Movies like Redbelt

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Redbelt (2008)
 6.7
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Redbelt (2008)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Is there room for principle in Los Angeles? Mike Terry teaches jujitsu and barely makes ends meet. His Brazilian wife, whose family promotes fights, wants to see Mike in the ring making money, but to him competition is degrading. A woman sideswipes Mike's car and then, after an odd sequence of events, shoots out the studio's window. Later that evening, Mike rescues an action movie star in a fistfight at a bar. In return, the actor befriends Mike, gives him a gift, offers him work on his newest film, and introduces Mike's wife to his own - the women initiate business dealings. Then, things go sour all at once, Mike's debts mount, and going into the ring may be his only option.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, talky, entertaining, neo noir, clever, colorful, contemplative ...
Plot: betrayal, instructor, martial arts, movie star, conspiracy, artists and showbiz, hollywood, rivalry, financial problem, contests and competitions, kung fu, fight, husband wife relationship, boxing, jujitsu, friendship, corruption, competition, car accident, media, video surveillance, never give up, fighter, badass, debt ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: los angeles, usa, california
Keyword: sport, fighting movie, brazilian, gangsters

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Most similar movies to Redbelt

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, cult classic and rough films with plots about martial arts, fight, rivalry, ambition, contests and competitions, fighting and boxing mostly in Sport, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Redbelt: Warrior (2011), Never Back Down (2008), Rocky IV (1985), Rocky V (1990), Rocky III (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Warrior (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: 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, an ex-marine ...
Style: emotional, rough, serious, inspirational, touching ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, teens
Plot: martial arts, mixed martial arts, boxing, courage, brother brother relationship, fight scenes, underdog, muscleman, teacher, brothers, estrangement, father son relationship ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, usa, iraq, atlantic city new jersey, el paso texas ...
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Never Back Down (2008)
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: inspirational, serious, exciting, intense, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: martial arts, high school, athlete and trainer, youth, fight, teenager, boxing, rivalry, teenage life, streetfighting, lesbian sex, contests and competitions ...
Time: 2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place: florida, usa, orlando florida, brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.9
 225K
Rocky IV (1985)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After iron man Drago, a highly intimidating 6-foot-5, 261-pound Soviet athlete, kills Apollo Creed in an exhibition match, Rocky comes to the heart of Russia for 15 pile-driving boxing rounds of revenge.
Style: inspirational, tense, suspenseful, action packed, entertaining ...
Audience: manly, family outing, boys' night, teens
Plot: boxing, boxer, training, underdog, christmas, victory, rocky, tough heroes, endurance, workout, machismo, martial arts ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place: philadelphia, las vegas, pennsylvania, nevada, moscow russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.3
 150K
Rocky V (1990)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A lifetime of taking shots has ended Rocky's career, and a crooked accountant has left him broke. Inspired by the memory of his trainer, however, Rocky finds glory in training and takes on an up-and-coming boxer.
Style: inspirational, realistic, serious, action packed, saga ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, teens, family outing
Plot: boxing, boxer, fight, gym, betrayal, underdog, rocky, bullying, coach, champion, training, fight scenes ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Rocky III (1982)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Now the world champion, Rocky Balboa is living in luxury and only fighting opponents who pose no threat to him in the ring, until Clubber Lang challenges him to a bout. After taking a pounding from Lang, the humbled champ turns to former bitter ...
Style: inspirational, captivating, suspenseful, action packed, action adventure ...
Audience: manly, teens, family outing, boys' night
Plot: boxing, boxer, comeback, rocky, tough heroes, martial arts, training, coach, fame, defeat, victory, world champion ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1981
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, los angeles, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 103 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, serious, realistic, inspirational ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: martial arts, martial arts tournament, fight, streetfighting, boxer, kickboxing, kickboxer, cage fighting, athlete and trainer, martial arts training, bully, hand to hand combat ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Undisputed III: Redemption (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Russian inmate Boyka, now severely hobbled by the knee injury suffered at the end of Undisputed 2. No longer the feared prison fighter he was, he has declined so far that he is now good only for cleaning toilets. But when a new prison fight ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: prison fight, boxing, martial arts, kickboxing, prison, hand to hand combat, mixed martial arts, contests and competitions, fight, capoeira, prison life, tournament ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 7.3
 230K
Rocky II (1979)
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, rough, sincere, feel good, captivating ...
