Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "prize-fighter"

1. Lionheart (1990)

R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An Ex-French Soldier begins participating in underground street fights in order to make money for his brother's family.

Director: Sheldon Lettich | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Harrison Page, Deborah Rennard, Lisa Pelikan

Votes: 39,859 | Gross: $24.08M

2. The Quiet Man (1952)

Passed | 129 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.

Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond

Votes: 42,435 | Gross: $10.55M

3. Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2003)

R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.

Director: Prachya Pinkaew | Stars: Tony Jaa, Phetthai Vongkumlao, Pumwaree Yodkamol, Suchao Pongwilai

Votes: 78,230 | Gross: $4.56M

4. Damage (2009)

R | 102 min | Action, Drama

An ex-con battles it out in the cage to pay for the operation that would save the daughter of his victim. Along the way he finds fatherly love, and friendship, in the most unlikely of places.

Director: Jeff King | Stars: Steve Austin, Walton Goggins, Laura Vandervoort, Donnelly Rhodes

Votes: 7,611

5. Fighting (2009)

PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In New York City, a young counterfeiter is introduced to the world of underground street fighting by a seasoned scam artist, who becomes his manager on the bare-knuckling brawling circuit.

Director: Dito Montiel | Stars: Channing Tatum, Terrence Howard, Luis Guzmán, Zulay Henao

Votes: 34,211 | Gross: $23.04M

6. Fat City (1972)

PG | 96 min | Drama, Sport

Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take different directions.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell, Candy Clark

Votes: 10,406

7. Hard Times (1975)

PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Sport

The saga of a drifter who turns to illicit bare-knuckle boxing in Depression-era New Orleans.

Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Jill Ireland, Strother Martin

Votes: 12,125 | Gross: $8.72M

8. Ip Man 2 (2010)

R | 108 min | Action, Biography, Drama

Centering on Ip Man's migration to Hong Kong in 1949 as he attempts to propagate his discipline of Wing Chun martial arts.

Director: Wilson Yip | Stars: Donnie Yen, Xiaoming Huang, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Lynn Xiong

Votes: 111,104 | Gross: $0.21M

9. Undisputed (2002)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When heavyweight champion George "Iceman" Chambers lands in prison, the resident gangster arranges a boxing match with the reigning prison champ.

Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Ving Rhames, Peter Falk, Michael Rooker

Votes: 34,436 | Gross: $12.76M

10. Undisputed 3: Redemption (2010 Video)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Boyka is back. This time he is fighting in the first ever inter-prison tournament with one knee.

Director: Isaac Florentine | Stars: Scott Adkins, Mykel Shannon Jenkins, Mark Ivanir, Hristo Shopov

Votes: 44,617

11. Legionnaire (1998)

R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Alain is a boxer in 1925 Marseille, France. When he doesn't take the dive paid to take by a mob boss, he has to split. He joins the Foreign Legion and is sent to Morocco. He makes 3 friends and they watch each other's backs.

Director: Peter MacDonald | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Steven Berkoff, Nicholas Farrell

Votes: 25,776

12. Man of Tai Chi (2013)

R | 105 min | Action, Drama

A young martial artist's unparalleled Tai Chi skills land him in a highly lucrative underworld fight club.

Director: Keanu Reeves | Stars: Tiger Hu Chen, Keanu Reeves, Karen Mok, Hai Yu

Votes: 40,989 | Gross: $0.10M

13. Gorgeous (1999)

PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

A romantic girl travels to Hong Kong in search of certain love but instead meets a kind-hearted professional fighter for whom she begins to fall instead.

Director: Vincent Kok | Stars: Jackie Chan, Shu Qi, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Emil Chau

Votes: 13,784

14. Texhnolyze (2003)

TV-MA | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi

In a man-made underground society, descendants of a banished generation vie for control of the crumbling city of Lux. Ichise, an orphan turned prize fighter, loses a leg and an arm to satisfy an enraged fight promoter.

Stars: Michael Forest, Liam O'Brien, Patrick Seitz, Shizuka Itou

Votes: 3,118

15. Police Story: Lockdown (2013)

Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A man looking for the release of a long-time prisoner takes a police officer, his daughter, and a group of strangers hostage.

