Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), The Bleeder (2016), Rocky (1976), The Brawler (2019), Cinderella Man (2005), The Hammer (2007), Saala Khadoos (2016), Gentleman Jim (1942) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Boxing Match movies.
Storyline: When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ Rocky Balboa, reigning heavyweight titleholder Mason Dixon retaliates by challenging the Itallian Stallion to a nationally televised, 10-round exhibition bout. To the surprise of his son and friends, Rocky agrees to come out of retirement and face an opponent who's faster, stronger and thirty years his junior. With the odds stacked firmly against him, Rocky takes on Dixon in what will become the greatest fight in boxing history, a hard-hitting, action-packed battle of the ages.
Plot Keywords: boxing, inspirational, sports, aging, challenge, training, honor ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A wily D.A.(Brady) gets a 10 year conviction of a young 20 year old (Robert Graham)who he knows killed a man in self defense. Years later Brady becomes warden of the prison holding Graham. When Brady realizes that 6 years of working in the prison jute mill has pushed Graham to the breaking point, he gives him a chance- a new job as his valet. Graham responds well and earns the respect of both the warden and his beautiful daughter. Graham's mettle is put to the test when he stumbles onto a prison murder committed by his cell-mate. He must choose between the criminal code of silence and the warden's strong persuasion to reveal the killer.—Gary Jackson <garyjack5@cogeco.ca>
Plot Keywords: action, drama, sports, boxing, 1930s, black and white, classic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: 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 ten Diggstown men, in a boxing ring, within twenty-four hours. "Honey" Roy Palmer is that man, although at forty-eight, many say he is too old. A subplot was thrown in about Charles Macum Diggs, the heavyweight champion that gave the town its name, and who is now confined to a wheelchair.—Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>
Plot Keywords: boxing, gambling, revenge, prison, con, small town, challenge ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Rocky Balboa accompanies his friend Apollo Creed to the ring in a boxing match against a Russian Boxer named Ivan Drago. Drago is too strong for Creed, and unfortunately kills him in his match. Balboa blames himself for Creed's death and is determined to defeat Drago in a boxing match. He gains the help of Creed's former manager, Duke and travels to U.S.S.R. to take on Drago.
Plot Keywords: boxing, sports, usa, cold war, soviet union, revenge, training ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: On November 1988, Vinny Pazienza boxes Roger Mayweather for the WBC World Light Welterweight Title. He arrives late to the weigh-in, as he has been riding a stationary bicycle in order to make the weight limit. Vinny's final weight is 140 pounds even, which qualifies him for the fight. Instead of resting up for the fight, Vinny spends the night at a casino. The following day, he loses to Mayweather. At one point during the fight, Vinny is hit after the bell. His boxing manager Lou Duva causes a scene by going after Mayweather, but is punched as a result. Following the match, Duva tells the media that Vinny should retire from boxing. This angers Vinny's father Angelo (who serves as his coach), and he confronts Duva. In the ensuing argument, Vinny announces that he wants another fight, and hires Kevin Rooney as his coach..
Plot Keywords: boxing, biography, sports, inspirational, true story, athlete, recovery ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Sylvester Stallone returns to the character which made him famous in this wildly successful sequel. Rocky III starts with the Italian Stallion so famous that his likeness is everywhere, including pinball machines. Fame and complacency soon cause Balboa to lose his title to young thug Clubber Lang (Mr. T), who inadvertently causes the death of Rocky's beloved trainer, Mickey (Burgess Meredith), before their first championship bout. After sinking into a depression, Balboa must regain the love and support of his family, as well as the elusive "eye of the tiger," the hungry need to beat the opponent which former foe Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) teaches him during this film's training sequence. In the end, Balboa faces off against Lang for a second time.
Plot Keywords: boxing, sports, inspirational, american, sequel, champion, training ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A film biography of American humorist Will Rogers of Oklahoma. It captures the highlights of his life from Oklahoma ranch life to traveling the world in search adventure and a life as a performer in vaudeville. Portrayed by Will Rogers, Jr. He has the sound and character to be his father--the Cherokee Kid, Will Rogers.
