Boxing movies I have not watched (I have already watched dozens!)
by guisreis | created - 15 Feb 2016 | updated - 3 months ago | PublicThe is also a ranking list of the boxing movies I have watched.
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1. Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
TV-PG | 214 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight boxing champion.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Jack Johnson, Keith David, Samuel L. Jackson, Adam Arkin
Votes: 1,691
2. Beautiful Boxer (2003)
Unrated | 118 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Biopic of transgender Muay Thai boxer Parinya Charoenphol who pursued the sport to pay for her gender reassignment surgery.
Director: Ekachai Uekrongtham | Stars: Asanee Suwan, Sorapong Chatree, Orn Anong Panyawong, Nukkid Boonthong
Votes: 3,310 | Gross: $0.00M
3. The People's Fighters: Teofilo Stevenson and the Legend of Cuban Boxing (2018 TV Movie)
87 min | Documentary
Over the past 50 years, and despite its relatively small population of only 11 million, Cuba has produced more Olympic boxing medalists than any other country, winning 73 medals in the ... See full summary »
Directors: Peter Berg, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza
Votes: 37
4. Before the Fall (2004)
110 min | Drama, Sport, Thriller
Friedrich's boxing skills gets him in an elite Nazi high school in a castle in 1942. He enrolls against his dad's wish as it promises a brighter future. It's not what he expected.
Director: Dennis Gansel | Stars: Max Riemelt, Tom Schilling, Devid Striesow, Jonas Jägermeyr
Votes: 17,138 | Gross: $0.14M
5. The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
Passed | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.
Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Howard Hawks | Stars: Myrna Loy, Max Baer, Primo Carnera, Jack Dempsey
Votes: 1,071
6. The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
The legal battles of the great American boxer against being conscripted into the US military during the Vietnam War.
Director: Bill Siegel | Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Muhammad Ali, David Susskind, George W. Bush
Votes: 1,181 | Gross: $0.06M
7. Kid Galahad (1962)
Approved | 96 min | Drama, Musical, Sport
After completing his military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter and takes him under his wing.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Elvis Presley, Gig Young, Lola Albright, Joan Blackman
Votes: 3,113 | Gross: $1.80M
8. Rekvijem za teskasa (1974 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama, Sport
The tragic story of a heavyweight prizefighter at the end of his career.
Director: Sava Mrmak | Stars: Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Bora Todorovic, Jovan Janicijevic-Burdus, Neda Spasojevic
Votes: 37
9.
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
Requiem for a Heavyweight
(1957)
Drama
An over-the-hill heavyweight boxing champion who suffers from the ravages of years of head trauma is exploited by his manager, despite the efforts of a compassionate young woman who tries to help him recover his self-respect.
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Sean Connery, George Margo, Warren Mitchell, Jacqueline Hill
10. Blood Money (1957 TV Movie)
90 min | Action, Drama
"Mountain" McClintock is over the hill as a boxer, but his corrupt manager keeps putting him back in the ring.
Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Jacqueline Hill, George Margo
Votes: 100
11. The Great John L. (1945)
Approved | 96 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Women in the life of prizefighter John L. Sullivan.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Linda Darnell, Barbara Britton, Greg McClure, Otto Kruger
Votes: 79
12. TwentyFourSeven (1997)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In a typical English working-class town, the juveniles have nothing more to do than hang around in gangs. One day, Alan Darcy, a highly motivated man with the same kind of youth experience,... See full summary »
Director: Shane Meadows | Stars: Bob Hoskins, Danny Nussbaum, Toby, Bruce Jones
Votes: 2,722
13. Night and the City (1992)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama
The story about a cheating and incompetent lawyer (Harry Fabian) who suddenly gets obsessed on becoming a boxing promoter.
Director: Irwin Winkler | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange, Cliff Gorman, Alan King
Votes: 5,201 | Gross: $6.20M
14. Manny (I) (2014)
PG-13 | 88 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
World Champion. Congressman. Father. Manny Pacquiao fights any obstacle that comes his way. As his home country of 100 million people watches his every move, the question now is: what bridge is too far for Manny?
Directors: Leon Gast, Ryan Moore | Stars: Jimmy Kimmel, Sardo Mejia, Liam Neeson, Jinkee Pacquiao
Votes: 2,323
16. The Quiet Man (1952)
Passed | 129 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond
Votes: 42,412 | Gross: $10.55M
17. Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story (2005)
87 min | Documentary, Sport
A story of violence, love, sex, politics and media centered around the life of Griffith, a six-time world welterweight champion.
