Movies like A Fighting Man
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A Fighting Man (2014)
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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, exciting, sincere, touching
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, sport, athlete's life, human spirit, rivalry, ambition, contests and competitions, suspense, brutality, martial arts, fight, competition, graphic violence, redemption, boxer, hopes, blood, profanity, beating
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
ireland, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, rough and sincere films with plots about ambition, sport, rivalry, athlete's life, contests and competitions, boxing and fight mostly in Drama, Sport and Action genres. Some movies like A Fighting Man: Strength and Honour (2007), Southpaw (2015), Undefeated (2003), Price of Glory (2000), Carman: The Champion (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A single father decides to break his dying wife's last wish to not box again in order to save his young son from certain death.
Style:
sincere, serious, emotional, realistic
Plot:
bittersweet, family relations, human spirit, hopes, parents and children, last wish, family in danger, underdog, single parent, athlete's life, sport, rivalry ...
Place:
ireland
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, serious, sentimental, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, sport, father daughter relationship, death of wife, athlete's life, tragedy, contests and competitions, down on your luck, boxer, rise and fall, family relations, boxing training ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
madison square garden manhattan new york city, usa, las vegas, new york, manhattan new york city
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44%
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
Plot:
sport, athlete's life, human spirit, lifestyle, social differences, against the odds, tough heroes, rise to the top, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, follow your dream, ambition ...
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66%
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, tough heroes, ego clash, relationship vs career, rivalry, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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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, ambition, human spirit, rivalry, athlete's life, tough heroes, against the odds, lifestyle, contests and competitions, follow your dream, relationship vs career ...
Place:
usa, florida
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59%
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Movies similar to Creed
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:
realistic, serious, exciting, sincere
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, boxer, fight, martial arts, ambition, conflict, hopes, sport, rivalry, lifestyle, vengeance, gangsters ...
Time:
80s
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57%
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, feminist 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, sport, rivalry, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
90s
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56%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A disgruntled teenager, sent to do community service at a rundown Karate school, enters an MMA tournament to face the man who killed his parents.
Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mixed martial arts, martial arts, athlete and trainer, ambition, contests and competitions, rivalry, youth, vengeance, sport, young heroes, fight, college ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
20 year old kickboxers from opposite ends of Miami, one rich one poor, battle for triumph in sport and their own identities in this coming-of-age action/drama.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough
Plot:
fight, tough heroes, athlete's life, ambition, rivalry, nothing to lose, social differences, self discovery, sport, martial arts tournament, kickboxing, martial arts ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
miami, florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Fai, once a world champion in boxing, escapes to Macau from the loan sharks and unexpectedly encounters Qi, a young chap who is determined to win a boxing match. Fai becomes Qi's mentor and rediscovers his passion to fight not only in the ring ...
Style:
tense, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, fight, ambition, opponent, boxing, contests and competitions, rivalry, boxing match, loan shark, training, athlete and trainer, ambitious man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Movies like Rocky
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
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:
exciting, uplifting, serious, rough, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mixed martial arts, martial arts, cage fighting, ambition, rivalry, lifestyle, heroes, contests and competitions, underdog, athlete's life, sport, fight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jimmy Albright is a young athlete with a passion for boxing. His mentor, Harry Sloan, an aging trainer and former boxer, sees Jimmy's potential, not only as a boxer but as a young man. With Harry's guidance, Jimmy trains and fights his way ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, psychological, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
boxing, youth, family relations, human spirit, athlete's life, lifestyle, hopes, rise to the top, underdog, aging, athlete and trainer, supportive spouse ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching
Plot:
female boxer, rivalry, family relations, ambition, athlete's life, friendship, parents and children, teenage life, lifestyle, family life, sport, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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:
rise and fall, follow your dream, ambition, athlete's life, sport, tough heroes, family relations, hopes, youth, parents and children, boxer, competition ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 50s, 1930s, 1940s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
An ex-boxer Baldev Choudhary (Dharmendra) has had a stain in his boxing career. He wanted to wash it with his son Angad's (Sunny Deol) success, but times were hard and a financial crunch kept him from achieving this dream. Though Angad pulled ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, emotional
Plot:
boxing, sport, family relations, ambition, rise to the top, follow your dream, athlete's life, hopes, once promising, athlete and trainer, rivalry, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, punjab
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Movies similar to Southpaw
Genre: Action, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A washed-up trainer takes a self-destructive young boxer under his wing.
Style:
realistic, tense, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, contests and competitions, rivalry, family problems, ambition, immigrants, boxer, father son relationship, racism, sport, athlete and trainer, training ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
50 Cent stars as gifted college running back Deon in this touching drama. Deon's world turns upside down when an unexpected crisis jeopardizes his professional ambitions -- and causes him to look at himself and his life in a new way.
Style:
emotional, realistic, psychological, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
american football, sport, terminal illness, athlete's life, human spirit, bittersweet, life is a bitch, hopes, ambition, sexual content, black, profanity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious
Plot:
boxing, athlete's life, ambition, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, rivalry, power relations, uncover truth, graphic violence, sport, car chase, boxer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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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:
serious, rough, emotional, realistic, tense
Plot:
rivalry, ambition, athlete's life, one more chance, starting over, contests and competitions, follow your dream, sport, lifestyle, hopes, power relations, martial arts ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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, realistic, serious, sincere, rough
Plot:
boxing, power relations, rich and poor, love affair, love and romance, ambition, hopes, athlete's life, rivalry, underdog, sport, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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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:
athlete's life, rivalry, ambition, sport team, contests and competitions, sport, athlete and trainer, lifestyle, underdog, hopes, basketball, vulgarity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana
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50%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Hardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood decides that wrestling boys is the only way back to her estranged father.
Style:
realistic, uplifting, serious, touching, inspirational
Plot:
human spirit, sport, martial arts, fight, coming of age, ambition, teenager, contests and competitions, rivalry, perseverance, mentor, friendship ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city
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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, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
boxing, sport, underdog, friendship, ambition, contests and competitions, human spirit, rivalry, hopes, urban ghetto life, against the odds, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago illinois, british columbia, california, cuba, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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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, captivating, touching, realistic, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, female boxer, athlete's life, ambition, follow your dream, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, graphic violence, sport, mentor, bullying, lifestyle ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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:
realistic, serious, rough, tense, gloomy
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, ex athlete, ambition, confined, rivalry, contests and competitions, society, athlete's life, prison life, underdog, sport, opponent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Despite being blocked at almost every turn in pursuit of the sport he loved, Seve Ballesteros fought against adversity to become the most spectacular and charismatic golfer to ever play the game.
Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, exciting, realistic
Plot:
golf, sport, athlete's life, rise to the top, ambition, rivalry, contests and competitions
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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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:
captivating, serious, realistic, sincere
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, boxer, sport, rags to riches, athlete's life, funeral, father figure, death of mother, champion, martial arts, entrepreneur, fight ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
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47%
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
Plot:
martial arts, ambition, rivalry, doctors and patients, hospital, fight, violence, suspense, power relations, female nudity, mixed martial arts, live audience
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Following a fighting accident, Dalton Hunt retired from the world of MMA at the top. Unable to outrun his guilt, he lost his family, his title, and his way. But when a crooked promoter lures him back into a fight against the current undefeated ...
Style:
serious, exciting, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mixed martial arts, martial arts, forced into action, athlete's life, rivalry, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, ambition, fight, suspense, sport, older woman younger man relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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, sincere ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, prison, infidelity, black american, boxer, sport, rise and fall, prison life, racism, discrimination, rivalry, downfall ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 50s, 70s
Place:
usa, missouri
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46%
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