Movies like Christopher Daniels: The Fallen Angel (2013)
The best movies like Christopher Daniels: The Fallen Angel (2013) are Queen of the Ring (2025), Real Steel (2011) and John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017). If Christopher Daniels: The Fallen Angel hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedO.J.: Made in America (2016)8.4/10 from 271 votes
- NewestThe Alto Knights (2025)Released 2025
Queen of the Ring (2025)
In a time when pro wrestling for women was illegal all over the country, a small town single mother embraces the danger to change culture as she dominates America's most masculine sport to become the first million dollar female athlete in history.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisReal Steel (2011)
Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After his robot is trashed, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son to rebuild and train an unlikely contender.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJohn Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEight Men Out (1988)
Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with disdain. And when gamblers and hustlers discover that Comiskey's demoralized players are ripe for a money-making scheme, one by one the team members agree to throw the World Series. But when the White Sox are defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes, ripping the cover off America's favorite pastime.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChallengers (2024)
Tennis player turned coach Tashi has taken her husband, Art, and transformed him into a world-famous Major champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she signs him up for a "Challenger" event — close to the lowest level of pro tournament — where he finds himself standing across the net from his former best friend and Tashi's former boyfriend.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRaging Bull (1980)
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisBig George Foreman (2023)
Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit. But when he sees his community struggling spiritually and financially, Foreman returns to the ring and makes history by reclaiming his title, becoming the oldest and most improbable World Heavyweight Boxing Champion ever.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Apprentice (2024)
A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as a hungry scion of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of Roy Cohn, the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today. Cohn sees in Trump the perfect protégé—someone with raw ambition, a hunger for success, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to win.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisConcussion (2015)
A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBattle of the Sexes (2017)
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between world number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSerpico (1973)
New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAli (2001)
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCreed II (2018)
Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight against an opponent with ties to his family's past, Adonis Creed is up against the challenge of his life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWWE Royal Rumble 2021 (2021)
The annual beginning of the Road to WrestleMania featured Drew McIntyre defending his WWE Championship against Goldberg, Kevin Owens facing "The Head of the Table" Roman Reigns in a Last Man Standing Match for the Universal Championship, and of course, the annual Men's and Women's Royal Rumble Matches that determined who will headline the Showcase of the Immortals.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like this61* (2001)
In 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees. One, Mantle, was universally loved, while the other, Maris, was universally hated. Both men started off with a bang, and both were nearing Babe Ruth's 60 home run record. Which man would reach it?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWWE Crown Jewel 2021 (2021)
The 2021 Crown Jewel was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It was the third Crown Jewel and took place on October 21, 2021, at Mohammed Abdu Arena on The Boulevard in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as part of Riyadh Season. The event aired via pay-per-view and livestreaming, marking the first Crown Jewel to air on Peacock in the United States.
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 thisMonsters of Man (2020)
A robotics company vying to win a lucrative military contract team up with a corrupt CIA agent to conduct an illegal live field test. They deploy four weaponized prototype robots into a suspected drug manufacturing camp in the Golden Triangle, assuming they'd be killing drug runners that no one would miss. Six doctors on a humanitarian mission witness the brutal slaughter and become prime targets.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisO.J.: Made in America (2016)
A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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What are the best movies like Christopher Daniels: The Fallen Angel?
The closest matches to Christopher Daniels: The Fallen Angel are Queen of the Ring (2025), Real Steel (2011) and John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Christopher Daniels: The Fallen Angel?
Start with Queen of the Ring (2025), the closest match to Christopher Daniels: The Fallen Angel.
What is the highest-rated movie like Christopher Daniels: The Fallen Angel?
O.J.: Made in America (2016), rated 8.4/10 by 271 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Christopher Daniels: The Fallen Angel?
The Alto Knights (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Christopher Daniels: The Fallen Angel?
Yes: Queen of the Ring (2025), Real Steel (2011) and John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017).
How are movies similar to Christopher Daniels: The Fallen Angel chosen?
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