Movies like Match
If Match's mix of sports stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Match's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Smashing Machine
2025 · Directed by Benny Safdie · 123 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: sports · Also drama and history
In the late 1990s, up-and-coming mixed martial artist Mark Kerr aspires to become the greatest fighter in the world. However, he must also battle his opioid dependence and a volatile relationship with his girlfriend…
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Kalashnikov AK-47
2020 · Directed by Konstantin Buslov · 105 min7.4
Why you'll like itAlso a Russian historical drama
A Russian military propaganda film about the tank commander Kalashnikov, severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front line.
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Above the Rim
1994 · Directed by Jeff Pollack · 96 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: sports
Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.
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Bruised
2021 · Directed by Halle Berry · 129 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: sports
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…
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9th Company
2005 · Directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk · 139 min6.7
Why you'll like itAlso a Russian drama
Russian army recruits complete training and take their posting in late 1980s Afghanistan, where the insurgents are slowly gaining the upper hand.