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1. Southpaw (2015)

R | 124 min | Action, Drama, Sport

After a fatal incident sends him on a rampant path of destruction, a champion boxer fights to get custody of his daughter and revive his professional career.

Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Oona Laurence, Forest Whitaker

Votes: 258,038 | Gross: $52.42M

2. Million Dollar Baby (2004)

PG-13 | 132 min | Drama, Sport

Frankie, an ill-tempered old coach, reluctantly agrees to train aspiring boxer Maggie. Impressed with her determination and talent, he helps her become the best and the two soon form a close bond.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel

Votes: 721,161 | Gross: $100.49M

3. The Fighter (I) (2010)

R | 116 min | Action, Biography, Drama

Based on the story of Micky Ward, a fledgling boxer who tries to escape the shadow of his more famous but troubled older boxing brother and get his own shot at greatness.

Director: David O. Russell | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo

Votes: 388,607 | Gross: $93.62M

4. Rocky Balboa (2006)

PG | 102 min | Action, Drama, Sport

Thirty years after the ring of the first bell, Rocky Balboa comes out of retirement and dons his gloves for his final fight against the reigning heavyweight champ Mason 'The Line' Dixon.

Director: Sylvester Stallone | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Tarver, Milo Ventimiglia, Burt Young

Votes: 231,325 | Gross: $70.27M

5. Cinderella Man (2005)

PG-13 | 144 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The true story of James J. Braddock, a supposedly washed-up boxer, who returned to the spotlight to win the heavyweight championship of the world.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Craig Bierko, Paul Giamatti

Votes: 198,194 | Gross: $61.65M

6. Rocco and His Brothers (1960)

Not Rated | 179 min | Crime, Drama, Sport

Having recently been uprooted to Milan, Rocco and his four brothers each look for a new way in life when a prostitute comes between Rocco and his brother Simone.

Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Claudia Cardinale

Votes: 21,168

7. 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: 7,355

8. Fat City (1972)

PG | 96 min | Drama, Sport

Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take different directions.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell, Candy Clark

Votes: 10,362

9. 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: 10,065

10. Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Sport

Knockout performances by Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney and Julie Harris highlight this hard-hitting drama of corruption in the ring. Featuring Muhammad Ali.

Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris

Votes: 4,832

11. Against the Ropes (2004)

PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominated sport.

Director: Charles S. Dutton | Stars: Meg Ryan, Omar Epps, Charles S. Dutton, Tony Shalhoub

Votes: 7,437 | Gross: $5.88M

12. Broken Blossoms or the Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance

A frail waif, abused by her brutal boxer father in London's seedy Limehouse District, is befriended by a sensitive Chinese immigrant with tragic consequences.

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp, Arthur Howard

Votes: 11,053

13. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)

Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Family, Horror

Two bumbling private eyes help a man, wrongly accused of murder who has become invisible, to clear his name.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Nancy Guild, Arthur Franz

Votes: 6,086 | Gross: $3.38M

14. Champion (1949)

Passed | 99 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Sport

Boxer Midge Kelly rises to fame...mainly by stepping on other people.

Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Arthur Kennedy, Marilyn Maxwell, Paul Stewart

Votes: 4,752

15. The Great White Hope (1970)

PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

A Black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Lou Gilbert, Joel Fluellen

Votes: 2,804 | Gross: $2.70M

16. Sucker Punch (2008)

R | 92 min | Action

After a lost fight, a fighter wants back in the ring, seeking revenge on the fighter who knocked him out. When he comes toe to toe with him, he'll make sure his fists do the talking.

Director: Malcolm Martin | Stars: Gordon Alexander, Antonio Fargas, Ian Freeman, Tom Hardy

Votes: 1,395

17. 99 River Street (1953)

Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A former boxer turned cab driver has to hide from the police when his badgering wife is murdered by the jewel thief she was having an affair with.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: John Payne, Evelyn Keyes, Brad Dexter, Frank Faylen

Votes: 3,429

18. Mannequin (1937)

Passed | 95 min | Drama

Rags-to-riches Hennessey meets newlyweds Jessie and Eddie from his old neighborhood. Eddie plots to have Jessie divorce him, marry Hennessey, divorce Hennessey, then bring Hennessey's money... See full summary »

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Joan Crawford, Spencer Tracy, Alan Curtis, Ralph Morgan

Votes: 1,483

19. The Miracle Woman (1931)

Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance

After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind aviator restore her faith and happiness?

