Movies like Split Decisions
If Split Decisions's mix of boxer, conflict and boxing stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Split Decisions's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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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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Ali
2001 · Directed by Michael Mann · 157 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: boxer, boxing
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public…
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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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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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Christy
2025 · Directed by David Michôd · 134 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: boxing
Christy Martin never imagined life beyond her small-town roots in West Virginia—until she discovered a knack for punching people. Fueled by grit, raw determination, and an unshakable desire to win, she charges into the…
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A Prayer Before Dawn
2018 · Directed by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire · 116 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: boxing
The amazing true story of Billy Moore, an English boxer incarcerated in Thailand’s most notorious prison. Thrown into a world of drugs and violence, he finds his best chance to escape is to fight his way out in prison…
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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.