| 1000 to 1 (2014) | 6.8 | |
| American Gigolo (1980) | 6.3 | |
| Mishima (1985) | 7.9 | |
| Donnie Brasco (1997) | 7.7 | |
| Unbreakable (2000) | 7.3 |
Weightlifting movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant weightlifting movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, humorous, captivating, entertaining and independent film films and TV shows about / with weightlifting, redemption, storytelling, friendship, murder, violence, death, mother son relationship, mentor and chase plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
357
TOP 10 movies tagged as weightlifting: Bodybuilder (2014), Jamesy Boy (2014), Love Lifting (2012), Hawaii (2024), Billy Boy (1970), Space Cowboys (2000), SS Girls (1977), Final Judgement (1992), 1000 to 1 (2014), Troll 2 (1990).
Best films
New films
| Assassin Club (2023) | 4.7 | |
| The Iron Claw (2023) | 7.6 | |
| Splitsville (2025) | 6.5 | |
| They Cloned Tyrone (2023) | 6.7 | |
| Hawaii (2024) | 2.4 |
List of weightlifting movies
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Turkey
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
From defecting to the Olympics, an underdog weightlifter powers through adversity to raise up his community in this biopic of Naim Süleymanoğlu.
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, psychological, inspirational, iconic
Plot:
weightlifting, migration, olympics, real life, assimilation, tournament, athlete, communism, muslim, rivalry, athlete's life, contests and competitions ...
Time:
year 1992, year 1996, 80s, 90s, year 1988
Place:
atlanta georgia, barcelona, athens greece, balkan, bulgaria ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Twenty year old Antoine has made enemies of a gang of young thugs, to whom he owes money. Fed up with his scams and petty crimes, his mother and older brother decide to send Antoine to his father's place in Saint-Etienne. The two men ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, psychological, tense
Plot:
gym, bodybuilding, bodybuilder, father son relationship, hiding place, sport competition, weightlifting, theft, training, stealing money, estranged father, rivalry ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014
Place:
france, lyon
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A spunky female weightlifter and free-spirited male swimmer meet on campus, only to find out their pasts may be intertwined.
Style:
dorama, romantic, touching, sweet, humorous ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
weightlifting, friendship, childhood friend, teen romance, college, friends, direction and purpose, love, teenage life, follow your dream, youth, adolescence ...
Place:
korea, thailand
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of teenager James Burns who goes from a suburban street gang to a maximum-security prison cell surrounded by hardened criminals. He turns his life around in prison thanks to the unexpected friendship he forms with a convicted ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, crime drama, crying ...
Plot:
prison, mentor, friendship, prison life, criminal, confined, teaching the ways of the world, jail, gang, drug, anger, lawyer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The story of a love affair between a female weight lifter and a former bar owner.
Style:
captivating, romantic, uplifting, emotional, realistic
Plot:
weightlifting, love and romance, relationships, male female relationship, in love, neighbor neighbor relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair, ex athlete, fall in love, couple relations, love story ...
Place:
hong kong, china
Is relevant?
313
Genre: Comedy
Country: Iran
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An athlete escapes from iran for a better future but his friends has other plans for him...
Style:
exciting, captivating, entertaining, funny, thrilling ...
Plot:
athlete, immigration, migration, escape, sports man, athlete and trainer, adventure hero, sports hero, gym, professional athlete, professional sports, weightlifting ...
Place:
iran, hong kong
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Biopic of Louis Cyr, strongest man in the world at the end of the 19th Century.
Style:
captivating, touching, realistic, serious, inspirational ...
Plot:
biopic, strong man, performer's life, ambition, rise to the top, strongman, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, humble, weightlifting, determination, perseverance ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
canada, quebec
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Billy, a troubled young man is rescued from a beating by police by an older man who takes him in. As Billy begins to fall under the influence of a delinquent, his loyalties to his friend are tested.
Style:
independent film, homoerotic, underground film, erotic drama, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, male nudity, sexual exploration, hollywood, sexploitation, taboo, coming of age, erection, moral ambiguity, voyeurism, seduction, beach ...
Place:
los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the Air Force's test program for space travel, but their hopes were dashed in 1958 with the formation of NASA and the use of ...
