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Walkover (1965)
583
Original name: Walkower
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Poland
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Walkover, the autobiographical second feature by Polish enfant terrible Jerzy Skolimowski echoes the French nouvelle vague in its extraordinarily stylized tale of a prizefighter who ducks a fight to romance a beautiful blonde.
Style:
black and white
Plot:
boxing, renaissance, fight, train, boxer, exile, engineer, runaway, duel, choice, male female relationship, new job, factory, graduate, surrealism, male protagonist, satire, moral dilemma, irony, ex girlfriend, 30 year old, petty thief, old friend, dead girl, decision ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
Place:
poland, eastern europe
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Most similar movies to Walkover
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sincere and tense films with plots about boxing, boxer, fight, athlete's life, redemption, rivalry and ambition mostly in Drama, Sport and Action genres. Some movies like Walkover: Hands Up! (1981), 30 Door Key (1991), Boxer (2024), Barrier (1966), The Boxer and Death (1963). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
501
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Beginning with a sci-fi prologue before finding itself with several doctors attending a medical school reunion in a sealed-up railway carriage. Between drinks, the disenchanted medicos ruminate over the effect that communism (particularly the ...
Style:
allegory, black and white, philosophical, avant garde, experimental ...
Plot:
surrealism, memory, trauma, renaissance, communism, post-apocalyptic future, politics, medical profession, female protagonist, absurdism, male camaraderie, freight train ...
Time:
70s
Place:
poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, UK, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young writer in 1939 Warsaw faces the conflict of acting his age or relapsing into childhood during the brink of World War II. Based on the famous novel Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz.
Style:
thought provoking, art house, dark comedy, tragicomedy, avant garde ...
Plot:
renaissance, identity crisis, literary, surrealism, satire, coming of age, loss of innocence, alienation, isolation, existentialism, teacher, boarding school ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
warsaw poland, eastern europe, poland
Similarity:
62%
2K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Poland
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
With only his wife by his side, a promising young boxer flees communist Poland to chase his dream of becoming the greatest fighter in history.
Style:
dark, intense, period piece, emotional, melancholic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
boxing, immigration, underdog, escape, determination, desperation, corruption, identity, survival, exile, political oppression, realism ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
53%
608
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A dream-like meditation on post-industrial life in Communist Poland.
Style:
art house, existential, meditative, melancholic, experimental
Plot:
surrealism, coming of age, rebellion, generation gap, alienation, nonconformity, individualism, youth, identity crisis, social class, symbolism, social isolation ...
Time:
60s, year 1966, 20th century
Place:
poland, eastern europe, europe, central europe
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Concentration camp commander Kraft finds out that prisoner Kominek is a former professional boxer. Overnight, the prisoner is made Kraft's exercise partner and unwillingly rises to a privileged position at the camp. His anger over the death of ...
Style:
bleak, grim, tense, historical drama, period piece ...
Plot:
boxing, concentration camp, world war two, boxer, survival, oppression, holocaust, tragedy, dehumanization, violence, forced labor, morality ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
48%
251
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
MMA fighter loses everything due to some bad life choices. Now local gangster make him back to the sports. But this time he will fight in the boxing ring.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense, dramatic, intense ...
Plot:
boxing, mixed martial arts, gangster, fight, boxer, rivalry, competition, redemption, comeback, second chance, criminal, wrestler ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Physicist John worked as a meteorologist. He lives in a small village with his wife, a teacher. Meanwhile, his friend from university, Mark, is doing a research career. Trying to get John to return to academic work in the capital. Mark is not ...
Style:
poetic, intellectual, masterpiece
Plot:
renaissance, old friend, identity, moral dilemma, provincial life, university, university student, physics, meaning of life, weatherman, school teacher, married ...
Time:
year 1969
Place:
poland, eastern europe, warsaw poland
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Stanley manages his boxer brother Lion but when a devastating loss in the ring leaves the pair in debt, an opportunity to recoup the cash leads to a series of misadventures that threaten to break the bond between them.
Style:
independent film, road movie
Audience:
date night
Plot:
boxing, cross country trip, brother brother relationship, male nudity, runaway, pet dog, jungle, tough guy, boxer, brotherhood, cop, male protagonist ...
Place:
san francisco, reno nevada
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A legendary trainer comes out of retirement to help an underdog boxer fight his way to a better life.
Style:
inspirational, captivating, realistic, tense
Plot:
boxer, boxing, working class, determination, fight, against the odds, sparring, rise to the top, rivalry, society, bare chested male, african american ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
usa, bronx new york city
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A young boxer is taken under the wing of a mob boss after his mother dies and his father is run out of town for being an abusive alcoholic.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing, psychological
Plot:
boxing, boxer, mafia, unrequited love, mob boss, athlete's life, rising to stardom, coping, life is a bitch, athlete and trainer, retribution, unfulfilled love ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Polish contractor, Nowak, leads a group of workmen to London so they can provide cheap labor for a government official based there. Nowak (Irons) has to manage the project and the men as they encounter the tempations of the West and loneliness and ...
Style:
political, realistic, tense, bleak, dark comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
renaissance, culture clash, worker, survival, adaptation, polish, construction worker, state affairs, misfit, society, boss and employee, workplace ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Place:
london, poland, eastern europe, england, europe ...