Directors: Ron Berger, Dan Klores | Stars: Don Dunphy, Benny Paret, Emile Griffith, Pete Hamill
Votes: 385
18. Tyson (2008)
R | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
A mixture of original interviews, archival footage, and photographs sheds light on the life experiences of Mike Tyson.
Director: James Toback | Stars: Mike Tyson, Mills Lane, Trevor Berbick, Cus D'Amato
Votes: 12,935 | Gross: $0.89M
19. Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
PG | 114 min | Action, Comedy
The San Fernando Valley adventures of trucker turned prize-fighter Philo Beddoe and his pet orangutan Clyde.
Director: James Fargo | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Beverly D'Angelo
Votes: 30,058 | Gross: $106.00M
20. Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Boxer Joe Pendleton dies 50 years too soon due to a heavenly mistake, and is given a new life as a millionaire playboy.
Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes, Rita Johnson
Votes: 7,391
21.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
(2011)
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History
Profiles the history of the making of the six "Rocky" films, and how Rocky Balboa's ups and downs mirrored those of his creator, Sylvester Stallone.
Stars: Muhammad Ali, John G. Avildsen, Garrett Brown, Tony Burton
Votes: 108
22. The Hammer (2007)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
A 40-year-old who gave up a promising amateur boxing career 21 years ago is offered a path to the Olympics.
Director: Charles Herman-Wurmfeld | Stars: Adam Carolla, Oswaldo Castillo, Heather Juergensen, Harold House Moore
Votes: 6,278 | Gross: $0.44M
23. Orthodox Stance (2007)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary, Sport
For the last 60 years, the term "Jewish boxer" has been an oxymoron. But Dmitriy Salita, a 25 year-old Russian immigrant is making history as a top professional boxer and a rigorously observant Jew.
Director: Jason Hutt | Stars: Dmitriy Salita, Jimmy O'Pharrow, Israel Liberow, Bob Arum
Votes: 60
24. Don King: Only in America (1997 TV Movie)
R | 121 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
A cinematic portrait of the famous fight promoter and boxing manager.
Director: John Herzfeld | Stars: Ving Rhames, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Jeremy Piven, Darius McCrary
Votes: 1,367
25. Jack Johnson (1970)
GP | 90 min | Documentary, Sport
A documentary on the first African-American boxer to ever become world heavyweight champion. Released on the same year as "The Great White Hope" and also Oscar nominated like that film, ... See full summary »
Director: William Cayton | Stars: Brock Peters, Kevin Kennedy, Tommy Burns, James J. Jeffries
Votes: 58
26. The Comeback (1930)
81 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Originally Liebe in Ring, this German part-talkie is a generally agreeable effort to transform heavyweight boxing champ Max Schmeling into a movie star. It's the old saw about an ... See full synopsis »
Director: Reinhold Schünzel | Stars: Max Schmeling, Renate Müller, Olga Tschechowa, Frida Richard
Votes: 26
27. The Greatest (1977)
PG | 101 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Muhammad Ali plays himself in a reconstruction of the events that brought him to fame.
Directors: Tom Gries, Monte Hellman | Stars: Muhammad Ali, Ernest Borgnine, John Marley, Lloyd Haynes
Votes: 1,625 | Gross: $8.28M
28. Rocky Marciano (1999 TV Movie)
R | 99 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Jon Favreau stars in this bio-pic about the only undefeated world heavyweight champion in the history of boxing, Rocky Marciano.
Director: Charles Winkler | Stars: Jon Favreau, Penelope Ann Miller, Judd Hirsch, Tony Lo Bianco
Votes: 1,969
29. Klitschko (2011)
Not Rated | 118 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
A documentary encompassing the lives of world heavyweight boxing champions, Vitali & Wladimir Klitschko. The first time in history two brothers have shared all the heavyweight world titles,... See full summary »
Director: Sebastian Dehnhardt | Stars: Lamon Brewster, Chris Byrd, Bernd Bönte, Pearlman Hicks
Votes: 2,922
30. El Boxeo (2013)
Not Rated | 110 min | Documentary, Sport
EL BOXEO tells the dramatic and timely story of the emergence and dominance of Latinos in what was once considered the traditional all-white sport of boxing. The film illustrates the ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Swyer | Stars: Chris Arreola, Bob Arum, Frank Baltazar, Al Bernstein
Votes: 32
31. Mary Kom (2014)
Not Rated | 122 min | Action, Biography, Drama
A chronicle of the life of Indian boxer Mary Kom, who went through several hardships before audaciously accomplishing her ultimate dream.
