Movies like NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn (2015)
The best movies like NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn (2015) are First Match (2018), White Chicks (2004) and Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989). If NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn hooked you, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedEntergalactic (2022)7.7/10 from 542 votes
- NewestThe Alto Knights (2025)Released 2025
First 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhite Chicks (2004)
Two FBI agent brothers, Marcus and Kevin Copeland, accidentally foil a drug bust. To avoid being fired they accept a mission escorting a pair of socialites to the Hamptons--but when the girls are disfigured in a car accident, they refuse to go. Left without options, Marcus and Kevin decide to pose as the sisters, transforming themselves from black men into rich white women.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLast Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute falls in love with one of her clients; a family cannot cope with the fact that their daughter is illegitimately pregnant.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSaturday Night (2024)
At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever. This is the story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFighting (2009)
Small-town boy Shawn MacArthur has come to New York City with nothing. Barely earning a living selling counterfeit goods on the streets, his luck changes when scam artist Harvey Boarden sees that he has a natural talent for streetfighting. When Harvey offers Shawn help at making the real cash, the two form an uneasy partnership.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCBGB (2013)
A look at New York's dynamic punk rock scene through the lens of the ground-breaking Lower East Side club started by eccentric Hilly Kristal in 1973 which launched thousands of bands.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEntergalactic (2022)
Ambitious artist Jabari attempts to balance success and love when he moves into his dream Manhattan apartment and falls for his next-door neighbor.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHow to Be Single (2016)
New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Alto Knights (2025)
Two of New York's most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, vie for control of the city's streets. Once the best of friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals place them on a deadly collision course that will reshape the Mafia (and America) forever.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFame (1980)
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAnora (2024)
A young sex worker from Brooklyn gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out to get the marriage annulled.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNot Okay (2022)
An ambitious young woman, desperate for followers and fame, fakes a trip to Paris to up her social media presence. When a terrifying incident takes place in the real world and becomes part of her imaginary trip, her white lie becomes a moral quandary that offers her all the attention she’s wanted.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Interpreter (2005)
After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Yards (2000)
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHi, Mom! (1970)
Vietnam vet Jon Rubin returns to New York and rents a rundown flat in Greenwich Village. It is in this flat that he begins to film, 'Peeping Tom' style, the people in the apartment across the street. His obsession with making films leads him to fall in with a radical 'Black Power' group, which in turn leads him to carry out a bizarre act of urban terrorism.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNew York Minute (2004)
Honors student Jane Ryan heads to Manhattan for a college-scholarship competition. Her rebellious twin Roxy tags along to crash a video shoot. But anything can happen – and does – in a romp involving a pursuing truant officer, a smuggler, hunkalicious guys, and the girls' realization that when the chips are down, a sister can be the best friend of all.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHoney 2 (2011)
After a brush with the law, Maria has returned to her gritty Bronx roots to rebuild her life with nothing but a talent for street dance and a burning ambition to prove herself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie (2022)
Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. From working class origins, she has reached the top of her game. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and morals diverge.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisDead Man Down (2013)