Director: Sheng Ding | Stars: Jackie Chan, Ye Liu, Tian Jing, Tao Yin

Votes: 10,663

16. Rainbow: The Seven from Compound Two, Cell Six (2010)

TV-MA | 30 min | Animation, Crime, Drama

Set in 1955, the anime follows the story of seven teenagers locked in a reformatory, waiting for a ray of light in a daily hell of suffering and humiliation, focusing especially on how they faced the life once regained freedom.

Stars: Shun Oguri, Romi Park, Takaya Kuroda, Tatsuya Hasome

Votes: 2,984

17. Homeboy (1988)

R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A simple self-destructive drifter and tough small-time boxer with a brain injury that could kill him meets and falls for a cute beach carnival owner, Ruby, but also befriends a sleazy friendly criminal, Wesley, who's planning a big score.

Director: Michael Seresin | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Christopher Walken, Debra Feuer, Thomas Quinn

Votes: 2,838

18. Journeyman (I) (2017)

92 min | Drama, Sport

Boxer Matty Burton suffers a serious head injury during a fight. This is the story about the impact on his marriage, his life, and his family.

Director: Paddy Considine | Stars: Paddy Considine, Jodie Whittaker, Paul Popplewell, Brendan Ingle

Votes: 4,823

19. Lulu Belle (1948)

Passed | 86 min | Drama

Lulu Belle and George Davis marry despite opposition. Financial struggles lead Lulu to work at a club, causing George's jealousy and imprisonment. Lulu becomes a Broadway star but chooses George over a wealthy suitor upon his release.

Director: Leslie Fenton | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, George Montgomery, Albert Dekker, Otto Kruger

Votes: 189

20. Crossing the Line (1990)

R | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Sport

Unemployed Scottish miner Danny Scoular (Liam Neeson) is forced into bare-knuckle boxing to make ends meet.

Director: David Leland | Stars: Kenny Ireland, Liam Neeson, Joanne Whalley, Billy Connolly

Votes: 1,436 | Gross: $0.06M

21. Whiplash (1948)

Passed | 91 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Sport

A struggling artist becomes a New York City prizefighter in an attempt to win the affection of the ring promoter's night club singing sister.

Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Dane Clark, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden

Votes: 783

22. Girl on the Run (1953)

64 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

Police investigate a murder that occurred in a burlesque theater.

Directors: Arthur J. Beckhard, Joseph Lerner | Stars: Richard Coogan, Rosemary Pettit, Frank Albertson, Harry Bannister

Votes: 260

23. Black Belt (2007)

Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Drama, Sport

A Karate master's three students join the army and go their separate ways, later to unite to battle together against corruption and uphold tradition.

Director: Shunichi Nagasaki | Stars: Akihito Yagi, Tatsuya Naka, Yûji Suzuki, Kenji Anan

Votes: 1,681

24. Night of the Warrior (1991)

R | 99 min | Action, Sport

Miles Keane pays the debts for his dancing bar by illegal fighting. When his debt is paid, he refuses further collaboration. But the fight mafia forces him to continue by threatening his ... See full summary »

Director: Rafal Zielinski | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Anthony Geary, Kathleen Kinmont, Danny Kamekona

Votes: 381

25. Pit Fighter (2005)

R | 83 min | Action

Jack Severino has no memory, all he knows is the brutal sport of Pit Fighting. When his past catches him up, he realizes he is not who he thought he was. For some men must fight for redemption.

Director: Jesse V. Johnson | Stars: Dominique Vandenberg, Steven Bauer, Fernando Carrillo, Stephen Graham

Votes: 1,228

26. Necromancer 2020 (2019)

114 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

Win has to master powerful sorcery to seek revenge against the people who attacked him for his father's amulet. However, a satanic cult gets in his way and corrupts his girlfriend's mind.

