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10 Best Movies Like Johnny

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

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#1
Bigger

Bigger

2018★ 6.9

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

The inspirational tale of the grandfathers of the fitness movement as we now know it, Joe & Ben Weider. Battling anti-Semitism, racism and extreme poverty, the brothers beat all od...

#2
Magazine Dreams

Magazine Dreams

2025★ 6.8

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

Aspiring bodybuilder Killian Maddox struggles to find human connection in an exploration of celebrity and violence. Nothing deters him from his fiercely protected dream of supersta...

#3
Foxcatcher

Foxcatcher

2014★ 6.7

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

The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that ...

#4
Champion

Champion

1949★ 6.6

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

An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up....

#5
...All the Marbles

...All the Marbles

1981★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Johnny for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A two-bit promoter tries to take a women's wrestling team to the top....

#6
Embattled

Embattled

2020★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Johnny 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....

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