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Undercard (2025)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After abandoning her son, a female boxing trainer rises from the ashes to coach him in the biggest fight of his career.
Style:
tense, poignant, inspirational
Plot:
boxing, mother son relationship, redemption, family drama, comeback, second chance, fight scenes, urban, working class, abandoned by mother, alcoholic, female protagonist, mob, knockout, boxing gym
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to Undercard
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, tense, realistic and suspense films with plots about redemption, urban, family drama, moral dilemma, second chance, female protagonist and working class mostly in Drama and Sport genres. Some movies like Undercard: Boxer's Story (2004), The Hammer (2017), Tiger (2018), One Second Champion (2020), Bottom of the 9th (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Wah Sang was a boxing champion seven years ago. He now works at a garage and cares for his seven-year-old son Henry. They live a small apartment and Wah spends much of his time gambling and drinking. Henry wants Wah, whom he addresses by that name ...
Style:
emotional, dramatic, tense
Plot:
boxing, father son relationship, family drama, redemption, sacrifice, single father, moral dilemma, custody battle, resilience, brain injury, fatherhood, underdog ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When prison boxer George "The Hammer" Martin is offered freedom for fighting in the 1984 Olympics, he says no in order to protect the woman he loves, forcing his best friend to learn the true meaning of loyalty.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, heartfelt, emotional ...
Plot:
boxing, friendship, faith, prison, boxer, best friend, sacrifice, loyalty, love, boxing champion, life sentence, jail ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
85%
875
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
inspirational, period piece
Plot:
boxing, fight for justice, courtroom drama, racial injustice, resilience, perseverance, courage, determination, racial tension, legal battle, redemption, social commentary ...
Time:
70s
Place:
america
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
How much difference does one second make? Can it be the difference between life and death? A loser single father learns that lesson the hard way when he becomes gifted with the power of seeing one second into the future. When his ability is exposed, ...
Style:
serious, exciting, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
boxing, sporting event, prizefighter, sports man, boxing training, sport competition, professional sports, boxer, professional athlete, supernatural ability, second chance, single father ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
79%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Bobby Stano had everything going for him. Fresh out of high school, he was signed to the majors, had a beautiful girlfriend, everything was looking up. That is, until he and his friends get into a fight with a neighboring gang. The confrontation ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, sentimental, suspenseful, dramatic ...
Plot:
baseball, baseball team, prison, ex convict, ex athlete, friendship, redemption, family relations, husband wife relationship, getting home, reputation, second chance ...
Time:
year 1999, year 2017
Place:
new york, bronx new york city
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Recently released from prison, Beth is working with her public defender to get her son back from her sister, who was awarded legal custody while Beth was incarcerated for ten years. Soon after, Beth forms an unlikely alliance with Jess, an ...
Style:
emotional, independent film, melancholic, romantic drama, tense
Plot:
custody battle, mother daughter estrangement, rehabilitation, sister sister relationship, public defender, ex convict, motherhood, family drama, female protagonist, character study, women's issues, family conflict ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A few days before she travels to Mecca to perform Hajj, Ghada faces an emergency which forces her to reach out to people from her tainted past with whom she had cut off contact in order to collect a large sum of money. So, as she collects the money, ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
female protagonist, moral dilemma, forgiveness, redemption, reconciliation, moral ambiguity, family drama, guilt, identity, urban
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Basically the Christian version of Rocky
Style:
uplifting, inspirational, emotional, serious, tense ...
Plot:
boxing, boxing match, underdog, coach, determination, redemption, personal growth, perseverance, faith based, hopes, religion, competition ...
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A homeless ex-boxer and an inner-city kid's unlikely bond, helps them face their future, while fighting the tragedy from their past!
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
ex boxer, tragedy, boxer, boxing, redemption, homeless man, confronting the past, life is a bitch, troubled past, homeless, social problems, tragic past ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Six years on and John is still haunted by the death of his younger brother. The choices he faces will push him to the edge like never before.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
redemption, gang, moral dilemma, boxing, traumatic past, loss of brother, traumatic memory, painful memories, life is a bitch, memories, criminal gang, fight ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
59%
106
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Jada is the faith based story of a woman whose life becomes chaotic when her husband is killed in a questionable car accident. Her once-comfortable middle-class lifestyle comes crashing down when an insurance company labels the accident a suicide ...
Style:
inspirational, emotional, heartfelt, christian film
Plot:
spiritual journey, family drama, grief, church, hopes, loss, faith based, redemption, female protagonist, motherhood, religious community, forgiveness ...
Similarity:
59%
65
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After her car is towed and she is left with a shocking $21,634 tow bill, an unhoused woman wages a relentless fight to reclaim her car—and her life—exposing a broken system and redefining what it means to persevere against all odds.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, emotional, tension, independent film
Plot:
homelessness, legal battle, female protagonist, resilience, perseverance, economic inequality, social justice, empowerment, survival, class conflict, poverty, human rights ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Kalib is ready for one of the fights of his life, he's going up for boxings Lightweight Championship Title of the world, but when trouble erupts-his life takes an awkward turn.
Style:
emotional, intense, inspirational, dramatic, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
boxing, redemption, domestic violence, determination, resilience, boxer, underdog, recovery, family conflict, moral dilemma, violence, coach ...
Similarity:
55%
723
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Marie, an independent and militant woman, has never needed anyone's help, including when it comes to raise her son. When the latter is expelled from his certificate of professional competence training class, Marie cannot accept it. Dreaming of ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, dramatic, realistic ...
