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2025 · Movie · R · your starting pointIf The Smashing Machine is the itch, these scratch it — some louder, some quieter. Free ones first.
Movies like The Smashing Machine, ranked
1. Monkey Man (2024)
The protagonist's brutal physical transformation and spiral through addiction mirror the toll of obsessive pursuit, though here channeled into a revenge narrative set against urban corruption rather than institutional sport.
2. Him (2025)
Sean Durkin's unflinching examination of an athlete's psychological unraveling under a mentor's manipulation mirrors the raw psychological toll and moral ambiguity that defines The Smashing Machine's portrait of obsession.
3. Boyka: Undisputed IV (2016)
Scott Waugh's visceral direction captures the same unflinching portrait of a fighter's physical deterioration and moral compromise as he pursues redemption through increasingly dangerous bouts.
4. Gladiator Underground (2025)
Sean Penn's intimate direction captures the same unflinching examination of a fighter's psychological unraveling both inside and outside the octagon, where physical dominance crumbles against personal demons.
5. Results (2015)
The gym setting becomes a crucible for examining how ambition and personal struggle intersect, with both films using training spaces as backdrops to explore characters wrestling with demons beyond physical performance.
6. Undisputed III: Redemption (2010)
A fighter's redemption arc unfolds through brutal competition and physical toll as he battles both opponents and inner demons, with Sean Patrick Thomas delivering raw intensity in the cage sequences.
7. Bloodsport (1988)
Sean Penn's unflinching examination of a fighter's self-destruction mirrors the psychological toll that Bloodsport explores through its protagonist's obsessive pursuit, both films treating the martial artist's body and psyche as battlegrounds where victory and ruin intertwine.
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