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Movies like Pumped Up (2001)

The best movies like Pumped Up (2001) are Seal Team (2021), Porno (2019) and Battle of the Year (2013). If Pumped Up hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Seal Team (2021)

    After his best friend is killed in a shark attack, Quinn, a lovable yet tenacious seal assembles a SEAL TEAM to fight back against a gang of sharks overtaking the neighborhood. But this merry band of international seals are not at all trained for such a mission. They seek the help of a much more skillful combatant, Claggart, but even his tricks and flips can’t whip these guys into shape. However, with a little bit of ingenuity, intelligence and a lot of heart, our SEAL TEAM may actually be able to bring peace back to their undersea community.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. Porno (2019)

    When a group of naive teens working at a movie theater in a small Christian town discover a mysterious film hidden in its basement, they unleash an alluring succubus who gives them a sex education…written in blood.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. Battle of the Year (2013)

    A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. Drumline (2002)

    A talented street drummer from Harlem enrolls in a Southern university, expecting to lead its marching band's drumline to victory. He initially flounders in his new world, before realizing that it takes more than talent to reach the top.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. Monster High: Friday Night Frights (2012)

    After Monster High’s roller skating team is defeated at the Skulltimate Roller Maze tournament, the ghouls team up to face an all-boys league, with the hope of winning back the school crest and restoring school spirit.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987)

    G.I. Joe faces a new enemy as an ancient society of snake people known as Cobra-La try to forcefully take back the earth from those who drove them underground eons ago.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. Barbie and the Three Musketeers (2009)

    Corinne is a young country girl who heads to Paris to pursue her big dream – to become a female musketeer! Never could she imagine she would meet three other girls who secretly share the same dream! Using their special talents, the girls work together as a team to foil a plot and save the prince. It's all for one and one for all!

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. Whiplash (2014)

    Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. Magazine Dreams (2025)

    Aspiring bodybuilder Killian Maddox struggles to find human connection in an exploration of celebrity and violence. Nothing deters him from his fiercely protected dream of superstardom, not even the doctors who warn him of the permanent damage he causes to himself with his quest.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. Bigger (2018)

    The inspirational tale of the grandfathers of the fitness movement as we now know it, Joe & Ben Weider. Battling anti-Semitism, racism and extreme poverty, the brothers beat all odds to build an empire & inspire future generations.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. Heavy Traffic (1973)

    A white dropout struggles to become a cartoonist and filmmaker, drawing inspiration from the harsh, gritty world around him. Still sharing his rundown apartment with his middle-aged parents, an oafish slob of an Italian father and a ditzy nutcase of a Jewish mother, he's ridiculed and looked down upon by his friends, hypocrites who run with violent gangs and the Italian Mafia, and a shallow Black girl who makes her living downtown with the pimps and pushers. The cartoonist gets a chance to pitch a film idea to a movie mogul, but the story proves too outrageous: a far-future Earth, depleted by war and pollution, where a mutant antihero challenges and kills God.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. Hard to Die (1990)

    While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series of killings six months previously, is at the bottom of the whole thing. Little do they know the real horror that they face in the end.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)

    The first day of Spring is on its way and the Little Ponies are preparing for it with a big festival. But all the fun may come to an end if the witch Hydia has her way! Can the Ponies defeat Hydia and her evil daughters, Reeka and Draggle? More importantly, can they save Ponyland from the witches’ concoction, the strange purple goo called Smooze, that’s threatening to bury the whole town?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. Perfect Addiction (2023)

    A female boxing trainer discovers that her champion cage-fighter boyfriend has been cheating on her with her sister and decides to seek revenge by training up his arch-rival to challenge him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. Purple Hearts (2022)

    An aspiring musician agrees to a marriage of convenience with a soon-to-deploy Marine, but a tragedy soon turns their fake relationship all too real.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear (2022)

    Explore the evolution of Buzz Lightyear from toy to human in the making of Pixar’s Lightyear. Dive into the origin and cultural impact of everyone’s favorite Space Ranger, the art of designing a new “human Buzz,” and the challenges faced by the Lightyear crew along the way.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. Step Up Revolution (2012)

    Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. Hulk Vs. (2009)

    Two stories featuring Marvel's anti-hero: .................. For ages, Odin has protected his kingdom of Asgard. But every winter, the All-Father must rest and regain his strength for one week. During this time, all of Asgard's foes try to claim the realm for their own, but they are always stopped by the mighty Thor. Loki, god of mischief, has kidnapped Dr. Bruce Banner and brought him to Asgard with the help of Amora the Enchantress. .................. Department H sends in Wolverine to track down a mysterious beast known by the US Military as the Hulk, who is rampaging across the Canadian wilderness. Surveying the extent of the damage to a destroyed town, Wolverine notices a toxic scent as well as the smell of gunpowder. He is then deployed to the wilderness to resume tracking the creature.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. UglyDolls (2019)

    In the adorably different town of Uglyville, weirdness is celebrated, strangeness is special and beauty is embraced as more than meets the eye. After traveling to the other side of a mountain, Moxy and her UglyDoll friends discover Perfection -- a town where more conventional dolls receive training before entering the real world to find the love of a child.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. Beat Street (1984)

    An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Pumped Up?

The closest matches to Pumped Up are Seal Team (2021), Porno (2019) and Battle of the Year (2013). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Pumped Up?

Start with Seal Team (2021), the closest match to Pumped Up.

What is the highest-rated movie like Pumped Up?

Whiplash (2014), rated 8.4/10 by 17,370 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Pumped Up?

Magazine Dreams (2025) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Pumped Up?

Yes: Seal Team (2021), Porno (2019) and Battle of the Year (2013).

How are movies similar to Pumped Up chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Pumped Up, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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