THEME EXPLORATION

professional wrestling

30 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Day for Night
1973 · François Truffaut

Office Romance
2026 · Ol Parker

I Am the Other Woman

I Am the Other Woman
2006 · Margarethe von Trotta

The Killer
2023 · David Fincher

Professor Mamlock

Professor Mamlock
1961 · Konrad Wolf

Grand Prix
1966 · John Frankenheimer

Shadow Play
1997 · Martine Dugowson

Accused
1964 · Anubhuti Kashyap

Bunny!!
2026 · Trấn Thành

Sathi Leelavathi

Sathi Leelavathi
2026 · Tatineni Satya

The Shadow's Edge

The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Larry Yang

Love on Trial
2026 · Koji Fukada

Ansikte mot ansikte

Ansikte mot ansikte
1976 · Ingmar Bergman

Flesh
1932 · John Ford

Gion Festival Music

Gion Festival Music
1953 · Kenji Mizoguchi

The Club
1980 · Bruce Beresford

The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal
1973 · Fred Zinnemann

The Driver
1980 · Abbas Kiarostami

Boiling Point
2021 · Philip Barantini

Ramona
2022 · Andrea Bagney

The Staffroom
2021 · Sonja Tarokić

The Great Garrick

The Great Garrick
1937 · James Whale

Hunger
2023 · Sitisiri Mongkolsiri

Instinct
2019 · Halina Reijn

Idol Seungha's R-Rated Film Shooting

Idol Seungha's R-Rated Film Shooting
2021 · Kim Ho

Just One Time
2021 · Guillermo Ríos

Let Love Grow
2023 · Damián Romay

Love+Sling
2018 · Kim Dae-woo

One Perfect Match

One Perfect Match
2024 · Jo-Anne Brechin

The Goddesses
1972 · Walter Hugo Khouri

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Ray Mendoza Mexico

Blended wrestling entertainment with cinema, capitalizing on athletic spectacle and Mexican cultural heroism.

Darren Aronofsky United States

His film 'The Wrestler' (2008) provides an intimate, unflinching portrait of a aging professional wrestler's physical and emotional deterioration both in and out of the ring.

Craig Zobel United States

His film 'The Wrestler' alternative perspective and work with theatrical realism captures the performative nature and personal cost of professional wrestling.