Movies like Against the Ropes 2004

If you like "Against the Ropes" you are looking for inspirational, intense and sincere movies about / with boxing, rags to riches, fight scenes, athlete and trainer, rivalry, ambition and contests and competitions themes of Biography, Drama and Romance genre shot in USA or Germany.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps: 1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below). 2. Look for them in the presented list.
Against the Ropes (2004)
 5.3
 7K
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, rough, realistic, light, sexy, feel good, bad ending ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: boxing, rags to riches, fight scenes, athlete and trainer, rivalry, ambition, contests and competitions, athlete's life, human spirit, lifestyle, underdog, boxer, male female relationship, biopic, female empowerment, martial arts, fight, female athlete, historical event, boxing trainer, feminism, follow your dream, strong female presence, clergy, hopes ...
Time: year 2004, 70s, year 1972
Place: ohio, los angeles, usa, detroit, michigan, cleveland ohio, new jersey
Keyword: sport, gangsters, dreams

Movie in categories

Most similar movies to Against the Ropes

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, sincere and inspirational films with plots about ambition, contests and competitions, athlete's life, rivalry, hopes, underdog and power relations mostly in Drama, Sport and Biography genres. Some movies like Against the Ropes: Hands of Stone (2016), Girlfight (2000), Million Dollar Baby (2004), Coach Carter (2005), Vision Quest (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie
 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%
 6.7
 11K
Girlfight (2000)
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, independent film, captivating, touching, realistic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot: boxing, female boxer, contests and competitions, bullying, athlete's life, follow your dream, athlete and trainer, mentor, female fight, lifestyle, human spirit, violent content ...
Time: 2000s, year 2000, 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.
Style: emotional, touching, sad, depressing, bad ending ...
Audience: girls' night, kids, family friendly, adult
Plot: boxing, underdog, female boxer, female protagonist, determination, mentor protege relationship, athlete's life, human spirit, female athlete, euthanasia, boxing trainer, strong female lead ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, europe, las vegas, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
 170K
Coach Carter (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.
Style: inspirational, motivational, touching, hood, feel good ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: basketball, teacher, high school, mentor, teachers and students, underdog, athlete and trainer, life philosophy, athlete's life, human spirit, dedicated educator, sport team ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: california, new jersey, usa, san francisco, sacramento california
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Movie in collections
 6.6
 10K
Vision Quest (1985)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: High school wrestler Louden Swain is a man obsessed , trying to shed 23 pounds in a dangerously short time and take on Shute, the undefeated, tough-as-nails 168-pound champion who's the best wrestler in the state. Matthew Modine stars as the ...
Style: inspirational, melancholic, serious, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, wrestling, underdog, cheerleader, rivalry, adolescence, unlikely friendships, teenage boy, high school life, training ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: washington state, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Peaceful Warrior (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.
Style: inspirational, philosophical, spiritual, thought provoking, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: self discovery, mentor, teaching the ways of the world, wisdom of life, enlightenment, wise man, philosophy, human spirit, life philosophy, gymnastics, athlete and trainer, coach ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: tibet, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.0
 197K
Cinderella Man (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: The true story of boxer, Jim Braddock who, in the 1920’s after his retirement, has a surprise comeback in order to get him and his family out of a socially poor state.
Style: touching, inspirational, motivational, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, manly
Plot: boxing, underdog, human spirit, great depression, biopic, boxer, athlete's life, poverty, depression, motivation, financial problem, family bonds ...
Time: 1930s, year 2005, year 2006, 2000s, 1920s ...
Place: new jersey, netherlands, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 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 ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, sincere
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boxer, boxing, rags to riches, biopic, athlete's life, entrepreneur, athlete, fight, martial arts, black, death of mother, funeral ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Movie in collections
lifestyle movies
6851
teens movies
9529
underdog movies
1788
 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 ⇓
33%
 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 ⇓
33%
 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 ⇓
32%
 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 ⇓
31%
 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 ⇓