Style:
tense, clever, suspense, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nasa, astronaut, space travel, old age, space shuttle, space opera, satellite, space exploration, outer space, self sacrifice, human in outer space, one last job ...
Time:
20th century, year 1958, year 2000, 1950s, future ...
Place:
space western, california
Is relevant?
835
Genre: Horror, Thriller, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Top Nazi officials, intent on rooting out traitors and those in the military who may be plotting to overthrow Adolf Hitler, recruit and train a group of beautiful prostitutes whose mission is to use any means necessary to uncover plots against the ...
Style:
grindhouse, naughty, disturbing, sensual, erotic ...
Plot:
animal sex, zoophilia, bestiality, lesbian sex, orgy, prostitute, nazi, erotica, lesbianism, female nudity, sex, fondling ...
Time:
1940s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A priest is suspected in the brutal murder of a young stripper. To prove his innocence, he descends into the world of strip clubs and pornography, hoping to catch the killer. The priest is hampered by the police and taunted by the killer. A friend ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
stripper, priest, female nudity, weightlifting, nude model, strangulation, art gallery, sex with a priest, serial killer, murder of a prostitute, arson, strip club ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Cory Weissman is a college basketball player who suffers a devastating stroke. He perseveres to find new meaning in his life both on, and more importantly, off the court.
Style:
captivating, emotional, serious, inspirational, realistic ...
Plot:
rehabilitation, therapist, fraternity, telephone call, ambition, basketball player, recovery, hopes, against the odds, disability, parents and children, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
36K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young child is terrified to discover that a planned family trip is to be haunted by vile plant-eating monsters out of his worst nightmare...
Style:
cult classic, scary, humorous, funny, cult horror ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
witch, small town, little creatures, sexual innuendo, person on fire, exploitation, creature, stupidity, seduction, profanity, child in peril, destiny ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Shep Ramsey is an interstellar hero, righting wrongs, etc. His ship is damaged after a fight with an interstellar nasty and he must hide out on Earth until it can recharge. He leaves his power suit at home, but still finds himself unable to allow ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, light, intense, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, boys' night, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
benign alien, space and aliens, bounty hunter, fish out of water, space travel, one against many, rescue, mixed martial arts, lone hero, good versus evil, heroes, save the world ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 80s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The Strongest Man in the World is a 1975 film starring Kurt Russell as Dexter Riley, a student in the fictional Medfield College. A school laboratory accident mixes one student's vitamin cereal mix with Dexter Riley's chemical experiment. ...
Style:
humorous, offbeat, feel good, not serious, fast ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
laboratory, fraternity, superhuman powers, bail, weightlifting, cow, balloon, overweight, arrest, dog, experiment, humour ...
Time:
70s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Two slacker wrestling fans are devastated by the ousting of their favorite character by an unscrupulous promoter.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, funny, intense, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
wrestling, gay subtext, cheerleader, homoeroticism, underdog, wrestler, homoerotic fight, friendship, loser, follow your dream, athlete's life, goofy hero ...
Time:
year 2016, y2k, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, atlanta georgia
Is relevant?
16K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima told in four parts. The first three parts relate events in three of his novels: The temple of the Golden Pavilion, Kyoko's House, and Runaway Horses. The last part depicts the ...
Style:
surreal, serious, atmospheric, psychedelic, mind bending ...
Plot:
suicide, homoeroticism, art, rebellion, friendship, nationalism, writers, emperor, radical, writer's life, state affairs, tragic hero ...
Time:
20th century, year 1985, 60s, post world war two
Place:
japan, kyoto japan, mount fuji, tokyo
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The film talks about a family that weathers all sorts of disasters and keeps going in spite of it all. It is noted for its wonderful assortment of oddball characters.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, offbeat, humorous, sex comedy ...
Plot:
sexualized violence, brother sister sex, dysfunctional family, incest, hotel, football player, first sexual experience, rape, airplane crash, bare butt, prostitute, forbidden love ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vienna, new england, austria, europe, usa ...
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
354K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
An FBI undercover agent infilitrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
Style:
neo noir, clever, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, undercover, organized crime, mobster, mentor, fbi, working undercover, italian mafia, fbi agent, undercover agent, law enforcement, friends ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1997, 90s, year 1978
Place:
new york, new jersey, miami, florida, usa ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins ...
