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We talk every day about what running requires us to do? Or what does running bring us? To be honest, everyone has heard about this.
So today, Lao Wang decided to give you some new tricks!
Movies, as the most common way of leisure in daily life, various Hollywood blockbusters have been sought after by everyone. So the question is: how much do you know about running movies?
A top 10 from the world's top running movies
10th Place:
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner - Uk
Recommendation Index: ☆
Filmed by Tony Richardson, it was released in 1962 and ran for 104 minutes.
It is mainly about a juvenile offender who is imprisoned for theft, but his high talent for long-distance running has slowly attracted attention and won awards frequently. However, during the long running training, because of the memories of various misfortunes encountered before, dissatisfaction and resistance to society developed. It is one of the representative masterpieces of the British "anger faction".
9th Place:
The Spirit of Marathon - USA
Referral Index: ★
Filmed by Jon Dunham, it was released in 2008. It was the first ever film to capture the dramatic and spiritual essence of the marathon in a non-fiction form.
It mainly tells the wonderful life of a group of amateur marathon runners. In particular, the unique story of 2 professional marathon runners and 4 amateur marathon runners.
Eighth place:
St. Ralph '- Canada
Recommendation Index: ★ ☆
Filmed by Michael McGowan, it was released in 2005 and lasted 98 minutes.
It is mainly about a 14-year-old boy whose father died and his mother was unconscious, who accidentally fell in love with the sport during a long-distance running punishment and created many miracles as a result.
Seventh place:
"Never Ending" - USA
Referral Index: ★★
Filmed by Robert Tong, it was released in 1998 and lasted 117 minutes.
Mainly about the protagonist, although Steve has this extraordinary running talent, but because of his arrogance, his running career hastily ended, which is regrettable.
Sixth place:
Four Minutes - USA
Recommendation Index: ★★ ☆
Filmed by Charles Beeson and released in 2005.
The main story is the protagonist, Roger Bannister, an outstanding student majoring in medicine at Oxford University, who ran a four-minute success in a one-mile race at the National University Games. After discovering his talent, he finally broke the British national record in a national competition with 3 minutes 59 seconds 4/10 of the time, and also broke the world record, through the guidance and hard training of excellent coaches.
Fifth place:
Chariot of Fire - United Kingdom
Referral Index: ★★★
Filmed by Hugh Hudson, it was released in 1981 and lasted 124 minutes.
It mainly tells the story of the two protagonists, Abraham and Eleklide, due to their different identities, resulting in different purposes for running, and the twists and turns between the two of them and the unexpected running story.
Fourth place:
MacFarlane - USA
Recommendation Index: ★★★ ☆
Filmed by Nikki Caro, it was released in 2015 and lasted 129 minutes. It is mainly based on a true story from 1987.
It is mainly about the great changes and hopes that a coach brings to an already poor town by developing high school students into cross-country runners.
Third place:
"Lola Run" - Germany
Referral Index: ★★★★
Filmed by Tom Tikwe, it was released in 1998 and is 81 minutes long.
It mainly tells the story of what happened to a pair of young lovers, Lola and Manny. Manny was an unscrupulous bastard who one day lost the 100,000 marks he had exchanged for a diamond deal. And Lola rushes to the banker's father for help for love, in order to save Manny.
Second place:
The Olympics of One Man - China
Recommendation Index: ★★★★ ☆
Filmed by Hou Yong, it was released in 2008 and lasted 102 minutes.
It mainly tells that during the "918" incident, Liu Changchun, who has a sprinting strength, never gave up training and wanted to win glory for the country through this sport. Although he encountered all kinds of obstacles, he finally had the dream of a strong country and appeared at the scene of the tenth Summer Olympic Games in the United States.
First place:
Forrest Gump - USA
Referral Index: ★★★★★
Undoubtedly the first place, anyone who loves running, there is no one who does not know! Even if you haven't seen it, you've heard of it!
Filmed by Robert Zemeckis, it premiered in Los Angeles in 1994 and lasted 142 minutes.
The main story is the protagonist, Forrest Gump, who was born in a small town in the southern state of Alabama in the United States shortly after the end of World War II, and has an IQ of only 75 due to congenital mental retardation. Just as the so-called "fool has his own foolish fortune", he was self-reliant and unremitting, under the love and care of his mother and girlfriend Jenny, he began his running life through the "scud legs" given by God, and thus changed his entire life.
Of course, the above content is only a rough introduction to these 10 top running movies by Lao Wang, how about it? You still need to read it to know!
And this is not only about the running of the movie, but also about the spiritual food of the heart. Whether you're a running enthusiast or not, I'm sure you'll love these movies because you can benefit a lot from them.