7 winter sports movies

7. "6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain"
- 2017
- USA
- Thriller, drama, biography
- Director: Scott Waugh
- Starring: Josh Hartnett, Mira Sorvino, Sarah Dumont, Kale Culley, Jason Cottle
- IMDb Rating: 5.7
Eric LeMarque (Josh Hartnett) was once a brilliant hockey player and Olympic champion, but now he has given up the sport. He lacked drive and became addicted to drugs. Now he lives in the mountains and is passionate about snowboarding. One day, while riding his board, Eric hears a warning from the rescue service that a blizzard is coming to the area. All athletes are urged to leave the area. However, the athlete decides to make one last descent, causing him to end up in a snowy desert.
The movie is based on real events. LeMarque spent seven days in the snowy desert trying to find his way back.
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6. "Out Cold"
- 2001
- USA
- Comedy
- Directors: Brendan Malloy, Emmett Malloy
- Starring: Flex Alexander, David Denman, Zach Galifianakis, Caroline Dhavernas, Jason London, Derek Hamilton
- IMDb Rating: 6.2
Buddies Rick (Jason London), Luke (Zach Galifianakis), Anthony (Flex Alexander), and Pig Pen (Derek Hamilton) live on Bull Mountain in the state of Alaska, partying hard, snowboarding and having fun with their girlfriends. However, the resort wants to sell, and they have to figure out how to save their favorite place.
In the movie all the tricks are performed by snowboarding champions Todd Richards, Rio Tahara, Tara Dakides, and Rob Boyce.
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5. "Slalom"
- 2020
- Belgium, France
- Drama
- Direcor: Charlène Favier
- Starring: Jérémie Renier, Noée Abita, Catherine Marchal, Muriel Combeau, François Godard
- IMDb Rating: 6.6
15-year-old Lyz (Noée Abita) finds herself in an elite ski camp in the Alps, where future professional athletes are trained. The girl is noticed by the coach Fred (Jérémie Renier), a former champion, who decides to make her a new slalom star. So Lyz finds herself under the influence of an overbearing, tough and very dominant coach who violates the girl's personal boundaries for the sake of the results he wants.
Charlène Favier began writing the script in 2014. In the process, the director drew on her personal experiences and her own upbringing, gained in the ski resort of Val-d'Isère.
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4. "Goon"
- 2011
- USA, Canada
- Comedy, drama
- Director: Michael Dowse
- Starring: Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Alison Pill, Liev Schreiber, Eugene Levy
- IMDb Rating: 6.8
Doug (Seann William Scott) doesn't have much intellectual ability, but he can easily knock anyone out. The opportunity to demonstrate this skill presented itself to him at a hockey game. One of the hockey players attacked a friend of him, and Doug hurried to stand up for his comrade, immediately knocking out the athlete. The coach of the team, noticing the extraordinary abilities of the bouncer, decides to take him into the team as a defender. Only there is one small problem: the hero has never stood on skates.
The movie is based on the novel "Goon: The True Story of an Unlikely Journey into Minor League Hockey", and in the end credits showed fragments of video chronicles of matches with one of the authors of the book — Doug Smith.
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3. "Take Off" / 국가대표
- 2009
- Republic of Korea
- Drama, comedy
- Director: Yong-hwa Kim
- Starring: Ha Jung-woo, Sung Dong-il, Kim Ji-seok, Kim Dong-wook, Choi Jae-hwan
- IMDb Rating: 6.8
1996. In a small Korean town, a ski jumping hill is being built to train athletes for the upcoming Nagano Olympics. But there is one problem: it turns out that there are simply no qualified jumpers in the country, which means that there is no one to make the Olympic team. The construction is in jeopardy, but then Bob (Ha Jung-woo), who came from America and was there almost by accident, decides to take up the task and gather from the newcomers a competitive composition of the future Korean team.
"Take Off" is based on real events. In 1996, the Republic of Korea really had no experienced jumpers, and the Olympic team found itself without candidates to represent them during the championships.
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2. "Cool Runnings"
- 1993
- USA
- Comedy, family
- Director: Jon Turteltaub
- Starring: John Candy, Leon, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis, Malik Yoba
- IMDb Rating: 7.0
Derice (Leon), Sanka (Doug E. Doug), Yul (Malik Yoba), and Junior (Rawle D. Lewis) are four Jamaican boys who dream of becoming professional bobsledders. They have a very difficult goal in front of them Junior to win gold at the Winter Olympics. To learn how to control the sled, they ask for help from Irving Blitzer (John Candy). Irving gladly takes up the cause and begins to train the boys.
The picture is based on real events. Even the final shots are not staged: they were taken from the documentary.
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1. "Eddie the Eagle"
- 2016
- UK, Germany, USA
- Drama, biography, comedy
- Director: Dexter Fletcher
- Starring: Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Joe Hartley, Keith Allen, Mark Benton
- IMDb Rating: 7.3
Eddie (Taron Egerton) has been ski jumping since he was a kid, and he had a dream of competing in the Olympics. But the jumps turned out clumsy and ended with a fall, which always caused a cheerful laughter of the audience. Fans, jokingly, nicknamed him Eddie the Eagle. However, the guy was not offended and persisted in conquering snowy peaks. At a certain point, Eddie realized: in order to seriously succeed and really get to the Olympics, you need to turn to a professional.
"A very motivational movie, about what you can achieve with patience, hard work and not giving up going after your dreams", — Varyast.
"It's important not to give up under any circumstances... And to remember that only by trying your best can you achieve something", — DeLectar.
"The movie is about how you can always follow your dreams", — Gevorg.
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But for the finale, my memory dug up a super comedy with a unique duet and a crazy element ( Steel Lotus ) - The Blade of Glory .
Eddie liked the eagle very much. The film is about motivation, that you can never give up!