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners, Sam Hardy, Beryl Mercer

Votes: 2,261

20. Outside the Law (2010)

R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, War

A drama about the Algerian struggle for independence from France after WWII.

Director: Rachid Bouchareb | Stars: Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Chafia Boudraa

Votes: 4,115

21. The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki (2016)

Unrated | 92 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The true story of Olli Mäki, the famous Finnish boxer who had a shot at the 1962 World Featherweight title.

Director: Juho Kuosmanen | Stars: Jarkko Lahti, Oona Airola, Eero Milonoff, Joanna Haartti

Votes: 5,001

22. 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: 724

23. Second Chance (1953)

Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Mobster Vic Spalato's girlfriend Claire is in hiding in Mexico and she's willing to testify for a US Senate investigation committee, if she can make it back to the US alive.

Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jack Palance, Linda Darnell, Sandro Giglio

Votes: 1,298

24. Fighting Tommy Riley (2004)

R | 109 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

An aging trainer and a young fighter, both in need of a second chance, team-up to overcome the demons of their past...and chase the dreams of their future.

Director: Eddie O'Flaherty | Stars: Eddie Jones, J.P. Davis, Christina Chambers, Diane Tayler

Votes: 835 | Gross: $0.01M

25. Winner Take All (1932)

Passed | 66 min | Drama

Young boxer Jim Kane, resting at a New Mexico "health ranch," meets and falls for Peggy Harmon, former nightclub table singer...who needs $600 more for her sickly son to stay in the place. ... See full summary »

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: James Cagney, Marian Nixon, Guy Kibbee, Dickie Moore

Votes: 605

26. World in My Corner (1956)

Approved | 82 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Sport

Up and coming ambitious boxer Tommy Shea must choose between making dishonest money with crooked promoter Harry Cram or honestly winning a title, as advised by his manager Dave Bernstein.

Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Audie Murphy, Barbara Rush, Jeff Morrow, John McIntire

Votes: 328

27. Pacquiao: The Movie (2006)

109 min | Action, Biography, Drama

Jericho Rosales portrays Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao as he struggles out of poverty to become a champion and national hero. Yet when the pressures of his sport, his personal life and the ... See full synopsis »

Director: Joel Lamangan | Stars: Jericho Rosales, Bea Alonzo, Jay Manalo, Bayani Agbayani

Votes: 64

28. The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)

Passed | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.

Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Howard Hawks | Stars: Myrna Loy, Max Baer, Primo Carnera, Jack Dempsey

Votes: 1,068

29. Right to Fight (2023)

90 min | Documentary, History, Sport

Sky Original documentary revealing how the pioneers of women's boxing battled the odds to find their place in the ring.

Director: Georgina Cammalleri | Stars: Cathy Davis, Marian Trimiar, Mike Silver, Sue Fox

Votes: 69

30. Kid Monk Baroni (1952)

Passed | 79 min | Action, Drama, Sport

"Kid" Monk Baroni, the leader of a street gang, becomes a professional boxer to escape his life in Little Italy, New York.

Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Richard Rober, Bruce Cabot, Allene Roberts, Mona Knox

Votes: 185

31. The Iron Man (1931)

73 min | Drama, Romance

Prizefighter Mason loses his opening fight so wife Rose leaves him for Hollywood. Without her around Mason trains and starts winning. Rose comes back and wants Mason to dump his manager Regan and replace him with her secret lover Lewis.

Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Lew Ayres, Robert Armstrong, Jean Harlow, John Miljan

Votes: 343

32. Joe and Max (2002 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

True story of boxers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling and their enduring friendship.

Director: Steve James | Stars: Til Schweiger, Leonard Roberts, Richard Roundtree, David Paymer

Votes: 1,062

33. Palooka (1934)

Unrated | 86 min | Comedy, Family, Music

Knobby discovers young hunk Palooka and trains him to fight the reigning champ, also drunken sot, Al McSwatt.

Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Jimmy Durante, Lupe Velez, Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Rambeau

Votes: 413

34. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (1987 Video Game)

E | Sport

Little Mac, a 17-year-old fighter from the Bronx, ranked number three in the minor circuit, works his way up through the rankings so that he can challenge Mike Tyson, Kid Dynamite, in a dream fight.

Director: Genyo Takeda

Votes: 784

35. Kid Nightingale (1939)

Passed | 57 min | Comedy, Music, Sport

A singing waiter gets into an argument with some obnoxious customers and winds up knocking them out. The incident is witnessed by a shady boxing promoter who sees an opportunity to cash in ... See full summary »

Director: George Amy | Stars: John Payne, Jane Wyman, Walter Catlett, Edward Brophy

Votes: 245

36. Kids Run (2020)

104 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Andi's life is a constant battle for his home, his three children and the woman he still loves. He only has two weeks to pay her back the borrowed 5,000 EUR. When he loses his job, an amateur boxing tournament looks like the only solution.

