Movies like Gladiator 1992
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Gladiator (1992)
12K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A story of two teenagers trapped in the world of illegal underground boxing. One is fighting to save his fathers life and using the money pay off gambling debts accumulated by his father. The second is fighting for the money to get out of the ghettos. While being exploited by a boxing promoter the two teens become friends. An explosive ending puts the two friends in the ring against each other.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, harsh, hood, motivational, exciting, sentimental, inspirational, touching ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, friendship, underdog, contests and competitions, hopes, athlete and trainer, human spirit, against the odds, urban ghetto life, bare chested male, unlikely friendships, boxer, ambition, martial arts, father son relationship, gambling, gangster, fight, follow your dream, on the run, athlete's life, hip hop, sport competition, fistfight, racial tension ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
chicago, cuba, british columbia, usa, california
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Most similar movies to Gladiator
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, exciting and rough films with plots about rivalry, ambition, contests and competitions, boxing, boxer, hopes and athlete's life mostly in Sport, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Gladiator: The Opponent (2000), Girlfight (2000), A Season on the Brink (2002), Undefeated (2003), Price of Glory (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Patty Sullivan (Erica Eleniak) is a battered woman who decides to take charge of her life by taking boxing lessons to better protect herself when her boyfriend becomes violent. Patty soon learns she has some talent for boxing and sets her sights on ...
Style:
sincere, serious, rough, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, female boxer, against the odds, ambition, human spirit, follow your dream, athlete's life, lifestyle, rise to the top, life is a bitch, rivalry, contests and competitions ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
12K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Diana Guzman begins to train as a boxer and achieves impressive success, blazing new trails for female boxers, all while keeping it a secret from her father.
Style:
captivating, independent film, touching, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, female boxer, contests and competitions, kick-butt women, bullying, sexism, athlete's life, follow your dream, athlete and trainer, boxing trainer, female protagonist, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
"A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers" is based on the best-selling book by John Feinstein. The movie chronicles Indiana's 1985-86 season, when Knight granted Feinstein unprecedented access to the ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
basketball, athlete's life, rivalry, sport team, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, lifestyle, underdog, hopes, athlete, basketball coach, power relations ...
Time:
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Place:
indiana
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Lex 'El Animal' Vargas is a promising Portorican boxer in Queens, but lacks ambition to aim for the big career. That changes after his brother Paulie is accidentally shot dead by a teenager in an amateur hold-up on their late dad's ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, suspense
Plot:
athlete's life, human spirit, lifestyle, social differences, against the odds, tough heroes, boxing, follow your dream, ambition, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, rivalry ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
An ex-boxer, living with the knowledge that his fight career was cut short by a crooked manager, channels his bitter disappointment in a single-minded quest for boxing championships for his three sons. We see them in pee-wee Silver Glove matches ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, serious, tense
Plot:
boxing, athlete's life, human spirit, follow your dream, ambition, lifestyle, ego clash, tough heroes, obsession, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Four fighters different backgrounds come together to train under an ex MMA rising star and then ultimately have to fight each other and the traitor in heir midst.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts tournament, martial arts, streetfighting, fight, kickboxing, boxer, martial artist, cage fighting, kickboxer, athlete and trainer, martial arts training, bully ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In this rousing sequel to Kickboxer, Tong Po broods about his defeat at the hands of Kurt Sloan. Po and his managers resort to drastic measures to goad Kurt into the ring for a rematch.
Style:
serious, rough, feel good, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, kickboxer, revenge, vengeance, tough heroes, kickboxing, mentor, fight scenes, master warrior, violence, fight, contests and competitions ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
egypt
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Based on a true story. A young boxer, Emilio, from the wrong side of the tracks with big dreams of winning the Golden Gloves boxing championship, finds himself at a cross roads after being locked up. As he fights his way back into the winning circle ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, emotional, tense ...
