5 Wrestling Movies You Need To See

#4 The Wrestler

The Wrestler may be the best wrestling film ever made.

The Wrestler is not a feel-good movie that inspires folks to pursue careers in wrestling, or even, necessarily, makes fans want to go back and watch more sports entertainment. It is, however, a beautiful, heartbreaking portrait of the wrestler in decline. Mickey Rourke portrays Randy the Ram, a star of the 1980s working the independent wrestling scene.

He keeps wrestling ostensibly to make ends meet, but as we learn as the film goes on, much more so reclaim past glory and drink in the adrenaline of a live crowd, even as the business is bleeding him dry.

Few wrestling films can touch the profundity or artistry of this masterpiece that justifiably drew terrific reviews and awards buzz.