In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHe Ran All the Way (1951)
A crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl's apartment.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAndre the Giant: Larger than Life (1999)
Documentary, released by the World Wrestling Federation, about the late wrestling superstar Andre the Giant, portraying his childhood in a small French village, his rise to fame as a professional wrestler, and his slow physical decline and eventual death in 1993. With commentaries by Vince McMahon, Classy Freddie Blassie, Killer Kowalski and Gorilla Monsoon, as well as Andre's brother and friends.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
PWG: 2012 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two (2012)
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla held its annual "Battle Of Los Angeles" Tournament with Night 2 on September 2nd, 2012 featuring the following matches: 2012 Battle of Los Angeles Quarter-Final Round Match Sami Callihan vs. TJ Perkins 2012 Battle of Los Angeles Quarter-Final Round Match Adam Cole vs. Eddie Edwards 2012 Battle of Los Angeles Quarter-Final Round Match Brian Cage vs. Michael Elgin 2012 Battle of Los Angeles Quarter-Final Round Match Ricochet vs. Roderick Strong Six-Man Tag Team Match Team Statutory (Kyle O'Reilly, Davey Richards, & Joey Ryan) vs. B-Boy, Willie Mack, & Drake Younger 2012 Battle of Los Angeles Semi-Final Round Match Sami Callihan vs. Adam Cole 2012 Battle of Los Angeles Semi-Final Round Match Michael Elgin vs. Ricochet Six-Man Tag Team Match Brian Cage & The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. El Generico, Rick Knox, & "Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen 2012 Battle of Los Angeles Final Round Match Adam Cole vs. Michael Elgin
Why it matches: Similar story and style
PWG: Failure To Communicate (2012)
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla presents "Failure to Communicate" held Oct. 27, 2012 in Reseda. CA Singles Match 1. Joey Ryan vs. Ryan Taylor Singles Match 2. Eddie Edwards vs. Michael Elgin Tag Team Match 3. B-Boy & Famous B vs. RockNES Monsters (Johnny Goodtime & Johnny Yuma) Singles Match 4. Sami Callihan vs. Davey Richards Singles Match 5. Roderick Strong vs. Rich Swann Singles Match 6. Brian Cage vs. Willie Mack Tag Team Match 7. El Generico & Kenny Omega vs. The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Championship Title Three-Way Match 8. "Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen (Champion) vs. Michael Elgin vs. Ricochet
Why it matches: Similar story and style
PWG: Mystery Vortex (2012)
Tag Team Match 1. Eddie Edwards & Roderick Strong vs. The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) Singles Match 2. Sami Callihan vs. Drake Younger Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Tag Team Championship Title Match 3. Super Smash Bros. (Player Uno & Stupefied - Champions) vs. RockNES Monsters (Johnny Goodtime & Johnny Yuma - Challengers) Singles Match 4. Joey Ryan vs. Scorpio Sky Four-Way Match 5. B-Boy vs. Brian Cage vs. Willie Mack vs. TJ Perkins Singles Match 6. El Generico vs. Rich Swann Tag Team Match 7. Eddie Edwards & Roderick Strong vs. Super Smash Bros. (Player Uno & Stupefied) Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Championship Title Guerrilla Warfare Match 8. "Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen (Champion) vs. Adam Cole (Challenger)
Why it matches: Similar story and style
PWG: DDT4 (2013)
DDT4 First Round Match 1. Inner City Machine Guns (Ricochet & Rich Swann) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) DDT4 First Round PWG Tag Team Championship Title Match 2. Super Smash Bros. (Player Uno & Stupefied) vs. The Unbreakable F'N Machines (Brian Cage & Michael Elgin) DDT4 First Round Match 3. Future Shock (Adam Cole & Kyle O'Reilly) vs. Dojo Bros (Eddie Edwards & Roderick Strong) DDT4 First Round Match 4. The Briscoe Brothers (Jay & Mark Briscoe) vs. El Generico & "Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen DDT4 Second Round PWG World Tag Team Championship Title Match 5. The Unbreakable F'N Machines vs. The Young Bucks DDT4 Semi-Final Round Match 6. Future Shock vs. El Generico & Kevin Steen Singles Match 7. B-Boy vs. Willie Mack Submission or Knock Out Only Match 8. Sami Callihan vs. Drake Younger DDT4 Final Round PWG World Tag Team Championship Title Match 9. The Young Bucks vs. El Generico & Kevin Steen
Why it matches: Similar story and style
PWG: All Star Weekend 9 - Night One (2013)
