Looking for ideas for your next movie night? Below you will find a detailed list of ice skating movies about figure skating movies. Plus, some TV shows and documentaries about famous figure skaters, important ice skating moments and ice skating shows. Enjoy!
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About this list best ice skating movies
Below is a list as complete as I can about movies, TV shows and documentaries about ice skating (figure skating).
If you have other suggestions, please let me know.
Note: in most movies the actors are not ice-skaters - don't be disappointed by the obviousness of their beginner level, even if producers try hiding it.
Note2: if you are looking for hockey movies and documentaries, head to this other article with 35 suggestions!
Best Figure Skating Movies
Let's start with the movies. All would make great gifts for figure skaters.
Ice Princess
Sport:
Figure Skating - Woman
Summary:
Disney movie - a teenage girl learns ice skating to back up her physics paper to win a Harvard scholarship. In the process, her love for the sport grows and she becomes a champion.
Actress playing the skater: Michelle Trachtenberg
Note: Michel Kwan and Brian Boitano appear in the movie
Go figure (2005)
Sport:
Figure Skating - Woman
Summary:
Disney movie - a teenage figure skater gets accepted to train with the best coach at a private boarding school but under a hockey scholarship. She learns teamwork and friendship but will have a difficult decision to make.
Actress playing the skater: Jordan Hinson
Ice Castles (version 1978)
Sport:
Figure Skating - Woman
Summary:
A teen from Iowa is discovered by a top skating coach and goes to Colorado to be trained. She gets injured and becomes blind shortly after becoming successful at skating but returns against all odds.
Actress playing the skater: Lynn-Holly Johnson
Ice Castles (version 2010)
Sport:
Figure Skating - Woman
Summary:
Remake of the 1978 Oscar-nominated movie of the same name - same story
Actress playing the skater: Taylor Firth
I, Tonya (2017)
Sport:
Figure Skating - Woman
Summary:
The movie retraces the career of figure skater Toney Harding from age 4. The film won an Oscar for Best Performance by an actress in a Supporting Role
Actress playing the skater: Margot Robbie
The Cutting Edge 1 (1992)
Sport:
Figure Skating - Pairs
Summary:
This is a classic. During the 1988 Winter Olympics a hockey player's career is cut short by an accident. He is recruited to train in pair figure skating with a difficult rich figure skater. It is the story of their partnership for the Olympics.
Actors playing the skaters: Moira Kelly and D.B. Sweeney
The Cutting Edge 2 - Going for the gold (2006)
Sport:
Figure Skating - Pairs
Summary:
The main character is the daughter of the original movie's pair. She cannot progress in her career as a single figure skater after an injury which limits her triple jumps capability. She looks for a partner to switch to a pair skating career.
Actors playing the skaters: Christy Carlson Romano & Ross Thomas
The Cutting Edge 3 - Chasing the dream (2008)
Sport:
Figure Skating - Pairs
Summary:
The star of the second movie has become a coach and is recruiting a woman hockey player to pair up with a boy figure skater. She trains them to the top.
Actors playing the skaters: Francia Raisa and Matt Lanter
The Cutting Edge 4 - Fire & Ice (2010)
Sport:
Figure Skating - Pairs
Summary:
The skater from the 3rd movie turns to teaching after her partner is injured. But she finally decides to team up with a rebellious speed-skater to get back on the ice as a pair in figure skating.
Actors playing the skaters: Francia Raisa and Brendan Fehr
Blades of Glory (2007)
Sport:
Figure Skating - Pairs
Summary:
Two rival Olympic skaters lose their gold medals and are banned from men's single events. They find a loophole and qualify as a pair.
Actors playing the skaters: Job Heder and Will Ferrell
Ice Girls (2016)
Sport:
Figure Skating - Woman
Summary:
At 15 years of age, an aspiring figure skater tries a comeback after suffering from a serious injury.
Actors playing the skaters: Michaela du Toit
Ice Dreams (2010)
Sport:
Figure Skating - Woman
Summary:
Hallmark Channel original television movie about a former champion skater and Olympic contender who returns to coach a talented teenage girl.
Ice: The movie (2018)
Sport:
Figure Skating - Pairs
Summary:
Story of two figure skaters competing at high level, and the life that surrounds this career - with pressure, conflicts and some difficult decisions for the parents.