Director: Omung Kumar | Stars: Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sunil Thapa, Robin Das, Rajni Basumatary
Votes: 11,414 | Gross: $0.59M
32. Apne (2007)
Not Rated | 173 min | Action, Drama, Sport
A disgraced ex-boxer attempts to make his two sons champion boxers in order to clear his name. One son agrees with this goal, but the other does not, causing family conflicts.
Director: Anil Sharma | Stars: Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Shilpa Shetty Kundra
Votes: 3,543
33. Fighting Tommy Riley (2004)
R | 109 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
An aging trainer and a young fighter, both in need of a second chance, team-up to overcome the demons of their past...and chase the dreams of their future.
Director: Eddie O'Flaherty | Stars: Eddie Jones, J.P. Davis, Christina Chambers, Diane Tayler
Votes: 835 | Gross: $0.01M
34. Warrior (2011)
PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Drama, Sport
The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.
Director: Gavin O'Connor | Stars: Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Morrison
Votes: 498,114 | Gross: $13.66M
35. Phantom Punch (2008)
R | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The fascinating life story of Sonny Liston, the controversial heavyweight boxing champion of the world.
Director: Robert Townsend | Stars: Ving Rhames, Stacey Dash, Nicholas Turturro, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras
Votes: 857
36. Matilda (1978)
G | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
A small-time talent agent discovers an amazing boxing kangaroo and figures to use it as his stepping-stone into the big time.
Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Elliott Gould, Clive Revill, Harry Guardino, Roy Clark
Votes: 511
37. Last Man Standing (1987)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Sport
Roo Marcus (Vernon Wells) is a down-and-out guy with a troubled past who was recently released from a mental institution, where he suffered through inhumane conditions and shock therapy. ... See full summary »
Director: Damian Lee | Stars: Vernon Wells, William Sanderson, Michael Copeman, Sonja Belliveau
Votes: 131
38. Knockout (1941)
Approved | 73 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
A prize-fighter falls under the nefarious influence of an unscrupulous boxing promoter-manager, to the detriment of his marriage.
Director: William Clemens | Stars: Arthur Kennedy, Olympe Bradna, Virginia Field, Anthony Quinn
Votes: 196
39. Requiem voor een zwaargewicht (1959 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Walter van der Kamp | Stars: Ko van Dijk, Ton van Duinhoven, Jan Blaaser
40. The Mouse (1996)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy
Bruce "the Mouse" Strauss is proud to hold the unofficial record for getting knocked out in boxing rings on every continent except Antarctica. He is a lousy boxer; but he knows it, and is happy to amuse audiences.
Director: Daniel Adams | Stars: John Savage, Angelica Page, Rip Torn, Charles Bailey-Gates
Votes: 131
41. Far and Away (1992)
PG-13 | 140 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A young Irish couple flee to the States, but subsequently struggle to obtain land and prosper freely.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Thomas Gibson, Robert Prosky
Votes: 68,347 | Gross: $58.88M
42. Boy s tenyu (2005)
Not Rated | 132 min | Action, Drama, Sport
A boxer, blinded after the lost fight, decides to steal money for operation from his manager, who forsaken him.
Director: Aleksey Sidorov | Stars: Denis Nikiforov, Elena Panova, Andrey Panin, Ivan Makarevich
Votes: 2,240
43. Boy s tenyu 3. Posledniy raund (2011)
125 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A famous boxing champion is now retired and became a coach. But after a newcomer mutilates his ward, he decides to solve the riddle of his power.
Director: Aleksey Sidorov | Stars: Stephen Au, Olga Dibtseva, Michael Gor, Gump Gumpanart
Votes: 784
44. Ring of Passion (1978 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
The championship battles between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling in 1936 and 1938 were legendary, as they pummeled each other in their efforts to attain the heavyweight title.
Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: Bernie Casey, Stephen Macht, Allen Garfield, Norman Alden
Votes: 52
45. Poor Boy's Game (2007)
R | 104 min | Drama
On his release from prison for the brutal beating of a black man, Donnie, a young white boxer, is coached by his victim's father, George for an upcoming fight against a talented and vengeful opponent, Ossie.
