Corinne Sullivan

It's never too early to start getting in the Olympic spirit. With the 2024 Summer Olympics quickly approaching, now feels like an appropriate time to look back at record-breaking performances, incredible acts of teamwork, and even headline-making controversies. Unlike Olympic athletes who spend their entire lives training for such moments, we have a slightly different way of gearing up for the Games: lounging around on the couch and watching movies about the Olympics. In our opinion, the best ones are inspired by real-life athletes and events. Luckily, there are plenty of inspiring movies and documentaries about the Olympics that fit the bill. To help you prepare for the Paris Games, we rounded up some of the best movies about the Olympics, from a biopic about one of figure skating's biggest scandals to a wholesome telling of the "Miracle on Ice." Read on for more inspiring movies and thrilling documentaries available to stream well before the opening ceremony, and get excited for more groundbreaking Olympic moments coming this summer. - Additional reporting by Chandler Plante Related: How Old Do You Have to Be to Compete in the Olympics? It Depends on the Sport

What is it about sports documentaries that always makes us weep - in a good way? Perhaps the heart-wrenching drama is build right into the plotline - there will always be tragic losses, euphoric wins, the hope of a comeback . . . all key elements of the sort of emotional roller coaster that can bring on the waterworks. Wehther you're a sports person or not, cuing up one or two sports documentaries on Netflix is a guaranteed good time (if you consider, say, a weekly crying session a good time), as long as you have a box of tissues or two nearby. From mainstream sports like basketball and baseball to athletic activities you may know less about, including sumo wrestling, archery, and freediving, this list of Netflix sports documentaries and docuseries includes all the best films you can find on the streaming platform. Whether you're in the mood for an exposé, a comeback story, or an interesting deep dive into a sport you know little about, there's a Netflix sports documentary that'll fit the bill. But one note to Netflix, if we may be so presumptuous: more women's sports documentaries and docuseries, please. - Additional reporting by Mirel Zaman