Top 10 Bodybuilding Movies

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno face off in a no-holds-barred competition for the title of Mr. Olympia in this critically-acclaimed film that made Schwarzenegger a household name.

An examination of America's win-at-all-cost culture from the perspective of bodybuilding and performance enhancing drugs, as it focuses on a pair of siblings chasing their dream.

A documentary on Lou ferrigno and his journey to the Olympia 19 years after he had retired from competitive bodybuilding.

Amateur athletes and bodybuilders at the original Muscle Beach in Santa Monica, California.

Hear it staight from the Legends themselves about their stories of success and heartbreak. EVOLUTION OF BODYBUILDING offers a close look at what it takes to compete in the "Mr. Olympia" and how the industry has changes over he past 50 years.

This documentary has as its main purpose to shine a positive light on bodybuilding, power lifting, health and fitness. Also: A Tribute to Reg Park and honoring Muscle beach and all those who inspired us. Guile Branco is a bodybuilder preparing for his last competition taking place at Muscle Beach, Venice. As he prepares he meets several champions and get insight into their lives and why training is so important.

Judges and bodybuilders (Rachel McLish, Bev Francis, Carla Dunlap) try to define femininity at the 1983 world championship, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.

After an absence of five years, six times Mr Olympia winner Arnold Schwarzenegger makes a comeback and attempts to take the World Body Building Championship for the 7th time.

A complete history of Venice, California's famous Muscle Beach complex and the bodybuilders who have made the location famous. First erected in Santa Monica, California in 1934. Muscle Beach was a radical concept. Hard core fitness training was thought to be the work of circus sideshow strongmen and acrobats. It would be fifty years before millions of Americans wanted to "get physical". Early Bodybuilders like Jack Lallane, Joe Gold; and Vic Tanny thrilled the locals with amazing displays of strength and coordination. By the time Muscle Beach moved two miles down the beach to Venice in 1959, weight training and fitness were emerging as mainstream in Southern California. For the first time, a massive weight pen ( known as "The Pen") was built and afforded confident muscle builders a center stage to showcase their impressive physiques. By the 1960's and 70's Muscle Beach in Venice was synonymous with bodybuilding. Superstars of bodybuilding such as Dave Draper, Franco Columbu, and Arnold Schwarzenegger took fitness and the sport of bodybuilding to a new level. Muscle Beach Venice: Then & Now showcases how a beachfront excercise facility became the bully pulpit of health and fitness for America and the world. Venice Beach's proximity to Hollywood, and the entertainment industry in general, helped it send a message of the ideal human form to the far reaches of the globe. Mickey Hargitay in the 50's Franco Columbu in the 60's and Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 70's were all imigrants drawn to the allure of Hollywood who used Muscle Beach as a platform to achieve celebrity success. Now more then 70 years after the opening of the original muscle beach, Muscle Beach Venice is a historic landmark with the grand opening of a Walk of Fame in the summer of 2007, and continued expansion of the Muscle Beach Venice Hall of Fame. When Arnold Schwarzenegger arrived to commemorate the grand opening of the Muscle Beach Walk of Fame, as both a movie star and the Governor of California, it illustrated that Muscle Beach has moved much farther then two miles down the beach. Muscle Beach has become a cultural juggernaut recognized around the world.

A documentary that follows top bodybuilders as they train to compete in the Mr. Olympia competition.