Movies like Gladiator
If Gladiator's mix of chicago, illinois, sports and boxer stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Gladiator's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Undisputed
2002 · Directed by Walter Hill · 96 min6.5
Why you'll like itWith Jon Seda · Shares: sports, boxer, fistfight
Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime.
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Raging Bull
1980 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 129 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: sports, boxer, fistfight
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
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The Fighter
2010 · Directed by David O. Russell · 116 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: sports, boxer, boxing
Boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs…
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Judgment Night
1993 · Directed by Stephen Hopkins · 110 min6.5
Why you'll like itWith Cuba Gooding Jr. · Shares: chicago, illinois, boxing · From the same decade (1990s)
Four young friends, while taking a shortcut en route to a local boxing match, witness a brutal murder which leaves them running for their lives.
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Million Dollar Baby
2004 · Directed by Clint Eastwood · 132 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: sports, boxer, boxing
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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Rocky
1976 · Directed by John G. Avildsen · 120 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: sports, boxer, boxing
Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate puts him in the ring with a world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it's his one shot at the big time — a…
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Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown
2011 · Directed by Michael Jai White · 99 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: sports, fistfight
Four fighters from different backgrounds come together to train under an ex MMA rising star and then ultimately have to fight each other and the traitor in their midst.
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Real Steel
2011 · Directed by Shawn Levy · 127 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: sports, boxing
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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The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020 · Directed by Aaron Sorkin · 130 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: chicago, illinois
What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.
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The Fugitive
1993 · Directed by Andrew Davis · 131 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: chicago, illinois · From the same decade (1990s)
Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.
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Scarface
1932 · Directed by Howard Hawks · 93 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: chicago, illinois
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.
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Blood and Bone
2009 · Directed by Ben Ramsey · 93 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: tournament
In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.