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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 386 films · Page 7.
Komödie, Musical, boxing film, comedy film, musical film
The film is introduced by George "The Burns" Burns, who tells viewers that they are about to see an old-style double feature. In the old days, he explains, movies were in black-and-white except sometimes "when they sang it came out in colo…
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Dark Comedy, Super Hero
Wade Wilson comes across an old man being mugged in an alley, and races to change into his Deadpool costume before he helps the man. As Wilson struggles to get dressed in a nearby phone booth, the man is shot. Wilson emerges, now as Deadpo…
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Drama, drama film
Drama, Sport, boxing film, drama film
Luis "Mountain" Rivera is an aging heavyweight boxer. He is managed by Maish Rennick, and Army serves as his cutman. During his latest bout, against young up-and-comer Cassius Clay, Mountain takes a serious beating and the doctor refuses t…
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Drama, Film Noir, boxing film, drama film, film noir
Bill "Stoker" Thompson, a 35-year-old has-been boxer, is about to take on a 23-year old, gangster-backed opponent called Tiger Nelson, at the Paradise City Arena. His wife, Julie, fears that this fight may be his last and wants him to forf…
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Adventure, Pirate Film, Treasure Hunting, children's film, pirate film
Haakon Haakonsen, a young Norwegian boy in the 1850s, becomes the sole support of his family as a cabin boy on a ship after his father is injured. Jens, who was a shipmate of Haakon's father and a friend of the Haakonsens, agrees to be a "…
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Musical, Sport, boxing film, drama film, musical film
Willy Grogan is a small-time boxing promoter and innkeeper of "Grogan's Gardens" based in the Catskills hills resort region of Cream Valley, in the upper Hudson River Valley of upstate New York. He is a contemptible man who is in debt and …
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Drama, Sport, boxing film, drama film
Andy "Champ" Purcell is the former world heavyweight champion, now down on his luck and living in squalid conditions with his eight-year-old son "Dink" in Tijuana, Mexico. Champ attempts to convince promoters to set up a fight for him, but…
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Romantic Comedy, Sport, boxing film, romantic comedy
Perfume magnate Hillary Kramer loses her company and is financially ruined when her accountant embezzles from her and flees to South America. Among her few remaining assets, she finds a management contract with an inactive boxer, purchased…
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Crime Comedy, Drama, boxing film, comedy drama, crime film, drama film, neo-noir
Harry Fabian is a fast-talking New York City lawyer who hangs out at a bar called Boxers, owned by Phil Nasseros and his wife Helen. Harry has been having an affair with Helen, who dreams of setting up her own bar and leaving Phil. At the …
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Drama, Sport, biographical film, boxing film, drama film
Erik Kernan Jr. is a young fledgling journalist employed by The Denver Times. Frustrated, Kernan struggles with his supervising editor Ralph Metz concerning rudimentary coverage of his articles related to professional sports.
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Musical, boxing film, musical film, romantic comedy
Three ex-G.I.s, Ted Riley (Kelly), Doug Hallerton (Dailey), and Angie Valentine (Kidd), have served in World War II together and become best friends. In October 1945, they meet at their favorite New York City bar, Tim's Bar & Grill, before…
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Detective Film, crime film, mystery film
John Davidson, a convicted thief in Dartmoor prison, embeds code revealing the hidden location of extremely valuable stolen Bank of England currency printing plates in the melody notes of three music boxes that he crafts to be sold at auct…
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boxing film
Film Noir, boxing film, drama film, film noir
Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempts the man with a number of vices. C…
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Action, Drama, action film, drama film
A katana, one of a pair known as "The Equals", was an heirloom of the Yoshida family, passed down through the generations before being lost during World War II. It was finally tracked down and recovered in California by siblings Toshio and…
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Action, Action Comedy, action film, drama film, thriller film, vigilante film
After the events of the previous film, Vietnam War veteran and Los Angeles resident Frank Vega has opened a community boxing center and coaches young boxers. He shares his building with liquor store owner Bernie Pope, a grumpy old man who …
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Drama, Film Noir, boxing film, drama film, film noir, romance film
Michael "Midge" Kelly is a boxer who pushes himself to the top of his game by felling opponents, backstabbing his friends and manipulating women. He double-crosses Tommy Haley, the manager who found him and helped pave his road to fame. Mi…
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Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film, biographical sports film, boxing film, sport film
Set in 1964, a direct cinema camera crew follows Willie Pep, retired two-time world featherweight boxing champion. Now living in Hartford, Connecticut with his wife Linda, an aspiring actress half his age, a drug-addled son, his Italian im…
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Biographical picture, Sport, biographical film, boxing film
boxing film, comedy film
A small-time talent agent discovers an amazing boxing kangaroo and figures to use him as his stepping-stone into the big time by having him compete with a human pugilist.
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Biographical picture
Although based on real events, the film is a largely fictitious re-imagining of the life of Jem Belcher from when he grows up watching his revered grandfather Jack Slack fight as a bare-knuckle pugilist. Jem is constantly warned by his mot…
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boxing film, drama film
With the help of legendary boxing trainer Duane Taylor, struggling Bronx auto mechanic Jaden Miller turns to boxing to save him and his mother (Merkerson) from living on the streets.
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Drama, boxing film, crime film, drama film
Johnny Walker (Mickey Rourke) is a down-and-out boxer with brain damage who has recently moved into a sea-side resort. He falls in love with Ruby (Debra Feuer), a carnival owner with whom he shares much in common. He also befriends Wesley …
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