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Movies Like Perfect Sport

If you liked Perfect Sport (2008), a drama movie directed by Anthony O'Brien, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Triumph

    Triumph (2021)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    A bright and determined teen who has mild cerebral palsy strives to be a wrestler on his high school's team and to win over the heart of a classmate, the girl of his dreams.

  2. 2Foxcatcher

    Foxcatcher (2014)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    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.

  3. 3American Wrestler: The Wizard

    American Wrestler: The Wizard (2017)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    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.

  4. 4Going to the Mat

    Going to the Mat (2004)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    Jace Newfield has a problem. Besides being blind and being the new kid at school, his problem is that the kids at his new school thinks he's a jerk. Jace has to find a way to be accepted into his new school. Joining…

  5. 5Queen of the Ring

    Queen of the Ring (2025)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    In a time when pro wrestling for women was illegal all over the country, a small town single mother embraces the danger to change culture as she dominates America's most masculine sport to become the first million…

  6. 6Embattled

    Embattled (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

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

  7. 7Legendary

    Legendary (2010)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    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.

  8. 8The Karate Kid

    The Karate Kid (1984)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    New Jersey teen Daniel LaRusso moves to Los Angeles with his mother, and soon strikes up a relationship with Ali. He quickly finds himself the target of bullying by a group of thugs, led by Ali's ex-boyfriend Johnny…

  9. 9Never Back Down

    Never Back Down (2008)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    Jake, full of anger after his father's death, is just starting to find a place for himself at his new Orlando high school - until Ryan, head of an underground MMA fight club, picks Jake out as a prime opponent. After…

  10. 10The Karate Kid Part III

    The Karate Kid Part III (1989)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    Despondent over the closing of his karate school, Cobra Kai teacher John Kreese joins a ruthless businessman and martial artist to get revenge on Daniel and Mr. Miyagi.

  11. 11Amateur

    Amateur (2018)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    14-year-old basketball phenom Terron Forte has to navigate the under-the-table world of amateur athletics when he is recruited to an elite NCAA prep school.

  12. 12The Girl in the Book

    The Girl in the Book (2015)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama

    The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.

  13. 13First Match

    First Match (2018)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    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.

  14. 14Coach Carter

    Coach Carter (2005)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.

  15. 15WWE WrestleMania 21

    WWE WrestleMania 21 (2005)

    ★ 8.4/10Also drama

    WrestleMania 21 was the twenty-first annual WrestleManiaPPV. It was presented by Snickers and took place on April 3, 2005 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The main match on the Raw brand was Triple H…

  16. 16Hounddog

    Hounddog (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

  17. 17Blue Chips

    Blue Chips (1994)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the…

  18. 18WWE WrestleMania X-Seven

    WWE WrestleMania X-Seven (2001)

    ★ 8.8/10Also drama

    WrestleMania X-Seven was the seventeenth annual WrestleMania PPV and was presented by Snickers Cruncher. It took place on April 1, 2001 at the Reliant Astrodome in Houston, Texas. The event was the first WrestleMania…

  19. 19Fast Girls

    Fast Girls (2012)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.

  20. 20The War

    The War (1994)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    The son of a Vietnam War Veteran must deal with neighborhood bullies as well as his dad's post-traumatic stress disorder while growing up in the deep south in the 1970's.

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