Rush (Ron Howard, 2013)

At a Formula 3 race in 1970, two highly skilled race drivers meet for the first time: British playboy James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and the Austrian Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl), a brilliant technician and man of business. Hunt pulls off a risky maneuver and wins the race, which creates a rivalry between the two of them. Shortly after that, Lauda takes a loan, so he can get into Formula 1 racing and Hunt follows.

Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl in Rush

I’m not at all interested in sports, let alone car racing, but I liked the film very much. Rush is neither a movie about car racing nor about racecars and not even about the horrible accident in which Niki Lauda nearly burned to death. It is a movie about two very different and extraordinary men, about rivalry, ambition and most importantly: sportsmanship. The interplay between the two leading actors is great to watch (although not quite authentic, since Lauda and Hunt were close friends) and the make-up artists did an incredible job making the actors look like their real life equivalents. Brühl even learned to speak an Austrian accent!

TL;DR: Impressive biographic story about race drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt.