World champion movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant world champion movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, inspirational, exciting and sincere films and TV shows about / with world champion, sport, rivalry, ambition, boxer, contests and competitions, athlete's life, boxing, husband wife relationship and vengeance plots mostly in Drama, Sport and Biography genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as world champion: Rush (2013), Rocky (1976), Max Schmeling (2010), Rocky II (1979), Kunlun Fight (2014), Surf's Up (2007), Rocky V (1990), Rocky III (1982), Bokser (2011), The Rack Pack (2016).
Best films
List of world champion movies
487K
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A biographical drama centered on the rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 Formula One motor-racing season.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, tense, exciting, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car race, sport, rivalry, racecar driver, rise to the top, race, formula 1, race car, world champion, motor sport, car racing, success ...
Time:
70s, year 1986, year 1975, year 1970, year 1976 ...
Place:
europe, sao paulo brazil, mount fuji, japan, vienna ...
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589K
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, motivational, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, manly, family outing, teens
Plot:
boxing, fight, underdog, self esteem, character study, sport, training, boxer, love story, violence, fistfight, fight scenes ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport, War
Country: Germany, Croatia
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Max Schmeling. A national hero in the 1930's when he became World heavyweight champion. He lost favour with the Nazi regime when he lost to a black man, Joe Louis, and is sent to the front in the hope he will be ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, bleak
Plot:
world war two, nazi germany, world champion, anti semitism, athlete's life, fighting the system, sport, hopes, boxing, against humanity, lifestyle, society ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s
Place:
europe, new york, hamburg germany, berlin germany, germany ...
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217K
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, feel good, sincere, rough, captivating ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, family outing, teens
Plot:
boxing, sport, fight, underdog, boxer, heroes, brutality, violence, training, world champion, championship, comeback ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Sport
Country: China
TV show
Story:
Kunlun Fight is a leading kickboxing promotion. Started in 2014 the events are broadcast worldwide and include the best fighters and biggest stars in the sport like Buakaw Banchamek and Artur Kyshenko
Style:
inspirational, captivating, breathtaking, uplifting
Plot:
kickboxing, mixed martial arts, fight, martial arts, professional sports, competition, tournament, world champion, champion, entertainment, boxing, fistfight ...
Place:
china, asia
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83K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Cody is a surfing penguin from Shiverpool who dreams of making it big and being like his idol Big Z. On his journey he discovers his talents are not all he thinks they are and he must learn to accept that their is more to surfing than fame and ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, inspirational, stylized, witty ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, girls' night, preschoolers
Plot:
surfing, sport, talking animals, animals, penguins, competition, sea, friendship, catastrophe, island, world champion, athlete's life ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
antarctica, hawaii, california, fictional island
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142K
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, sexy, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, teens, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
boxing, sport, fight, boxer, underdog, betrayal, coach, champion, training, fight scenes, heroes, gym ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, russia, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city
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198K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Now the world champion, Rocky Balboa is living in luxury and only fighting opponents who pose no threat to him in the ring, until Clubber Lang challenges him to a bout. After taking a pounding from Lang, the humbled champ turns to former bitter ...
Style:
inspirational, captivating, suspenseful, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, family outing, boys' night, teens
Plot:
boxing, sport, boxer, comeback, martial arts, fame, training, coach, defeat, victory, world champion, athlete's life ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, los angeles, russia, new york ...
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113
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The films was inspired by true events. Przemyslaw Saleta, World's Kickboxing Champion and European Champion in professional boxing gave a kidney to his seriously ill daughter. There were unexpected complications during the surgery and Saleta ...
Style:
touching, psychological, tense
Plot:
dysfunctional marriage, fight, kickboxing, illness, operation, boxer, world champion, parent child relationship, husband wife relationship, suspense, athlete, male female relationship ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The 1980s snooker rivalry between Alex “Hurricane” Higgins and Steve “The Nugget” Davis, two very different personalities who helped popularise the sport on TV.
Style:
light, sincere, disturbing, unusual plot structure, captivating ...
Plot:
snooker, sport, alcohol abuse, alcoholic, professional sports, british, professional athlete, self destructing, manager, rivalry, husband wife relationship, sports hero ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 1982
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Latvia, Switzerland
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A story about the Latvian basketball team, which won the first-ever European Championships in 1935 and its enthusiastic head coach Valdemars Baumanis.
Style:
disturbing, captivating
Plot:
basketball, sport, coach, basketball team, athlete's life, basketball player, competition, team, contests and competitions, basketball coach, sport team, world championship wrestling ...
Place:
europe, latvia, switzerland
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207
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Nominated for two primetime Emmy Awards in 1984, this made-for-TV movie follows the true story of American boxer Jack Dempsey, who became a media sensation in the 1920s as the world heavyweight champion. Based upon the book by Jack Dempsey and ...
Style:
sexy, uplifting, sexual, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
boxing, world champion, graphic violence, ambition, unfulfillment, athlete's life, power relations, couple relations, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, sport, one last chance ...
Time:
80s, 1920s
Place:
utah
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2K
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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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A swirling, impressionistic portrait of an artist who regretted nothing, writer-director Olivier Dahan's La Vie en Rose stars Marion Cotillard in a blazing performance as the legendary French icon Edith Piaf. From the mean streets of the ...
Style:
touching, disturbing, atmospheric, gloomy, melancholic ...
Plot:
music, musician's life, french, singer, death, destiny, childhood, art, artist, love story, rising to stardom, loss of child ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe, new york, normandy ...
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222K
Genre: Action, 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, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly, family outing
Plot:
boxing, sport, father son relationship, athlete's life, fight, comeback, boxer, training, aging, life philosophy, life, human spirit ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, las vegas
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damien Anderson, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that ...