30%
 6.8
 8K
Prefontaine (1997)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: It's the true-life story of legendary track star Steve Prefontaine, the exciting and sometimes controversial "James Dean of Track," whose spirit captured the heart of the nation! Cocky, charismatic, and tough, "Pre" was a ...
Style: factual, talky, intense, serious, rough ...
Plot: olympics, runner, underdog, running, justice, athlete's life, human spirit, contests and competitions, american football, lifestyle, hopes, track and field ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 70s, 60s, year 1969 ...
Place: usa, seattle, oregon, finland, mexico city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 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 ⇓
30%
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.
Style: factual, melancholic, inspirational, serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: golf, underdog, biopic, rivalry, rise to the top, lifestyle, rising to stardom, ambition, human spirit, contests and competitions, temperamental, couples ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 2004, 1910s, 1920s
Place: europe, harvard university, georgia, atlanta georgia, scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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 ⇓
29%
 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 ⇓
29%
Movie in collections
 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 ⇓
29%
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 ⇓
29%
Heart Like a Wheel (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Despite the high risks of this kind of racing and the burden it places on her family life, she perseveres in her dream.
Style: inspirational, touching, uplifting, serious, realistic
Plot: car race, racing, auto racing, motor racing, race, biopic, driving, car, auto mechanic, race car, car racing, women ...
Time: year 1983, 1950s, 70s, 60s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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 ⇓
28%
 7.6
 309K
Creed (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.
Style: inspirational, suspense, emotional, brutal, sentimental ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, teens, family outing, adult
Plot: boxing, underdog, boxer, fight, training, athlete and trainer, coach, legacy, mentor, boxing match, courage, gym ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, year 2016, year 1998, 90s ...
Place: philadelphia, usa, mexico, pennsylvania, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Movie in collections
 7.3
 230K
Rocky II (1979)
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, rough, sincere, feel good, captivating ...
Audience: manly, family outing, teens, boys' night
Plot: boxing, boxer, fight, underdog, bodybuilding, rocky, brutality, violence, training, world champion, championship, comeback ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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%
 5.3
 150K
Rocky V (1990)
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, realistic, serious, action packed, saga ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, teens, family outing
Plot: boxing, boxer, fight, gym, betrayal, underdog, rocky, bullying, coach, champion, training, fight scenes ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Racing for Time (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Cleveland 'Stack' Stackhouse is a guard with the Texas Correctional Youth Authority who witnesses the cycle of destructive choices and racial tensions among female teen offenders and decides to do something about it. He gathers ...
Style: uplifting, realistic, serious
Plot: prison, human spirit, against the odds, prison guard, kids in trouble, ambition, confined, rebellion, youth, life is a bitch, hopes, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.5
 1K
Joe and Max (2002)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: True story of boxers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling and their enduring friendship.
Style: sincere, serious, realistic, crying
Plot: racism, boxer, boxing, world war two, interracial relations, friendship, contests and competitions, against the odds, discrimination, ambition, against humanity, follow your dream ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s
Place: america, chicago, harlem, new york, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A biopic of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet who defeated his golfing idol and 1900 US Open Champion, Harry Vardon.
Style: motivational, inspirational, captivating, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family outing, chick flick, teens, family friendly ...
Plot: golf, rags to riches, underdog, working class, athlete's life, prodigy, human spirit, lifestyle, ambition, social differences, struggle, talented ...
Time: 1910s, year 2005, 20th century
Place: massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Million Dollar Arm (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: In a last-ditch effort to save his career, sports agent JB Bernstein (Jon Hamm) dreams up a wild game plan to find Major League Baseball’s next great pitcher from a pool of cricket players in India. He soon discovers two young men who can throw a ...
Style: inspirational, feel good, sentimental, touching, dramatic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: baseball, underdog, culture clash, biopic, cricket, rags to riches, athlete's life, fish out of water, against the odds, rivalry, contests and competitions, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie