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Jungleland (2019)
8K
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:
road movie, independent film
Audience:
date night
Plot:
boxing, cross country trip, male nudity, runaway, pet dog, brother brother relationship, jungle, boxer, tough guy, brotherhood, cop, dog, travel, female nudity, kidnapping, sex scene, torture, hotel, wrestling, beer, pregnant woman, road trip, ex convict, male protagonist, family drama ...
Place:
san francisco, reno nevada
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Most similar movies to Jungleland
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, inspirational and sincere films with plots about boxing, boxer, fight, rivalry, athlete's life, ambition and martial arts mostly in Drama, Sport and Biography genres. Some movies like Jungleland: Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962), Body and Soul (1981), Play It to the Bone (1999), The Challenger (2015), Rocky Balboa (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
95%
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:
92%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Two aging fighters in LA, friends, get a call from a Vegas promoter because his undercard fighters for a Mike Tyson bout that night are suddenly unavailable. He wants them to box each other. They agree as long as the winner gets a shot at the ...
Style:
road movie, inspirational, melancholic, intense, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
boxing, friendship, boxer, contests and competitions, athlete's life, underdog, hopes, ambition, road trip, sex scene, love triangle, on the road ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, usa, los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
91%
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:
82%
Movie in collections
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:
75%
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:
73%
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:
71%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Gabriel Caine has just been released from prison when he sets up a bet with a business man. The business man owns most of a boxing-mad town called Diggstown. The bet is that Gabe can find a boxer that will knock out 10 Diggstown men, in a boxing ...
Style:
cult classic, witty, comedy drama, neo noir, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
boxing, gambling, boxer, boxing match, cannon, casino, underground fighting, card playing, social criticism, racing, poker, bad guys win ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
montana, georgia, southern usa, california
Similarity:
68%
Movie in collections
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:
66%
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:
realistic, rough, exciting, serious, inspirational ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
boxing, underdog, comeback, boxer, passion, hopes, training, car accident, car rollover, rivalry, adaptation, fight ...
Time:
year 1988
Place:
rhode island, boston, new york, las vegas
Similarity:
65%
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, serious, realistic, exciting, sincere
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, boxer, fight, martial arts, ambition, conflict, hopes, vengeance, contests and competitions, rivalry, lifestyle, athlete's life ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
65%
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:
realistic, captivating, period piece, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
boxing, boxer, boxing match, sex scene, bare breasts, fight, rags to riches, contests and competitions, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, ambition, martial arts ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1980, year 2016, 70s ...
Place:
panama
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Story:
When champion amateur boxer and lifelong fighter Lola falls in love and has a baby, she struggles to give up her championship and leave the ring with her career unfinished.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
motherhood, boxing, female boxer, boxer, female protagonist, sacrifice, prizefighter, lifestyle change, boxing training, changing lives, athlete and trainer, problem ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A boxer suffers a serious head injury during a fight, and must deal with the consequences.
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, rough, exciting, art house ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, athlete's life, rise and fall, rivalry, transformation, courage, ambition, rage, violence, boxer, medicine, memory loss ...
Place:
usa, england, united kingdom, britain
Similarity:
60%
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, inspirational, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, athlete and trainer, rivalry, hopes, athlete's life, ambition, boxer, contests and competitions, championship, unfulfillment, self destructing, redemption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
58%
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:
57%
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:
57%
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:
57%
Movie in collections
583
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, male female relationship, male protagonist, 30 year old, cultural conflict, graduate, dead girl, duel, ex girlfriend, old friend, boxer ...
Time:
60s
Place:
poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
57%
242
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Tina lives in a quiet seaside town but her life is anything but quiet - her mother is threatening to leave her father, her daughter is being bullied and she and her husband Mick are juggling full time jobs and three children. Determined to ditch the ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, realistic, psychological, heartfelt ...
Plot:
boxing, bullying, female boxer, dysfunctional family, self confidence, family relations, crumbling marriage, rivalry, family drama, female protagonist, introspection, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
56%
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:
56%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Finland, USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
Style:
dark comedy, period drama, f word
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ping pong, table tennis, jewish man, male nudity, bare chested male, hustler, coming of age, self discovery, sacrifice, isolation, supernatural, identity crisis ...
Time:
1950s, year 1952
Place:
tokyo, paris france, cairo egypt, sarajevo, brussels ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
On the day of his first fight since his release from prison, a once-renowned boxer embarks on a redemptive journey through his past and present.
Style:
ambiguous ending, black and white
Plot:
handsome man, boxer, boxing, young man, redemption, boxing champion, domestic abuse, dead boy, woman, booing, saxophonist, black woman ...
Time:
year 1980
Place:
brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
54%
Movie in collections
160K
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, saga, serious, realistic, action packed ...
Audience:
manly, teens, family outing, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, boxer, fight, underdog, betrayal, training, father son relationship, boxing trainer, showdown, street fight, gym, fistfight ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, russia
Similarity:
53%
12K
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:
captivating, independent film, touching, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, female boxer, contests and competitions, kick-butt women, bullying, sexism, athlete's life, follow your dream, athlete and trainer, boxing trainer, female protagonist, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
52%
243K
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, saga, tense, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night, manly
Plot:
boxing, boxer, revenge, training, underdog, cold war, christmas, brutality, vengeance, boxing match, fight, mercilessness ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
philadelphia, soviet union, las vegas, moscow russia, pennsylvania ...
Similarity:
52%
7K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A drama inspired by the life of heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, thought provoking, f word
Plot:
boxing, boxer, husband wife relationship, waitress, boxing match, rising to stardom, historical figure, changing lives, historical character, athlete's life, fight, boxing champion ...
Time:
70s, 60s, year 1975, year 1974, year 1954
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Music, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Singer-turned-boxer Andy 'Kid' Clave signs a contract with a shady promoter Joaquin Vargas. But Clave turns against Vargas when the promoter's thugs kill Clave's girlfriend when he thinks about backing out of the contract. While ...
Style:
emotional, tension, dark, neo noir, independent film ...
Plot:
boxing, revenge, gangster, violence, determination, loss of loved one, boxer, betrayal, organized crime, corruption, underdog, redemption ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
48%
12K
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, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, friendship, underdog, contests and competitions, hopes, athlete and trainer, urban ghetto life, against the odds, human spirit, bare chested male, unlikely friendships, boxer ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
chicago, cuba, british columbia, usa, california
Similarity:
48%
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:
48%
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