Highest-Rated Movies about 'Boxing Gloves'

Million Dollar Baby (2004), The Fighter (2010), The Quiet Man (1952), Billy Elliot (2000), Maurice (1987), To Sir, with Love (1967), I, Tonya (2017), El Topo (1970) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Boxing Gloves movies.

#16. A Prayer Before Dawn (2017)

Storyline: Billy Moore, an English boxer, down on his luck, addicted to Ya Ba, and stuck in Thailand, ends up getting arrested and sent to Chiang Mai Prison, where he struggles to survive and eventually ends up fighting in Muay Tai boxing tournaments.

Plot Keywords: boxing, male frontal nudity, briefs, male rape, prison rape, male underwear, gambling ...

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#17. Widows (2018)

Storyline: "Widows" is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities. Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, tensions build when Veronica (Viola Davis), Alice (Elizabeth Debicki), Linda (Michelle Rodriguez) and Belle (Cynthia Erivo) take their fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.

Plot Keywords: heist, car chase, harlot, profanity, restaurant, penthouse, n word ...

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#18. Ali (2001)

Storyline: In 1964, a brash new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes on to the scene, Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self confidence with his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. To his credit, he sets out to prove that with his highly agile and forceful style soon making him a formidable boxer who soon claims the heavyweight championship. His personal life is no less noteworthy with his allegiance to the Nation of Islam, his friendship with the controversial Malcolm X and his abandonment of his slave name in favor of Muhammad Ali stirring up controversy. Yet, at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test with the military draft rules are changed, making him eligible for military induction during the Vietnam War. Despite the fact that he could easily agree to a sweetheart deal that would have meant an easy tour of ...

Plot Keywords: sweat, hit in the face, racism, racial issues, racial discrimination, boxing match, boxing champion ...

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#19. Rocky III (1982)

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: third part, strongman, boxing gloves, tough guy, sweat, push ups, fistfight ...

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#20. Boy Wonder (2010)

Storyline: A young Brooklyn boy witnesses the brutal murder of his mother and grows up obsessed with finding her killer. Thus begins his life as a quiet, straight-A student by day and a self-appointed hero at night. But what is a real hero? And who decides what is right or wrong? As the boundaries blur, Sean's dual life wears on his psyche and his two worlds careen dangerously close to colliding. Like a graphic novel you can't put down, Boy Wonder challenges morality, distorting perceptions of what is right and what is justified, as it races to its shocking conclusion.—Michael Morissey

Plot Keywords: subway, punching bag, witness protection, hoodie, gun, child abuse, violence ...

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#22. Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

Storyline: Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh, after escaping death from the previous movies are put on a hit list by The Triads. When blood thirsty mercenaries are on their tail they team up again with Leo Getz and Lorna Cole, a newcomer (Chris Rock) to finally put an end to the Triads for good.

Plot Keywords: kung fu, martial arts, secret room, shot in the arm, shot in the chest, shot to death, shootout ...

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#23. The Recruit (2003)

Storyline: In an era when the country's first line of defense, intelligence, is more important than ever, this story opens the CIA's infamous closed doors and gives an insider's view into the Agency: how trainees are recruited, how they are prepared for the spy game, and what they learn to survive. James Clayton might not have the attitude of a typical recruit, but he is one of the smartest graduating seniors in the country - and he's just the person that Walter Burke wants in the Agency. James regards the CIA's mission as an intriguing alternative to an ordinary life, but before he becomes an Ops Officer, James has to survive the Agency's secret training ground, where green recruits are molded into seasoned veterans. As Burke teaches him the ropes and the rules of the game, James quickly rises through the ranks and falls for Layla, one of his fellow recruits. But just when James starts to question his role and his cat-and-mouse relationship with his mentor, Burke taps him for a special ...

Plot Keywords: cia, recruit, training, revenge, taxi, card playing, embassy ...

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#24. Hollywood Ending (2002)

Storyline: Val Waxman is a film director who was once big in the 1970's and 1980's, but has now has been reduced to directing TV commercials. Finally, he gets an offer to make a big film. But, disaster strikes, when Val goes temporarily blind, due to paranoia. So, he and a few friends, try to cover up his disability, without the studio executives or the producers knowing that he is directing the film blind.

Plot Keywords: film within a film, boxing gloves, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, ex husband ex wife relationship, falling from height, father son relationship, female reporter ...

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#25. The Kid From Brooklyn (1946)

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: brooklyn new york city, horse, carrot, fired from the job, clothes ripped off, mob of reporters, black eye ...

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#26. Money Monster (2016)

Storyline: In the real-time, high stakes thriller Money Monster, George Clooney and Julia Roberts star as financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty, who are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor who has lost everything (Jack O'Connell) forcefully takes over their studio. During a tense standoff broadcast to millions on live TV, Lee and Patty must work furiously against the clock to unravel the mystery behind a conspiracy at the heart of today's fast-paced, high-tech global markets.

Plot Keywords: cameraman, police, bomb, gun, delivery man, toilet, actor shares first name with character ...

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#27. Gladiator (1992)

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: hood, undressing, father son relationship, male rear nudity, debt collector, public nudity, public humiliation ...

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#28. A Kid for Two Farthings (1956)

Storyline: In a lower-class London community of small shops, open-air vendors and flea-marketers, Joe, a small boy, lives with his mother, Joanne, who works in and rooms above the Kandinsky tailor shop. Joe is innocently and earnestly determined to help realize the wishes of his poor, hard-working neighbours. Hearing from Mr. Kandinsky the tale that a captured unicorn will grant any wish, Joe uses his accumulated pocket change to buy a kid with an emerging horn, believing it to be a unicorn. His subsequent efforts to make dreams come true exemplify the power of hope and will amidst hardship.—Eric Wees <eric_wees@pch.gc.ca>

Plot Keywords: fight, fence, father son relationship, falling, exercise, dress, dressmaker ...

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#29. The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995)

Storyline: The story of two girls, Randy and Evie. Randy is a low economic class lesbian living with other lesbians including her aunt. Evie is a wealthy, popular girl with a boyfriend. When Evie befriends Randy, she begins to feel a passion for her she's never felt before. What follows is a sweet, tender romance between the two while Evie is cast away by her friends and Randy is chided by her family. The two don't care, though, because they are in love.—Jason Ihle <jrihl@conncoll.edu>

Plot Keywords: chewing gum, drawing, drinking, drink, drug use, earphones, ex girlfriend ...

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#30. Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)

Storyline: When a small town is invaded by aliens from outer space who are capturing and killing the townspeople, no one takes them seriously. Why? The aliens all look like circus clowns, use weapons that look clown like, and all have painted on smiles. Only a few of the young people in the town realize the danger and of course no one believes them. Armed with an ice cream truck they try and rescue their friends.

Plot Keywords: puppet show, decapitation, popcorn, cotton candy, killer clown, amusement park, evil clown ...

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