With the start of the Beijing Olympics, we thought we'd offer our four favorite family-friendly films about the Games.  Any or all can add depth to your TV viewing of this year's Olympics. So fire up the DVD player and let the Games begin!

Miracle (2004)

Sportscaster Al Michaels unforgettably called out "Do you believe in miracles? Yes!" as the 1980 US Olympic hockey team beat the Russians.

But as this meticulous and moving movie shows, miracle is the very last word to be used to describe this team. It's better than a miracle because it is the story of a team that succeeded through heart and hard work and commitment. If it is a miracle, it is in the "God helps those who help themselves" category.

See trailers and clips from "Miracle" at Yahoo! Movies.

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Cool Runnings (1993)

"Cool Runnings" tells the delightful story of the Olympic hopeful Jamaican bobsledding team. You've seen this underdog material done before--but then comes the real-world finale, when the heroes lose the race but achieve a much greater goal, symbolizing what the Olympics truly mean to athletes around the globe. Seldom in sports movies has defeat looked so noble.

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Chariots of Fire (1981)

This is the true story of two athletes who raced in the 1924 Olympics, one a privileged Jewish student at Cambridge, the other a missionary from Scotland

Wonderfully evocative of the time and place, with superb performances, the movie shows us the source of the runners' determination, for one a need to prove his worth to himself and the society that discriminates against him, for the other, a way of connecting to God.

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Prefontaine (1997)

This was the first of two films about renowned Oregon runner Steve "Pre" Prefontaine released less than two years apart in the late 1990s. Neither was a commercial success, but both brought the legendary runner, who died in a car accident at age 24, back to the mainstream media's spotlight.

The film chronicles Pre's short life, from his working-class upbringing in Coos Bay, Oregon, to the last track meet he organized between the American and Finnish track clubs, as if it were a sports documentary, with his "aged" friends and family reflecting on his milestones.

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