Director: Clement Virgo | Stars: Rossif Sutherland, Danny Glover, Flex Alexander, Greg Bryk
Votes: 1,400
46. Dempsey (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 144 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
True story about Jack Dempsey, one of the most famous professional US boxers who made his name in the 1920's as the world heavyweight champion and media sensation.
Director: Gus Trikonis | Stars: Treat Williams, Sam Waterston, Sally Kellerman, Victoria Tennant
Votes: 220
47. Knockout (2011)
PG | 90 min | Action, Family
A retired boxer tries to help a new student, Matthew Miller, who is being targeted by bullies. While learning to box and stand up to his tormentors the young boxer must learn to overcome his tumultuous past.
Director: Anne Wheeler | Stars: Steve Austin, Danny Mags, Janet Kidder, Emma Grabinsky
Votes: 2,637
48. Off Limits (1952)
Passed | 89 min | Comedy
Two Army buddies fight, as one falls in love with the other's aunt, a nightclub singer.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Bob Hope, Mickey Rooney, Marilyn Maxwell, Eddie Mayehoff
Votes: 420
49. Mandingo (1975)
R | 127 min | Drama, History, Romance
An 1840s slaveowner trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: James Mason, Susan George, Perry King, Richard Ward
Votes: 4,224 | Gross: $2.43M
50. The Notorious Elinor Lee (1940)
107 min | Drama
Gangsters use a woman to get to a boxer and convince him to throw a big fight.
Director: Oscar Micheaux | Stars: Gladys Williams, Robert Earl Jones, Carman Newsome, Edna Mae Harris
Votes: 12
51. Knockout (I) (2000)
PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Drama
Inspired by her father, a former boxer whose family duties superseded his athletic ambitions, a young woman (Sophia Adella Hernandez) decides to enter the sport.
Director: Lorenzo Doumani | Stars: Sophia Adella Luke, Eduardo Yáñez, Tony Plana, Paul Winfield
Votes: 221 | Gross: $0.13M
52. Su última pelea (1948)
Director: Jerry Gómez | Stars: Santiago Arrieta, Armando Bo, Marcos Caplán, Augusto Codecá
53. The Challenger (I) (2015)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Sport
Struggling Bronx mechanic Jaden Miller uses boxing to save himself and his mother from being homeless. With a legendary trainer, and a reality show built around him, Miller goes for the title.
Director: Kent Moran | Stars: Kent Moran, Michael Clarke Duncan, S. Epatha Merkerson, Justin Hartley
Votes: 1,456 | Gross: $0.02M
54. The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki (2016)
Unrated | 92 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The true story of Olli Mäki, the famous Finnish boxer who had a shot at the 1962 World Featherweight title.
Director: Juho Kuosmanen | Stars: Jarkko Lahti, Oona Airola, Eero Milonoff, Joanna Haartti
Votes: 5,009
55. Brothers (I) (2015)
Not Rated | 156 min | Action, Drama, Sport
After living many years together, two brothers discover that they are not blood related so square off in a mixed martial arts tournament to determine whose blood is stronger.
Director: Karan Malhotra | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Sidharth Malhotra, Jackie Shroff, Jacqueline Fernandez
Votes: 13,886 | Gross: $0.27M
56. The Opponent (2000)
R | 90 min | Drama, Sport
Patty, a victim of domestic abuse, meets her match in Tommy, a former boxing hopeful looking for a new star to put in the ring. But he never could have imagined it would be Patty.
Director: Eugene Jarecki | Stars: Erika Eleniak, James Colby, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, John Doman
Votes: 259
57. Blonde Fist (1991)
102 min | Action, Drama, Sport
A Liverpudlian mother flees to New York in search of her father and finds female pro-boxing as a way to make ends meet.
Director: Frank Clarke | Stars: Margi Clarke, Carroll Baker, Ken Hutchison, Sharon Power
Votes: 285
58. Vici (I) (2016)
Short, Action, Drama
A young woman looks to overcome her haunting past through the means of a boxing match.
Director: Johnny D. Kirk | Stars: Jenna Kanell, Eddie Ramos, Ramsey Luke, Karina Noelle Castillo
Votes: 17
59. Last Woman Standing (2013)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Sport
Last Woman Standing follows world champion boxers and former friends, Ariane Fortin and Mary Spencer, as they fight for an Olympic dream that can only belong to one.