Singles Match 1. Paul London vs. "Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen Tag Team Match 2. Johnny Gargano & Chuck Taylor vs. The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) Singles Match 3. Eddie Edwards vs. Jay Lethal Tag Team Match 4. AR Fox & Samuray del Sol vs. Inner City Machine Guns (Ricochet & Rich Swann) Singles Match 5. Roderick Strong vs. Trent? Tag Team Match 6. Future Shock (Adam Cole & Kyle O'Reilly) vs. The Unbreakable F'N Machines (Brian Cage & Michael Elgin) Guerrilla Warfare Number One Contender Match 7. "The Callihan Death Machine" Sami Callihan vs. "The Ultra-violent Golden Boy" Drake Younger
Why it matches: Similar story and style
PWG: All Star Weekend 9 - Night Two (2013)
Singles Match 1. Jay Lethal vs. Willie Mack Tag Team Match 2. Johnny Gargano & Chuck Taylor vs. RockNES Monsters (Johnny Goodtime & Johnny Yuma) SIngles Match 3. Paul London vs. Trent? Six-Man Tag Team Match 4. AR Fox & Inner City Machine Guns (Ricochet & Rich Swann) vs. Unbreakable F'N Steen Machines (Brian Cage, Michael Elgin & "Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen) Singles Match 5. TJ Perkins vs. Samuray del Sol Singles Match 6. Sami Callihan vs. Kyle O'Reilly Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Tag Team Championship Title Match 7. The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson - Champions) vs. DojoBros (Eddie Edwards & Roderick Strong - Challengers) Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Championship Title Match 8. "The Panama City Playboy" Adam Cole (Champion) vs. "The Ultra-violent Golden Boy" Drake Younger (Challenger)
Why it matches: Similar story and style
PWG: Is Your Body Ready? (2013)
Tag Team Match 1. RockNES Monsters (Johnny Goodtime & Johnny Yuma) vs. Unbreakable F'N Machines (Brian Cage & Michael Elgin) Singles Match 2. Kyle O'Reilly vs. Davey Richards Tag Team Match 3. Johnny Gargano & Chuck Taylor vs. DojoBros (Eddie Edwards & Roderick Strong) Singles Match 4. "Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen vs. Drake Younger Non-Title Tag Team Match 5. The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson - Champions) vs. AR Fox & Samuray Del Sol Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Championship Title 60-Minute Ironman Match 6. "The Panama City Playboy" Adam Cole (Champion) vs. "The Callihan Death Machine" Sami Challihan
Why it matches: Similar story and style
PWG: TEN (2013)
Six-Person Tag Team Match 1. B-Boy, Candice LeRae, & Willie Mack vs. "Pretty" Peter Avalon, Joey Ryan, & Ryan Taylor Singles Match 2. Brian Cage vs. Anthony Nese Tag Team Match 3. Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero) vs. RockNES Monsters (Johnny Goodtime & Johnny Yuma) Singles Match 4. Michael Elgin vs. AR Fox Tag Team Match 5. Johnny Gargano & Chuck Taylor vs. Brian Kendrick & "Intrepid Traveler" Paul London Singles Match 6. TJ Perkins vs. Kyle O'Reilly World Championship Title Three-Way Guerrilla Warfare Match 7. "The Panama City Playboy" Adam Cole (Champion) vs. "Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen vs. "Psycho Shooter" Drake Younger World Tag Team Championship Title Three-Way Ladder Match 8. The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson - Champions) vs. Inner City Machine Guns (Ricochet & Rich Swann) vs. DojoBros (Eddie Edwards & Roderick Strong)
Why it matches: Similar story and style
PWG: 2013 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One (2013)
2013 Battle of Los Angeles First Round Match 1. "Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen vs. "The Kentucky Gentleman" Chuck Taylor 2013 Battle of Los Angeles First Round Match 2. Brian Cage vs. Tommaso Ciampa 2013 Battle of Los Angeles First Round Match 3. Johnny Gargano vs. Willie Mack 2013 Battle of Los Angeles First Round Match 4. AR Fox vs. Roderick Strong 2013 Battle of Los Angeles First Round Match 5. Joey Ryan vs. "Psycho Shooter" Drake Younger 2013 Battle of Los Angeles First Round Match 6. ACH vs. Anthony Nese 2013 Battle of Los Angeles First Round Match 7. Kyle O'Reilly vs. Trent? 2013 Battle of Los Angeles First Round Match 8. Michael Elgin vs. Rich Swann Six-Man Tag Team Match 9. Adam Cole & The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero) & TJ Perkins
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn?
The closest matches to NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn are First Match (2018), White Chicks (2004) and Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn?
Start with First Match (2018), the closest match to NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn.
What is the highest-rated movie like NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn?
Entergalactic (2022), rated 7.7/10 by 542 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn?
The Alto Knights (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn?
Yes: First Match (2018), White Chicks (2004) and Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989).
How are movies similar to NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.