"The Wrestler" (2008) is filled with drama.

It's a film about a professional wrestler who must retire. Protozoa Pictures

In Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler" Mickey Rourke stars as Randy Robinson, a wrestler who finds it hard to turn away from the ring even as his estranged relationship with his daughter and his health try to force him back into the real world. The film's leading actors Marisa Tomei and Rourke were both nominated for Oscars for their performances in "The Wrestler."

The film has a critical score of 98% and an audience score of 88% on Rotten Tomatoes. "A story of personal ruin and while it certainly does echo Mickey's own life, it wouldn't be fair to say he is playing himself," The Spectator's critic Deborah Ross wrote about the film in 2009. "Sure, Rourke's performance must have been informed by his own past, but that is different, as well as peculiarly powerful."