The parkour documentaries most worth watching are Jump London (2003), the film that brought parkour to British TV audiences, its sequel Jump Britain (2005), My Playground (2010) on how parkour changes the way people see a city, and Storror’s films, from Roof Culture Asia (2017) to Michael Bay’s We Are Storror (2025). For fiction with real parkour in it, watch Yamakasi, District B13 and the Madagascar chase in Casino Royale.
The Documentaries
Jump London (2003)
Directed by Mike Christie and first shown on Channel 4 in September 2003, Jump London follows Sébastien Foucan, Jérôme Ben Aoues and Johann Vigroux as they move across London landmarks including the Royal Albert Hall, Shakespeare’s Globe and HMS Belfast. It’s the starting point for anyone curious about how parkour spread beyond France. According to Foucan’s Wikipedia entry, the word “freerunning” was coined while the film was being made, as a way to introduce parkour to English speakers. Our guide to parkour vs. freerunning explains how the two later split.
Jump Britain (2005)
The sequel, also directed by Mike Christie, first aired in January 2005, according to the Jump London Wikipedia entry. Watch it after Jump London.
My Playground (2010)
Danish director Kaspar Astrup Schröder’s My Playground follows Team JiYo, one of Denmark’s top parkour teams, and asks how parkour changes the way people see and use a city. It features architect Bjarke Ingels alongside urban planners, politicians and philosophers, with parkour footage from Japan, the United States and Shanghai as well as Copenhagen. The Danish Film Institute notes it was selected for competition at IDFA, the Amsterdam documentary festival. It’s the most thoughtful film on this list.
Storror: Supertramps (2015) and Roof Culture Asia (2017)
Storror, the British parkour team best known for their YouTube channel, released their own films too. Tubefilter reported that Roof Culture Asia was a feature-length film of about 90 minutes, shot in cities including Tokyo, Seoul and Hong Kong and released on Vimeo On Demand, the same platform as their 2015 film Supertramps. Expect rooftops and big jumps. These films show what years of training at the highest level look like, so treat them as inspiration, not a lesson plan.
We Are Storror (2025)
Michael Bay directed We Are Storror, his first documentary, which premiered at the South by Southwest festival in March 2025. It follows the team’s seven members through four new challenges, including a stair run at a dam in Portugal, an abandoned resort in Bulgaria, rooftops and balconies in Malta and a sand quarry in England.
Three Films With Real Parkour
These aren’t documentaries, but each one puts real parkour practitioners on screen.
- Yamakasi (2001). A French film named after the original group of practitioners, in which the characters become cat burglars to pay for a child’s heart transplant. Wikipedia’s entry on the Yamakasi covers the group and the films made about it.
- District B13 (2004). Directed by Pierre Morel, produced and co-written by Luc Besson, and starring David Belle and Cyril Raffaelli. Its action sequences were filmed without wires or CGI.
- Casino Royale (2006). Sébastien Foucan plays the bomb maker Mollaka, who freeruns through a building site in Madagascar with James Bond in pursuit, according to the film’s Wikipedia entry.
Where to Watch
Streaming rights change often and vary by country, so we haven’t listed services here. A search on JustWatch shows where each title is currently available near you.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which documentary made parkour famous in the UK?
Jump London. Sébastien Foucan became known in the UK after it aired on Channel 4 in 2003.
Is the parkour in District B13 real?
Yes. David Belle is one of parkour’s founding figures, and the action sequences were filmed without wires or CGI.
Should I copy what I see in these films?
No. Everyone in them has trained for years, and many of the jumps are done at heights where a mistake is catastrophic. Start at ground level and build up slowly.
Where to Go Next
Read Parkour vs. Freerunning: The Real History Behind the Split for the story behind these films, and keep our Parkour Glossary open for any term you hear on screen.