We’re just days away from the Winter Olympics 2026, and Hollywood execs are probably more excited to tune into the Milano Cortina Games than anybody else. After all, there’s no better place to get inspo for an underdog story or an enemies-to-lovers rom-com than the freakin’ Olympics.
Historically, ice-skating movies and television shows have dominated the latter genre, but hockey romance is having a moment thanks to a certain Crave Originals series about queer hockey captains who fall in love despite their reputation as bitter rivals on the ice.
Meanwhile, some of the best sports biopics of all time were pulled straight from Olympic headlines, including Cool Runnings, John Candy’s comedy classic about the first Jamaican Olympic bobsled team’s journey to the 1988 Winter Olympics. Oddly enough, that year’s Calgary Games also