Directors: Juliet Lammers, Lorraine Price | Stars: Ariane Fortin, Mike Moffa, Mary Spencer, Charlie Stewart
Votes: 31
60. Dans les cordes (2007)
93 min | Drama, Sport
Story about two 18-year-old girls, Angie and Sandra, who want to dedicate themselves to women's professional boxing.
Director: Magaly Richard-Serrano | Stars: Richard Anconina, Maria de Medeiros, Louise Szpindel, Soko
Votes: 109
61. Go (2001)
122 min | Drama, Romance
Sugihara, born in Japan but with North Korean parents, falls in love with a Japanese girl after changing from a North Korean school to a Japanese school. His boxer dad teaches him boxing - skills used a lot.
Director: Isao Yukisada | Stars: Yôsuke Kubozuka, Kô Shibasaki, Tarô Yamamoto, Hirofumi Arai
Votes: 3,017
62. Diablo (2011)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Crime
A depressed former champion awakes. He's tired, a bit out of shape, and his conscience is draining him. His career in the ring ended abruptly when he killed his rival with a single ... See full summary »
Director: Nicanor Loreti | Stars: Juan Palomino, Sergio Boris, Luis Aranosky, Luis Ziembrowski
Votes: 295
63. The Rebound (2009)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
In New York City, a single mom captivates her new neighbor, a much younger man.
Director: Bart Freundlich | Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Justin Bartha, Andrew Cherry, Kelly Gould
Votes: 50,228
64. The Broken Line (2008)
101 min | Drama
-Sébastien Messier and Danny Demers have been friends forever. They've shared all sorts of things, including boxing. After an absence of a year and a half, Danny returns to Montreal (in ... See full summary »
Director: Louis Choquette | Stars: David Boutin, Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Jacynthe René, Fanny Mallette
Votes: 149
65. Jump in! (2007 TV Movie)
TV-G | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A teenager is pressured by his father to become a boxer - but a local girl introduces him to the very different sport of rope-jumping.
Director: Paul Hoen | Stars: Corbin Bleu, Keke Palmer, David Reivers, Shanica Knowles
Votes: 8,496
68. The Sweetwater Boxing Club (2011 TV Movie)
26 min | Comedy
The SWEETWATER pilot episode represents a one hour television comedy-drama that will showcase the real lives of the people involved in the sport of boxing day to day.
Director: Sean Ireland | Stars: Jim Klock, Colin Allen, Michael Allen Constantino, Danielle Halley
69. Los puños de una nación (2005)
75 min | Documentary
There are those who say that heroes are not born, they are made. This phenomenon mostly occurs accidentally and more often than not, the least heroic are the ones acting the part. The story... See full synopsis »
Director: Pituka Ortega-Heilbron
Votes: 19
70. Requiem for a Fighter (2018)
87 min | Drama
Lucas A former Danish Army Officer has travelled to Derry, Northern Ireland to clear up details of his estranged son's death and finds that there was another side to his son's life and the ... See full summary »
Director: Danny Patrick | Stars: Kim Kold, Enn Reitel, Edie Newman, Grayson James Matthews
Votes: 3,160
71. Pound for Pound (2017)
97 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Biography about boxer Jørgen 'Gamle' Hansen.
Director: Mikkel Serup | Stars: Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Arnold Oceng, Lene Maria Christensen, Kristian Fjord
Votes: 478
72. Kamennaya bashka (2008)
94 min | Drama, Sport
Shattering the story of a talented former boxer. He lost his memory. He does not remember what happened yesterday. He can not sleep. Each morning starts with a clean sheet for him. The ... See full summary »
Director: Filipp Yankovskiy | Stars: Boris Chunaev, Lidiya Dorotenko, Oksana Fandera, Ekaterina Grokhovskaya
Votes: 320
73. Revenge (2007)
R | 135 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young Russian boxer makes a comeback after going against all odds. When he accidentally kills his opponent in the ring, the son of a powerful mafia kingpin, he must fight for his own life.
Director: Anton Megerdichev | Stars: Denis Nikiforov, Elena Panova, Andrey Panin, Victor Herminio Lopez
Votes: 1,100
74. Tiger (2018)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama
A practicing Sikh is banned by the boxing commission for refusing to back down from his religious beliefs. Through racial profiling and stereotypical threats, he does what any strong American would do, fight back.
