Movies like The Sheik: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Sheik (2014) — a documentary film directed by Igal Hecht — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Sheik most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like wrestling. 14 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Beyond the Mat 1999★ 7.3
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A heartfelt documentary focusing on the day-to-day lives of professional wrestlers, some on the rise, some on the wane, and others fighting for their lives.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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You Cannot Kill David Arquette 2020★ 6.7
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Following his infamous championship as part of a marketing stunt for the film Ready to Rumble, David Arquette is widely known as the most hated man in pro-wrestling worldwide. Nearly 20 years after he "won" the initial title, through ups and downs in his career, with his family, and with his struggles with addiction, David Arquette seeks redemption by returning to the ring...for real this time.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Toxic Love Story 2026★ 6.5
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A string of threatening emails escalates into a revenge plot involving a newly married US marshal and his ex-girlfriend.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Come See Me in the Good Light 2025★ 7.0
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In an intimate and joyful story of love in the face of loss, celebrated poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley find strength—and unexpected hilarity—in what might be their final year together.
Stream in India on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
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Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press 2017★ 6.0
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The courtroom and publicity battles between the superstar wrestler and the notorious website explode in a sensational trial all about the limits of the First Amendment and the new no holds barred nature of celebrity life in an internet dominated society.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Facing Ali 2009★ 7.3
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Ten of Muhammad Ali's former rivals pay tribute to the three-time world heavyweight champion.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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The Battered Bastards of Baseball 2014★ 7.4
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Hollywood veteran Bing Russell creates the only independent baseball team in the country—alarming the baseball establishment and sparking the meteoric rise of the 1970s Portland Mavericks.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste 2022★ 6.1
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A sexual wellness company gains fame and followers, then members come forward with shocking allegations.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Generation Iron 2013★ 6.6
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Generation Iron - examines the professional sport of bodybuilding today and gives the audience front row access to the lives of the top 7 bodybuilders in the sport as they train to compete in the world's most premiere bodybuilding stage - Mr. Olympia.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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My Mom Jayne 2025★ 8.0
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Through deeply personal interviews with her siblings and an examination of the photographs, letters, and belongings left behind, Mariska assembles a new portrait of her mother Jayne Mansfield, an extraordinary and complex woman.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Father Soldier Son 2020★ 6.5
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When Sgt. First Class Brian Eisch is critically wounded in Afghanistan, it sets him and his sons on a journey of love, loss, redemption and legacy.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski 2018★ 7.5
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Artists in LA discover the work of forgotten Polish sculptor Stanislav Szukalski, a mad genius whose true story unfolds chapter by astounding chapter.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Voyeur 2017★ 5.9
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Legendary journalist Gay Talese unmasks a motel owner who spied on his guests for decades. But his bombshell story soon becomes a scandal of its own.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Curse of the Dragon 1993★ 7.2
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A 1993 documentary film about Bruce Lee. The film includes interviews from some of his fellow students and opponents who worked alongside him in his movies.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me 2023★ 6.1
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From the heights of her modeling fame to her tragic death, this documentary reveals Anna Nicole Smith through the eyes of the people closest to her.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Shawn Mendes: In Wonder 2020★ 8.1
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A portrait of singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes' life, chronicling the past few years of his rise and journey.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Get Me Roger Stone 2017★ 7.1
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From his days of testifying at the Watergate hearings to advising recent presidential candidate Donald Trump, Roger Stone has long offended people on both sides of the political fence as a force in conservative America. Outspoken author, pundit, ahead of his time election strategist, this is his story.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Night Will Fall 2014★ 7.6
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When Allied forces liberated the Nazi concentration camps in 1944-45, their terrible discoveries were recorded by army and newsreel cameramen, revealing for the first time the full horror of what had happened. Making use of British, Soviet and American footage, the Ministry of Information’s Sidney Bernstein (later founder of Granada Television) aimed to create a documentary that would provide lasting, undeniable evidence of the Nazis’ unspeakable crimes. He commissioned a wealth of British talent, including editor Stewart McAllister, writer and future cabinet minister Richard Crossman – and, as treatment advisor, his friend Alfred Hitchcock. Yet, despite initial support from the British and US Governments, the film was shelved, and only now, 70 years on, has it been restored and completed by Imperial War Museums under its original title "German Concentration Camps Factual Survey".
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story 2020★ 6.9
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After 16-year-old Cyntoia Brown is sentenced to life in prison, questions about her past, physiology and the law itself call her guilt into question.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction 2013★ 6.9
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An impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor Harry Dean Stanton comprised of intimate moments, film clips from some of his 250 films and his renditions of American folk songs.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now