Plot:
prostitution, mother son relationship, prostitute, prostitute mother, female protagonist, single mother, motherhood, family drama, financial problem, blind ambition, money problems, life is a bitch ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Frank, a professional counterfeiter from a wealthy mob family,receives the heart of the man he was supposed to kill two weeks earlier. He soon finds himself in a set of circumstances that will test his new heart & if he really has changed.
Style:
dark, psychological, medical drama, neo noir, emotional ...
Plot:
organ transplant, heart transplant, redemption, forgery, identity crisis, moral dilemma, crime family, life & death, criminal underworld, identity, second chance, guilt ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Ali, once a promising young boxer from the Romani community and the only daughter of a Romani leader, falls in disgrace when she gives birth to her second child out of wedlock.
Style:
disturbing, sincere, suspense, suspenseful, melancholic ...
Plot:
boxing, female boxer, single mother, mentor protege relationship, poverty, underdog, determination, strong female character, family conflict, motherhood, female protagonist, roma ...
Place:
hamburg germany, romania
Similarity:
49%
131
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Fighting to keep her family together, Trina steps into the underground world of drug trafficking. She enlists her two friends to become transporters.
Style:
crime drama, tense, crime thriller, suspense, tension ...
Plot:
motherhood, drug traffic, female protagonist, danger, survival, mother daughter relationship, family drama, protective parent, betrayal, violence, sacrifice, poverty ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An aerialist rehearsing for a rock tour battles age, injury, and a young director scheming to end her career, while a mysterious reporter digs into the ghosts of her past.
Style:
emotional, independent film, suspense, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
character study, resilience, ageism, female protagonist, showbiz, circus, mature, performance art, female empowerment, trauma, redemption, manipulation ...
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Beth is a helpline volunteer – part of the small army that gets on the phone every night across America, fielding calls from all kinds of people feeling lonely, broken, hopeless. Over the last year the tide has become a tsunami. As Beth goes ...
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
social issues, volunteer, telephone call, social problems, empathy, social worker, loneliness, compassion, mental health, relationship problems, trust, character study ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
As he strives to make it on his own, Nick Ramsey has alienated his father by rejecting his upbringing and lifestyle. Now 25, Nick has been rejected by his girlfriend and vows to turn his life around.
Style:
crime drama, realistic, emotional, intense, tension ...
Plot:
family drama, family conflict, father son relationship, moral dilemma, self discovery, identity crisis, redemption, male protagonist, second chance, blue collar, regret, working class ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A school takes on a troublesome boy from juvenile hall, in order to try to help him settle back in to normal life. But everything seems to be mounted against him, including a drunken mother.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
troubled youth, family drama, rehabilitation, juvenile delinquency, second chance, underdog, redemption, teacher student relationship, character study, social realism, parents, mentor ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
Story:
Andrew has been in hiding ever since his mob boss father, killed his mother. Once his father gains word of his whereabouts he must make a decision to run, or finally confront his father.
Style:
suspense, tense, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
hitman, hiding, mafia, murder, chase, henchman, father son relationship, confronting the past, organized crime, criminal underworld, father son conflict, death of mother ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Unable to get the police to help, a woman launches her own investigation to save her daughter from a dangerous prostitution ring.
Style:
crime drama, emotional, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, mother love, brothel, nightclub, rescue mission, human trafficking, protective parent, abduction, family drama, single mother, domestic drama, family conflict ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
41%
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50
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jerome becomes a street cop in hopes to find his mother but also seeks love in the mist, that may turn into a tragedy.
Style:
crime drama, dark, tense, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
family secret, investigation, secret past, mother son relationship, tragedy, identity, family drama, urban, betrayal, self discovery, hidden identity, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After many years in jail, Sonjas returns to her home village where she takes up her fight for custody of her 8-year old son Tim. But neither the authorities, nor her in-laws, nor Tims foster parents will ever consider handing over little Tim to ...
Style:
emotional, intense, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
redemption, second chance, mother son relationship, motherhood, child custody, family drama, family secret, forgiveness, branding iron, legal battle, guilt, reconciliation ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Two strangers - Ruth, a burn unit nurse and Conrad, a shipyard worker - cross paths over a strange weekend in Seattle.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
dreaming, nurse, problem, bonding, character study, redemption, empathy, heroism, intimate, blue collar, slice of life, second chance ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When Brett Cornell learns that the mother of a child he is alleged to have Fathered 5 years prior, has died in an accident, he heads south to try and take custody of the daughter that he never knew. Brett takes to desperate measures to make it in ...
Style:
emotional, tense, independent film, romantic drama, psychological ...
Plot:
family drama, fatherhood, child custody, custody battle, foster home, single father, character study, second chance, moral dilemma, male protagonist, redemption, parenthood ...
Place:
new york, north carolina, south carolina
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When a mother returns to her musical roots, she rediscovers the passion of her youth, and finds a way to connect with her troubled youngest son.
Style:
heartfelt, captivating, sincere, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, female protagonist, teenage son, family relations, mother, teenager, lifestyle change, musician, relationships, bonding, family drama, self discovery ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The gangster Manysia is given a second chance after his release from prison. Reverend Jacob Musi takes him under his wings, both as a promise to Manysia’s father and as an act of benevolence. Reverend Jacob thinks that everyone deserves a fresh ...
Style:
emotional, intense, tense, suspense
Plot:
forgiveness, second chance, redemption, hopes, moral dilemma, character study, pastor, guilt, gangster, social realism, urban, mentor ...
Place:
south africa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Vuk, a 30-year-old ex-convict haunted by his best friend's suicide, is trying to save his younger brother, Zizi.
Style:
crime drama, emotional, bleak, serious, dramatic ...
Plot:
redemption, second chance, family drama, brotherhood, moral dilemma, isolation, social realism, urban, reform, confrontation, street life, rehabilitation ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
36%
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