Muscle Beach

Stage Ready

An obsessed bodybuilder who struggles with personal demons and his family’s lack of belief soon learns that achieving perfection is all he has left.

Lords of Dogtown

The radical true story behind three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and changed the world of sports forever. Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva and Jay Adams are the Z-Boys, a bunch of nobodies until they create a new style of skateboarding that becomes a worldwide phenomenon. But when their hobby becomes a business, the success shreds their friendship.

Léolo

The story of an imaginative boy who pretends he is the child of a sperm-laden Sicilian tomato upon which his mother accidentally fell.

Perfect

A female aerobics instructor meets a male reporter doing a story on health clubs, but it isn't love at first sight.

Life Kills Me

Paul is a smart, university educated Frenchman of North African ancestry. He's a smooth talker, but he can't seem to get a job worthy of his skills. He ends up living in a single room, struggling to get by while going on many fruitless job interviews, during which he tries to impress his potential employers by turning his pizza delivery job into a tall tale about revamping the whole pizza chain. But at some point, they always seem to "see through him." He retreats into the boxing ring. His secretly gay brother Daniel also has trouble finding his place in the world. He spends all his time bodybuilding and takes dangerous drugs to enhance his physique. He dreams of being the next Schwarzenegger, but is forced to settle for a demeaning job as a "star" in a Hamburg sex club. Based on Jack-Alain Léger's novel

Burn After Reading

When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of gym employees, Linda and Chad, they see a chance to make enough money for Linda to have life-changing cosmetic surgery. Predictably, events whirl out of control for the duo, and those in their orbit.

Mudança: ou a emocionante história de superação de um sedentário

The Great Nick D

A sweet-natured tale of redemption following a washed up 90's porn star now a Venice Beach nobody, who gets a second chance to restart his mainstream acting career in order to win back the Oscar nominated actress girlfriend from his past.

Squatters

A wealthy couple from the Pacific Palisades discovers homeless young lovers have moved into their home.

Genesee

Iconic imageries and moments of strange magic in California.

Cut

Bikini fitness becomes 17-year old Chloe's outlet after being the victim of revenge porn. How far will she go to redefine herself and regain control?

Teddy Bear

After failing to find love in Denmark, a painfully shy bodybuilder sets off for Thailand to escape from his overbearing mother and search for a bride.

Runaway, Runaway

An unhappy teenager hits the road to meet up with a man in California whom she barely knows. Along the way the naive teen stumbles around trying to do her best to get by, but eventually falls prey to some unseemly characters willing to take advantage of her.

Girl Lost

Girl Lost tackles the issue of underage prostitution as told through the eyes of a wayward teen. Groomed by her own mother to work in the underbelly of Los Angeles, the young girl struggles to survive in this dark world.

Cisco Pike

A down on his luck former drug dealer is forced by a corrupt LAPD policeman to sell 100 kilos of confiscated marijuana in one weekend.

More Pain More Gain

Jati works out day and night to be like his idol, Joni Krakatau, a legend who stands atop the peak of success. When the more popular Abe stands in the way of his dream of becoming the best, Jati challenges him. As both men tear their muscle and dislocate their joints, they realize that success is not determined by who is the strongest, but who has the stronger determination to reach the top. With both men drenched in the pink goop of Joni Krakatau-branded protein shake, the whole gym goes into a frenzy in search of a true legend.

PREP

A bodybuilding fever dream fueled by childhood trauma, food porn and acid techno music.

#Fitspo

A perfectionistic fitness influencer faces judgement, distractions and insecurities as she races to finish a "Get Ready With Me" video before a long-awaited cheat night.

Bigger

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 odds to build an empire & inspire future generations.