Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Takedown

If you loved Takedown, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Legendary

Legendary

2010★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Takedown for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A book-smart teenager joins his school's wrestling team as a way to reunite his surviving family members, who split apart after the death of his father, a college wrestling legend,...

#2
Triumph

Triumph

2021★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Takedown for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A bright and determined teen who has mild cerebral palsy strives to be a wrestler on his high school's team and to win over the heart of a classmate, the girl of his dreams....

#3
First Match

First Match

2018★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Takedown for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Hardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood decides that wrestling boys is the only way back to her estranged father....

#4
Embattled

Embattled

2020★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Takedown for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued....

#5
The Karate Kid

The Karate Kid

1984★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Takedown for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

New Jersey teen Daniel LaRusso moves to Los Angeles with his mother, and soon strikes up a relationship with Ali. He quickly finds himself the target of bullying by a group of thug...

#6
American Wrestler: The Wizard

American Wrestler: The Wizard

2017★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Takedown for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1980, a teenage boy escapes the unrest in Iran only to face more hostility in America, due to the hostage crisis. Determined to fit in, he joins the school's floundering wrestli...

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