Wrestling Movies (Comedies)
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- DirectorDan CadanStarsStephen GrahamJason FlemyngJulian SandsA group of 1980s wrestlers are forced to don the lycra once last time when their beloved local pub is threatened with closure.
- DirectorJoel SilbergStarsAdam BaldwinMike JollyMichelle NicastroTwo hotshot LAPD cops get in hot water after breaking up a fight at a local bar. They get suspended from the force and have to find a way to pay the rent. First they try construction work, then stripping, but newspaper reporter Janice Edwards has a really good idea...professional wrestling. A rival manager, Lord Percy, does not like her new team, The Boston Bad Guys (the cops) and will do anything he can to keep them from appearing on the same card as his team, the Kremlin Crushers. Still, the Bad Guys want to get revenge on the Krushers.
- DirectorStephen MerchantStarsDwayne JohnsonLena HeadeyVince VaughnA former wrestler and his family make a living performing at small venues around the country while his kids dream of joining World Wrestling Entertainment.
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsWinnie LightnerJoe E. BrownPaul GregoryThe managers of a gymnasium/health spa train an office clerk to be a champion wrestler.
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsJoan BlondellGlenda FarrellHugh HerbertTwo gold-digging process servers are tasked with subpoenaing one's boyfriend, who has been using a pseudonym to avoid breach-of-promise servings and suits.
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsHumphrey BogartFrank McHughLouise FazendaPromoter Ed Hatch comes to the Ozarks with his slow-witted wrestler Joe Skopapoulos whom he pits against a hillbilly Amazon blacksmith, Sadie Horn. Joe falls in love with her and won't fight. At least not until Sadie's beau Noah shows up.
- DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsArthur LakeDale EvansLionel StanderJoe Bagley, owner of the Blue Heaven Club, tries to foster a romance between shy pianist Sandy Elliott and band vocalist June Mayfield. Joe tells June that Sandy is really a professional, masked wrestler known as "The Devil." Wally Porter, also in love with June doesn't believe the story. The real wrestler breaks a leg in a match and Sandy, in order to keep up the ruse now has to wear a cast on his leg. June attends a match and hears the real Devil announce his engagement to another girl.
- DirectorGeorge BlairStarsRobert RockwellBarbra FullerAudrey LongNew York gangsters trying to muscle in on the California wrestling scene come up against a wrestler who won't knuckle under. They frame him for a murder, and his manager and a cop set out to clear his name, catch the real killers and save the reputation of the sport of wrestling.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsLeo GorceyHuntz HallMarjorie ReynoldsSach acquires super strength, which the boys attempt to cash in on by turning him into a professional wrestler.
- DirectorJoseph LernerStarsJack CarsonJanis PaigeVince EdwardsA gullible and honest "Mr. Universe" winner, Tommy Tomkins, gets added to the stable of a con-man and a wrestling prompter. He wins match after match, legitimately, and then balks when he is told he must lose a match, as all in the phony-sport of professional wrestling must do at one time or another.A complication arises when Tommy can not be taught to be dishonest. Complications also arise when a gangster tries to buy in on the setup. A "comedy" film based on the tragic career of prizefighter Primo Canera.
- DirectorCarl ReinerStarsHenry WinklerKim DarbyGene SaksHenry Winkler portrays an outrageously self-confident but out-of-work actor, a young man who dreams of stardom and leaves college to pursue fame and fortune.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsGérard DepardieuFaith MintonRoland BockRaoul has best chances to become next boxing champion in light-heavy weight. For a bet he tries to beat through a door with his bare fist. He wins the bet, but his hand is broken, his career ruined. He starts working on a fair; there he meets Hurricane Rosie the first time. When he sees her the next time, she's star of Mike Fernando's women wrestling show. They passionately fall in love, but their relationship suffers from Raoul's jealousy of her career.
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsPeter FalkVicki FrederickLaurene LandonSmall-time female wrestling team "The California Dolls" and their manager must face the hardships of their sport and their lives to succeed.
- DirectorLinda LautrecJohnny LegendMark ShepardStarsAndy KaufmanFreddie BlassieLaurie BurtonComedian Andy Kaufman & professional wrestler Classy Freddie Blassie eat breakfast & discuss life.
- DirectorAllan HolzmanStarsMagic SchwarzSteve StrongMarilyn Dodds FrankA documentary crew sets out to unravel one of professional wrestling's most closely guarded secrets: is former champion "Mad Dog" Joe DeCurso now wrestling as The Mask?
- DirectorHal NeedhamStarsDirk BenedictTanya RobertsRoddy PiperA down-on-his-luck music manager for the fictional rock band Kick finds his luck changing when he by mistake also starts managing a successful wrestling duo.
- DirectorJ. Todd AndersonStarsMichael RapaportMichael JeterJohn Carroll LynchA man takes matters into his own hands when a pharmaceutical kingpin moves into his town to cause some real trouble.
- DirectorTheodore J. FlickerStarsAlex KarrasStephen RosenbergGuy L'EcuyerA six year old boy has a dream in which he is in jail.
- DirectorTyler NilsonMichael SchwartzStarsZack GottsagenAnn PierceDakota JohnsonZak, a man with down syndrome, runs away from a residential nursing home to pursue his dream of becoming a wrestler. Later, he meets with an outlaw who becomes his friend and coach.
- DirectorJaime Eliezer KarasStarsSeth CarrTichina ArnoldAdam PallyAfter discovering a magical mask, an 11-year-old aspiring wrestler enters a competition to become the next WWE superstar.
- DirectorJennifer ReederStarsFawzia MirzaShabana AzmiSari SanchezZaynab, a thirtysomething lesbian Pakistani Muslim in Chicago, takes care of her sweet, TV-obsessed mother. As Zaynab falls for Alma, a bold, very bright Mexican woman, she searches for her identity in life, love, and wrestling.
- DirectorRyan BottiglieriStarsRyan BottiglieriBritt GeorgeStacey ScowleyAdopted brothers go to extreme measures while wrestling to save their dads restaurant.
- DirectorKim SkyEvan SeplowStarsSelassie AmanaNicole BrierAaron FioreA Jewish man falls in love with a wrestling princess and it's a "no holds barred" quest for her love.
- DirectorRaihan HalimStarsIzyan MellynaMastura AhmadFauzie LailyRaised in a strict Muslim household, a young woman in hi-jab finds the missing passion in her life when she begins to secretly take professional wrestling lessons. But when her secret is threatened to be revealed, she will have to clothesline, pile-drive, and slam her way through to keep her dream going and realize what she's really meant to do in life!
- DirectorPablo Romero EstevezStarsKatie ForbesRob Van DamTaraRon is the Son of the worlds most Famous Fast Food Mascot and the Black Sheep of his family. After getting fired from the from the family business, Ron gets discovered by a former Pro Wrestling Champ down on his luck.