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The Prize Fighter (2003)
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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 come back of a lifetime. When Ed starts winning and with his popularity soaring, he draws the attention of an unscrupulous fight promoter, White Ferguson. Although tempted by promises of big money and boxing glory, Ed makes a decision to remain loyal to Arliss. His dream in sight, Ed is on top of the world and at the top of his game.
Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, exciting, inspirational, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxing, athlete and trainer, rivalry, hopes, athlete's life, ambition, boxer, contests and competitions, championship, tragedy, human spirit, self destructing, redemption, lifestyle, unfulfillment, gambling, on the road, curses spells and rituals, power relations, death of wife, self destruction
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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Most similar movies to The Prize Fighter
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sincere and captivating films with plots about athlete's life, ambition, hopes, rivalry, contests and competitions, lifestyle and athlete and trainer mostly in Drama, Sport and Action genres. Some movies like The Prize Fighter: Undefeated (2003), A Season on the Brink (2002), Monday Night Mayhem (2002), Stretch (2011), Street Dreams (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
realistic, serious, sincere, suspense
Plot:
athlete's life, human spirit, lifestyle, social differences, against the odds, tough heroes, boxing, follow your dream, ambition, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, rivalry ...
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100%
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:
basketball, athlete's life, rivalry, sport team, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, lifestyle, underdog, hopes, athlete, basketball coach, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The early years of a television sports powerhouse are chronicled as ABC becomes a player in the NFL coverage by putting their full resources into a major showcase. Executive Roone Arledge (John Heard) recruits former Dallas Cowboys quarterback ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
american football, ambition, rise to the top, introspection, contests and competitions, rivalry, celebrity culture, athlete's life, hopes, showbiz, gambling, american football player ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Thailand, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Christophe, a young horse racing jockey from Paris, is filled with hope and ambition. Yet after a race, he tests positive for illegal substances and is subsequently suspended from racing. He decides to move to Macau, in Asia. There his circumstances ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
rivalry, contests and competitions, rise to the top, dishonesty, power relations, lifestyle, gambling, ambition, society, chases and races, athlete and trainer, gangster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Derrick Cabrera, like all skateboarders, dreams of being sponsored one day. He has all the talent in the world to make it happen but some major roadblocks to overcome before he can make the dream a reality.
Style:
captivating, exciting, disturbing, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
skateboard, rivalry, athlete's life, lifestyle, ambition, teenage life, social misfits, rise to the top, athlete and trainer, obsession, misfit, extreme sports ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ohio, usa, florida
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
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:
100%
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:
100%
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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:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Aryan is the college champion in boxing. He is training under Ranveer Singh in order to achieve his dream: winning the national championship. His girlfriend Neha supports him unconditionally and he relies heavily upon her. However, after his life ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, uplifting
Plot:
boxing, ambition, follow your dream, human spirit, athlete's life, family relations, athlete and trainer, rivalry, hopes, lifestyle, pregnancy, championship ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
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, athlete's life, one more chance, starting over, ambition, boxing, lifestyle, hopes, contests and competitions, follow your dream, power relations, martial arts ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, florida, miami
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Tom Berenger leads an outstanding cast in this bone-crunching dramatization of legendary college football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's debut at Texas A&M in the summer of 1954. The often unnerving story finds Bryant ducking the ...
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, realistic, sincere
Plot:
american football, teachers and students, against the odds, hopes, discrimination, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, ambition, underdog, youth, tough heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, alabama, texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Scottish second division football team Kilnockie is taken over by American Pete Cameron. The new owner puts pressure on manager Gordon McLeod to improve the fortunes of the team, and hires first division player Jackie McQuillan.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, inspirational, captivating, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
soccer, athlete's life, follow your dream, underdog, ambition, lifestyle, friendship, against the odds, football, sport team, athlete and trainer, society ...
Place:
scotland, glasgow scotland, europe
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Defining street basketball as America's new favorite pastime, it is a story driven by passion, faith, and achieving goals. A story capturing the poetic nature of street basketball, highlighting the struggles endured on and off the court by the ...
Style:
serious, touching, sincere, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
basketball, lifestyle, ambition, family problems, hopes, youth, life is a bitch, society, athlete's life, contests and competitions, rivalry, urban ghetto life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
american football, terminal illness, athlete's life, human spirit, bittersweet, life is a bitch, hopes, ambition, black, football, racing, special needs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Story about two 18-year-old girls, Angie and Sandra, who want to dedicate themselves to women's professional boxing.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, suspense
Plot:
female boxer, family relations, friendship, athlete's life, ambition, athlete and trainer, parents and children, hopes, contests and competitions, lifestyle, family life, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
100%
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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, tough heroes, ambition, human spirit, rivalry, athlete's life, against the odds, follow your dream, contests and competitions, lifestyle, relationship vs career ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
100%
200
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:
independent film, uplifting, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
boxing, boxer, youth, family relations, underdog, aging, supportive spouse, athlete and trainer, ambition, follow your dream, hopes, rise to the top ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
4K
Genre: Action, 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, family relations, athlete's life, ambition, follow your dream, rise to the top, hopes, once promising, rivalry, lifestyle, athlete and trainer, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
100%
3K
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:
serious, realistic, captivating, sincere
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxer, boxing, rags to riches, athlete's life, biopic, african american, professional sports, strength, muscleman, bare chested male, world champion, professional athlete ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
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267
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Set in the world of X-treme snowboarding "White Air" tells the story of Alex Crow, ('Riley Smith' ), a once-promising snowboarder who has lost his edge. To make ends meet he is working in Steve's local garage (Tom Sizemore) ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, exciting, captivating
Plot:
working class, friendship, skiing, against the odds, ambition, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, human spirit, lifestyle, rivalry, contests and competitions, midlife crisis ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
In a conservative small town, a young man's wish to coach high school basketball are tweaked by a school board decision that makes him the new coach of the girls' team.
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, inspirational, spiritual
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
hopes, athlete and trainer, small town, youth, underdog, ambition, rivalry, contests and competitions, prodigy, against the odds, dedicated educator, human spirit ...
Time:
60s, year 2006
Place:
oklahoma, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
boxer, boxing, black american, infidelity, prison, rise and fall, discrimination, racism, prison life, lifestyle, downfall, athlete's life ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 50s, 1950s, 70s
Place:
usa, missouri
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
True story of Kent Stock, who in the early 90's, gives up a job and ditches his wedding plans to take over as head coach as the Norway High School baseball team. Kent must win over his players and convince them and himself that he can fill ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, touching, sincere, historical drama ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
baseball, hopes, high school sports, coach, sport team, small town, ambition, against the odds, one last chance, youth, human spirit, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2007, 90s
Place:
iowa, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The coach of a women's swim team parlays her success into an opportunity to build her school's men's golf team.
Style:
captivating, touching, feel good, serious, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night, teens
Plot:
golf, against the odds, human spirit, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, follow your dream, once in a lifetime opportunity, lifestyle, social misfits, ambition, hopes, teacher ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
tennessee, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
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:
touching, serious, emotional, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
boxer, hopes, boxing, athlete's life, follow your dream, against the odds, ambition, rise to the top, contests and competitions, prodigy, underdog, biopic ...
Time:
1930s, 21st century
Place:
italy, new york, europe
Similarity:
100%
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