Movies and TvShows featuring "athletics" theme.

LazyTown is a town where nobody likes to do anything or exercise. However, everything changes when the energetic superhero Sportacus comes to town. With his help, the children of LazyTown discover the joy of being active and healthy, much to the dismay of the lazy and villainous Robbie Rotten. Together with Sportacus, the kids learn important life lessons and have fun adventures.

Run with the Wind is an anime TV show about a group of college students who join a track and field club and train together to compete in a marathon race. The story explores their journey of friendship, rivalry, and personal growth as they overcome challenges and strive to reach their goals.

Boarding School Juliet is a romantic comedy anime set in a high school where students from two rival dormitories, the Black Doggy House and the White Cats House, constantly compete against each other. However, despite their rivalry, two students, Juliet Persia and Romio Inuzuka, find themselves falling in love with each other. The anime explores their secret relationship and the challenges they face in balancing their love with their loyalty to their respective dormitories.

The final summer of middle school, Shotaro Futaba discovers boys gymnastics and is completely enamored by it. Shotaro ends up going to Soshukan Private High School (aka Ao High) and decides to visit the boys gymnastics club. He's greeted by very unique senpais and a star gymnast named Misato Ryoya. Dedicating your life to something you love during your fiery days of youth... Of course, there is frustration, and fights, but see how these boys work together as a team towards a similar goal in this drama about sports and youth.

Tomo is a tomboy who has been in love with her childhood friend Junichiro, and strives to make him see her as a romantic candidate.

What would you do to pursue your passion? For Hiyori Suzumi, it’s leaving her simple rural hometown for the bustling city of Tokyo to join Sakuragaoka High School’s track team. Between being a manager-in-training for two cutthroat schoolboy idols, track, and friends, Hiyori shows no signs of slowing down.

Based on a mixed media project that blends fantasy, magical girl, and idol elements, Lapis Re:LiGHTs will follow a group of students as they train to become idols. Together, they'll use the magic of music and the magic of... well, literal magic... in their performances.

"Stride," is an extreme sport that involves six people on one team who run relay races through towns. Hōnan Academy and other schools compete to win eastern Japan's top Stride competition, "End of Summer." However, Hōnan's team has shut down. First-year high school students Takeru Fujiwara and Nana Sakurai attempt to restart the club, but they must recruit six members for the team. They ask Riku Yagami to join, but he turns them down by saying that Stride is the one thing he doesn't want to do.

The story is set in the future, not long after the present day. Hyper Sports, which use extreme gear as support items, have become popular hobby competitions among both children and adults. Hiyori Hayama is a high school singer who has nothing to do with Hyper Sports, but a certain incident sets the story in motion.

After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he's caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp. Despite facing brutal treatment and torture, Zamperini survives and eventually forgives his captors, continuing to live a life of faith and forgiveness.

Meadowlands is a psychological drama that follows a family living in witness protection under new identities. As they struggle to cope with their new lives in a mysterious suburban community, dark secrets from their past begin to unravel. The series explores themes of deception, fear, and the lengths people will go to protect their loved ones. With elements of mystery, thriller, and drama, Meadowlands offers a compelling and suspenseful storyline.

In the '90s, TV’s stunt-filled “American Gladiators” thrilled fans. This docuseries explores the show’s success and how it almost ended before it began.

Each week, host Alex Weber joins your favorite ninjas to get an insider's behind the scenes look at how an obstacle goes from an idea to the ultimate athletic challenge in Crashing The Course.

Chariots of Fire is a 1981 movie based on the true story of two athletes, Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell, who overcome personal and societal challenges to compete in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Abrahams, a Jewish student at Cambridge University, faces prejudice and discrimination as he strives to prove himself in the world of athletics. Liddell, a devout Christian from Scotland, grapples with his religious convictions and his passion for running. The film explores themes of faith, determination, and the pursuit of excellence.

When a college track coach inherits a hotel, he discovers that it is haunted by the ghost of the notorious pirate Blackbeard. With the help of a witch and the ghost himself, they must try to save the hotel from being taken over by a gangster.

Drawn by French animator Picha, here are 26 episodes of the hilarious animal Olympics antics. These are parodies of Olympic events, based vaguely on behaviours in the animal kingdom, such as egg laying and rolling (chickens), slop slurping (pigs) and kangaroo boxing.

The Game Changers is a documentary that showcases the benefits of a plant-based diet for athletes. It explores the impact of plant-based nutrition on performance, recovery, and overall health. The film features interviews with top athletes who have switched to a plant-based diet and experienced significant improvements in their performance and well-being. The Game Changers also highlights the environmental and ethical aspects of a plant-based lifestyle.

Prefontaine is a biographical drama about the life and career of Steve Prefontaine, an American long-distance runner. Set in the 1960s and 1970s, the movie follows Prefontaine's journey to becoming a world record-setting athlete while dealing with personal struggles and the pressures of fame. The film explores themes of endurance, determination, and the pursuit of greatness.

The movie follows a teenage boy named Ethan who is struggling with his identity and sexuality. He forms a close bond with his male best friend, Josh, and starts to develop romantic feelings for him. As Ethan navigates through his emotions and experiences his first love, he also has to deal with the challenges of coming out to his single father and facing judgment from his peers. The story explores themes of friendship, acceptance, and self-discovery.