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Penitentiary II (1982)
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Penitentiary II (1982)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: An ex-con, on parole and trying to straighten his life out, decides to resume his boxing career when one of his prison enemies escapes and kills his girlfriend.
Style: independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boxing, blaxploitation, prison, martial arts, black, murder, heroes, life is a bitch, fugitives, prison life, chases and races, injustice, vengeance, rivalry, ambition, confined, contests and competitions, underdog, haunted by the past, family in danger, criminal's revenge, athlete's life, criminal heroes, uninhibited rivalry, wrongfully committed ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Keyword: sport, fighting movie

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, rough and suspenseful films with plots about rivalry, martial arts, prison, boxing, contests and competitions, fight and tough heroes mostly in Drama, Sport and Crime genres. Some movies like Penitentiary II: Penitentiary (1979), Penitentiary III (1987), Body and Soul (1981), Undisputed (2002), Ring of Death (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Penitentiary (1979)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A hitchhiker named Martel Gordone gets in a fight with two bikers over a prostitute, and one of the bikers is killed. Gordone is arrested and sent to prison, where he joins the prison's boxing team in an effort to secure an early parole and to ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, rough, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, blaxploitation, boxing, black, drifter, black history, martial arts, underground, thug life, false accusation, prison sex, gay subtext ...
Time: year 1979, 70s
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95%
Penitentiary III (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A man is framed for murder and sent to prison. He is beaten and tortured, then forced to fight the prison's worst killer, a martial-arts fighting midget called Thud.
Style: grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film
Plot: prison, blaxploitation, boxing, martial arts, black, midget, manslaughter, prison sentence, blood, prisoner, savage, murder ...
Time: year 1987
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48%
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 ⇓
39%
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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 ⇓
36%
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Undisputed (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany, Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime. Iceman Chambers is the heavyweight champion, who lost his title due to a rape conviction to ten ...
Style: suspense, intense, talky, stylized, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, boxing, fight, african american, hip hop, prison fight, violence, jail, gangster, martial arts, prison life, boxer ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: usa, mojave desert, las vegas, nevada
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34%
Ring of Death (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: On the inside, there are no rules. See what happens when Prison Officials Profit from Illegal fights.
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, frame up, contests and competitions, criminal heroes, police investigation, criminal's revenge, jail, martial arts, fight, competition, undercover, electric torture ...
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Wild Seven (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In this darkly karmic vision of Arizona, a man who breathes nothing but ill will begins a noxious domino effect as quickly as an uncontrollable virus kills. As he exits Arizona State Penn after twenty-one long years, Wilson has only one thing on the ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, criminal's revenge, frame up, vengeance, cons and scams, going straight, brutality, false accusation, life is a bitch, hooligan, escape, goofy hero ...
Place: arizona, usa
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32%
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The Escapist (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Denis Hopkins, a pilot, lives with his pregnant wife Valerie and has a comfortable lifestyle. When a gang of criminals led by the sadistic Ricky Barnes breaks into his home, he offers whatever the criminals want to protect his wife and unborn child, ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: manhunt, prison, tough heroes, violence spree, heroes, murder, criminal heroes, haunted by the past, gang, revenge, escape, fugitives ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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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 ⇓
31%
Shadow Boxing 3. The Final Round (2011)
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: exciting, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful
Plot: boxing, ambition, athlete's life, power relations, athlete and trainer, rivalry, contests and competitions, uncover truth, chases and races, graphic violence, violent content, car chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia, hong kong
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30%
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The Circuit (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Years ago, Dirk Longstreet walked away from The Circuit, the merciless underground fight club with no rules, where money changes hands as men are killed. But now gangsters have got his brother, and only one more journey inside the ring will save his ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, underground fighting, tough heroes, haunted by the past, ambition, one man army, rivalry, gangster, athlete's life, vengeance, contests and competitions, daring rescue ...
Time: 21st century
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29%
Confessions of a Pit Fighter (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: "From the day I was born I had to fight to survive. I fought everyone and everything that came in front of me. On the streets, confessions are made in Blood. They say that when you confess your sins, only then can you be redeemed. This is my ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, prison, underground fighting, vigilantism, vengeance, starting over, rivalry, redemption, gangster, ambition, hopes, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
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29%
Crossing the Line (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story: An unemployed Scottish miner (Liam Neeson) is forced into bare-knuckle boxing to make ends meet.
