Movies Like The Wrestler (2008)

The Wrestler is a 2008 drama, romance film from Darren Aronofsky with a MovieMagicScore of 7.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Man on the Moon and Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery.

Drama Romance

Man on the Moon

1999

The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.

7.2

MagicScore

Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery

2014

The mystery begins when Shaggy and Scooby win tickets to "WrestleMania" and convince the crew to go with them to WWE City. But this city harbors a spooky secret - a ghastly Ghost Bear holds the town in his terrifying grip! To protect the coveted WWE Championship Title, the gang gets help from WWE Superstars like John Cena, Triple H, Sin Cara, Brodus Clay, AJ Lee, The Miz and Kane. Watch Scooby and the gang grapple with solving this case before it's too late.

7.4

MagicScore

Henry Fool

1998

An egocentric bum transforms the lives of a shy New Jersey garbageman and his sister.

6.6

MagicScore

Run Lola Run

1998

Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.

7.3

MagicScore

Starry Eyes

2014

A hopeful young starlet uncovers the ominous origins of the Hollywood elite and enters into a deadly agreement in exchange for fame and fortune.

6.1

MagicScore

Date Night

2010

Phil and Claire Foster fear that their mild-mannered relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date night, their dinner reservation leads to their being mistaken for a couple of thieves—and now a number of unsavoury characters want Phil and Claire killed.

6.1

MagicScore

Confessions of a Brazilian Call Girl

2011

Rachel is a girl, adopted by an upper middle class family, who rebelled at 17 and left her family and studies at a traditional college in Sao Paulo to become a sexy call girl. Shortly after starting work, she decided to write a blog about her experiences. Since some clients thought she looked like a surfer she adopted the name "Surfistinha" which means little surfer girl.

6.5

MagicScore

War of the Worlds

2005

Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.

6.5

MagicScore

I Know Who Killed Me

2007

An idyllic small town is rocked when Aubrey Fleming, a bright and promising young woman, is abducted and tortured by a sadistic serial killer. When she manages to escape, the traumatized girl who regains consciousness in the hospital insists that she is not who they think she is and that the real Aubrey Fleming is still in mortal danger.

4.5

MagicScore

#10

The Great Escape

1963

The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.

7.9

MagicScore

#11

Cool Hand Luke

1967

When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.

7.7

MagicScore

#12

The Woman in the Window

1944

A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.

7.4

MagicScore

#13

Love Lies Bleeding

2024

Reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Las Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.

6.6

MagicScore

#14

Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon

2016

When Scooby and Mystery Inc. visit an off-road racing competition, it's not long before strange events start to occur. A mysterious phantom racer, known only as Inferno, is causing chaos and is determined to sabotage the race. It's up to Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and their new driving partner, The Undertaker, to save the race and solve the mystery.

7.6

MagicScore

#15

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

1939

In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find themselves involved in murders by thrown daggers, the frame-up of an overstressed Army colonel, and a pirate gang led by an unknown boss who has inside knowledge of the ensuing investigation.

6.6

MagicScore

#16

Bullhead

2011

A young cattle farmer is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious beef trader.

7.1

MagicScore

#17

Silent Hill

2006

Rose, a desperate mother, takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears, and Rose embarks on a horrific journey to get her back and begins to uncover the truth behind the apocalyptic disaster that burned the town 30 years earlier.

6.6

MagicScore

#18

Boy Wonder

2010

A young Brooklyn boy witnesses the brutal murder of his mother and grows up obsessed with finding her killer. Thus begins his life as a quiet, straight-A student by day and a self-appointed hero at night. But what is a real hero? And who decides what is right or wrong? As the boundaries blur, Sean's dual life wears on his psyche and his two worlds careen dangerously close to colliding. Like a graphic novel you can't put down, Boy Wonder challenges morality, distorting perceptions of what is right and what is justified, as it races to its shocking conclusion.

6.3

MagicScore

#19

Fair Play

2014

In the 1980s, Anna, a Czech sprinter, starts training for the Olympics. After she collapses during training, she learns she is being given steroids and decides to stop using them until her mother helps the coaches give them to her.

6.0

MagicScore

#20

Return to Sleepaway Camp

2008

When campers and staff at Camp Manabe mysteriously begin disappearing and turning into gruesome corpses, paranoid Ronnie can't shake the memory of a series of grisly murders that took place at Camp Arawak two decades earlier.

5.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Wrestler?

The top films similar to The Wrestler by MovieMagicScore are Man on the Moon (7.2), Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery (7.4), Henry Fool (6.6). Each shares drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Wrestler worth watching?

The Wrestler holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.5/10 from 3,842 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Wrestler?

The Wrestler (2008) is a drama, romance film directed by Darren Aronofsky, starring Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Wrestler?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more drama recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The Wrestler

This ranked list pairs The Wrestler (2008), a drama and romance film from Darren Aronofsky, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Mickey Rourke take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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