Movies like Knockout
If Knockout's mix of boxer and boxing stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Knockout's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Million Dollar Baby
2004 · Directed by Clint Eastwood · 132 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: 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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Raging Bull
1980 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 129 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: boxer, boxing · From the same decade (1980s)
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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Rocky
1976 · Directed by John G. Avildsen · 120 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: 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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Southpaw
2015 · Directed by Antoine Fuqua · 123 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: boxer, boxing
Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle.
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Rocky II
1979 · Directed by Sylvester Stallone · 119 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: boxer, boxing
After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't put his life together outside the ring, while Creed seeks a rematch to…
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Rocky IV
1985 · Directed by Sylvester Stallone · 91 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: boxer, boxing · From the same decade (1980s)
Rocky Balboa holds the world heavyweight championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union.
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Hands of Stone
2016 · Directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz · 111 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: boxing
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
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Resurrecting the Champ
2007 · Directed by Rod Lurie · 112 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: boxing
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away.