Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "wrestling-match"

1. Spider-Man (2002)

PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

After being bitten by a genetically-modified spider, a shy teenager gains spider-like abilities that he uses to fight injustice as a masked superhero and face a vengeful enemy.

Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco

Votes: 880,041 | Gross: $403.71M

2. The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)

PG-13 | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Zak, a man with down syndrome, runs away from a residential nursing home to pursue his dream of becoming a wrestler. Later, he meets with an outlaw who becomes his friend and coach.

Directors: Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz | Stars: Zack Gottsagen, Ann Pierce, Dakota Johnson, Bruce Dern

Votes: 103,283 | Gross: $13.12M

3. Highlander (1986)

R | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

An immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponents, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled "Prize".

Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown, Roxanne Hart

Votes: 147,491 | Gross: $5.90M

4. Waves (I) (2019)

R | 135 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

Traces the journey of a suburban family - led by a well-intentioned but domineering father - as they navigate love, forgiveness, and coming together in the aftermath of a loss.

Director: Trey Edward Shults | Stars: Taylor Russell, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Alexa Demie, Bill Wise

Votes: 30,773

5. Fighting with My Family (2019)

PG-13 | 108 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

A former wrestler and his family make a living performing at small venues around the country while his kids dream of joining World Wrestling Entertainment.

Director: Stephen Merchant | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Lena Headey, Vince Vaughn, Florence Pugh

Votes: 87,592 | Gross: $22.96M

6. Hellboy (2019)

R | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Caught between the worlds of the supernatural and human, Hellboy battles an ancient sorceress bent on revenge.

Director: Neil Marshall | Stars: David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, Sasha Lane

Votes: 98,754 | Gross: $21.90M

7. Foxcatcher (2014)

R | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History

U.S. Olympic wrestling champions and brothers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz join "Team Foxcatcher", led by eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont, as they train for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, but John's self-destructive behavior threatens to consume them all.

Director: Bennett Miller | Stars: Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Vanessa Redgrave

Votes: 149,294 | Gross: $12.10M

8. The Pacifier (2005)

PG | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Having recovered from wounds received in a failed rescue operation, 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 in the kids' house.

Director: Adam Shankman | Stars: Vin Diesel, Brittany Snow, Max Thieriot, Brad Garrett

Votes: 100,941 | Gross: $113.09M

9. Vision Quest (1985)

R | 107 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

A high school wrestler in Spokane, Washington has trouble focusing on his training regimen when a beautiful young drifter takes up temporary residence at his home.

Director: Harold Becker | Stars: Matthew Modine, Linda Fiorentino, Michael Schoeffling, Ronny Cox

Votes: 10,254 | Gross: $12.90M

10. Oliver & Company (1988)

G | 74 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A lost and alone kitten joins a gang of dogs engaged in petty larceny in New York City.

Director: George Scribner | Stars: Joey Lawrence, Billy Joel, Cheech Marin, Richard Mulligan

Votes: 52,964 | Gross: $74.15M

11. Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996)

R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, History

Two female friends become sexual rivals at maturity.

Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Naveen Andrews, Sarita Choudhury, Indira Varma, Ramon Tikaram

Votes: 11,365 | Gross: $4.11M

12. Night and the City (1950)

Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

A small-time grifter and nightclub tout takes advantage of some fortuitous circumstances and tries to become a big-time player as a wrestling promoter.

Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Hugh Marlowe

Votes: 15,283 | Gross: $3.60M

13. Stone Cold (1991)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A tough Alabama cop is blackmailed by the FBI into going undercover in a violent Mississippi biker gang.

Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Brian Bosworth, Lance Henriksen, William Forsythe, Arabella Holzbog

Votes: 10,039 | Gross: $9.29M

14. Win Win (2011)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

A struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach's chicanery comes back to haunt him when the teenage grandson of the client he has double-crossed comes into his life.

Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Jeffrey Tambor, Bobby Cannavale

Votes: 55,267 | Gross: $10.18M

15. Paradise Alley (1978)

PG | 107 min | Drama

Three Italian-American brothers, living in the slums of 1940's New York City, try to help each other with one's wrestling career using one brother's promotional skills and another brother's con-artist tactics to thwart a sleazy manager.

Director: Sylvester Stallone | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Lee Canalito, Armand Assante, Frank McRae

Votes: 6,092

16. Personal Effects (2009)

R | 111 min | Drama, Romance

A 24 y.o. wrestler/McJobroni man meets a mom 20+ years older at group therapy for family of murder victims (sister and husband). He helps her deaf teenage son. She invites him to weddings. They await convictions on the murder trials.

Director: David Hollander | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Ashton Kutcher, Kathy Bates, Spencer Hudson

Votes: 9,176

17. Celebrity Deathmatch (1998–2007)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Celebrities duel it out in a wrestling ring, the first one who dies loses.

Stars: Maurice Schlafer, Len Maxwell, Mills Lane, André Sogliuzzo

Votes: 11,869

18. Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama

A portrait of the effects of schizophrenia on family life is the central focus.

Director: Harmony Korine | Stars: Ewen Bremner, Brian Fisk, Chloë Sevigny, Werner Herzog

Votes: 7,752 | Gross: $0.08M

19. Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Sport

Knockout performances by Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney and Julie Harris highlight this hard-hitting drama of corruption in the ring. Featuring Muhammad Ali.

Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris

Votes: 4,835

20. The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)

Passed | 97 min | Biography, Drama

King Henry VIII marries five more times after his divorce from his first wife Catherine of Aragon.

Director: Alexander Korda | Stars: Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Franklin Dyall, Miles Mander

Votes: 4,868

21. American Wrestler: The Wizard (2016)

PG-13 | 117 min | Drama, Sport

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.

Director: Alex Ranarivelo | Stars: George Kosturos, William Fichtner, Ali Afshar, Lia Marie Johnson

Votes: 2,690

22. Blood Diner (1987)

Unrated | 88 min | Comedy, Horror

Two brothers are entrusted by their uncle to uphold the ritualistic cannibalism of the ancient cult of Sheetar. In order to do so, they have to prepare a feast of sacrifice for the resurrection of their goddess.

Director: Jackie Kong | Stars: Rick Burks, Carl Crew, Roger Dauer, LaNette La France

Votes: 5,376

23. Boa vs. Python (2004 Video)

R | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

After a genetically-altered python escapes, a scientist is enlisted to help kill it by releasing a giant boa constrictor that he owns.

Director: David Flores | Stars: David Hewlett, Jaime Bergman, Kirk B.R. Woller, Adamo Palladino

Votes: 4,169

24. Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery (2014 Video)

TV-PG | 84 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Shaggy and Scooby win tickets for a WWE City trip. All five go. While there, they're attacked by a huge monster ghost bear. Wrestlers help them. The five have a mystery to solve.

Directors: Brandon Vietti, Seung-goo Jo, Young Won Jung, Jinsung Kim | Stars: Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Grey Griffin, Matthew Lillard

Votes: 3,876

25. Alligator II: The Mutation (1991)

PG-13 | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A giant alligator makes a city lake his new feeding ground and must be stopped before he breaks out into the surroundings.

Director: Jon Hess | Stars: Joseph Bologna, Dee Wallace, Richard Lynch, Woody Brown

Votes: 3,173

26. The Naked Man (II) (1999)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

A man takes matters into his own hands when a pharmaceutical kingpin moves into his town to cause some real trouble.

Director: J. Todd Anderson | Stars: Michael Rapaport, Michael Jeter, John Carroll Lynch, Arija Bareikis

Votes: 826

27. Touki Bouki (1973)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama

Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.

Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty | Stars: Magaye Niang, Myriam Niang, Christoph Colomb, Mustapha Ture

Votes: 4,104

28. Spider-Man (2002 Video Game)

E | Action, Adventure, Crime

In this game loosely based on the film, Spider-Man is on a mission to fight evil in the forms of the villains Shocker, Vulture, Scorpion, and the Green Goblin.

Director: Chris Soares | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Bruce Campbell, Josh Keaton

Votes: 2,684

29. Mersal (2017)

Not Rated | 172 min | Action, Thriller

A police officer arrests a doctor for crimes targeting medical professionals but later finds the real culprit in a tale of revenge, corruption and magic.

Director: Atlee | Stars: Joseph Vijay, Nithya Menen, S.J. Suryah, Samantha Ruth Prabhu

Votes: 38,029

30. Countdown (II) (2016)

R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

When a madman kidnaps a young boy and rigs him with explosives, Ray defies his captain and takes matter into his own hands. Now he must beat the clock and save the innocent child.

Director: John Stockwell | Stars: Nic Nemeth, Glenn Jacobs, Katharine Isabelle, Josh Blacker

Votes: 1,982

31. Attila Marcel (2013)

G | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Paul, thirty or so, lives in a Paris apartment with his aunts, two old aristocrats who have raised him since he was two and who dream of seeing him become a virtuoso pianist.

Director: Sylvain Chomet | Stars: Guillaume Gouix, Anne Le Ny, Bernadette Lafont, Hélène Vincent

Votes: 3,345

32. The Slasher (1953)

Approved | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

The life of a juvenile delinquent is threatened by his own incessant desire for trouble.

Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: James Kenney, Joan Collins, Betty Ann Davies, Robert Ayres

Votes: 509

33. The Sword and the Rose (1953)

Approved | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

During the reign of Henry VIII, Mary Tudor seeks to flee a forced marriage with the French king by escaping to America with her true love, but her plans are not so easily executed.

Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Richard Todd, Glynis Johns, James Robertson Justice, Michael Gough

Votes: 998

34. The American Angels: Baptism of Blood (1990 Video)

R | 99 min | Drama, Sport

Lisa has a grandfather called Killer Kane, who stopped Wrestling after he killed someone while performing "the snap". Her only wish is to become a wrestler herself. To achieve this, she ... See full summary »

Directors: Beverly Sebastian, Ferd Sebastian | Stars: Jan Sebastian, Tray Loren, Mimi Lesseos, Trudy Adams

Votes: 203

35. Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)

R | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A doctor tries to save his son's life through a complicated heart transplant operation, the involuntary donor being a gorilla. Eventually, the young man turns into a violent hybrid beast.

Director: René Cardona | Stars: José Elías Moreno, Carlos López Moctezuma, Armando Silvestre, Norma Lazareno

Votes: 1,228

36. Mr. & Mrs. Khiladi (1997)

Not Rated | 133 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A slacker (Akshay Kumar) must impress a wealthy man to marry her daughter (Juhi Chawla).

Director: David Dhawan | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Juhi Chawla, Paresh Rawal, Anil Dhawan

Votes: 6,681

37. A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)

Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Kandinsky informs Joe that a unicorn can grant wishes, the hopeful lad ends up buying a baby goat with one tiny horn, believing it to be a real unicorn. Undaunted by his rough surroundings, Joe sets about to prove that wishes come true.

Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Celia Johnson, Diana Dors, David Kossoff, Joe Robinson

Votes: 1,152

38. Chokeslam (2016)

102 min | Comedy

A mild-mannered deli clerk finally gets a second chance to pursue his high school sweetheart, a notorious female professional wrestler, when she returns for their ten-year reunion.

Director: Robert Cuffley | Stars: Christopher Rodriguez Marquette, Amanda Crew, Michael Eklund, Niall Matter

Votes: 513

39. Lust for Freedom (1987)

R | 92 min | Drama, Thriller, Crime

A former female cop is framed by corrupt police, acting in collusion with the local judge, and has to fight her way out of the pen, alone, against tough inmates, and the people in charge.

