Genre: Boxing
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Girlfight (2000)
Cast: Michelle Rodriguez, Ray Santiago, Elisa Bocanegra …
Directed by: Karyn Kusama
First-time director Karyn Kusama's powerful film tells the story of Diana (Michelle Rodriguez), a Brooklyn high-schooler who gets little support from her dismissive single father and…
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Ali: An American Hero (2000)
Cast: David Ramsey, Clarence Williams III, Joe Morton …
Directed by: Leon Ichaso
Muhammad Ali made the brutal sport of boxing much more colorful, interesting and, ultimately, satisfying. Director Leon Ichaso brings together Ali's strengths and weaknesses to create a…
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Rocky Marciano (1999)
Cast: Jon Favreau, Penelope Ann Miller, Judd Hirsch …
Directed by: Charles Winkler
Jon Favreau stars as legendary prizefighter Rocky Marciano in this powerful biopic that pulls no punches in tracing Marciano's trajectory from his childhood in Brockton, Mass., to his…
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Southpaw (1999)
Cast: Francis Barrett
Directed by: Liam McGrath
Boxer Frankie Barrett rocketed from obscurity to heroic status when he qualified for the 1996 Olympic games. Documentary filmmaker Liam McGrath takes us inside Barrett's life, from his…
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On the Ropes (1999)
Cast: Harry Keitt, Tyrene Manson, George Walton …
Directed by: Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen
Filmmakers Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen's bracing documentary goes behind the scenes to chronicle a year in the lives and careers of three upstart pugilists determined to fight…
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Hope, Gloves and Redemption (1999)
Directed by: Gedeon Naudet, Jules Naudet
Follow a couple's 30-year struggle to get Spanish Harlem, N.Y., youth off the streets and into the boxing ring in this compelling documentary. After quitting his life as a gang leader,…
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Body and Soul (1999)
Cast: Jordan Ancel, Jennifer Beals, Michael Chiklis …
Directed by: Sam Henry Kass
Charlie "Kid" Davis (Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini) is a small-time boxer who yearns for a chance to prove he's worthy of a shot at a major title. To achieve his lifelong goal, he heads for…
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The Boxer (1997)
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Ken Stott …
Directed by: Jim Sheridan
Danny Flynn (Daniel Day-Lewis), a promising Irish boxer who was imprisoned for 14 years at age 18 for associating with the IRA, returns to his Belfast neighborhood just as IRA leader Joe…
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The Kid (1997)
Cast: Jeff Saumier, Rod Steiger, Mark Camacho …
Directed by: John Hamilton, John Hamilton
Jimmy Albright (Jeff Saumier) is a young athlete with a passion for boxing. Harry Sloan (Rod Steiger), an aging trainer and former boxer, sees Jimmy's potential and helps him train and…
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Don King: Only in America (1997)
Cast: Ving Rhames, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Jeremy Piven …
Directed by: John Herzfeld
Finally, the HBO spotlight captures the colorful kingpin of professional boxing, Don King (the promoter with a hairdo that's a "don't"!). The many-sided King is portrayed as a…
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Champions Forever: The Latin Legends (1997)
Edward James Olmos hosts this inspirational documentary, chronicling the lives and careers of six of the greatest Latin boxers of all time. Dazzling footage and interviews illustrate the ups…
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Twenty Four Seven (1997)
Cast: Danny Nussbaum, Bob Hoskins, Bruce Jones …
Directed by: Shane Meadows
Jobless ex-boxer Alan Darcy (Bob Hoskins) borrows money from a gangster to set up a boxing club in his gritty, working-class town. Proposed as a gang-prevention strategy, the club is slow to…
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The Great White Hype (1996)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, Peter Berg …
Directed by: Reginald Hudlin
As if! The sleazy, "fixed" world of professional boxing is the target of this on-the-mark satire about a powerful black boxing promoter (Samuel Jackson, channeling the ever-loquacious Don…
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When We Were Kings (1996)
Cast: Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Don King …
Directed by: Leon Gast
Legendary prizefighters Muhammad Ali and George Foreman travel to Zaire for the 1974 "Rumble in the Jungle" heavyweight title bout in director Leon Gast's Oscar-winning documentary,…
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The Kings of the Ring (1995)
Louis Gossett Jr. narrates this hard-hitting HBO documentary, chronicling the history of boxing in the 20th century. Beginning with Jess Willard's victory over Jack Johnson in the early…
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Diggstown (1992)
Cast: James Woods, Heather Graham, Louis Gossett Jr. …
Directed by: Michael Ritchie
Ex-con Caine and his partner Fitz cook up a plan to take a rich man for all he's worth. The guys try to loop aging boxer Honey Ray Palmer in on the action -- yet, having been duped by…
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Gladiator (1992)
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., James Marshall, Robert Loggia …
Directed by: Rowdy Herrington
Tommy and Lincoln are two teenagers embroiled in the corrupt underground of illegal street fighting for different reasons. Tommy fights to earn money to pay off his dad's debts, while…
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Street Crimes (1992)
Cast: Dennis Farina, Michael Worth, Max Gail …
Directed by: Stephen Smoke
A group of cops open up a youth center and set out to teach kids the fine art of boxing to help get them off the street. Things work out well until a powerful local drug dealer (Dennis…
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Rocky V (1990)
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young …
Directed by: John G. Avildsen
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…
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Crossing the Line (1990)
Cast: Liam Neeson, Kenny Ireland, Joanne Whalley …
Directed by: David Leland
When a union strike leaves Scottish miner Danny Scoular jobless, he worries about being able to support his family. Desperate for a solution, Danny agrees to fight a bare-knuckle match for a…
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Triumph of the Spirit (1989)
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Edward James Olmos, Robert Loggia …
Directed by: Robert Young, Robert M. Young
Willem Dafoe fights the battle of his life as Salamo, a Greek Jew (and former champion boxer) who's incarcerated in Auschwitz by the Nazis and must defeat all comers in weekly boxing…
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Champions Forever: World Heavyweight Champs (1989)
For more than 20 years, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Larry Holmes and Ken Norton ruled the ring as they passed the world heavyweight title among themselves. Now, for the first…
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Split Decisions (1988)
Cast: Craig Sheffer, Jeff Fahey, Gene Hackman …
Directed by: David Drury
Eddie McGuinn (Craig Sheffer) chases his father's (Gene Hackman) dream of boxing for Olympic gold, while brother Ray (Jeff Fahey) turns pro under an unscrupulous manager. When Ray…
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Homeboy (1988)
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Christopher Walken, Debra Feuer …
Directed by: Michael Seresin
In gritty Asbury Park, N.J., smooth hustler Wesley Pendergrass (Christopher Walken) tempts struggling boxer Johnny Walker (Mickey Rourke) to help with a jewelry heist, but Johnny is too busy…
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Rocky IV (1985)
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Carl Weathers …
Directed by: Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone takes on the Cold War in this fourth Rocky installment, as the titular hero must come out of retirement to battle a gargantuan Soviet fighter named Drago (Dolph Lundgren),…