Director: Alister Grierson | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Janel Parrish, Marshall Manesh, Daniel R. Hill
Votes: 865
75. Pacquiao: The Movie (2006)
109 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Jericho Rosales portrays Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao as he struggles out of poverty to become a champion and national hero. Yet when the pressures of his sport, his personal life and the ... See full synopsis »
Director: Joel Lamangan | Stars: Jericho Rosales, Bea Alonzo, Jay Manalo, Bayani Agbayani
Votes: 64
76. Kid Kulafu (2015)
TV-14 | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao is one of the world's most successful boxers. As a boy, he lived a hand-to-mouth existence in the streets of the Philippines. Now he must risk everything to become a champion - for himself and his country.
Director: Paul Soriano | Stars: Buboy Villar, Alessandra De Rossi, Cesar Montano, Alex Medina
Votes: 664
77. Team Khan (2018)
97 min | Documentary, Sport
Fly-on-the-wall documentary about professional boxer Amir Khan. Filmed over two years, it follows Amir and his team in their quest to fight the best boxer on the planet, the unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Directors: Oliver Clark, Blair Macdonald | Stars: Amir Khan, Oscar De La Hoya, Bernard Hopkins, Virgil Hunter
Votes: 87
78. Jawbone (2017)
R | 91 min | Action, Drama, Sport
After hitting rock bottom, former youth-boxing champion Jimmy McCabe returns to his childhood boxing club and his old team: gym owner Bill and corner-man Eddie.
Director: Thomas Napper | Stars: Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, Johnny Harris, Michael Smiley
Votes: 3,149
79. Ricky 1 (1986)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Sport
In this parody of the Rocky films, Ricky Wanero is a male gigolo and stripper who sets out to beat "The Champ" in the boxing ring.
Director: William T. Naud | Stars: Michael Michaud, Maggie Hughes, Hawthorne James, Lane Montano
Votes: 756
80. Anthony Joshua: The Road to Klitschko (2017 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 59 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
Follows the IBF World Heavyweight champion over the course of two years as he prepares for the biggest fight of his career, how he rose to the pinnacle of his sport and how he relaxes away from the ring.
Director: Tim MacKenzie-Smith | Stars: Noel Clarke, Anthony Joshua
Votes: 443
81. Champions Forever: The Latin Legends (1997)
93 min | Sport
Director: Lee Librado | Stars: Julio Cesar Chavez, Carlos Teo Cruz, Kid Gavilan, Carlos Ortiz
Votes: 43
82. Champions Forever (1989)
90 min | Documentary, Sport
No other film has the sweeping review of Ali's greatest fights, the legendary fight footage, and the real time relevant comments and conversations with the men who made him "The Greatest." ... See full summary »
Director: Dimitri Logothetis | Stars: Muhammad Ali, Henry Cooper, Angelo Dundee, Jimmy Ellis
Votes: 214
83. Touro Moreno (2007)
50 min | Documentary
The saga of the fighter and bohemian Touro Moreno in and out of the ring. At age 70, he faces younger fighters and trains his children.
Director: Juliano Enrico | Stars: Touro Moreno, Esquiva, Yamaguchi Falcão, Vaquinha
84. Always (2011)
108 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A love story centered on ex-boxer Chul-min and a blind telemarketer Jung-hwa.
Director: Song Il-gon | Stars: So Ji-seob, Han Hyo-joo, Kang Shin-il, Park Chul-min
Votes: 11,224
85. Body and Soul (I) (1981)
R | 109 min | Drama, Sport
A young man struggles to become a boxing champ, but success blinds him. It is only through the love of his girlfriend that he is brought back to reality.
Director: George Bowers | Stars: Leon Isaac Kennedy, Jayne Kennedy, Perry Lang, Nikki Swasey Seaton
Votes: 401
86. Penitentiary (1979)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Sport
A hitchhiker named Martel Gordone gets in a fight with two bikers over a prostitute, and one of the bikers is killed. Gordone is arrested and sent to prison, where he joins the prison's ... See full summary »
Director: Jamaa Fanaka | Stars: Leon Isaac Kennedy, Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White, Thomas M. Pollard, Hazel Spears
Votes: 1,236
87. Penitentiary II (1982)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Sport
An ex-con, on parole and trying to straighten his life out, decides to resume his boxing career when one of his prison enemies escapes and kills his girlfriend.
Director: Jamaa Fanaka | Stars: Leon Isaac Kennedy, Glynn Turman, Ernie Hudson, Mr. T
Votes: 780 | Gross: $3.18M
88. Penitentiary III (1987)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man is framed for murder and sent to prison. He is beaten and tortured, then forced to fight the prison's worst killer, a martial-arts fighting midget called Thud.
