The 12 Best Ice Skating Movies

1

'Blades of Glory'

Not all the jokes in the 2007 Will Ferrell comedy hold up in 2022, but others satirize the best and worst of the figure skating world perfectly.

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2

'The Cutting Edge'

It's the classic enemies-to-lovers story of hockey player meets figure skater.

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3

'The Mighty Ducks'

WHAT TEAM? Sorry, wrong Disney movie.

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4

'I, Tonya'

This Academy Award-winning film tells a darkly comic, exaggerated version of the real-life scandal between Tonya Harding, her ex-husband Jeff Gillooly, and Nancy Kerrigan.

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5

'Ice Princess'

DCOM alert! The first of two 2005 films about skating to air on the House of Mouse, this one follows Michelle Trachtenberg's STEM girl character as she attempts to use her knowledge of physics to become a competitive figure skater.

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6

'Go Figure'

Another DCOM alert! This 2005 film is about a promising figure skater who moonlights as a hockey player in order to attend a prestigious boarding school for free.

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7

'The Ice Follies of 1939'

In the mood for a classic? The figure skaters in this film are more about show business than competition. (And the movie stars Joan Crawford and Jimmy Stewart, so you know it's good.)

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8

'Ice Castles'

This throwback, like The Cutting Edge, is a romance between a figure skater and a hockey player... and drama ensues when the figure skater is injured. The hockey player is played by Robby Benson, who voices the Beast in Beauty and the Beast.

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9

'The Ice King'

This one's a documentary about John Curry, who revitalized the art of figure skating and become the first openly gay competitor at the Olympic Games after being outed by a tabloid.

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10

'Miracle'

This inspirational hockey movie is a true story. It's also about an Olympic hockey team, and therefore appropriate for the season.

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11

'Mystery, Alaska'

Burt Reynolds and Russell Crowe?? Get the white wine out. Your mom's interested in watching Mystery, Alaska if you're not.

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12

'Torvill & Dean'

If you swooned over Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir when they took home Olympic gold in 2018, you've gotta watch this TV biopic about England's sexiest ice dancers, and... hey! I recognize that guy from Game of Thrones!

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