Actress playing the main skater: Maddison Bullock
A promise kept – the Oksana Baiul story (1995)
Sport:
Figure Skating - Pairs
Summary:
The dramatized biography of the famous skater Oksana Baiul - a Russian orphan who became a gold medalist. There is not much skating in the movie.
Actors playing the skaters: Moica Keena (and a performance by Oksana Baiul at the end)
Skating through it (2012)
Sport:
Figure Skating - Adults
Summary:
2 adult figure skaters prepare for the adult national competition while battling personal issues (health and family)
Champions : a love story (1979)
Sport:
Figure Skating - Pairs
Summary:
A hockey player trains with a figure skater to skate as a pair and they fall in love - until a traffic accident happens, after which she has to persevere to succeed in single skating.
Actors playing the skaters: Joy Leduc and Jimmy Mc Nicol
Ice (2018)
Sport:
Figure Skating - Pairs
Summary:
A champion figure skater, how she started, her success with the top Russian figure skater, her accident... and how a hockey player brought her back to the ice.
Actors playing the skaters: Mariya Aronova, Viel Babichev and Maskim Belborodov
Ice 2 (2020)
Sport:
Figure Skating - Pairs
Summary:
Sequel to be in theater in Russia in February 2020.
The Petrichor (2020)
Sport:
Figure Skating - Solo woman
Summary:
Maya sopped ice skating because of a personal tragedy.
But at the age of 20 she decides to return to the ice and enter the competitive world.
Canadian Movie
Actors playing the skaters: Olga Korsak
Figure skating show - Holiday on ice: Under the desert sky (2006)
Hosted by Nancy Kerrigan
Blades of courage (1988)
Sport:
Figure Skating - Woman
Summary:
A young Canadian skater succeeds at the National Championship and is drafted for the World Event. She starts training with a strict top coach, but he ruins her. She returns home defeated but finds the courage to start again.
Actors playing the skaters: Christianne Hirt
Kiss & Cry
Note on Kiss & Cry - the main character is a figure skater, but this movie is more about singing.
Want to see more figure skating videos (even without a story)? Check out my article about some of the best figure skating Instagram account to follow.
Also check out my list of figure skating books worth reading.
Ice Skating Cartoon shows for kids
Angelina Ballerina: Dancing on ice (2011)
Summary:
When her skates go missing, will she be able to perform her solo?
Dora Ice Skating Spectacular
Summary:
Dora and Boots need help to rescue the Snow prince when an ice witch takes everyone's ice skates.
General ice skating movie
Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates (1958)
Sport:
Ice skating
Summary:
Old movie set in Holland. 15-year-old Hans Brinker and his sister Gretel want to participate in the great ice skating race on the canal.
Ice skating documentaries (figure skaters)
Below are some documentaries about:
- famous figure skaters and their story
- history of ice skating
- historical figure skating moments
The Ice King
Summary:
The story of legend figure skater Jogn Curry who won the 1976 Olympics and made a deep impact in the world of sport in general.
The Fabulous Ice Age (2014)
Summary:
Documentary about the American touring ice shows and how they used to dominate the family entertainment segment.
The price of Gold (2014)
Sharp Edges (2018)
Torvill and Dean (2018)
Documentary about the most significant moments of the carrier of Torvill and Dean, the legendary British ice dancers (who won Gold at the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics).
If looking on YouTube, you may find it.
Legend lives on : Katarina Witt (2018)
Summary:
Interview and footage to retrace the career of Katarina Witt
Watch it on YouTube on the Olympic Channel
The Haydenettes: A hidden Dynasty (2017) - Synchronized skating documentary
Summary:
Thesis project about the history of synchronized skating and one of its top team: The Haydenettes.
Watch it on YouTube on the Natalie Wadia's Channel
Michelle Kwan (2014)
Reflections on ice: A Diary of Ladies Figure skating (1998)
Summary:
Interviews and archive footage to learn more about the development of lady figure skating.
Chasing Ice - the story of Fen Ice Skating (2017)
Summary:
It retraces the story of Fen Ice skating and the folklore surrounding it. From Victorian times, to the fields of Fen to modern skaters.
Ice skating TV shows
Spinning out
TV show following a figure skating pair in the US.
The series is more about mental illness than figure skating, but it does include skating storylines.
Zero Chill (2021 - )
TV show following twins - one is a figure skater, the other one is a hockey player
Tessa and Scott (2004)
