List of films about bicycles and cycling
Encyclopedia
This is a list of films about bicycles and cycling, featuring notable films where bicycle
s and cycling
play a central role in the development of the plot.
Bicycle
A bicycle, also known as a bike, pushbike or cycle, is a human-powered, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A person who rides a bicycle is called a cyclist, or bicyclist....
s and cycling
Cycling
Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...
play a central role in the development of the plot.
Fiction
- A Peasant on a BicycleA Peasant on a Bicycle (film)A Peasant on a Bicycle is a Bulgarian film released in 1974.The passage of time cannot erase the past, the memories, the dreams. The big city absorbs the life of a man with a delicate soul and adherence to the countryside and his native village in particular...
- 1974 - American FlyersAmerican FlyersAmerican Flyers is a 1985 film starring Kevin Costner, David Marshall Grant, Rae Dawn Chong, Alexandra Paul and Janice Rule about bicycle racing....
- 1985 - Beijing BicycleBeijing BicycleBeijing Bicycle is a 2001 Chinese drama film by Sixth Generation Chinese director Wang Xiaoshuai, with joint investment from the Taiwanese Arc Light Films and the French Pyramide Productions. The film stars first-time actors Cui Lin and Li Bin, supported by the already established actresses Zhou...
- 2001 - Bicycle ThievesBicycle ThievesBicycle Thieves , also known as The Bicycle Thief, is a 1948 Italian neorealist film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of a poor man searching the streets of Rome for his stolen bicycle, which he needs to be able to work. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Luigi...
- 1948 - BMX BanditsBMX Bandits (film)BMX Bandits is a 1983 Australian children's adventure film featuring one of Nicole Kidman's earliest appearances.The film follows the exploits of two young BMX experts, P.J. and Goose , and their friend Judy , also starring James Mackay as the bike mechanic, after stumbling upon a box of...
- 1983 - Breaking AwayBreaking AwayBreaking Away is a 1979 American film. A coming of age story, it follows a group of four male teenagers in Bloomington, Indiana, who have recently graduated from high school. It stars Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern , Jackie Earle Haley, Barbara Barrie and Paul Dooley...
- 1979 - Boy and BicycleBoy and BicycleBoy and Bicycle is the first film made by Ridley Scott. The black and white short was made on 16mm film while Scott was a photography student at the Royal College of Art in London in 1962....
- 1997 - ClorophillaClorophillaClorophilla - Soul, Nature and Bikes is a Mountain-biking film released in 2006 and entirely filmed in Abruzzo, Italy. Unlike other freeride mountain-biking movies, where several stars and world-level champions are gathered by a producer, Clorophilla was born from the passion of a group of six...
- 2006 - CyclomaniaCyclomaniaCyclomania is a 2001 Finnish movie directed and written by Simo Halinen. Three teenage cyclists, two boys and a girl trying to balance friendship, competition and a growing romance....
- 2001 - Island EtudeIsland EtudeIsland Etude is a 2006 Taiwanese film directed by Chen Huai-En. It was Taiwan's submission to the 80th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.Written and directed by Chen Huai-en...
- 2006 - Jo Jeeta Wohi SikandarJo Jeeta Wohi SikandarThe music for the movie composed by Jatin Lalit and lyrics were penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri. The soundtrack, their second collaboration together, helped to launch their career...
- 1992 - Nasu: Summer in AndalusiaNasu: Summer in Andalusiais a 2003 Japanese anime film by Madhouse, directed by Kitarō Kōsaka, the famed animation supervisor of the Oscar-winning anime film Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke and long-time collaborator of Studio Ghibli, and adapted from a short 3-tankōbon manga by Iō Kuroda, entitled Nasu, which was...
- 2003 - One Got FatOne Got FatOne Got Fat is a 1963 bicycle safety film. It is narrated by F-Troop and Fractured Fairy Tales star, Edward Everett Horton.-Plot:In the film, ten friends who are children with monkey masks and tails, plan on going to the park for a picnic...
- 1963 - Onna Keirin-ōOnna Keirin-ois a 1956 black-and-white Japanese film directed by ...It is a sport film about cycling....
- 1956 - Pee-wee's Big AdventurePee-wee's Big AdventurePee-wee's Big Adventure is a 1985 American adventure comedy film directed by Tim Burton in his full-length debut and starring Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman. Reubens also co-wrote the script with Phil Hartman and Michael Varhol. Supporting roles are played by Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane...
