Wrestling movies

List of the best films about wrestling according to visitors: The Main Event, The Wrestler, The Fighter, The Peanut Butter Falcon, Waves, The Marine 4: Moving Target, Sultan, 7 from Etheria, American Wrestler: The Wizard, Gambling with Souls.

In the top there are new films of 2020, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Genre
Country
Markimdb: 4.8
Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, family, sport
CountryUSA

After discovering a magical mask, an 11-year-old aspiring wrestler enters a competition to become the next WWE superstar by using special powers from a magical mask.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genredrama, sport
CountryUSA, France
Duration01:45

    Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating, however, Randy hangs up his tights, pursues a serious relationship with a long-in-the-tooth stripper, and tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter. But he can't resist the lure of the ring and readies himself for a comeback.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredrama, biography, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

      The Fighter, is a drama about boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:32

      A down-on-his-luck crab fisherman embarks on a journey to get a young man with Down syndrome to a professional wrestling school in rural North Carolina and away from the retirement home where he’s lived for the past two and a half years.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genremelodrama, drama, sport
      CountryUSA, Canada

      A controlling father’s attempts to ensure that his two children succeed in high school backfire after his son experiences a career-ending sports injury. Their familial bonds are eventually placed under severe strain by an unexpected tragedy.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA

      WWE Superstar Mike "The Miz" Mizanin returns as Jake Carter where he is assigned to protect a whistleblower who wishes to expose a corrupt military defence contractor. However, the military hires a heavily armed team of mercenaries to kill her and it's up to Carter to stop them at any cost.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genreaction, drama, sport
      CountryUSA, India
      Duration03:18

      A biographical drama based on the life of fictional Haryana based wrestler & mixed martial arts specialist Sultan Ali Khan.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy
      CountryUSA

      Seven female directors present seven short films.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genreaction, drama, biography, sport
      CountryUSA

      In 1980, a teenage boy escapes the unrest in Iran only to face more hostility in America, due to the hostage crisis. Determined to fit in, he joins the school's floundering wrestling team.

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genredrama, crime
      CountryUSA

      Young girls are cheated into rigged gambling games and then forced into prostitution to pay off their debts.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genredrama, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      Mountain Rivera is at the end of his boxing career after a knockout by Cassius Clay in the seventh round. His left eye is one punch from permanent trauma, his ears turned to cauliflower, his speech slurred from "being hit a million times", and he slings punches anytime he hears a bell His trainer and 'cutman' Army, and Miss Miller, a manipulative social worker, support his illusion that he could be a movie usher, a camp counselor—or a romantic partner for Miller.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genreaction, drama, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      A former NCAA champion wrestler is paroled after 10 years in prison. Now, to save a friend's life, in a series of cage fights he must agree to do the impossible - lose.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrecomedy, drama, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

      When down-on-his-luck part-time high school wrestling coach Mike agrees to become legal guardian to an elderly man, his ward's troubled grandson turns out to be a star grappler, sparking dreams of a big win -- until the boy's mother retrieves him.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, military
      CountryUSA

      Navy SEALS mount an attack on Colombian special forces to clear their names and rescue a hostage.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA

      In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genreaction, comedy, drama, family
      CountryCanada, USA
      Duration01:35

      Disgraced Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe is handed a new assignment: Protect the five Plummer kids from enemies of their recently deceased father -- a government scientist whose top-secret experiment remains hidden in the kids' house.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genredrama, sport
      CountryUSA

      Hardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood decides that wrestling boys is the only way back to her estranged father.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, drama, family
      CountryUSA

      At 104 pounds dripping wet, baby-faced sophomore Michael Peck (age 15) is not exactly the coolest guy at American High. Peck’s teachers make him feel like an idiot, his classmates make him feel like a geek and his home life is just as bad, with parents who schedule family time in their planners and require him to sign contracts with them about his extra-curricular activities.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genreaction, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

      A young man sets out to uncover the truth about his life after finding his baby photo on a missing persons website.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genreaction, drama, sport
      CountryUSA

