Movies like The Gold Stares Back (2026)
The best movies like The Gold Stares Back (2026) are Embattled (2020), Foxcatcher (2014) and Hands of Stone (2016). If The Gold Stares Back hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedBeast (2026)7.5/10 from 227 votes
- NewestMarigold 2nd Anniversary Show: Shine Forever 2026 ~A Glorious Celebration~ (2026)Released 2026
Embattled (2020)
The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFoxcatcher (2014)
The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHands of Stone (2016)
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBeast (2026)
MMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in one championship against the brutal champion Xavier Grau.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFirst Match (2018)
Hardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood decides that wrestling boys is the only way back to her estranged father.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHome Run (2013)
A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties for a misfit Little League team
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisImperial Dreams (2014)
A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLorelei (2020)
A man is released from prison after 15 years. He reunites with his high school girlfriend, now a single mother of three. What follows is a lyrical take on love, regret and second chances.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJawbone (2017)
A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner Bill corner man Eddie and promoter Joe. Back in training, years after anyone thought he was a contender, he risks his life, as he tries to stand tall and regain his place in the world.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJungleland (2020)
Stanley manages his boxer brother Lion but when a devastating loss in the ring leaves the pair in debt, an opportunity to recoup the cash leads to a series of misadventures that threaten to break the bond between them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Cut (2025)
A retired boxer intends to return to the ring for one last shot at the title, but first he must make the weight. Holed up in a room in Las Vegas with an unscrupulous trainer, he embarks on an intensive and illegal weight-cutting program.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisLockdown (2000)
Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBruised (2021)
Jackie Justice is a mixed martial arts fighter who leaves the sport in disgrace. Down on her luck and simmering with rage and regret years after the fight, she's coaxed into a brutal underground fight by her manager and boyfriend Desi and grabs the attention of a fight league promoter who promises Jackie a life back in the Octagon. But the road to redemption becomes unexpectedly personal when Manny - the son she gave up as an infant - shows up at her doorstep. A triumphant story of a fighter who reclaims her power, in and out of the ring, when everyone has counted her out
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStrange Weather (2016)
Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Unforgivable (2021)
A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHounddog (2008)
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAll Day and a Night (2020)
While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRoad to Paloma (2014)
While Native American Wolf is being pursued by the FBI for having taken the law into his own hands, when his mother was raped and killed on their reservation he crosses paths with Cash, a down and out musician who is coping with the end of his marriage. An unlikely friendship develops, as they ride together towards the Teton mountain range, where Wolf will spread his mothers ashes.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisHardball (2001)
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWWE Royal Rumble 2006 (2006)
Royal Rumble (2006) was the nineteenth annual Royal Rumble PPV. It was presented by Sony Computer Entertainment's The Con and took place on January 29, 2006 in the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida The biggest Superstars of WWE RAW and WWE SmackDown! clash at Royal Rumble to determine who will go to WrestleMania 22 as the heavyweight contender. Also, WWE Title: Edge vs. John Cena, World Heavyweight Title: Kurt Angle vs. Mark Henry, WWE Cruiserweight Title (6-way Match): Kid Kash vs. Funaki vs. Gregory Helms vs. Jamie Noble vs. Nunzio vs. Paul London, Mickie James vs. Ashley, & The Boogeyman vs. John 'Bradshaw' Layfield
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisSacred Mask (2023)
A young man who comes from a luchador family but has forsaken the family name and mask tries to follow his own dreams only to be brought back into the fold by a dark and mysterious shadow who hurts everyone close to him to get what he wants.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Chatha Pacha: The Ring of Rowdies (2026)
In the heart of Fort Kochi, three brothers and their crew of unlikely misfits stumble into the wild world of WWE-style costumed wrestling. What begins as a scrappy hustle soon explodes into a riot of masks, egos, and full-blown madness, all set against the backdrop of a city that never plays by the rules. But can their brotherhood survive when the real fight begins outside the ropes?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Undertaker: The Streak 21-1 (2014)
Documentary that reflects on the WWE career of the Undertaker, the franchise's longest serving wrestler with over two decades of action behind him. Known for his trademark finishing move, the tombstone piledriver, the Undertaker has entered battle with generations of WWE stars. Among those to offer their thoughts on what it is like to face him in the ring are Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Big Show, Randy Orton and Brock Lesnar who ended The Streak.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Orange Crush & JCW: Superpower Slam 2026 (2026)
Orange Crush presents Superpower Slam 2026 is a professional wrestling charity show benefitting neurodivergent individuals involving JCW and GCW and pro wrestlers from ROH/AEW it took place on 2.1.26
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Stardom in Fuji 2025 Oct. (2025)
Stardom in Fuji 2025 Oct. was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on October 26, 2025, at Fujisan Messe in Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Stardom in Toyohashi 2025 (2025)
Stardom in Toyohashi 2025 was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on October 18, 2025, at Loisir Hotel Toyohashi in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
WWE Hell in a Cell 2017 (2017)
Hell in a Cell (2017) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event, produced by WWE for the SmackDown brand. It will take place on October 8, 2017 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan. It will be the ninth event under the Hell in a Cell chronology.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Marigold 2nd Anniversary Show: Shine Forever 2026 ~A Glorious Celebration~ (2026)
Marigold 2nd Anniversary Show: Shine Forever 2026 ~A Glorious Celebration~ was a professional wrestling event promoted by Dream Star★Fighting Marigold. It took place on May 23, 2026, at EBARA WAVE Arena Ota in Tokyo, Japan, in commemoration of the second anniversary of Marigold's debut show.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Sareee-ISM Chapter X ~ Taiyoushin Chronicle ─15th Anniversary─ (2026)
Sareee-ISM Chapter X ~ Taiyoushin Chronicle ─15th Anniversary─ was a professional wrestling event promoted by Sareee (as part of her Sareee-ISM series) in commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of her professional debut. It took place on March 22, 2026 at the Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Stardom Dream Queendom 2022 (2022)
Dream Queendom 2022 was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held December 29, 2022 at Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan, with limited attendance due to the then-ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In the main event, Syuri defended the World of Stardom Championship against 2022 5★STAR GP winner, and her former Donna del Mondo stablemate and tag team partner, Giulia.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Gold Stares Back?
The closest matches to The Gold Stares Back are Embattled (2020), Foxcatcher (2014) and Hands of Stone (2016). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Gold Stares Back?
Start with Embattled (2020), the closest match to The Gold Stares Back.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Gold Stares Back?
Beast (2026), rated 7.5/10 by 227 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Gold Stares Back?
Marigold 2nd Anniversary Show: Shine Forever 2026 ~A Glorious Celebration~ (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Gold Stares Back?
Yes: Embattled (2020), Foxcatcher (2014) and Hands of Stone (2016).
How are movies similar to The Gold Stares Back chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Gold Stares Back, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.