Best Boxing movies

Actors : Donna Kei Benz, Scott Glenn, Atsuo Nakamura, Toshirô Mifune,
Directors : John Frankenheimer,

A down-and-out American boxer becomes involved in a feud between two Japanese brothers.

Actors : Ken Kaneko, Hatsuo Yamaya, Leo Morimoto, Masanobu Andô,
Directors : Takeshi Kitano,

Dropping out of high school, two friends at first find success, one as a up-and-coming boxer and one as a low level gangster. Yet, their life decisions still find a way of catching up on them.

Actors : Muriel Bersy, Kévin Azaïs, Isabelle Huppert, Johan Leysen,
Directors : Bavo Defurne,

A forgotten European Song Contest singer, fading away in a pâté factory, falls in love with a young aspiring boxer. Together they decide to attempt her comeback.

Actors : Marko Zaror, Juju Chan, Scott Adkins, Cung Le,
Directors : Jesse V. Johnson,

A story set in Indochina in 1959, a land beyond rule and a time without mercy and the birth of a legend.

Actors : Peter Gerety, Frank Langella, Ed Begley Jr., Christopher Plummer,
Directors : Stephen Frears,

Ali's biggest match, his fight with the US government. A film about the politics and hubris surrounding the Vietnam War and the revenge exacted on America's greatest sportsman of the 20th century because he refused to fight in that war.

Actors : David Harewood, Peter Mullan, Michelle Ryan, Ashley Thomas,
Directors : Dan Turner,

A thriller centered on a young boxer trying to distance himself from his father's gangster past and the relationship with his trainer.

Actors : James Earl Jones, Lou Gilbert, Joel Fluellen, Jane Alexander,
Directors : Martin Ritt,

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

Actors : Mickey Rooney, Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Julie Harris,
Directors : Ralph Nelson,

Mountain Rivera, a punchy has-been managed by the unprincipled Maish, is mauled in a fight and forced to quit boxing. Can his devoted cutman and a sympathetic social worker help him find a ...

Actors : Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Tamara Lawrance, Aja Naomi King, Aml Ameen,
Directors : Aml Ameen,

Inspired by writer, director, and star Aml Ameen's life, Boxing Day follows Melvin (Ameen), a British author living in America, who returns home to London for Christmas to introduce his ...

Actors : Jaime Camil, Jon Gries, Vernon Wells, Mark Rolston,
Directors : Jeff Celentano,

Glass Jaw is the redemption story of Travis Austin, a one time champion boxer who goes to prison and loses everything. After his release, he experiences the trials and tribulations of redeeming his reputation, his belt, and his true love.

Actors : Willem Dafoe, Robert Loggia, Edward James Olmos, Wendy Gazelle,
Directors : Robert M. Young,

Fact based story about a former Greek Olympic boxer who was taken as a prisoner during World war II and placed in the Auschwitz prison camp. There he was permitted to survive as long as he ...

Actors : Jordan E. Cooper, Luise Großmann, Ving Rhames,
Directors : Torsten Ruether,

Follows Toni's journey from seeking boxing training from Elliott, a gym owner, to becoming a pioneering female boxing manager guiding Payne to a championship fight, while drawing upon lessons learned from Elliott.

Actors : Ray Winstone, Marton Csokas, Matt Hookings, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Daniel Graham,

At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England.

Actors : Moushumi Chatterjee, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Sunny Deol, Amrish Puri,
Directors : Rajkumar Santoshi,

Ajay Mehra, an amateur boxer, takes revenge against Balwant Rai, a crooked businessman, after his elder brother is killed.

Actors : Nathalie Kelley, Dan Fogler, Callan Mulvey, Lochlyn Munro,
Directors : Russell Mulcahy,

The biopic depicts Flynn's roust-about early life in Australia, before he became an internationally famed celebrity. In those days he was an adventurer, opium smuggler, gambler, street ...

Actors : Paul Fenech, Tahir Bilgic, Rob Shehadie, Bill Bentley,
Directors : Paul Fenech,

The life at a suburban Sydney pizzeria.

Actors : Jerry Calà, Bud Spencer, Kallie Knoetze, Stefano Mingardo,
Directors : Michele Lupo,

Bud "Bomber" Graziano (Bud Spencer) retired from boxing as heavyweight champion and has sworn to never fight again. While living his life on a ship he meets Jerry Cala' (Jerry Cala) who ...

Actors : Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ángela Molina, Wesley Snipes, Adrian Pasdar,
Directors : Joe Roth,

Alek is an immigrant from the Soviet Union who was a talented boxer in his day, but he was not allowed on the Soviet national team because he was a Jew. Depressed and discouraged, he meets ...

Actors : Naomasa Musaka, Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Kaori Fujii, Kôji Tsukamoto,
Directors : Shin'ya Tsukamoto,

Suspecting that his childhood friend, a professional boxer, is having an affair with his fiancee, a businessman starts training rigorously himself in order to take him down.

Actors : Rachid Ferrache, Frank Hoffmann, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marie-France Pisier,
Directors : Gérard Oury,

In 1936, a French boxer on his way to the Berlin Olympic Games befriends a local Jewish boy and decides to save him from the Nazis.