Movies like The Hammer 2017
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The Hammer (2017)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When prison boxer George "The Hammer" Martin is offered freedom for fighting in the 1984 Olympics, he says no in order to protect the woman he loves, forcing his best friend to learn the true meaning of loyalty.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, heartfelt, inspirational, tense, soulful
Plot:
boxing, friendship, faith, prison, boxer, best friend, sacrifice, loyalty, love, prisoner, life is a bitch, jailed, jail, boxing champion, life sentence, prizefighter, prison life, personal growth, redemption, moral dilemma, boxing training, fight scenes, mentor, character study, rehabilitation ...
Time:
80s
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Most similar movies to The Hammer
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, captivating, psychological and thrilling films with plots about redemption, urban, friendship, second chance, moral dilemma, hopes and underdog mostly in Drama, Sport and Action genres. Some movies like The Hammer: O.G. (2018), Shadow Fighter (2017), Redemption Way (2017), Sing Sing (2023), The Combination: Redemption (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Louis Menkins is five weeks away from being released after 26 years in prison. He is faced with the decision to put his own release at risk in order to protect a young man named Beecher from growing gang controversies.
Style:
realistic, suspense, disturbing, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
prison, prisoner, friendship, jailed, urban, prison life, realism, convict, confined, social problems, maximum security prison, jail ...
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A homeless ex-boxer and an inner-city kid's unlikely bond, helps them face their future, while fighting the tragedy from their past!
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
ex boxer, tragedy, boxer, boxing, redemption, homeless man, confronting the past, life is a bitch, troubled past, homeless, social problems, tragic past ...
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Growing up, Jenny and Autumn were best friends. However, a choice tore them apart. Now it will take an unthinkable sacrifice to reunite them.
Style:
christian film, psychological, touching, contemplative, sincere ...
Plot:
faith, christian, friendship, love, faith based, female friendship, fall in love, redemption, couple relations, couples, christianity, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
74%
28K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group with other incarcerated men.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, inspirational, f word
Plot:
prison, theater, african american, jail cell, jailed, prison life, theatre play, falsely accused, problem, false accusation of murder, accused of murder, prison sentence ...
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Six years on and John is still haunted by the death of his younger brother. The choices he faces will push him to the edge like never before.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
redemption, gang, moral dilemma, boxing, traumatic past, loss of brother, traumatic memory, painful memories, life is a bitch, memories, criminal gang, fight ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true events of Luke Benjamin Bernard. His spiritual and physical transformation is told through the life of two brothers.
Style:
heartfelt, emotional, thrilling, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
redemption, family values, family drama, reconciliation, forgiveness, jealousy, brotherhood, brother brother conflict, wrestler, family problems, brother brother relationship, brother ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When Mr. Deen discovers one of his students has been living out of his car and thrown into jail, he decides to bail him out. Determined to curb Nate’s self-destructive behavior, Deen quickly discovers a host of dark secrets slowly tearing Nate ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, thrilling, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
teenager, trauma, life is a bitch, teenage life, troubled past, tragic past, confronting the past, moral dilemma, self destructing, redemption, desperation, abuse ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A school takes on a troublesome boy from juvenile hall, in order to try to help him settle back in to normal life. But everything seems to be mounted against him, including a drunken mother.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
troubled youth, family drama, rehabilitation, juvenile delinquency, second chance, underdog, redemption, teacher student relationship, character study, social realism, parents, mentor ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young female prison guard finds out that her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughest prisons in the country.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, noir, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
prison, women in prison, survival, moral dilemma, violence, sexism, corruption, isolation, law and order, realism, urban, redemption ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Basically the Christian version of Rocky
Style:
uplifting, inspirational, emotional, serious, tense ...
Plot:
boxing, boxing match, underdog, coach, determination, redemption, personal growth, perseverance, faith based, hopes, religion, competition ...
Similarity:
51%
144
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Zhou Si, who was so desperate in boxing, was sentenced to five years in prison for an accident. After his release, his wife died, leaving only his daughter Zhou Zi waiting for him. The young daughter was found to have leukemia, and Zhou Shi returned ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional, inspirational ...
Plot:
boxing, boxing trainer, comeback, father daughter relationship, redemption, perseverance, prison, ex convict, muscleman, arena, combat, scuffle ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
How much difference does one second make? Can it be the difference between life and death? A loser single father learns that lesson the hard way when he becomes gifted with the power of seeing one second into the future. When his ability is exposed, ...
Style:
serious, exciting, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
boxing, sporting event, prizefighter, sports man, boxing training, sport competition, professional sports, boxer, professional athlete, supernatural ability, second chance, single father ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jonathan Wright has it all, a prestigious job, incredibly beautiful wife Amy, gorgeous 7-year-old daughter Megan and countless friends. In the prime of his life, Jonathan suffers a life threatening brain aneurysm that leaves him comatose. After ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, suspenseful, spiritual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
salvation, love, christian, friendship, filmmaking, family relations, best friend, father daughter relationship, parent child relationship, friends, friendship between men, second chance ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
A kickboxer is trying to make his comeback after a few years in jail.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, realistic, tension
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kickboxing, ambition, boxer, comeback, redemption, kickboxer, boxing, boxing training, professional sports, athlete's life, life is a bitch, athlete and trainer ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The gangster Manysia is given a second chance after his release from prison. Reverend Jacob Musi takes him under his wings, both as a promise to Manysia’s father and as an act of benevolence. Reverend Jacob thinks that everyone deserves a fresh ...
