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Phantom Punch (2008)
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Phantom Punch (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: From his discovery by a priest while serving time at the Missouri State Penitentiary to the infamous 'Phantom Punch' by Cassius Clay which effectively ended his career, the movie spans the years from 1950 to Liston's mysterious and untimely death in 1971.
Style: rough, captivating, realistic, sincere, serious, emotional, gloomy
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boxer, boxing, prison, infidelity, black american, rise and fall, racism, rise to the top, prison life, follow your dream, discrimination, rivalry, ambition, contests and competitions, lifestyle, tragic hero, downfall, athlete's life, insult, black man, biopic, rape, athlete, black, life is a bitch ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 50s, 70s, 1950s, 1960s
Place: usa, missouri
Keyword: sport

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, sincere and captivating films with plots about ambition, hopes, athlete's life, rivalry, contests and competitions, power relations and biopic mostly in Drama, Sport and Biography genres. Some movies like Phantom Punch: Hands of Stone (2016), The Great Victory (2014), Don King: Only in America (1997), Tyson (1995), Counterpunch (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 17K
Hands of Stone (2016)
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: captivating, realistic, exciting, tense, inspirational ...
Plot: boxing, boxer, boxing match, sex scene, bare breasts, fight, rags to riches, athlete's life, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, ambition, martial arts ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 2016, 70s, year 1980 ...
Place: panama
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Great Victory (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Brazil
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Independent feature film based on the biography of a Brazilian judo with a great victory that went beyond the mats and medals.
Style: captivating, touching, uplifting, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: love affair, rise to the top, ambition, couples, athlete's life, hopes, couple relations, dysfunctional family, love and romance, parents and children, biopic, judo ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Don King: Only in America (1997)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A cinematic portrait of the famous fight promoter and boxing manager.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic
Plot: boxing, boxer, entrepreneur, biopic, gangster, power relations, urban ghetto, ambition, hopes, rise to the top, athlete's life, follow your dream ...
Time: 80s, 60s, 70s, 20th century
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.2
 2K
Tyson (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The story of Mike Tyson. From his early days as a 12 year old amateur with a powerful punch, to the undisputed title of "Heavyweight Champion of the World", and ultimately to his conviction for rape. The story of his turbulent life moves ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, sincere
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boxer, boxing, rags to riches, biopic, athlete's life, entrepreneur, athlete, fight, martial arts, black, death of mother, funeral ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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 4.8
 795
Counterpunch (2019)
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, ambition, one more chance, athlete's life, starting over, boxing, contests and competitions, follow your dream, lifestyle, hopes, power relations, martial arts ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida, usa, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 4.7
 707
The Bronx Bull (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A combination "before the rage" and "after the rage" of world middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta's tumultuous life and times.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, captivating
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boxer, rise and fall, follow your dream, athlete's life, boxing, hopes, youth, tough heroes, family relations, parents and children, competition, fight ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 60s, 50s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.9
 2K
The Greatest (1977)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The Greatest is a 1977 film about the life of boxer Muhammad Ali, in which Ali plays himself. It was directed by Tom Gries and Monte Hellman. The song "Greatest Love of All", later remade by Whitney Houston, was written for this film and ...
Style: realistic, touching, serious, sincere, independent film
Plot: boxing, racism, contests and competitions, human spirit, fighting the system, ambition, athlete's life, rising to stardom, follow your dream, religions or cults, hopes, society ...
Time: 70s
Place: asia, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Carnera: The Walking Mountain (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Italy, Romania
Duration: 125 min.
Story: The life of Primo Carnera a.k.a. "Ambling Alp", Italian professional boxer and the World Heavyweight Champion from June 1933 to June 1934, but also accused by some of having ties to the mob.
Style: uplifting, serious, touching, emotional, captivating ...
Plot: boxer, boxing, follow your dream, ambition, against the odds, athlete's life, contests and competitions, hopes, prodigy, rise to the top, underdog, biopic ...
