Movies like Tyson

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Tyson (1995)
 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 quickly, never focusing for long on anything in particular.
Style: sincere, serious, captivating, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boxer, boxing, rags to riches, biopic, athlete's life, martial arts, fight, entrepreneur, champion, funeral, athlete, death of mother, world champion, black, professional athlete, father figure, african american, strength, professional sports, muscleman, bare chested male, celebrity, prison, life is a bitch, athlete and trainer ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, usa
Keyword: sport

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Most similar movies to Tyson

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sincere and captivating films with plots about athlete's life, ambition, hopes, rivalry, contests and competitions, boxing and boxer mostly in Drama, Sport and Biography genres. Some movies like Tyson: Hands of Stone (2016), M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016), The Great Victory (2014), The Hurricane (1999), Don King: Only in America (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 6.6
 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%
M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 184 min.
Story: The film is based on the life of Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian national cricket team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Style: uplifting, captivating, serious, realistic, patriotic ...
Plot: cricket, rags to riches, biopic, athlete's life, rise to the top, ambition, sport team, rivalry, contests and competitions, rising to stardom, patriot, meaning of life ...
Time: year 2011, 2000s, 21st century
Place: india
⇓ 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%
 7.6
 102K
The Hurricane (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story: The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
Style: thought provoking, touching, inspirational, factual, motivational ...
Plot: prison, boxing, racism, courtroom, prison life, legal, death penalty, injustice, justice, biopic, african american, discrimination ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s, 80s, 1940s ...
Place: new jersey, africa, toronto ontario canada, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ⇓
34%
 5.5
 845
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 ...
Style: realistic, captivating, rough, serious, emotional ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boxer, boxing, infidelity, prison, black american, rise and fall, lifestyle, rise to the top, athlete's life, tragic hero, contests and competitions, ambition ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 50s, 70s, 1950s
Place: usa, missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 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 ⇓
28%
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 ⇓
27%
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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 ⇓
27%
 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 ⇓
26%
 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 ⇓
26%
 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 ⇓
25%
 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 ⇓
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 ⇓
25%
Split Decisions (1988)
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, exciting, serious, realistic, sincere
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boxing, boxer, martial arts, fight, ambition, conflict, gangster, power relations, family relations, parents and children, contests and competitions, rivalry ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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 ⇓
24%
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 ⇓
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 ⇓
23%
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 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 ⇓
23%
 6.8
 30K
Bleed for This (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The inspirational story of World Champion Boxer Vinny Pazienza, who after a near fatal car crash, which left him not knowing if he'd ever walk again, made one of sports most incredible comebacks.
Style: rough, realistic, exciting, serious, inspirational ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: boxing, underdog, comeback, boxer, hopes, training, car accident, adaptation, rivalry, car rollover, fight, gym ...
Time: year 1988
Place: rhode island, new york, boston, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 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 ⇓
22%
The Featherweight (2023)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Set in 1965, Pep is living in relative obscurity in his hometown of Hartford. Amidst personal troubles, and with the need to earn, Pep, at the age of 42, makes a stunning return to the ring
Style: captivating, realistic, thrilling, psychological
Plot: boxing, boxer, biopic, based on real people, social problems, family problems, family relations, life is a bitch, athlete's life, marital problem
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1964
⇓ 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 ⇓
21%
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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 ⇓
21%
Carman: The Champion (2001)
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, rivalry, human spirit, ambition, athlete's life, against the odds, contests and competitions, follow your dream, lifestyle, relationship vs career ...
Time: year 2001
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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 ⇓
20%
A Season on the Brink (2002)
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, rivalry, athlete's life, sport team, lifestyle, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, underdog, hopes, athlete, power relations, college ...
Time: 21st century
Place: indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.8
 11K
Mary Kom (2014)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A chronicle of the life of Indian boxer 'Mary Kom' who went through several hardships before audaciously accomplishing her ultimate dream.
Style: realistic, exciting, captivating, serious, motivational ...
Plot: female boxer, boxing, biopic, training, contests and competitions, women, ambition, athlete's life, hopes, rivalry, boxer, follow your dream ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 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 ⇓
20%
Pele: Birth of a Legend (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele.
Style: inspirational, realistic, serious, uplifting, factual ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: following a dream, soccer, athlete's life, football, rags to riches, rise to the top, contests and competitions, football player, prodigy, ambition, rivalry, youth ...
Time: 50s, 1940s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: brazil, latin america, africa, sao paulo brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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