The Armstrong Lie

2013 124 min ★ 7.0 Documentary

In 2009, Alex Gibney was hired to make a film about Lance Armstrong's comeback to cycling. The project was shelved when the doping scandal erupted, and re-opened after Armstrong's confession. The Armstrong Lie picks up in 2013 and presents a riveting, insider's view of the unraveling of one of the most extraordinary stories in the history of sports. As Lance Armstrong says himself, "I didn't live a lot of lies, but I lived one big one."

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Cast

Lance Armstrong

Self

Betsy Andreu

Self

Frankie Andreu

Self

Reed Albergotti

Self

Johan Bruyneel

Self

Daniel Coyle

Self

Michele Ferrari

Self

Michael Bloomberg

Self (archive footage)

Anderson Cooper

Self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage)

Details

Director

Alex Gibney

Tagline

"The world wanted to believe him. So did the camera."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Revenue

$383,294

Production

Jigsaw Productions, Matt Tolmach Productions, The Kennedy/Marshall Company

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

September 20, 2026

★ 6/10

There must have been something of the poacher-cum-gamekeeper with Alex Gibney's role on this film. Originally employed to craft something far more celebratory about this seven time Tour de France winner whom he much respected in 2009, he found himself tasked - still by Armstrong - with making something altogether different. Now we are to watch a critical dissection of a legend. A liar, a cheat and...