Style:
interesting
Plot:
boxing, orphan, prodigy, retirement, ex convict, father daughter relationship, male protagonist, husband wife conflict, boxing match, husband wife relationship, african american, professional sports ...
Place:
philadelphia
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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
Plot:
racism, boxing, follow your dream, human spirit, athlete's life, contests and competitions, fighting the system, rising to stardom, ambition, religions or cults, lifestyle, politics ...
Time:
70s
Place:
asia, vietnam
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eric and Kurt Sloane are the descendants of a well-known Venice, California-based family of martial artists. Kurt, the younger of the two, has always been in his brother Eric’s shadow, and despite his talent has been told he lacks the instinct ...
Style:
inspirational, suspenseful, exciting, road movie, entertaining ...
Plot:
martial arts, revenge, vengeance, brother brother relationship, martial arts training, master warrior, mentor, mixed martial arts, fistfight, muscleman, athlete and trainer, teacher ...
Place:
venice beach california, thailand
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Genre: Documentary, Biography, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Fully authorized, access-all-areas feature doc on the hugely charismatic and globally adored Usain Bolt – officially the fastest man alive. With never-before-seen archive footage of his youth in Jamaica, through to original footage that will be ...
Style:
inspirational
Plot:
track and field, game, black history, jamaican, sport, olympic athlete, athlete, champion, runner, race, world champion, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2012, year 2008, 2000s, year 2016 ...
Place:
beijing china, jamaica, rio de janeiro
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Despite having drastically different personalities, high school boys Peco and Smile have been friends since childhood. Now, they’re both talented members of a table tennis club—but what happens when these sports lovers have to go up against each ...
Style:
anime, psychological, captivating, inspirational, intense ...
Plot:
ping pong, coming of age, high school, sport, contests and competitions, friendship, ambition, rivalry, human spirit, athlete and trainer, against the odds, teacher ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Sato is 27-year-old single man. He is waiting for a dramatic moment in his life that will lead to love. He works at a market research company. One day, he asks random passersby in front of Sendai Station to fill out a questionnaire. He has a hard ...
Style:
captivating, light, romantic, entertaining
Plot:
looking for love, love and romance, male female relationship, couple relations, in love, fall in love, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair, job seeking, japanese teenager, japanese woman ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Female students, including Hikari Tomonaga, from a high school cheerdance club follow strict instructions from their teacher Kaoruko Saotome. They compete at the USA Cheerdance Championship.
Plot:
cheerleader, sexy girl, pretty girl, coach, competition, school, performance, teenager, school club, boss, schoolgirl, teacher ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
This film chronicles the life of Lane Frost, 1987 PRCA Bull Riding World Champion, his marriage and his friendships with Tuff Hedeman (three-time World Champion) and Cody Lambert.
Style:
sentimental, captivating, realistic, sincere, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, kids
Plot:
rodeo, rodeo cowboy, sport, cowboy, ambition, rising to stardom, rivalry, love, human spirit, contests and competitions, underdog, rise and fall ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
oklahoma, las vegas, new jersey, arizona
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
Grand Prix driver Pete Aron is fired by his team after a crash at Monaco that injures his teammate, Scott Stoddard. While Stoddard struggles to recover, Aron begins to drive for another team, and starts dating Stoddard's wife.
Style:
cynical, exciting, captivating, tense, serious ...
Plot:
motor sport, formula 1, car race, car, sport, car chase, auto racing, race car, race, car racing, rivalry, motor racing ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
europe, italy, england, london, monaco ...
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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:
serious, sincere, realistic
Plot:
sport, racism, world war two, boxing, friendship, interracial relations, boxer, contests and competitions, war, against humanity, ambition, human spirit ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s
Place:
new york, harlem, paris france, chicago illinois, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
On Skeet’s twelfth birthday his older brother Randy buys him his first surfboard. Suddenly his summer turns to the endless search for the perfect wave, wild times and beach parties and eventually, finding his own daring adventures when Randy’s ...
Style:
sentimental, serious, realistic, disturbing
Audience:
kids
Plot:
surfing, youth, coming of age, gang, brother brother relationship, friendship, father figure, siblings relations, teenage love, love triangle, teenage life, parents and children ...
Place:
california, usa, mexico
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Comedy, Crime
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The Jefferson’s honeymoon night in Hong Kong will be troubled by a number of people wishing to get hold of a Bouddha statuette that the husband offered her when window-shopping that day. When the going gets rough, it helps that Cal Jefferson is a ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, realistic, rough, humorous ...
Plot:
blaxploitation, kung fu, honeymoon, boxer, martial arts, buddha, attempted rape, mute, rivalry, partners, good versus evil, save the world ...
Time:
70s
Place:
hong kong, the philippines, asia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany, Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime. Iceman Chambers is the heavyweight champion, who lost his title due to a rape conviction to ten ...
Style:
talky, intense, stylized, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
boxing, prison, sport, african american, gangsters, fight, violence, jail, martial arts, hip hop, life sentence, prison fight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nevada, california, new jersey, usa, mojave desert ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Francesco Di Narnali is a world champion billiards Italian and American, with a particular talent for spectacular performances, in particular to be able to pit fifteen balls to the pool with a broom instead of a stick; hence the nickname "Mr. ...
Plot:
billiards, world champion, flowers, prostitution, single, cemetery, small town, ghost
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.
Style:
futuristic, harsh, cerebral, reflective, brutal ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sport, cyberpunk, violence, fighting the system, fistfight, corporation, tournament, resentment, courage, conspiracy, corporate executive, satire ...
Time:
future, near future, 70s, 2010s
Place:
tokyo, california, houston texas, geneva switzerland, new york
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