{"canonical_url":"https://app.arlotv.ai/like/the-smashing-machine-tt11214558","canonical_id":"imdb:tt11214558","title":"The Smashing Machine","year":2025,"type":"movie","arlo_similar_take":null,"similar":[{"title":"Monkey Man","year":2024,"url":"https://www.chillfree.tv/?channel=","why":"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."},{"title":"Him","year":2025,"url":"https://www.chillfree.tv/?channel=","why":"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."},{"title":"Boyka: Undisputed IV","year":2016,"url":"https://www.chillfree.tv/?channel=","why":"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."},{"title":"Gladiator Underground","year":2025,"url":"https://www.chillfree.tv/?channel=","why":"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."},{"title":"Results","year":2015,"url":"https://www.chillfree.tv/?channel=","why":"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."},{"title":"Undisputed III: Redemption","year":2010,"url":"https://www.chillfree.tv/?channel=","why":"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."},{"title":"Bloodsport","year":1988,"url":"https://www.chillfree.tv/?channel=","why":"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."}],"updated_at":"2026-09-13"}