Style: rough, realistic, serious, cult classic, bleak ...
Plot: boxing, life is a bitch, contests and competitions, gambling, athlete's life, lifestyle, rivalry, working class, down on your luck, unemployment, mixed martial arts, illegal fistfight ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: scotland, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Doing Hard Time (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A father's eight year old son is murdered in a gangland shooting. The father (Boris Kodjoe) gets himself thrown into prison to avenge his son's death.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
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28%
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Crying Fist (2005)
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: serious, realistic, rough, tense, gloomy
Audience: manly
Plot: juvenile delinquency, boxing, ex athlete, confined, ambition, society, contests and competitions, athlete's life, rivalry, prison life, underdog, down on your luck ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, asia
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28%
Green Street Hooligans 2 (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When the top players of the Green Street Elite are imprisoned following a deadly battle with their archenemies Millwall every day becomes a fight for survival. On the inside, rival firms and prison guards will stop at nothing to make their lives a ...
Style: serious, rough, realistic, suspense, tense ...
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Time: year 2009
Place: england, britain, london, europe
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28%
Hell's Kitchen (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When a robbery goes awry, the bandits all end up in a puddle of blood and only one lives and goes to jail for five years. Upon his release, the girlfriend wants her new boyfriend to kill him. Only trouble is the boyfriend knows that the fault was ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: crime gone awry, haunted by the past, murder, friendship, criminal's revenge, dishonesty, gang, life is a bitch, drug dealing, criminal heroes, heist, infidelity ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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27%
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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
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26%
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Hit Man (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Bernie Casey portrays Tyrone and Pamela Grier plays a sultry skin-flick star in this first Americanized remake of the iconic Michael Caine action film Get Carter. From Watts to the West Side, from porno parlors to a high-rise, from motel dives to a ...
Style: neo noir, grindhouse, psychotronic, realistic, serious ...
Plot: blaxploitation, lawyer, martial arts, revenge, exploitation, black, tough heroes, hitman, rivalry, criminal's revenge, vengeance, lone wolves ...
Time: year 1972, 20th century, 70s
Place: los angeles, usa
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26%
The Circuit 2: The Final Punch (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Prisoners are dying at the Ogden Correctional Institution, a prison where a corrupt Warden has taken justice and business into his own hands. In the bowels of this prison, an underground fighting society has been formed. The Circuit is flourishing ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Audience: boys' night
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The Ceremony (1963)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A man (Robert Walker) has an affair with his condemned brother's (Laurence Harvey) girlfriend (Sarah Miles) while plotting his escape in Tangier.
Style: noir, realistic, serious, bleak, gloomy ...
Plot: prison, prison escape, mistaken identity, death row, prisoner, escape, intrigue, life is a bitch, confined, investigation, chases and races, dishonesty ...
Time: year 1963, 60s
Place: tangier morocco
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25%
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
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25%
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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
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Time: 90s
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25%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Mason defends a man he had sentenced to prison when he was an appellate-court judge. Now, 18 months after the sentencing, a new witness turns up to prove the man's innocence. Mason steps in to defend the man.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
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Story: On these streets everyone is fighting for a way out, but after a lifetime of hard knocks, a down-on-his-luck cage fighter gets the opportunity of a lifetime when he is chosen to compete against the MMA world champion during a massive competition. ...
Style: uplifting, exciting, serious, rough, erotic ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: usa
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24%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
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Style: exciting, serious, realistic, rough
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Place: miami, florida, usa
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24%
Prison on Fire (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Ching and Yiu and problems they face with Mickey, a fellow inmate and "Assassin", a prison guard. Yiu is sentenced to three years for manslaughter. In a fight for his father, he pushed a man and was run over by a bus. Ching was sent to ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
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Plot: prison, heroic bloodshed, prison escape, prison break, favoritism, escape, gangster, injustice, friends, survival, confined, unlikely criminals ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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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 ...
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Time: 90s
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24%
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Women's Prison (1988)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young woman about to get married discovers all too late that her spouse has mafia connections, when violence breaks out during her wedding. Caught up in the crossfire Lynn gets arrested and thrown into a women's prison.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Duration: 88 min.
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Style: serious, realistic, disturbing, suspense, sincere ...
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23%
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