Similarity:
37%
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:
grindhouse, neo noir, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
boxing, boxer, black, power relations, love affair, rich and poor, rivalry, hopes, redemption, life is a bitch, love and romance, underdog ...
Time:
year 1981, 1940s
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young man tries his way in boxing, supported by a coach. He meets a girl, falls in love and she becomes pregnant.
Style:
crying, sensitive
Plot:
brother sister relationship, boxer, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, mentor protege relationship, boxing, interracial romance, self destructing, interracial relations, emotionally unstable, fall in love, running, drinking alcohol ...
Similarity:
36%
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:
36%
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:
34%
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:
34%
948
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
Victor aka Hammer is an MMA champion with the world title fight ahead. After running into the mobster Shark Hammer gets injured but is still determined to win. Victor doesn't know Shark will stick at nothing to make Victor lose.
Style:
tense, intense, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
rivalry, mixed martial arts, determination, comeback, wrestler, professional wrestler, combat, fight, mafia, showdown, criminal, ambition ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The setting is an old age home run by an aging director with an authoritarian hand. In the evening many of the residents huddle in a living room, penetrated by the October cold, to listen to the news. The announcement is giving the number of ...
Plot:
renaissance, chase, anxiety, escape, waiter, panic, hippie, manager, runaway, oppression, old age, metaphor ...
Time:
80s
Place:
poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
33%
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134
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The films was inspired by true events. Przemyslaw Saleta, World's Kickboxing Champion and European Champion in professional boxing gave a kidney to his seriously ill daughter. There were unexpected complications during the surgery and Saleta ...
Style:
touching, emotional, heartfelt, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
kickboxing, boxer, father daughter relationship, dysfunctional marriage, world champion, parent child relationship, illness, fight, sacrifice, organ donation, boxing, biopic ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
32%
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:
32%
682K
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, cult classic, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
boxing, underdog, fight, boxer, self esteem, training, rocky, love story, shyness, tough guy, character study, pride and honor ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, north america, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Argentina, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Boxing drama / romance.
Style:
sincere, light, captivating, erotic, crying ...
Plot:
boxer, boxing match, boxing, extramarital affair, fight, attraction, adulterous husband, love affair, sex scene, boxing training, teacher student sex, illicit affair ...
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
31%
10K
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, weeping, heartfelt ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
boxing, father son relationship, boy, boxer, gambling, coming of age, death, underdog, redemption, bittersweet, father, fight ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
florida, usa, ireland, miami
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Wajda's homage to Zbigniew Cybulski, the "Polish James Dean" who starred in the director's ASHES AND DIAMONDS and died young. The movie follows the tribulations of a director attempting to make a movie with a Cybulski-like star ...
Style:
meta, art house, poignant, melancholic, philosophical ...
Plot:
renaissance, film set, respect, behind the scenes, tribute, loss, tragedy, nostalgia, memory, mourning, grief, film history ...
Time:
60s, year 1969
Place:
eastern europe, poland
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Mountain Rivera is at the end of his boxing career after a knockout by Cassius Clay in the seventh round. His left eye is one punch from permanent trauma, his ears turned to cauliflower, his speech slurred from "being hit a million times," ...
Style:
black and white, bleak, atmospheric, retro, contemplative ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
boxing, boxer, second chance, social worker, aging, boxing match, drunkenness, troubled, martial arts, wrestling, champion, prizefight ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, future
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 56 min.
Story:
Jan is a young assistant professor in chemistry and a workaholic, Anna is an unsuccessful science writer who turns to Jan for advice and human compassion, but Jan, absorbed with his career, remains immune to Anna's clumsy efforts to pierce his ...
Plot:
renaissance, midlife crisis, professor, writers, suicide attempt, workaholic, chemistry, male female relationship, compassion, scientist, neighbor, studying ...
Place:
eastern europe, poland
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Krzysztof Zanussi's groundbreaking film chronicles a decade in the life of a young physics student whose absolute faith in the primacy of rationality and science is shaken by tragedy and affairs of the heart.
Style:
philosophical, poetic, existential
Plot:
psychological manipulation, mental disorder, identity, unrequited love, love letter, disorder, renaissance, meaning of life, psychology, monkey, mountain climbing, physicist ...
Time:
year 1973, 60s
Place:
eastern europe, poland
Similarity:
30%
612
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Ben is a tormented young man who escapes abuse, his life in crime streets to spend, with the result that he was in prison ends. If Ben is released, he comes back as a boxer, with the help of his mentor, Joe, a bokstrainer. Have a new found love ...
Style:
realistic, uplifting, serious, intense, emotional ...
Plot:
boxing, rivalry, boxer, ambition, desire for fame, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, lifestyle, hopes, vengeance, contests and competitions, redemption ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
30%
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:
boxing, journalism, african american, ex athlete, hopes, american football, boxer, athlete's life, lifestyle, newspaper, introspection, change of luck ...
Time:
year 2007, 1950s, 2000s, 50s, 21st century
Place:
colorado, usa, denver colorado, detroit, las vegas ...
Similarity:
30%
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:
29%
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