Plot:
rivalry, athlete's life, one more chance, starting over, ambition, boxing, lifestyle, hopes, contests and competitions, follow your dream, power relations, martial arts ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, florida, miami
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After a life of hard knocks and wrong turns, boxer Ed Jones gets a second chance at fulfilling his life long dream of a World Boxing Championship. With the help of veteran promoter, Arliss King and the guidance of a former champ, Ed embarks on the ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, exciting, inspirational, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, athlete and trainer, rivalry, hopes, athlete's life, ambition, boxer, contests and competitions, championship, unfulfillment, self destructing, redemption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Two aging fighters in LA, friends, get a call from a Vegas promoter because his undercard fighters for a Mike Tyson bout that night are suddenly unavailable. He wants them to box each other. They agree as long as the winner gets a shot at the ...
Style:
road movie, inspirational, melancholic, intense, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
boxing, friendship, boxer, contests and competitions, athlete's life, underdog, hopes, ambition, road trip, sex scene, love triangle, on the road ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, usa, los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Fai, once a world champion in boxing, escapes to Macau from the loan sharks and unexpectedly encounters Qi, a young chap who is determined to win a boxing match. Fai becomes Qi's mentor and rediscovers his passion to fight not only in the ring ...
Style:
tense, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, boxing, fight, boxer, training, opponent, contests and competitions, rivalry, boxing match, loan shark, athlete and trainer, fight for supremacy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, china
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Aryan is the college champion in boxing. He is training under Ranveer Singh in order to achieve his dream: winning the national championship. His girlfriend Neha supports him unconditionally and he relies heavily upon her. However, after his life ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, uplifting
Plot:
boxing, ambition, follow your dream, human spirit, athlete's life, family relations, athlete and trainer, rivalry, hopes, lifestyle, pregnancy, championship ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two men meet in the ring for a fight that will change their lives.
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, athlete's life, contests and competitions, rivalry, brutality, blood, boxer, competition, fight, martial arts, violent content, profanity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Picking up after the events of Never Back Down 2, former MMA champion Case Walker is on the comeback trail to become champion once again.
Style:
inspirational, serious, realistic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
martial arts, mixed martial arts, fight, hand to hand combat, tournament, martial artist, martial arts training, friendship, master warrior, fight scenes, kickboxing, kickboxer ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Rebellious Jake Tyler is lured into an ultimate underground fight Scene at his new high school, after receiving threats to the safety of his friends and family Jake decides to seek the mentoring of a veteran fighter who trains him for one final ...
Style:
serious, exciting, teen, entertaining, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
martial arts, high school, youth, athlete and trainer, underground fighting, duel, teenager, fight, boxing, revenge, streetfighting, rivalry ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, 80s, 21st century
Place:
florida, usa, orlando florida, brazil, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Hardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood decides that wrestling boys is the only way back to her estranged father.
Style:
realistic, touching, uplifting, serious, hood ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
human spirit, martial arts, coming of age, fight, black, teenager, perseverance, mentor, contests and competitions, rivalry, ambition, culture clash ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
100%
276K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and ...
Style:
touching, serious, sentimental, inspirational, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, boxer, death of wife, father daughter relationship, athlete's life, tragedy, contests and competitions, down on your luck, grief, parenthood, fight, boxing training ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, usa, new york, las vegas, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Former champion boxer Orlando Leone (Carmen) is "The Preacher" at an inner-city youth center. Wanting to give something back to the community, he bought a large building for a church youth center. But the cash ran out before he could ...
Style:
serious, realistic, christian film, sincere
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, christian, tough heroes, ambition, human spirit, rivalry, athlete's life, against the odds, follow your dream, contests and competitions, lifestyle, relationship vs career ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
66K
Genre: Action, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
If your enemy refuses to be humbled... Destroy him. Accompanied by his brother Kurt (Van Damme), American kickboxing champion Eric Sloane (Dennis Alexio), arrives in Thailand to defeat the Eastern warriors at their own sport. His opponent: ruthless ...
Style:
cult classic, inspirational, harsh, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, revenge, kickboxer, fight, martial arts tournament, muay thai, heroes, kickboxing, vengeance, kung fu, mentor, combat ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When a boxer is killed because he wouldn't take a dive, his brother tries to find a way to avenge him even if only symbolically.
