Movies Similar to Man on the Flying Trapeze

Santo vs. Capulina(1969)

Calpuina is a night-watchman in a wharehouse, a perfect job for him. When some thieves break in and steal some crates, El Santo is after them because they are using the wharehouse for diamond smuggling. Capulina hinders their capture. Then he decides that he will put on a wrestler's mask and help El Santo to caputre the crooks.

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The World According to Garp(1982)

A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.

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Walk Like a Panther(2018)

A group of 1980s wrestlers are forced to don the lycra once last time when their beloved local pub is threatened with closure.

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Brute Wanted(1934)

A tall, shy and reserved young actor accidentally signs himself up for a wrestling match.

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The Wrestler(1971)

A worried father tries to end the relationship that his son Andries has with the wife of a wrestler.

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Wilbur: The King in the Ring(2017)

Wilbur: The King in the Ring is a comedic documentary, which wrestles with the worldwide obesity plight. Wilbur McDougall, a former pro-wrestler, agrees to let his best friend J. Ollie Lucks make a documentary about his gastric sleeve surgery and subsequent transformation. But in order to stay literally half the man he was, Wilbur will be forced to maintain a healthier lifestyle while Ollie’s altruistic intentions verge on exploitative.

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The Princess Bride(1987)

In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.

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The Peanut Butter Falcon(2019)

A down-on-his-luck crab fisherman embarks on a journey to get a young man with Down syndrome to a professional wrestling school in rural North Carolina and away from the retirement home where he’s lived for the past two and a half years.

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Nacho Libre(2006)

Ignacio, a disrespected cook at a Mexican monastery, can barely afford to feed the orphans who live there. Inspired by a local wrestling hero, he decides to moonlight as the not-so-famous Luchador "Nacho Libre" to earn money for the monastery -- not to mention the admiration of beautiful nun Sister Encarnación.

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The Naked Man(1998)

A man takes matters into his own hands when a pharmaceutical kingpin moves into his town to cause some real trouble.

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Lion vs The Little People(2022)

Lion vs The Little People is a documentary comedy about the greatest internet hoax of all time. In 2005, a hoax news post masquerading as a bonafide BBC news website article, announced a fight had taken place between a lion and an army of 42 fighting dwarfs. The hoax spread like wild fire across the internet before eventually being accepted to be fake. While the article’s veracity has been diminished, the myth lives on in this outrageous deadpan comedy.

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Gústi the Strong vs The Merman(2024)

Fishing, friendship, and wrestling with your new favorite superhero.

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Last Round(2021)

Taxista Verde, the wrestler loved by all children, must fulfill his destiny bonded by blood: to put an end to Eslabón Perdido and the vampire entourage that back him.

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All In!(1936)

Archie Slott inherits a successful racing stable from his dissolute uncle, but his sanctimonious aunt tries to convince him to sell it off. In an attempt to avoid doing so, he accidentally buys a failing all-in wrestling stadium as well. Now Archie is faced with the tasks of ensuring success for his stable's Derby entry, paying the salaries of his newly-acquired wrestlers, and avoiding a plot to convert the stables into a holiday home.

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A Matter of Size(2009)

Four overweight friends from the Israeli city of Ramle are fed up of dieting and the dieting club they belong to. When Herzl (155 kilos), the main protagonist, loses his job as a cook and starts working as a dishwasher in a Japanese restaurant in Ramle he discovers the world of Sumo where large people such as himself are honored and appreciated. Through Kitano (60 kilos), the restaurant owner, a former Sumo coach in Japan (who is supposedly hiding from the Yakuza in Israel), he falls in love with a sport involving "two fatsos in diapers and girly hairdos". Herzl wants Kitano to be their coach but Kitano is reluctant - they first have to earn their spurs. "A MATTER OF SIZE" is a comedy about a ‘coming out’ of a different kind - overweight people learning to accept themselves.

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The Foul King(2000)

A timid and extravagant bank clerk, Dae-ho is considered inefficient at his workplace. As he tries to be recognized by his superior, his efforts only cause more bad situations. But he has an explosive energy that nobody knows about. One day, after yet another day of suffering at work, he goes to a wrestling gym to persuade its owner to become his bank’s client. And, by accident, he starts to learn how to wrestle. From then, he starts to live a new life. And his personality starts to change…

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Bad Guys(1986)

Two LA cops turn to professional wrestling for money and revenge after being suspended from the force for a bar brawl.

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Like a Virgin(2006)

A chubby high school student participatee in a sports competition to win a cash prize for sex change surgery.

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Palooka from Paducah(1935)

A hillbilly family, hard-hit by the end of Prohibition, decide to set the biggest brother up as a professional wrestler.

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Mat Rats

Down on his Luck Pro Wrestling Promoter Jimmy Mutnanski drives an ice cream truck by day and watches life pass him by till he sees a chance to coach a diverse group of street kids to amateur wrestling glory and win the girl of his dreams.

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