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Feb 8, 2024 · 22. "Requiem for a Heavyweight" (1962) Everett Collection. Screenwriter Rod Serling ( The Twilight Zone) does a masterful job of blending fictional and nonfictional characters, following the ...
Sort by List order. 1. Cinderella Man. 2005 2h 24m PG-13. 8.0 (199K) Rate. 69 Metascore. 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.
Tough Enough (1983) PG | 106 min | Action, Drama, Romance. A C and W singer has a family to support so he boxes at a TOUGHMAN amateur boxing contest, hoping to win $5000 and maybe go on to the nationals and sing on national TV. Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Carlene Watkins, Stan Shaw, Pam Grier.
May 2, 2024 · The movie also reminds us that, like everyone else, these boxers are real people with real-life problems and struggles. You can watch ‘Counterpunch’ here. 7. Mary Kom (2014) While making boxing movies has always been quite a common theme in the sports genre, not too many movies have been made about female boxers.
Aug 5, 2021 · The Hurricane (1999) - 7.6. The Hurricane starts out as both a boxing drama but then progresses as a legal thriller, narrating the real-life story of Rubin 'The Hurricane' Carter. Played by Denzel Washington, the biopic delves into the wrongful conviction of the boxer and how a teenager and his foster family helped in freeing him.
Jan 7, 2024 · 9 Crying Fist (2005) Show East. Crying Fist follows two parallel storylines. The first is Gang Tae-shik, a troubled middle-aged man who hangs on to the past glory days when he was a silver ...
Feb 2, 2023 · 9 Southpaw. The Weinstein Company. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, and Oona Laurence as their daughter, this is perhaps the most poignant film on the list. Its second act tone shift ...