Style:
neo noir, sexy, retro, erotic, stylized ...
Plot:
murder, sex, pimp, frame up, gigolo, prostitute, sex scene, love affair, sensuality, infidelity, nudity, redemption ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1980, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, palm springs california, malibu california, usa ...
Is relevant?
812
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Providing the romantic comedy genre with a decidedly queer twist, THE ONE is an effortlessly charming tale which proves that love is never simple! Hunky Daniel couldn’t have it better: great parents, a successful career and his beautiful fiancée ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, sincere, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
first gay sexual experience, gay, gay father, wedding, gay husband, closeted homosexual, gender, wedding ceremony, love triangle, marital problem, friendship between men, marriage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, massachusetts
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Chris O'Brien, devote Catholic and rookie cop with LAPD, is assigned to partner with the hard-edged, street-smart Nora Hugosian. A serial killer is loose, and all the victims are low-life guys whom Nora has dealt with. So, when the tire tracks ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
partner, serial killer, vigilante, police investigation, police corruption, undercover cop, fighting crime, partners against crime, law enforcement, dishonesty, pursuit, profanity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Luxembourg, UK, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that has fallen on hard times after the treasured Baypen Corn Syrup Factory burned down. As the locals ...
Style:
slasher horror, teen horror, independent film, slasher, dark comedy ...
Plot:
cornfield, killer clown, teenager, murder mystery, father daughter relationship, clown, town, small town, evil clown, generation gap, murder, newcomer ...
Time:
80s, year 1991, 2020s
Place:
missouri
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This biographical docu-drama alternates between two parallel threads in the life of Arnold Schwarzenegger: his formative early years as the repeat winner of the Mr. Olympia body-building championship; and his modern foray into the world of politics, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
politics, campaign, bodybuilding, showbiz, relationship vs career, rise and fall, actor's life, rise to the top, athlete's life, ambition, filmmaking, hollywood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, austria, san diego california, los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When a small Irish town is terrorized by a corrupt business syndicate, a lone hero (Brosnan) wages an all out war.
Style:
cult classic, political, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens
Plot:
small town, debt collector, gangster, blood, betrayal, violent, violence, brutality, greed, chase, environmental, death ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ireland, europe, california, san francisco
Is relevant?
12K
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
As children, Nick and his little brother take care of their baby brother while their mother drinks herself senseless. But the baby dies, and both brothers blame themselves. Many years later, Nick is out of prison after serving time for an assault. ...
Style:
gloomy, thought provoking, disturbing, melancholic, sincere ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, childhood trauma, drug abuse, estrangement, drug addiction, haunted by the past, heroin, redemption, insomnia, brother brother relationship, drug addict, adaptation ...
Time:
year 2010, 90s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen, europe, berlin germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When international diplomacy comes up short, extreme measures must be taken. In the newest installment of The Art of War, Agent Neil Shaw (Treach) is on a covert mission to stop North Korean terrorists from obtaining a nuclear bomb. But when the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, fast
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
profanity, terrorist, terrorism, un, martial arts, heroes, master warrior, betrayal, race against time, save the day, protagonist as suspect, undercover ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, korea, asia, seoul
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, saga, humorous, intense ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot:
superhero, mutant, supernatural ability, superhuman powers, supernatural power, avenger, team, x men, escapades, comic hero, vengeance, comic book ...
Time:
60s, future, 1940s, year 1962, year 1944 ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe, turkey, usa, russia ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Instead of adhering to the norms of their South Central neighborhood, a group of skater boys opt to bus into Hollywood and Beverly Hills, where they attract local rich girls - and plenty of trouble with the police, jealous boyfriends, and nervous ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, independent film, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage life, skateboard, friends, society, social differences, rock, buddies, life is a bitch, coming of age, bullying, teenager, cultural difference ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, southern california, south central los angeles, beverly hills
Is relevant?
17K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments.
Style:
black comedy, cynical, not serious, witty, dark comedy ...
Plot:
atheism, nudist, brutality, dark humor, insanity, farce, satire, screwball, moral dilemma, human nature, sarcasm, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., mexico, st. louis missouri
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