Director: Barbara Ott | Stars: Jannis Niewöhner, Lena Tronina, Eline Doenst, Giuseppe Bonvissuto

Votes: 165

37. Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee (1969)

Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

He's the greatest fighter of all time. A sports icon that is loved throughout the world. A man driven by his ambition to be the best. Muhammad Ali is a name that to this day puts fear in ... See full summary »

Director: William Klein | Stars: Muhammad Ali, Sonny Liston, Angelo Dundee, Jack Nilon

Votes: 705 | Gross: $0.02M

38. Ringside Maisie (1941)

Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Young undefeated boxer Terry Dolan, who's been lying to his invalid mother about his career, confides to Maisie that he hates and is terrified by boxing and wants out. Not wanting to let ... See full summary »

Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Ann Sothern, George Murphy, Robert Sterling, Virginia O'Brien

Votes: 426

39. 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: 202

40. Johnny Flynton (2002)

37 min | Drama, Short

Johnny Flynton is good at one thing: boxing. He's not too bright, and there's clearly some issues in his past, but what's worse, when he's boxing, his temper flares up. His wife, Samantha, ... See full summary »

Director: Lexi Alexander | Stars: Dash Mihok, Michele Matheson, Robert W. Hill, Austin Crim

Votes: 170

41. Three Sons o' Guns (1941)

Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Romance

Having being left a widow when her sons were young, Margaret Patterson struggles to bring them up on the limited family finances. When they reach manhood, they cause her much travail ... See full summary »

Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Wayne Morris, Marjorie Rambeau, Irene Rich, Tom Brown

Votes: 114

42. Casablanca Driver (2004)

82 min | Comedy, Sport

Spoof documentary comedy set in 1969 about the worlds worst boxer.

Director: Maurice Barthélémy | Stars: Maurice Barthélémy, Jim Carter, Isabelle Nanty, Dieudonné

Votes: 554

43. Gone Fishing (2012)

77 min | Drama

Marco Tucci is the standard tourist type, on his way to Puerto Deseado where he intends to fish for sharks. Or at least, this is the way he looks. But he is not well trained for game ... See full summary »

Director: Carlos Sorin | Stars: Alejandro Awada, Victoria Almeida, Oscar Ayala, Diego Caballero

Votes: 449

44. Fugitive in the Sky (1936)

Passed | 58 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

Reporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline hostess Rita Moore. He notices G-Man Mike Phelan among the passengers and assuming Phelan is ... See full summary »

Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Jean Muir, Warren Hull, Gordon Oliver, Carlyle Moore Jr.

Votes: 225

45. Fighting Fools (1949)

Approved | 69 min | Drama, Comedy

The gang teams up with a fighter to break up a fight-fixing racket.

Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Frankie Darro

Votes: 286

46. Sangre en el ring (1962)

80 min | Action, Drama

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Director: Federico Curiel | Stars: Wolf Ruvinskis, Begoña Palacios, Silvia Fournier, Armando Silvestre

47. Punches and Perfume (1926)

18 min | Short, Comedy

When a journeyman boxer's gal is attacked by a rival boxer, his manager says he is not ready--so he comes up with a plan to get revenge on the bully.

Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Lewis Sargent, Wanda Wiley, Betty May, Henry Roquemore

48. Beyond the Ropes (2012 Video)

28 min | Short, Crime, Drama

Beyond the Ropes (2012) is a sports thriller film, about a boxing manager Chad Figurido and his fighter David Fichtenmayer. In life, there are many battles, but for a boxing team the biggest test is outside the ropes.

Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: David Fichtenmayer, Chad Figurido, Zhou Guo, Lyle Kanouse

Votes: 41

49. Dinamita Kid (1962)

87 min | Action, Drama

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Director: Federico Curiel | Stars: Wolf Ruvinskis, Armando Silvestre, Begoña Palacios, Silvia Fournier

Votes: 12

50. Two Fisted (1935)

Approved | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

A fast-talking boxing manager and the somewhat hapless fighter he manages happen to run into a young man who was a good prizefighter in his day but is now out of the sport and has a ... See full summary »

Director: James Cruze | Stars: Lee Tracy, Roscoe Karns, Gail Patrick, Kent Taylor

Votes: 46