The 18th annual Bicycle Film Festival has just finished in New York and it's a little under 2 weeks until the start of the Tour De France, so we thought it would be the ideal time to take a look back at fourteen of our favourite cycling films.
The Flying Scotsman
- Released: 29 June 2007 (UK)
- Length: 1h 36m
- Director: Douglas Mackinnon
- Writer: John Brown, Simon Rose, Declan Hughes
- Stars: Jonny Lee Miller, Laura Fraser, Brian Cox
- Score on IMDB: 7.1
Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist
- Released: 16 May 2014 (UK)
- Length: 1h 36m
- Director: James Erskine
- Writer: James Erskine, Oliver Parsons
- Stars: Marco Pantani
- Score on IMDB: 7.0
The Armstrong Lie
- Released: 31 January 2014 (UK)
- Length: 2h 4m
- Director: Alex Gibney
- Stars: Lance Armstrong, Michele Ferrari, George Hincapie
- Score on IMDB: 7.3
Bicycle
- Released: 4 July 2014 (UK)
- Length: 1h 27m
- Director: Michael B. Clifford
- Stars: Sir Dave Brailsford, Gary Fisher, Chris Boardman, Ned Boulting, Sir Chris Hoy
- Score on IMDB: 7.5
Hell on Wheels
- Released: 10 June 2004 (Germany)
- Length: 2h
- Director: Pepe Danquart
- Stars: Erik Zabel, Alexander Vinokurov
- Score on IMDB: 7.3
Overcoming
- Released: 28 April 2006 (UK)
- Length: 1h 45m
- Director: Tómas Gislason
- Stars: Michelle Bartoli, Ivan Basso
- Score on IMDB: 7.0
Chasing Legends
- Released: 21 October 2010
- Length: 1h 33m
- Director: Jason Berry
- Stars: Jean-Michel Heimonet, Mark Cavendish, Bernhard Eisel
- Score on IMDB: 7.6
The Last Kilometer: L'Ultimo Chilometro
- Released: 1 January 2013 (Italy)
- Length: 52m
- Director: Paolo Casalis
- Stars: Francesco Moser, Ignazio Moser, Gianni Mura
- Score on IMDB: 7.6
A Sunday in Hell
- Released: 25 February 1977 (Denmark)
- Length: 1h 51m
- Director: Jørgen Leth
- Stars: Roger De Vlaeminck, Eddy Merckx, Freddy Maertens
- Score on IMDB: 7.7
Road to Roubaix
- Released: 1 June 2008 (USA)
- Length: 1h 11m
- Director: David Cooper, David Deal
- Stars: Tom Boonen, Fabian Cancellara
- Score on IMDB: 6.8
Bicycling with Molière
- Length: 1h 44m
- Director: Philippe Le Guay
- Writer: Fabrice Luchini
- Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Lambert Wilson, Maya Sansa
- Score on IMDB: 6.6
Ride to Glory (La grande boucle - Tour De Force)
- Released: 12 June 2013 (France)
- Length: 1h 38m
- Director: Laurent Tuel
- Writers: Lyes Belaïdouni, Yohan Lévy
- Stars: Clovis Cornillac, Bouli Lanners, Ary Abittan
- Score on IMDB: 5.9
The Triplets of Belleville
- Released: 29 August 2003
- Length: 1h 38m
- Director: Sylvain Chomet
- Stars: Michèle Caucheteux, Jean-Claude Donda, Michel Robin
- Score on IMDB: 7.8
The Road Uphill
- Released: 23 December 2011 (Luxembourg)
- Length: 2h
- Director: Jean-Louis Schuller
- Stars: Andy Schleck, Fränk Schleck, Jens Voigt
- Score on IMDB: 8.1
Also see:
- The Programme
- Stop at nothing
- Vive le tour
- BMX Bandits
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure
- American Flyers
- Rising from Ashes