Director: Jamaa Fanaka | Stars: Leon Isaac Kennedy, Anthony Geary, Steve Antin, Ric Mancini
Votes: 574 | Gross: $1.39M
89. Body and Soul (1999 TV Movie)
R | 95 min | Drama, Sport
Charlie Davis, an ambitious small-town boxer with dreams of making it as a professional, travels to Reno with his unwavering friend Tiny. On his climb to the top, he loses himself and the people he cares for most.
Director: Sam Henry Kass | Stars: Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini, Michael Chiklis, Jennifer Beals, Rod Steiger
Votes: 256
90. Title Shot (1979)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama
A troubled police detective investigates fixed betting and corruption in the world of heavyweight boxing and uncovers a plot by a crime boss to use computerized data to rig fights.
Director: Les Rose | Stars: Tony Curtis, Richard Gabourie, Susan Hogan, Allan Royal
Votes: 50
91. The Main Event (1979)
PG | 112 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring - an idea her protégé isn't fond of.
Director: Howard Zieff | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Paul Sand, Whitman Mayo
Votes: 3,285 | Gross: $42.80M
92. The Prize Fighter (1979)
PG | 99 min | Comedy
A mobster tricks an ex-boxer and his manager to take part in a series of (fixed) fights as part of a scheme to get his hands on an old boxing gym.
Director: Michael Preece | Stars: Tim Conway, Don Knotts, David Wayne, Robin Clarke
Votes: 395
93. Any Which Way You Can (1980)
PG | 116 min | Action, Comedy
A trucker turned prize fighter, his brother and their pet orangutan have a series of misadventures involving the mob, corrupt cops, motorcycle gangs and pretty dames.
Director: Buddy Van Horn | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, William Smith
Votes: 20,991 | Gross: $70.69M
94. Cuadrilátero (1970)
90 min | Drama
Óscar is a promoter and manager of boxing who, in addition to controlling the professional career of his young pupils with the intention of taking them to stardom, is also responsible for ... See full summary »
Director: Eloy de la Iglesia | Stars: José Legra, José María Prada, Rosanna Yanni, Dean Selmier
Votes: 39
95. Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami (2008 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 55 min | Biography
Explores the critical role that Miami played in the evolution of one of the most significant cultural figures of our time: Muhammad Ali (né Cassius Clay).
Directors: Gaspar González, Alan Tomlinson | Stars: Muhammad Ali, Sonny Armbrister, Harry Benson, Henry Cooper
Votes: 766
96. Muhammad and Larry (1980)
TV-G | 26 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
An American documentary film about the 1980 heavyweight title fight between the aging Muhammad Ali and his former sparring partner Larry Holmes for an unprecedented fourth title.
Directors: Albert Maysles, David Maysles | Stars: Muhammad Ali, Drew Bundini Brown, Angelo Dundee, Larry Holmes
Votes: 796
97. Muhammad Ali: The Whole Story (1996 TV Movie)
348 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
Muhammad Ali is the best fighter!
Directors: Joseph Consentino, Sandra Consentino | Stars: Muhammad Ali, Khalilah Camacho Ali, Rahman Ali, Julian Bond
Votes: 1,084
98. Tennessee Champ (1954)
Approved | 73 min | Drama
A little B-picture that M-G-M tossed out, barely promoted and forgot about but one that is better than some of the A-dross from Leo in the same era. Shelley Winters, after an absence of 15 ... See full summary »
Director: Fred M. Wilcox | Stars: Shelley Winters, Keenan Wynn, Dewey Martin, Earl Holliman
Votes: 268
99. a.k.a. Cassius Clay (1970)
PG | 79 min | Documentary, Sport
The documentary story of Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) -- the heavyweight boxing champion whose style and courage captured the imagination of the world.
Director: Jim Jacobs | Stars: Richard Kiley, Muhammad Ali, Cus D'Amato, Floyd Patterson
Votes: 718 | Gross: $0.41M
100. Max Has the Boxing Fever (1910)
3 min | Short, Comedy
Our own Max attends a boxing bout and comes home very enthusiastic about the sport. On his way home he purchases a punching bag and attaching it to the chandelier proceeds to break up ... See full summary »
Directors: Max Linder, Lucien Nonguet | Star: Max Linder
Votes: 55
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