Audience: manly, family outing, teens, boys' night
Plot: boxing, boxer, fight, underdog, bodybuilding, rocky, brutality, violence, training, world champion, championship, comeback ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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 36K
Blood and Bone (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In Los Angeles, an ex-con (White) takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.
Style: exciting, inspirational, brutal, harsh, rough ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, streetfighting, prison fight, kickboxing, prison, hand to hand combat, kung fu, revenge, boxing, fight, gangster, boxer ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Sequel to the 2002 film. This time, Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers (White) is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight against the jailhouse fighting champ Uri Boyka (Adkins) ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: boxing, martial arts, prison, kickboxing, tournament, jail, contests and competitions, prison life, martial artist, tough heroes, heroes, convict ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 8.0
 86K
The Hustler (1961)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match.
Style: black and white, atmospheric, suspense, psychological, cynical ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: billiards, gambling, hustler, suicide, success, ambition, lifestyle, rivalry, championship, cons and scams, obsession, idealism ...
Time: 20th century, year 1961, 60s
Place: usa, california, louisville kentucky, san francisco, kentucky
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 7.3
 10K
Fat City (1972)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take opposite momentum.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, neo noir, serious, captivating ...
Audience: manly
Plot: boxing, boxer, friendship, comeback, boxing match, athlete's life, rivalry, ambition, fighter, unfulfillment, introspection, alcoholism ...
Time: 20th century, year 1972, 70s
Place: california, usa, northern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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 ⇓
22%
 6.1
 903
Price of Glory (2000)
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, ambition, lifestyle, human spirit, follow your dream, ego clash, tough heroes, athlete and trainer, obsession, rivalry, contests and competitions ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.8
 93K
Bloodsport (1988)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Frank Dux has entered the "kumite", an illegal underground martial-arts competition where serious injury and even death are not unknown. Chong Li, a particularly ruthless and vicious fighter is the favorite, but then again Dux has not ...
Style: exciting, grindhouse, cult classic, intense, serious ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, mixed martial arts, heroes, martial arts tournament, kung fu, tournament, underdog, master warrior, revenge, hand to hand combat, karate, underground fighting ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Philly Kid (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A former NCAA champion wrestler is paroled after 10 years in prison. Now, to save a friend's life, in a series of cage fights he must agree to do the impossible - lose.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: fight, mixed martial arts, martial arts, ambition, rivalry, contests and competitions, prisoner, prison, manslaughter, murder, competition, student athlete ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Color of Money (1986)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, ...
Style: road movie, realistic, talky, stylized, clever ...
Audience: teens, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: billiards, hustler, gambling, on the road, scam, great ending, business, mentor, manipulation, youth, redemption, comeback ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place: chicago, atlantic city new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 8.1
 624K
Rocky (1976)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: When world heavyweight boxing champion, Apollo Creed wants to give an unknown fighter a shot at the title as a publicity stunt, his handlers choose palooka Rocky Balboa, an uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark. Rocky teams up with ...
Style: inspirational, uplifting, touching, motivational, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, kids, family outing, teens
Plot: boxing, fight, underdog, boxer, self esteem, rocky, character study, training, love story, pride and honor, violence, fistfight ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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 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 ⇓
20%
 6.1
 5K
Legendary (2010)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A book-smart teenager joins his school's wrestling team as a way to reunite his surviving family members, who split apart after the death of his father, a college wrestling legend, 10 years ago.
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, rough, independent film ...
Plot: wrestling, fight, teenage life, contests and competitions, rivalry, social relations, youth, wrestler, martial arts, death of father, brother brother relationship, arrest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, oklahoma
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Chavez Cage of Glory (2013)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Barely being able to make ends meet and doing everything he can possibly do to cover his ill son's growing medical bills, Hector Chavez turns to his fighting roots in the underbelly of LA. His amateur Mixed Martial Arts videos go viral grabbing ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspense
Plot: martial arts, ambition, rivalry, doctors and patients, hospital, fight, violence, power relations, female nudity, mixed martial arts, live audience, fighting
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Born a Champion (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: After a blood- soaked jujitsu match in Dubai, fighting legend Mickey Kelley falls to superstar Blaine. But years later, an online video proves that Blaine cheated, and the world demands a rematch. Can the aging underdog get back into shape in time ...