Director: Eric Louzil | Stars: Melanie Coll, William J. Kulzer, Judi Trevor, Howard Knight

Votes: 583

40. Kahani Kismat Ki (1973)

131 min | Action, Drama

A thief vows to go straight after one short prison term but severe monetary need forces him to commit a robbery on behalf of his employer, which leads to him being framed for a murder.

Director: Arjun Hingorani | Stars: Dharmendra, Rekha, Ajit Khan, Rajendranath Malhotra

Votes: 120

41. Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge (2000)

158 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Sapna has lost her parents at an early age and lives with her three quirky uncles - Bhola Nath is a fitness freak, Prabhu Nath is a deeply religious fellow and Vicky Nath is a disco-savvy ... See full summary »

Director: David Dhawan | Stars: Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Om Puri, Paresh Rawal

Votes: 3,839

42. Wanna be the Strongest in the World! (2013–2014)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama

As members of the nationally renowned idol group Sweet Diva, Hagiwara Sakura and Miyazawa Elena are both rivals and dear friends who recognize each other's talents. Then one day, during a ... See full summary »

Stars: Ayana Taketatsu, Lindsay Seidel, Leah Clark, Kyôko Narumi

Votes: 179

43. Racket Girls (1951)

Unrated | 70 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A money launderer uses women's wrestling as a front for his illegal activities, but earns the enmity of a powerful mobster.

Director: Robert C. Dertano | Stars: Peaches Page, Timothy Farrell, Clara Mortensen, Rita Martínez

Votes: 1,116

44. Russell Madness (2015)

PG | 92 min | Family, Sport

When a man inherits his grandfather's arena, he and his family try to restore the family wrestling business with the help of a talking monkey, and their star attraction, a wrestling dog.

Director: Robert Vince | Stars: Sean Giambrone, David Milchard, Steve Richmond, Jesse Reid

Votes: 719

45. Gilgamesh: First Epic

Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | Announced

A time of magic in man's 1st epic poem etched 5000 years ago, haunted by the gods and rivaled by the stunning Divine Estera, young handsome King Gilgamesh adopts a wild man as his best friend, infuriating Estera, who falls madly in love.

46. Changing the Game (2019)

TV-14 | 88 min | Documentary, Drama, Sport

Transgender high school athletes from across the country compete at the top of their fields, while also challenging the boundaries and perceptions of fairness and discrimination.

Director: Michael Barnett | Stars: Mack Beggs, Sarah Rose Huckman, Terry Miller, Ngozi Nnaji

Votes: 284

47. Borstal Boy (2000)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance

Irish teenager political activist and future writer Brendan Behan is befriended in a British borstal (reformatory) by a liberal warden.

Director: Peter Sheridan | Stars: Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer, Eamon Glancy, Ian McElhinney

Votes: 2,571 | Gross: $0.09M

48. Yattâman (2009)

111 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A toy shop owner/hero and his assistant/heroine battle a leather-clad vixen and her minions to prevent them from acquiring the pieces of a mystical skull.

Directors: Takashi Miike, Eisuke Naitô, Hatsuki Yokoo | Stars: Shô Sakurai, Saki Fukuda, Kyôko Fukada, Kendô Kobayashi

Votes: 2,035

49. The Reckoning (1970)

R | 111 min | Drama

Michael Marler, a successful business man in London, is about to make his way to the top. The death of his father brings him - after five years - back to his hometown Liverpool, where he is... See full summary »

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Nicol Williamson, Rachel Roberts, Ann Bell, Zena Walker

Votes: 631

50. Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)

Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences.

Directors: Clyde Bruckman, W.C. Fields | Stars: W.C. Fields, Mary Brian, Kathleen Howard, Grady Sutton

Votes: 1,344