Style:
emotional, intense, tense, suspense
Plot:
forgiveness, second chance, redemption, hopes, moral dilemma, character study, pastor, guilt, gangster, social realism, urban, mentor ...
Place:
south africa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After abandoning her son, a female boxing trainer rises from the ashes to coach him in the biggest fight of his career.
Style:
poignant, tense, inspirational
Plot:
boxing, mother son relationship, redemption, family drama, comeback, fight scenes, second chance, urban, working class, abandoned by mother, alcoholic, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
42%
299
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Dives into the often ignored seedy underbelly of Maine and it follows Emma Maddox as she returns to her hometown years following the mysterious death of her brother, Mikey. As she reconnects with his best friend Tommy, the two rekindle their flame ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
redemption, revenge, small town, problem, bereavement, life is a bitch, lie, getting home, investigation, betrayal, friendship, coastal town ...
Place:
maine
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An underprivileged, gifted young black man from Newark reaches Yale University, only for shadows and injustices from his past to threaten his future.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
biopic, character study, family drama, father son relationship, social commentary, poverty, life is a bitch, social problems, past, confronting the past, social issues, class conflict ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 90s, 80s
Place:
yale university
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Kalib is ready for one of the fights of his life, he's going up for boxings Lightweight Championship Title of the world, but when trouble erupts-his life takes an awkward turn.
Style:
emotional, intense, inspirational, dramatic, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
boxing, redemption, domestic violence, determination, resilience, boxer, underdog, recovery, family conflict, moral dilemma, violence, coach ...
Similarity:
39%
454
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Colombia, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Eliú, a country boy, is incarcerated́ in an experimental minors' centre in the heart of the Colombian tropical forest, for a crime he committed with his friend El Mono. Every day, the teenagers perform strenuous manual labour and intense ...
Style:
tense, psychological, thrilling, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
prison life, teenager, guilt, trauma, juvenile detention, prison sentence, teenage boy, confined, jail, prison, prisoner, life is a bitch ...
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Libaraiers "Rilla" Stanford, has just been released from prison and finds that his immediate world has changed, knowing that the dangers of the streets remain the same, his only mission is to take care of his 6yr old son, Kevin.
Style:
captivating, psychological, suspenseful, crime drama, realistic ...
Plot:
prison, street gang, criminal underworld, ex convict, life is a bitch, problem, changing lives, criminal gang, gang, urban setting, bandit, city life ...
Similarity:
38%
198
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The story of a man suffering from mental illness who attempts to rebuild his life.
Style:
realistic, uplifting, sincere, independent film, psychological ...
Plot:
mental illness, redemption, parents and children, starting over, hopes, family relations, friendship, empathy, realism, character study, isolation, independence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
How have you been? Takeshi's letter is delivered one each month to his younger brother, Naoki. Takeshi is serving a life term in prison for the crime that he had committed to save his brother. But the crime's aftereffect extends to Naoki, ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, poignant ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
relationships, sacrifice, brotherhood, life is a bitch, family relations, love story, problem, male female relationship, brothers, love and romance, love interest, jail ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
36%
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160
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In Brunnenberg prison for men, the new warden introduces a revolutionary convict re-socializing project: training guide dogs for the blind. The perks make all convicts volunteer for only seven slots. Except burly macho Moskowitch 'Mosk', ...
Style:
emotional, comedy drama, uplifting
Plot:
prison, human animal relationship, rehabilitation, underdog, personal growth, heartwarming, animal training, empathy, loyalty, redemption, responsibility, friendship ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Suenaga finds his life on the verge of collapsing as violence consumes those around him. However, he finds a worthy opponent in Omura, an up-and-coming wunderkind who is trying to escape his violent past. The men's fight for redemption ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, intense, emotional, heartfelt ...
Plot:
boxing, fight, prizefighter, underdog, rivalry, redemption, determination, perseverance, resilience, ambition, ambitious man, champion ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Doug and Amber were madly in love and married during their college years. Driven by the "dream" of a prosperous life together - Amber worked two jobs to put Doug through school. Soon after they shared in his business success and celebrated ...
Style:
christian film, captivating, dramatic, sincere, serious ...
Plot:
love, marriage, infidelity, gospel, affair, husband wife conflict, domestic drama, family relations, couples, married couple, couple relations, relationships ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Based on the story of Alma the Younger. Sara is at the top of her game. She has the chance to be chosen for an elite summer tennis program, but her hopes are dashed unexpectedly by the one person no one likes - Colton. Colton is at the bottom of ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, teen, inspirational ...
Plot:
tennis, faith, christian, redemption, car crash, relationships, male female relationship, lifestyle change, changing lives, teenager, teenage love, love affair ...
Similarity:
34%
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:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
An extraordinary story of a small boy and his journey from orphanage to being a son of an IAS officer and his fight against terrorism to save his dear friends.
Style:
uplifting, emotional, inspirational, action drama, action packed ...
Audience:
family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, courage, rags to riches, loyalty, anti terrorism, resilience, personal growth, adoption, patriotism, sacrifice, redemption ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An ex-convict's mother's worst suspicions about her son are confirmed when he is implicated in a murder
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot:
ex convict, social problems, problem, family problems, life is a bitch, relationships, prisoner, family relations, murder suspect, prison, jail, murder trial ...
Similarity:
32%
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