      The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrewestern
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:11

      In 1850 Oregon is trying to gain statehood, but a truce is needed with the Indians before it can be accomplished. A new Army commander, Major Archer (George Montgomery), is dispatched to bring order and peace to the territory.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
      CountryFrance, United Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:43

      Raised as a slave, Danny is used to fighting for his survival. In fact, his "master," Bart, thinks of him as a pet and goes as far as leashing him with a collar so they can make money in fight clubs, where Danny is the main contender. When Bart's crew is in a car accident, Danny escapes and meets a blind, kindhearted piano tuner who takes him in and uses music to free the fighter's long-buried heart.

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genreaction, thriller
      CountryCanada, USA

      Pro wrestling legend Steve Austin stars as a man with no name, no memory and absolutely nothing left to lose. But when he finds himself hunted by both the FBI and the Russian mob, this amnesiac decides to fight back. Pursuit cannot stop him. Torture will not break him. And with every beating, bullet and betrayal, he’ll remember another piece of the horror that took away his career, his family and his identity. Now the puzzle is nearly complete, and one man is about to take back his past…by ending a whole lot of futures. Erica Cerra (“Eureka”) and Adam Beach (Flags of Our Fathers) star in this explosive action-thriller about collateral damage, stone cold vengeance, and a double-crossed killing machine known only as The Stranger

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA, Germany

      Long time inmate Twitch (Kurupt) gets himself transfered to a tougher prison than the re-opened Alcatraz. He claims it's to be closer to his lady but his real motives are a bit more grandiose. There he crosses paths with Burke (Bill Goldberg) a bulky prisoner who can take care of himself. Twitch, despite being less muscular, is just as mouthy and is pretty much the same. But there is a gang war brewing between the black and hispanic inmates that explodes into a hostile takeover of the prison when the black's gang leader is shot dead and the finger points at Burke. But the sh!t really hits the fan when the real killer and leader of the hispanics, Cortez (Robert Madrid) takes Twitch's girlfriend and Burke's daughter hostage.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrefantasy, comedy
      CountryUSA

      A man returns to college and is talked into joining he football team and is a real joke on the team, until he is given a drug that gives him super strength.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, music, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:17

      Promoter Ed Hatch comes to the Ozarks with his slow-witted wrestler Joe Skopapoulos whom he pits against a hillbilly Amazon blacksmith, Sadie Horn. Joe falls in love with her and won't fight. At least not until Sadie's beau Noah shows up.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genreaction, sport
      CountryUSA

      They are perhaps the most influential duo in sports entertainment with crazy antics outside the ring backed up with dominant performances inside. Both Shawn Michaels and Triple H were highly successful on their own, but when they came together as D-Generation X, they were nearly unstoppable. Now fans can relive their final run as a team from late 2009 and 2010.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genredrama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

      Stanley manages his boxer brother Lion but when a devastating loss in the ring leaves the pair in debt, an opportunity to recoup the cash leads to a series of misadventures that threaten to break the bond between them.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:03

      Frank, a retired Irish seaman, and Walter, a retired Cuban barber, are two lonely old men trapped in the emptiness of their own lives. When they meet in a park Frank is able to start a conversation after several attempts. They begin to spend time together and become friends. But because of their different characters they often quarrel with each other and finally seperate after Frank misbehaves to Walter's friend Elaine.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genremelodrama, drama, sport
      CountryUSA

      After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain sets out on a mission to drop weight and challenge the area's undefeated champion, which creates problems with his teammates and health. Matters are complicated further when Louden's father takes in an attractive female drifter who's on her way to San Francisco.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrecomedy, family, sport
      CountryUSA, Mexico
      Duration01:32

      Nacho Libre is loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta ("Friar Storm"), aka Rev. Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, a real-life Mexican Catholic priest who had a 23-year career as a masked luchador. He competed in order to support the orphanage he directed.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrehorror, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:28

      Salesman Roy Knable spends all his free time watching television, to the exasperation of his wife, Helen. One day, TV salesman Spike convinces Roy to buy a satellite dish offering 666 channels. The new addition to Roy's home entertainment system sucks him and Helen into Hellvision, a realm run by Spike, who is an emissary of Satan. For 24 hours, the couple must survive devilish parodies of TV programs if they want to return to reality alive.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrecomedy, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:37

      High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genredocumentary, biography, sport
      CountryUSA

      Following his infamous championship as part of a marketing stunt for the film Ready to Rumble, David Arquette is widely known as the most hated man in pro-wrestling worldwide. Nearly 20 years after he "won" the initial title, through ups and downs in his career, with his family, and with his struggles with addiction, David Arquette seeks redemption by returning to the ring...for real this time.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genredocumentary
      CountryUSA

      The strange career of one of the wrestling world's most controversial figures is explored in this WWE Home Video release focusing on eccentric brawler The Ultimate Warrior.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecrime, detective
      CountryUSA

      A perfumed message provides the only clue for a blind detective bent on clearing a man accused of murder.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genredrama, history, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:09

      The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrecomedy, drama, music, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:09

      A shy songwriter (Arthur Lake) pretends to be a championship wrestler known as "The Devil" in order to impress a pretty nightclub singer (Dale Evans).

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      This new Train tells the tale of an American wrestling team who board a train that just so happens to be used as a supermarket for organ harvesters.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure
      CountryJapan, Australia, China, USA

      Humanity final rids themselves of Godzilla, in-prisoning him in an icy tomb at the South Pole. All is peaceful until various monsters emerge to lay waste to Earth's cities. Overwhelmed, humanity is seemingly saved by a race of benevolent aliens known as Xiliens. But not all is what it seems with these bizarre visitors. If humanity wishes to survive they must reluctantly resurrect their most hated enemy, Godzilla.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA, Argentina

      Deathstalker helps Reena the Seer out of a few jams, and she solicits his help for a bigger task. She reveals that she is actually Princess Evie, but the evil sorcerer had her abducted and cloned in order to seize control of the kingdom. Together they travel to the evil sorcerer's stronghold to restore the princess to her rightful position, encountering challenges along the way both from the sorcerer's goons and the fierce Amazon women.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      A high school biology teacher moonlights as a mixed-martial arts fighter in an effort to raise money to save the school's music program.

      Markimdb: 4
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:22

      Claire is about to get married and she goes to Las Vegas with her sister and two friends for her bachelorette party. Things quickly spiral out of control.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genredrama, biography, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:48

      A coming of age drama following the life of Matt Hamill, the first deaf wrestler to win a National Collegiate Wrestling Championship.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genredrama, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:47

      A book-smart teenager joins his school's wrestling team as a way to reunite his surviving family members, who split apart after the death of his father, a college wrestling legend, 10 years ago.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genreaction, drama
      CountryUSA, Canada

      A young athelete becomes the unlikely star of an itinerant wrestling troupe, and a rival promoter will go to any length to steal him away.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genredrama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:59

      In this biting and disturbing coming-of-age tale from writer-director Michael Cuesta, life is bittersweet along the L.I.E., also known as the Long Island Expressway, as suburban teen Howie Blitzer learns all too clearly. In the space of a week, he loses nearly everything and everyone he knows and is left to navigate his adolescence virtually unsupervised.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrefantastic, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:20

      A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA

      Tommy and his older brother Eric live in the midst of vast remote forests. The death of their friend pushes them close to the edge. Eric doesn’t know how to channel his energy. All at once, nature’s vastness feels stifling.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genreaction, melodrama, drama, western
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:38

      Man tries to recover a horse stolen from him by a Mexican bandit. The Appaloosa (also known as Southwest to Sonora) is a 1966 American Western film Technicolor (set in the 1870s) from Universal Pictures starring Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer and John Saxon, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of a Mexican bandit. The film was directed by Sidney J. Furie, shot in Mexico. The 2008 Appaloosa film (starring Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen) is not related nor a remake of this film, although it has almost the same title.




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