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, sincere
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, boxer, fight, martial arts, ambition, conflict, hopes, vengeance, contests and competitions, rivalry, lifestyle, athlete's life ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
247K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't put his life together outside the ring, while Creed seeks a rematch to restore his reputation. ...
Style:
inspirational, saga, sincere, rough, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, boys' night, manly
Plot:
boxing, boxer, underdog, training, comeback, fight, tough heroes, coma, working class, tough guy, bodybuilding, rocky ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
20 year old kickboxers from opposite ends of Miami, one rich one poor, battle for triumph in sport and their own identities in this coming-of-age action/drama.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough
Plot:
tough heroes, ambition, rivalry, athlete's life, nothing to lose, social differences, self discovery, martial arts tournament, fight, kickboxing, boxing, martial arts ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa, miami
Similarity:
100%
4K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
An ex-boxer Baldev Choudhary (Dharmendra) has had a stain in his boxing career. He wanted to wash it with his son Angad's (Sunny Deol) success, but times were hard and a financial crunch kept him from achieving this dream. Though Angad pulled ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, emotional
Plot:
boxing, family relations, athlete's life, ambition, follow your dream, rise to the top, hopes, once promising, rivalry, lifestyle, athlete and trainer, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Jobless, besieged by creditors, and abandoned by his wife, the once silver medalist Tae-shik has sunk to street hustling, becoming a human punching bag. Meanwhile, young Sang-hwan's delinquent ways land him behind bars. Both men look to boxing ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, tense, gloomy
Audience:
manly
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, boxing, ex athlete, ambition, confined, contests and competitions, athlete's life, society, rivalry, prison life, opponent, underdog ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia
Similarity:
100%
200
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jimmy Albright is a young athlete with a passion for boxing. His mentor, Harry Sloan, an aging trainer and former boxer, sees Jimmy's potential, not only as a boxer but as a young man. With Harry's guidance, Jimmy trains and fights his way ...
Style:
independent film, uplifting, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
boxing, boxer, youth, family relations, underdog, aging, supportive spouse, athlete and trainer, ambition, follow your dream, hopes, rise to the top ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
10K
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The clock strikes midnight, money changes hands, the crowd is on their feet, and the court is alive with fast-paced razzle-dazzle basketball. These players don't play for a school or a pro team. They play for the street and it's ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspense
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
basketball, athlete's life, human spirit, against the odds, contests and competitions, friendship, sport team, street gang, lifestyle, underdog, hopes, buddies ...
Time:
year 2006
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In 1971, air-conditioner repairman and boat enthusiast Jim McCormick entertains his desire to 'go down' as a legend in the record books when the Gold Cup hydroplane boat race improbably comes to his small town of Madison, Indiana. ...
Style:
serious, feel good, realistic, melancholic, anamorphic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
ship, athlete's life, human spirit, follow your dream, against the odds, lifestyle, rising to stardom, hopes, contests and competitions, ambition, rivalry, unemployment ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s
Place:
usa, indiana, washington state, seattle
Similarity:
100%
242K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ Rocky Balboa, reigning heavyweight titleholder, Mason Dixon retaliates by challenging Rocky to a nationally televised, 10-round exhibition bout. To the surprise of his son and ...
Style:
inspirational, sincere, touching, melancholic, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly, family outing
Plot:
boxing, father son relationship, comeback, boxer, athlete's life, training, fight, life, life philosophy, restaurant owner, loneliness, against the odds ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, las vegas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Champion boxer Artyom Kolchin climbed all conceivable heights and became a national hero. He does not enter the boxing ring any more, rather choosing a coaching job and wild high life, including continuous TV appearances, hanging out and love ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
boxing, rivalry, ambition, athlete's life, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, uncover truth, chases and races, power relations, comeback, graphic violence, perseverance ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, russia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Panama, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
Style:
realistic, captivating, period piece, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
boxing, boxer, boxing match, sex scene, bare breasts, fight, rags to riches, contests and competitions, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, ambition, martial arts ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1980, year 2016, 70s ...
Place:
panama
Similarity:
100%
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