◆ Trending: Five must-watch films about wrestling and where to stream them
The wrestling ring has provided a fertile ground for filmmakers over the years. The Iron Claw hit cinema screens this weekand Here are five more that are well worth a watch.
Fighting With My Family (Filmbox+): Based on the true story of an English brother and sister obsessed with wrestling and seeking their fortune in the glitzy world of the WWE in America, Stephen Merchant's funny and warm comedy drama is elevated further by great performances from Scotland's Jack Lowden and Florence Pugh in her first lead role.
The Wrestler (Apple TV): Mickey Rourke bagged a Bafta and a Golden Globe for best actor for his part in Darren Aronofsky's typically tough watch about an ageing wrestler ignoring health warnings to cling onto sporting success. Marisa Tomei is equally good as the stripper he falls in love with.
Nacho Libre (Paramount+): Very loosely based on the story of a Mexican priest who moonlighted as a masked wrestler to support an orphanage, there's very little subtlety to this Jack Black vehicle made by husbandand-wife team Jared and Jerusha Hess of Napolean Dynamite fame.
Foxcatcher (rent from Amazon for £2.49): Based on a true tale, Steve Carell dials down his usual shtick to play a tycoon who hires a famous wrester to move to his sprawling estate and train a team for the 1988 Olympics, in a story that inexorably leads to tragedy.
Paradise Alley (rent from Amazon for £2.49): Inevitably labelled 'Rocky with wrestling', Sylvester Stallone wrote, directed and starred in this sports drama about three Italian American brothers in 1940s New York getting involved in professional wrestling.