Plot Keywords: boxing, drama, sports, british film, black and white, 1950s, social class ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister. The newspapers get hold of the story and photographers even catch Burleigh knock out Speed again. Speed's crooked manager decides to turn Burleigh into a fighter. Burleigh doesn't realize that all of his opponents have been asked to take a dive. Thinking he really is a great fighter, Burleigh develops a swelled head which puts a crimp in his relationship with pretty nightclub singer Polly Pringle. He may finally get his comeuppance when he challenges Speed for the title.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, musical, boxing, 1940s, black and white, hollywood, remake ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Follows the life of Roberto Duran, who made his professional debut in 1968 as a 16-year-old and retired in 2002 at age 50. In June 1980, he defeated Sugar Ray Leonard to capture the WBC welterweight title but shocked the boxing world by returning to his corner in the November rematch, saying 'no mas' (no more).
Plot Keywords: biography, sports, boxing, drama, history, true story, sports film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: 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 ghettos. While being exploited by a boxing promoter the two teens become friends. An explosive ending puts the two friends in the ring against each other in a fight for survival.—Joe Miller <joe938216@aol.com>
Plot Keywords: action, adventure, boxing, sports, drama, inspirational, struggle ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A documentary, photographed in black-and-white, with a hip jazz soundtrack, looks at the boys and coach of a small but accomplished boxing club near Portland, Oregon. The film focuses on the coach, former Olympic contender and pro athlete Andy Minsker, and tells not only the story of his devotion to his young athletes, but hints at childhood obsticles which may have prompted Minsker, as an adult, to give his students guidance, support and love with such enthuasism and dedication.—Sean Parlaman <seanpar@efn.org>
Plot Keywords: documentary, biography, boxing, sports, true story, athlete, life story ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An older woman discovers that her multi-million dollar fortune was based on embezzlement, so she sets out to right the wrong. She goes to America to meet the young woman who is the one and only heir to the embezzled man years before. She works in a department store, in love with a struggling pianist. When the handsome young attorney tries to give the young woman a check for a million dollars, the heiress doesn't believe it. On the sly, the older woman befriends the younger woman.
Plot Keywords: boxing, sports, inspirational, female, struggle, dream, success ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Steve Landry, an aging boxer with more losses than wins, accepts to become a sparring partner for an emerging champion in a last-ditch attempt to stay relevant.
Plot Keywords: boxing, sports, inspirational, struggle, dream, training, competition ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Young boxer Tommy Riley (J.P. Davis) is a talented but undisciplined fighter who is still recovering from splitting up with his girlfriend, Stephanie (Christina Chambers). Though hindered by considerable emotional baggage, Tommy wants to reinvigorate his career and finds a dedicated trainer in the form of ex-boxer Marty Goldberg (Eddie Jones). Under Marty's tutelage, Tommy starts to thrive once again, but a surprising revelation threatens to shatter their strong connection.
Plot Keywords: boxing, sports, inspirational, drama, independent film, american film, athlete ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When he completes his military service Walter Gulick returns to his birthplace, Cream Valley, New York. He was orphaned as an infant and grew up elsewhere but always wanted to return to where he was from. He hopes to be a mechanic but soon after his arrival finds himself working as a sparring partner at a boxing camp. Having lost all of his money in a crap game, Walter is happy to take any kind of work but a devastating right hook sends him down a different path. Willy Grogan thinks he has a winner in Walter who, after helping a lady out, is dubbed Kid Galahad. Willy is a likable man but gambles too much and may have been a witness to a mobster's conversation that would best be forgotten. As Walter gains more success, and falls in love with Willy's sister Rose, Willy Grogan finds himself coming under pressure from mobsters to make Walter takes a dive at his next big fight.—garykmcd
Plot Keywords: boxing, romance, drama, sports, inspirational, coming of age, american ...
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