Style: tense, captivating, inspirational
Plot: jujitsu, fight, professional sports, contests and competitions, combat, rivalry, battles, boxing champion, life is a bitch, athlete's life, martial arts, professional rivalry ...
Time: 2000s, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.9
 2K
Black Belt (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Set in 1932, amid the rise of militarism after the establishment of the Manchukuo colony in Northeast China, the story centers on a trio of karateka. Studying under their aging master in a small dojo in the woods of central Kyushu, Choei, Taikan and ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, captivating
Audience: boys' night
Plot: karate, martial arts, heroes, martial arts tournament, battles, vengeance, rivalry, against the odds, military life, instructor, tough heroes, self defense ...
Time: 1930s
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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 6.5
 10K
Gladiator (1992)
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 ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, harsh, hood ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: boxing, friendship, underdog, contests and competitions, urban ghetto life, against the odds, human spirit, hopes, athlete and trainer, unlikely friendships, ambition, boxer ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: chicago, cuba, british columbia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Best of the Best (1989)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A team from the United States is going to compete against Korea in a Tae Kwon Do tournament. The team consists of fighters from all over the country--can they overcome their rivalry and work together to win?
Style: inspirational, emotional, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, family friendly, teens
Plot: martial arts, martial artist, martial arts tournament, underdog, culture clash, redemption, vengeance, taekwondo, violence, kung fu, fight scenes, fight ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: seoul, asia, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.8
 9K
The Champ (1979)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: The more you love, the harder you fight.The world looks at Billy Flynn and sees a has-been who seemingly never was, an ex-boxing champion slammed to the mat years ago by booze and gambling. But Billy's son TJ sees what the world doesn't. ...
Style: sentimental, sad, emotional, heartfelt, neo noir ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: boxing, boxer, boy, coming of age, father, gambling, death, father son relationship, underdog, redemption, bittersweet, fight ...
Time: year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place: usa, florida, ireland, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 7.2
 12K
Hard Times (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In the depression, Chaney, a strong silent streetfighter, joins with Speed, a promoter of no-holds-barred street boxing bouts. They go to New Orleans where Speed borrows money to set up fights for Chaney, but Speed gambles away any winnings.
Style: realistic, harsh, tense, serious, neo noir ...
Plot: boxing, streetfighting, street fighter, illegal fistfight, great depression, martial arts, hand to hand combat, contests and competitions, ambition, life is a bitch, tough heroes, drifter ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1975
Place: new orleans, usa, los angeles, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 4.6
 891
Ring of Fire (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The main character, Johnny Woo, is a Chinese doctor who has given up fighting in the ring. His brother is a teacher in a kick-boxing club. Johnny Woo fall in love with Julie, whose brother is a teacher in a rival kick-boxing club. Tension builds ...
Style: independent film, fast, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, streetfighting, street fighter, street gang, tough heroes, gang war, illegal fistfight, kickboxing, shakespeare, competition, fight, heroes ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his ...
Style: sincere, touching, uplifting, serious, cult classic ...
Plot: journalism, boxing, african american, ex athlete, human spirit, lifestyle, athlete's life, boxer, newspaper, introspection, parents and children, change of luck ...
Time: year 2007, 1950s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: colorado, usa, detroit, las vegas, denver colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.2
 39K
Lionheart (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Lyon Gaultier is a deserter in the Foreign Legion arriving in the USA entirely hard up. He finds his brother between life and death and his sister-in-law without the money needed to heal her husband and to maintain her child. To earn the money ...
Style: exciting, rough, suspenseful, sentimental, psychological ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, on the run, drug dealer, french foreign legion, bet, rivalry, opponent, contests and competitions, family relations, kung fu, karate, soldier ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa, north africa, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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