Time: 1930s, 21st century
Place: italy, new york, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young kids of Harlem. 1996 ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, emotional
Plot: basketball, addiction, drug abuse, drug, african american, black, motivation, african, athlete, heroin, biopic, power relations ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 20th century
Place: new york, harlem, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Prize Fighter (2003)
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, psychological, inspirational ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boxing, athlete and trainer, hopes, athlete's life, rivalry, ambition, boxer, championship, contests and competitions, self destructing, death of wife, redemption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.4
 257
The Opponent (2000)
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: serious, rough, sincere, independent film, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: boxing, female boxer, against the odds, athlete's life, ambition, follow your dream, human spirit, rise to the top, lifestyle, life is a bitch, contests and competitions, rivalry ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Maradona, the Hand of God (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Italy, Argentina
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Dramatizing of the many shocking highs and lows of Argentine soccer hero Diego Maradona, an extraordinary athlete and arguably the greatest player in the history of the sport.
Style: realistic, uplifting, serious, sentimental, sincere
Plot: athlete's life, rise to the top, rise and fall, lifestyle, ambition, prodigy, rising to stardom, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, hopes, folk hero, rivalry ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 20th century, 60s
Place: argentina, naples italy, napoli italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 7.2
 23K
The Express (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Based on the incredible true story, The Express follows the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Style: inspirational, uplifting, emotional, factual, serious ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly
Plot: american football, african american, racism, athlete and trainer, football, college, human spirit, biopic, mentor, friendship, courage, ambition ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 2008, 60s, 1950s
Place: usa, new york, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.2
 223
Risen (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story: As one of the rising talents of amateur boxing, Howard Winstone, a young Welsh boy from Merthyr Tydfil, was fast making a name for himself with his knock out right hand. A long professional fighting career surely beckoned? Then disaster strikes. An ...
Style: uplifting, realistic, captivating, serious
Plot: human spirit, athlete's life, ambition, against the odds, rise to the top, boxing, rivalry, hopes, disability, lifestyle, contests and competitions, blind ambition ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 50s
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend (1991)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A story about the great basketball player "Pistol" Pete Maravich when he was in the eighth grade. He plays on the varsity basketball team at Daniel High School but has some very difficult obstacles standing in his way of playing. The only ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot: basketball, youth, faith, biopic, teenage love, high school, college, against the odds, teaching the ways of the world, power relations, sport team, life is a bitch ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.2
 806
Undefeated (2003)
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: serious, realistic, sincere, suspense
Plot: athlete's life, human spirit, lifestyle, against the odds, social differences, tough heroes, boxing, rise to the top, ambition, rivalry, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 7.2
 49K
Glory Road (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.
Style: inspirational, emotional, sincere, intense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, family friendly, teens, kids
Plot: basketball, underdog, racism, athlete and trainer, coach, college, racial slur, teamwork, racial segregation, justice, unlikely friendships, civil rights ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1966
Place: texas, usa, america, mexico, maryland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.7
 105K
Ali (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story: In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his ...
Style: inspirational, uplifting, sincere, touching, thought provoking ...
Plot: boxing, muslim, african american, racism, civil rights, biopic, friendship, islam, black history, black, boxer, human spirit ...
Time: 70s, year 2001, 60s, year 1964, year 1974 ...
Place: africa, usa, nigeria, louisville kentucky
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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The Tiger Woods Story (1998)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: With his father coaching him and his mother providing a strong spiritual influence, Tiger Woods rose to fame and fortune. But his success came at a price, as he endured personal struggles with racism, self-doubt and cultural identity.
Style: uplifting, realistic, serious, touching, sincere
Plot: golf, family relations, interracial relations, racism, profanity, biopic, prodigy, contests and competitions, athlete's life, society, lifestyle, hopes ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 5.6
 383
Streetballers (2009)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Defining street basketball as America's new favorite pastime, it is a story driven by passion, faith, and achieving goals. A story capturing the poetic nature of street basketball, highlighting the struggles endured on and off the court by the ...
Style: serious, sincere, touching, emotional, independent film ...
Plot: basketball, ambition, lifestyle, family problems, youth, contests and competitions, life is a bitch, society, athlete's life, hopes, rivalry, urban ghetto life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
A Fighting Man (2014)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Two men meet in the ring for a fight that will change their lives.