- 1985 - Premium RushPremium RushPremium Rush is an upcoming 2012 American action thriller film directed by David Koepp and written by Koepp and John Kamps. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez and Jamie Chung...
- 2012 - QuicksilverQuicksilver (film)Quicksilver is a 1986 feature film starring Kevin Bacon. Written and directed by Thomas Michael Donnelly, the film also includes Jami Gertz, Paul Rodriguez, Louie Anderson, Laurence Fishburne, and Rudy Ramos.-Plot:...
- 1986 - RadRad (film)Rad is a film about BMX racing, first released in the USA in 1986. The film was written by Sam Bernard and Geoffrey Edwards and directed by Hal Needham. It stars Bill Allen and Lori Loughlin. Parts of this movie were filmed in Cochrane in Cochrane, Alberta, Canada, Colonel Macleod Jr...
- 1986 - SlipstreamSlipstream (1967 film)Slipstream is a 1967 film about bicycle racers directed and written by Steven Spielberg and Roger Ernest that went unfinished. Ernest, who also starred in the film, later appeared in Spielberg's Sugarland Express and Close Encounters of the Third Kind...
- 1967 - The Amateur - 1999
- The Triplets of Belleville - 2003
Documentary
- A Sunday in HellA Sunday in HellA Sunday in Hell is a 1976 Danish documentary film directed by Jørgen Leth. The film is a chronology of the 1976 Paris–Roubaix bicycle race from the perspective of participants, organizers and spectators....
- 1976 - Bicycle DreamsBicycle DreamsBicycle Dreams is a 2009 documentary film by director Stephen Auerbach about the Race Across America, a 3000-mile cross-country bicycle race. The film has won numerous film festival awards.-Plot:...
- 2009 - Bicycle Safety CampBicycle Safety CampBicycle Safety Camp is a 1989 educational video produced by TIPP: The Injury Prevention Program then a division of The American Academy of Pediatrics. The video was produced by Broad Street Productions, and although now out of print still continues to be shown at elementary schools and by parents...
- 1989 - Hell on Wheels - 2004
- I AmI Am (2011 film)I Am is a 2011 documentary film written, narrated, and directed by Tom Shadyac. The documentary explores Shadyac's personal journey after a 2007 bicycle accident, "the nature of humanity" and "world's ever-growing addiction to materialism." The film, shot with Shadyac and a team of four, contrasts...
- 2011 - Klunkerz: A Film About Mountain BikesKlunkerz: A Film About Mountain BikesKlunkerz: A Film About Mountain Bikes documents mountain bike history during its formative period in Northern California and examines the relationships of the Marin County hippies, athletes, and entrepreneurs who were directly responsible for popularizing off-road cycling...
- 2007 - Pedaling to FreedomPedaling to Freedom-Pedaling to Freedom:Pedaling to Freedom is a documetary film scripted, edited and directed by Vijay S. Jodha -Synopsis:India boasts of many globally reputed institutions of higher education, yet suffers from widespread illiteracy especially among the female population.Pedaling to Freedom is a...
- 2007 - Road to ParisRoad to ParisRoad to Paris is a 2001 documentary film showing the preparation of Lance Armstrong, then twice winner of Tour de France, and his team, US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team, for the 2001 Tour de France. The film was shot during April, covering races such as Circuit de la Sarthe, Gent–Wevelgem,...
- 2001 - The Flying ScotsmanThe Flying Scotsman (film)The Flying Scotsman is a 2006 British drama film, based on the life and career of Scottish amateur cyclist Graeme Obree. The film covers the period of Obree's life that saw him take, lose, and then retake the world one-hour distance record...
- 2006 - With My Own Two WheelsWith My Own Two WheelsWith My Own Two Wheels is a 2010 film by brothers Jacob & Isaac Seigel-Boettner about the transformational power of bicycles. It was screened at the Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride, Colorado.-Synopsis:...
- 2010
See also
- Bicycle Film FestivalBicycle Film FestivalThe Bicycle Film Festival is an independent film festival that takes place annually in 20-30 cities around the world, headquartered in New York City. It was established in 2001 by Brendt Barbur, after he was hit by a bus whilst riding his bike in New York City...
- Freeride mountain-biking moviesFreeride mountain-biking moviesFreeride mountain-biking movies are films about freeride mountain-biking and downhill mountain biking. Scenes from freeride competitions are normally included. Given the high spectacularity of the freeride and downhill action, an increasing number of films are released every year, covering the...
- International Cycling Film Festival
- List of sports films#Cycling