The Boys in the Boat

The Boys in the Boat (2023) is George Clooney's sports drama, and you can watch it online on iFILM. Seattle, early 1930s, jobs nowhere to be found. Joe Rantz picks up an oar not out of passion but because a seat on the crew means a roof and a way to stay in school.

The coach builds an eight out of equally broke young men — sons of farmers, loggers and laborers. They have nothing but stubbornness and a clean, synchronized stroke. The road runs from the cold water of Washington State to the Olympic course outside Berlin, where in the summer of 1936 the Nazi leadership watches from the stands. Joel Edgerton plays the coach; Callum Turner is Joe.

It's drawn from Daniel James Brown's bestselling nonfiction book. Clooney made an old-fashioned movie about a team in the literal sense — eight people have to pull as one or the boat stalls. No plot twists, just an honest bet on the final sprint. Stream The Boys in the Boat (2023) online on iFILM.