician Marcus Sommers (Costner) persuades his younger brother David (Grant) to train with him for a three-day bicycle race across the Rocky Mountains known as "The Hell of the West."
The Race for Love (1925)
Directed by Maurice Champreux
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Cycling films
Actors Georges Biscot, Blanche Montel, Jean Murat, Geneviève Juttet, Jeanne Marie-Laurent, Henri-Amédée Charpentier
Fortuné est un passionné de vélo. Il n'hésite pas à abandonner son poste de groom pour rejoindre une course cycliste quand elle passe devant l'hôtel où il travaille. Renvoyé, il finit par trouver un emploi chez un fabricant de cycles avant de réussir à participer avec succès au Tour de France.
Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle (2001)
, 1h59Directed by Philippe Harel
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, Cycling films
Actors Benoît Poelvoorde, José Garcia, Daniel Ceccaldi, Sacha Bourdo, Emmanuel Quatra, Christelle Cornil
Au début des années 1970, Ghislain Lambert est un coureur cycliste belge, né le même jour qu'Eddy Merckx, a l'ambition de devenir un champion. Il parvient à intégrer une grande équipe mais comme porteur d'eau. Déterminé dans son rêve de victoire et de gloire sportive, Ghislain Lambert attend impatiemment son tour, quitte à sauter le pas du dopage. Tout sera bon pour briller enfin...
The Hotshots (1968)
, 1h50Directed by Alex Joffé
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Cycling films
Actors André Bourvil, Robert Hirsch, Gianni Bonagura, Monique Tarbès, Michel de Ré, Edmond Beauchamp
En 1901, Jules Duroc, un bricoleur, a conçu une bicyclette comportant de nombreuses innovations techniques. Mais comme il s'est endetté pour réaliser ses recherches et son prototype, un de ses créanciers veut la faire saisir. Jules s'enfuit au guidon de sa bicyclette, poursuivi par un des huissiers. Tenace, celui-ci le poursuit pendant toute la course Paris-San Remo où il multiplie les traquenards.
The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
, 1h18Directed by Sylvain Chomet
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Feminist films, Sports films, Vieillesse, Cycling films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Matthieu Chedid, Suzy Falk, Jean-Claude Donda, Michel Robin
The story focuses on Madame Souza, an elderly woman raising her young grandson, Champion. Souza notices her grandson is sad and lonely, hinted as due to the loss of his parents, so she first tries to get him interested in the piano. When this fails, she buys him a puppy named Bruno to cheer him up. Although he is initially happy, he quickly becomes melancholic once again. After discovering that Champion has a keen interest in road bicycle racing, because it is implied that Champion's deceased parents were bicyclists, she buys him a tricycle. Years later, Champion becomes a professional cyclist with Souza as his coach.
Me and My Moulton (2014)
, 14minutesDirected by Torill Kove
Origin Canada
Genres Animation
Themes Films about children, Sports films, Cycling films
Actors Andrea Bræin Hovig, Mélanie Laberge
Me and My Moulton is a humorous autobiographical short film based on Kove's experiences as a 7-year-old girl in Norway, one of three sisters who long for a bicycle. The film explores the emotions of Kove's character, who is often embarrassed by their unorthodox architect parents.
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia (2003)
, 47minutesDirected by Kitarō Kōsaka
Origin Japon
Genres Action, Animation
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Cycling films, Road movies
Actors Yo Oizumi, Eiko Koike, Hiroaki Hirata, Masahiko Tanaka, Rintarō Nishi, Toshio Kakei
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia follows the story of a professional Spanish cyclist, Pepe Benengeli, as he competes in the Vuelta a España road bicycle race through his home town in the Iberian region of Andalusia. As the story progresses, Pepe is faced with frustrating consequences, with him facing pressure from his sponsors and the wedding of his former girlfriend, Carmen, to his elder brother, Angel, coinciding on the same day of the penultimate stage of the bicycle race. Originally is meant to be a backup racer (domestique) whose job is to assist his more prominent team-mate to win the race. However he accidentally overhears a conversation in his sponsor's van through his radio com-link which had been negligently left open, in which he finds out, to his shock, that his sponsor intends to fire him after the race. Realizing that he may not find another team for the next season and that he has nothing left to lose, he disregards his instructions and sets out to win the race for himself.
One Crazy Ride (2009)
, 1h27Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Cycling films, Documentary films about sports, Documentary films about technology
Lesser known parts of India are explored as a five fellow bike riders from the 60KPH club set out on an expedition across the less travelled Indian north eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh to chart a route that supposedly does not exist. The bikers chronicle their attempt to travel from Tawang in west Arunachal to Dong in the east without entering the state of Assam.
Keirin Queen (1956)
, 1h29Directed by Kiyoshi Komori
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Sports films, Cycling films
Actors Michiko Maeda, Yoichi Numata, Ureo Egawa
, 1h36Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Cycling films, Documentary films about sports, Documentary films about technology
Up and Down (1993)
, 1h24Directed by Luc Moullet
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Documentary, Anthology film
Themes La provence, Sports films, Cycling films
Actors Jean Abeillé, Gérard Courant, Richard Guedj, Claude Melki, Luc Moullet, Rosette
Un rallye cycliste consiste en l'ascension du col du Parpaillon, dans la Haute-Ubaye (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence). Les concurrents amateurs s'élancent, et leurs efforts ont des fortunes diverses...
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
, 1h30Directed by Tim Burton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Films about films, Sports films, Transport films, Cycling films, Road movies
Actors Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger, Phil Hartman, Manuel Benitez
Pee-wee Herman is a puer aeternus with a pimped-out bicycle that he treasures and that his neighbor, Francis Buxton, covets. A bike shop employee, Dottie, has a crush on Pee-wee, but he does not reciprocate it. Pee-wee's bike gets stolen while at the mall. He confronts Francis, who has an air-tight alibi. Pee-wee then offers a $10,000 reward for his bike. Francis, who did indeed pay to have someone steal the bike, is frightened by Pee-wee's relentlessness and then pays to have it sent away. After holding a meeting, Pee Wee angrily shouts Dottie down while she is giving suggestions to him and refused to admit he needed help from Dottie while telling her off. Now mad, Pee Wee gives Dottie a furious "I DON'T NEED ANYBODY!" Desperate, Pee-wee visits a psychic, Madam Ruby, who lies to him, claiming that the bike is in the basement of the Alamo. Pee-wee hitchhikes to Texas, getting rides from a fugitive, Mickey, and from a ghostly trucker, Large Marge.