Movies like Crossover
If Crossover's mix of street gang, sports and basketball stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Crossover's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Real Steel
2011 · Directed by Shawn Levy · 127 min7.2
Why you'll like itWith Anthony Mackie · Shares: sports · Also action and drama
Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After his robot is trashed, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son to rebuild and train an unlikely contender.
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Shottas
2002 · Directed by Cess Silvera · 95 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: street gang · Also action and adventure · From the same decade (2000s)
A raw urban drama about two friends raised on the dangerous streets of Kingston, Jamaica. Biggs and Wayne take on the "Shotta" way of life to survive.
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Million Dollar Baby
2004 · Directed by Clint Eastwood · 132 min8.0
Why you'll like itWith Anthony Mackie · Shares: sports · From the same decade (2000s)
Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life.
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Paid in Full
2002 · Directed by Charles Stone III · 98 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: street gang · Also action and drama · From the same decade (2000s)
Ace is an impressionable young man working for a dry cleaning business. His friend, drug dealer Mitch, goes to prison. In an unrelated incident, he finds some cocaine in a pants pocket.
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Bruised
2021 · Directed by Halle Berry · 129 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: sports · Also drama and action
Jackie Justice is a mixed martial arts fighter who leaves the sport in disgrace. Down on her luck and simmering with rage and regret years after the fight, she's coaxed into a brutal underground fight by her manager…
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Never Back Down
2008 · Directed by Jeff Wadlow · 113 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: sports · Also drama and action · From the same decade (2000s)
Jake, full of anger after his father's death, is just starting to find a place for himself at his new Orlando high school - until Ryan, head of an underground MMA fight club, picks Jake out as a prime opponent.
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Walking Tall
2004 · Directed by Kevin Bray · 86 min6.3
Why you'll like itWith Kristen Wilson · Also adventure and drama · From the same decade (2000s)
A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.