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1. The Survivor (2021)
R | 129 min | Biography, Drama, History
After World War II, Harry Haft is a boxer who fought against his peers in concentration camps. Haunted by memories, he tries to use fighting legends as a way to find his love.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Ben Foster, Billy Magnussen, Vicky Krieps, Peter Sarsgaard
Votes: 6,254
2. A Prayer Before Dawn (2017)
R | 116 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The true story of an English boxer incarcerated in one of Thailand's most notorious prisons as he fights in Muay Thai tournaments to earn his freedom.
Director: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire | Stars: Joe Cole, Vithaya Pansringarm, Cherry Miko, Panya Yimmumphai
Votes: 26,287
3. Jungleland (2019)
R | 90 min | Drama
Two brothers try to escape their circumstances by travelling across the country for a no holds barred boxing match that becomes a fight for their lives.
Director: Max Winkler | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Jack O'Connell, Naheem Garcia, Fran Kranz
Votes: 7,385
4. Kid Galahad (1962)
Approved | 96 min | Drama, Musical, Sport
After completing his military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter and takes him under his wing.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Elvis Presley, Gig Young, Lola Albright, Joan Blackman
Votes: 3,128 | Gross: $1.80M
5. The Set-Up (1949)
Approved | 73 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Sport
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter
Votes: 10,134
6. The Kid from Kokomo (1939)
Approved | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
A fight promoter finds his fighter, Homer Baston, in the sticks, a country hick left by his mother when he was young and he won't leave his home as he is still waiting for her to return to ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Wayne Morris, Joan Blondell, May Robson
Votes: 226
7. Magnet of Doom (1963)
102 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Broke French ex-paratrooper turned amateur boxer Michel Maudet becomes bodyguard for the fugitive corrupt banker Ferchaux.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Vanel, Michèle Mercier, Malvina Silberberg
Votes: 1,769
8. The Ring (I) (1927)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Two boxers compete for the love of a woman.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Carl Brisson, Lillian Hall-Davis, Ian Hunter, Forrester Harvey
Votes: 3,955
9. The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Romance
Prizefighter Jimmy Dolan accidentally kills a man at a party and escapes. He hides out at a health farm for invalid children and begins to lose his cynicism under the influence of the ... See full summary »
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young, Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee
Votes: 726
10. Agony (I) (2016)
Unrated | 93 min | Drama, Thriller
On the 29th of November, a young man murders and dismembers his girlfriend. The head, torso and limbs are found in various dumpsters in Vienna. The motive for the crime is still unclear.
Director: David Clay Diaz | Stars: Samuel Schneider, Alexander Srtschin, Alexandra Schmidt, Simon Hatzl
Votes: 336
11. Slap (2014)
25 min | Short, Drama
A teenage boxer searching for self-definition gives in to his true colours at the risk of losing everything.
Director: Nick Rowland | Stars: Joe Cole, Stephen Bent, Elliott Tittensor, Skye Lourie
Votes: 178
12. El Chata (2018)
TV-MA | 75 min | Drama, Sport
El Chata is a story about survival in a hostile environment. It's about staying in the fight and how in the middle of it, some manage to get back up and others don't.
Director: Gustavo Ramos Perales | Stars: Blas Sien Diaz, Alexon Duprey, Modesto Lacen, Carlos Miranda
Votes: 64
13. Elefantenherz (2002)
95 min | Drama
Daniel Brühl stars as a talented boxer, accepting an offer of a dubious businessman to become a professional. Marko Stemper, 19 years old, comes from a disadvantaged background and works as... See full summary »
Director: Züli Aladag | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Manfred Zapatka, Jochen Nickel, Angelika Bartsch
Votes: 323
14. Pesti ve tme (1987)
98 min | Drama, Sport
The year is 1936 and the nervous atmosphere in Central Europe caused by the Nazi threat is permeating the sport. Czech boxing champion Vilda Jakub will take on the German Kurt Schaller. The... See full summary »
Director: Jaroslav Soukup | Stars: Marek Vasut, Josef Nedorost, Eliska Balzerová, Ferdinand Kruta
Votes: 97
15. S písní v tísni (2022 TV Movie)
58 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Jirí Vejdelek | Stars: Jan Nedbal, Katerina Klausová, Katerina Marie Fialová, Adam Ernest
Votes: 22
16. Nespavost (2023)
12 min | Short, Drama
Director: Alina Tsitova | Stars: Pavel Hermanovský, Roman Izhboldin, Valeria Lobacova, Josef Miner