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Photos: 10 Olympics movies

Photos: 10 Olympics movies

From left, Doug E. Doug, Malik Yoba, Rawle D. Lewis, John Candy and Leon are shown in a scene from "Cool Runnings." This 1993 film recounts the first Jamaican bobsled team. In the film the Jamaican team were portrayed as unwelcome visitors while in reality, there was no animosity. (AP Photo/Fox)

For her starring role in the new Warner Bros. film "Personal Best," actress Mariel Hemingway had to train her lanky 5-feet-10 frame into top condition for her part as an Olympic-caliber pantathlete. Miss Hemingway, 20, the granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway, makes her first nude appearance in the film. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)

"Chariots of Fire" is a 1981 film based on two sprinters in the 1924 Olympics who are competing for fame. It is based on a true story. You might recognize the theme song. (AP Photo)

Actress Tatum O'Neal at Pinewood studios during the 1978 filming of 'International Velvet' , the sequel to the 1944 screen classic 'National Velvet' that starred Elizabeth Taylor. In the film, O'Neal, who plays the main character Sarah, competes in the Olympics. She is selected to be on the British equestrian team. Oh...and her aunt is Velvet Brown. (Photo by Wesley/Keystone/Getty Images)

Jared Leto stars as track star Steve Prefontaine in "Prefontaine." Disney's movie, from the makers of "Hoop Dreams," spotlights the gritty Oregonian who, at the time of his death in 1975, held every American distance running record between 2,000 and 10,000 meters. (Photo by BRUCE BIRMELIN)

This 2005 movie is based on the true story of the Black September aftermath at the 1972 Munich Olympics. It is about the men who were tasked with tracking down the terrorists who invaded the Olympic village. Eric Bana plays the starring role. He also played the 'Hulk' in 2003.

This is the true story of Herb Brooks, the player-turned-coach who led the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team to victory over Russia. This movie was released after the real Herb Brooks died in a car accident. At the end of the film, there is a dedication to Brooks. It states, "He never saw it. He lived it." (AP Photo/Buena Vista, HO)

This TV movie starring Alexandra Powers ("L.A. Law") and Heather Langenkamp ("Just the Ten of Us") star as Olympic skaters Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, respectively. It is the story behind the rivalry that triggered a media frenzy around the world that. The Washington Post called it "a pitiful and monumentally tedious account of that big news all Americans of sick to death of". (Paul Drinkwater)

"The Cutting Edge" is a movie where Moira Kelly plays a snooty skater and D.B. Sweeney an injured hockey player who wind up as feuding partners in the pairs competition. As the Sochi Olympics will remind the world again, there is a huge amount of human drama in the skiing, skating and snowboarding that seize the world's attention every four years. (Handout via The New York Times)

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From left, Doug E. Doug, Malik Yoba, Rawle D. Lewis, John Candy and Leon are shown in a scene from "Cool Runnings." This 1993 film recounts the first Jamaican bobsled team. In the film the Jamaican team were portrayed as unwelcome visitors while in reality, there was no animosity. (AP Photo/Fox)

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