Style: serious, realistic, disturbing, suspense, sincere ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boxing, athlete's life, contests and competitions, rivalry, ambition, human spirit, blood, brutality, boxer, competition, fight, martial arts ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.2
 220
Dempsey (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Nominated for two primetime Emmy Awards in 1984, this made-for-TV movie follows the true story of American boxer Jack Dempsey, who became a media sensation in the 1920s as the world heavyweight champion. Based upon the book by Jack Dempsey and ...
Style: serious, uplifting, sexual, realistic, silent
Plot: boxing, biopic, boxer, world champion, violent content, profanity, power relations, crumbling marriage, uncover truth, crime gone awry, ambition, hopes ...
Time: 80s, 1920s
Place: utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 7.6
 5K
The Rocket (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story: In the late 1930s, a young machinist named Maurice Richard distinguished himself as a ice hockey player of preternatural talent. Although that was enough to get him into the Montreal Canadiens, his frequent injuries cost him the confidence of his ...
Style: serious, sincere, touching, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot: ice hockey, hockey player, hockey, factory, discrimination, athlete's life, protest, follow your dream, contests and competitions, human spirit, rise to the top, hopes ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1955, year 1937 ...
Place: quebec, montreal, toronto ontario canada, new york, boston ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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 6.7
 762
Running Brave (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The story of Billy Mills the American Indian that came from obscurity, to win the 10,000 meter long distance foot race in the Tokyo Olympics.
Style: inspirational, period piece, uplifting, captivating, serious ...
Plot: running, olympics, track and field, runner, native american, motivation, native, male objectification, society, rivalry, contests and competitions, ambition ...
Time: year 1983, 60s, 20th century, year 1964
Place: kansas, south dakota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.8
 1K
Heleno (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Brazil
Duration: 116 min.
Story: José Henrique Fonseca crafts an ambitious and long overdue homage to a central icon in Brazil’s 20th century history. Reminiscent of film noir classics, the biopic tells the glorious and tragic story of the legendary football striker Heleno de ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, stylized, black and white ...
Plot: soccer, athlete's life, lifestyle, rise and fall, couples, womanizer, life is a bitch, rivalry, bad attitude, drug abuse, troublemaker, sport team ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 4.6
 395
Body and Soul (1981)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: 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.
Style: neo noir, grindhouse, independent film, rough, sincere ...
Plot: boxing, boxer, black, power relations, rich and poor, love affair, rise to the top, ambition, life is a bitch, athlete's life, rivalry, redemption ...
Time: year 1981, 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.7
 11K
Girlfight (2000)
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: uplifting, independent film, captivating, touching, realistic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot: boxing, female boxer, contests and competitions, bullying, athlete's life, follow your dream, athlete and trainer, mentor, female fight, lifestyle, human spirit, violent content ...
Time: 2000s, year 2000, 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Against the Ropes (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominated sport.
Style: inspirational, intense, sincere, serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: boxing, fight scenes, rags to riches, athlete's life, contests and competitions, ambition, athlete and trainer, rivalry, lifestyle, human spirit, underdog, boxer ...
Time: year 2004, 70s, year 1972
Place: ohio, usa, michigan, detroit, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Based on the true story of the rise and fall of poker legend Stu "The Kid" Ungar.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, suspense, period piece ...
Plot: gambling, gambler, ambition, human spirit, rivalry, rise and fall, life is a bitch, tragic hero, hopes, addiction, genius, loser ...
Place: las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 7.5
 102K
42 (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The powerful story of Jackie Robinson, the legendary baseball player who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he joined the roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The film follows the innovative Dodgers’ general manager Branch Rickey, the ...
Style: inspirational, sentimental, emotional, touching, factual ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: racism, baseball, african american, athlete and trainer, civil rights, rise to the top, hopes, human spirit, racial segregation, athlete's life, against the odds, biopic ...
Time: 1940s, year 2013, 2010s, 20th century, year 1947 ...
Place: africa, new york, usa, new orleans, pittsburgh ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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