Director: Piyapan Choopetch | Stars: Kunticha Aiumsumoring, Akara Amarttayakul, Orawan Boonnitipaisit, Tanatchapan Buranacheevavilai

Votes: 156

27. Serenade (1956)

Approved | 121 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Damon Vincenti, a young vineyard worker, has a beautiful tenor voice and dreams of becoming a great opera singer. He debuts at Lardelli's Italian restaurant in San Francisco, where he is ... See full summary »

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine, Sara Montiel, Vincent Price

Votes: 601

28. The Prize Fighter (1979)

PG | 99 min | Comedy

A mobster tricks an ex-boxer and his manager to take part in a series of (fixed) fights as part of a scheme to get his hands on an old boxing gym.

Director: Michael Preece | Stars: Tim Conway, Don Knotts, David Wayne, Robin Clarke

Votes: 395

29. Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945)

Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Sugata returns to prove his judo mastery in a match against Western opponents.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Denjirô Ôkôchi, Susumu Fujita, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata, Akitake Kôno

Votes: 2,709

30. Death Warrior (2009)

R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Horror

Five of the best mixed martial arts champions from around the world are forced to play a deadly game, a game to the death.

Director: Bill Corcoran | Stars: Hector Echavarria, Tanya Clarke, Nick Mancuso, Keith Jardine

Votes: 719

31. BoksBalet (2020)

15 min | Animation, Short, Drama

A massive boxer and a graceful ballerina face moral dilemmas: she spurns her ballet master; he rejects dishonest victory. The romance defies odds, leading to an unpredictable future as they leave their worlds behind.

Director: Anton Dyakov

Votes: 965

32. GirlFight: inVite (2016)

Not Rated | 13 min | Short, Action, Adventure

Sinister fatal femme Rachel inVites four unlikely model hopefuls into an underground death fight inside a barbaric steel cage surrounded by razor-sharp barb-wire. An all-female nightmare horror concept short film inspired by true events.

Director: Kelcey Coe | Stars: Becca Chanay, Kelly Culbertson, Brianna Culp, Amanda Dicapo

Votes: 380

33. Zombies on Broadway (1945)

Approved | 69 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Two bumbling press agents must search for a zombie to fulfill a commitment to their ex-gangster boss's new nightclub or face the consequences.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Wally Brown, Alan Carney, Bela Lugosi, Anne Jeffreys

Votes: 876

34. The Star Maker (1939)

Approved | 94 min | Biography, Comedy, Music

This is a film based on the life of Gus Edwards, a well-known vaudeville composer, entertainer and producer.

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Bing Crosby, Louise Campbell, Linda Ware, Ned Sparks

Votes: 115

35. The Navy Way (1944)

Approved | 74 min | Drama, War

The experiences of a disparate group of young men as they make their way through Navy boot camp.

Director: William Berke | Stars: Robert Lowery, Jean Parker, William Henry, Roscoe Karns

Votes: 160

36. Cold Justice (1991)

R | 105 min | Drama

A friendly but mysterious priest makes friends with owners of bars and pubs in a working-class neighborhood in Chicago. Only later they start wondering about his true intentions.

Director: Terry Green | Stars: Dennis Waterman, Roger Daltrey, Ron Dean, Robert Carricart

Votes: 86

37. Fighter (II) (2019)

95 min | Action, Drama, Sport

The story is about a MMA fighter - Tomek Janicki, who has everything: fame, money and beautiful Agata at his side. On the horizon, the fight for the master belt. When the federation turns a... See full summary »

Director: Konrad Maximilian Piotrowski | Stars: Piotr Stramowski, Mikolaj Roznerski, Katarzyna Maciag, Aleksandra Szwed

Votes: 231

38. Ringside Maisie (1941)

Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Young undefeated boxer Terry Dolan, who's been lying to his invalid mother about his career, confides to Maisie that he hates and is terrified by boxing and wants out. Not wanting to let ... See full summary »

Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Ann Sothern, George Murphy, Robert Sterling, Virginia O'Brien

Votes: 428

39. The Trigonal: Fight for Justice (2018)

122 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

An underground fighting circuit run by an international crime syndicate invades a retired MMA champion's small, idyllic island hometown. Syndicate thugs brutally assault his wife and kill ... See full summary »

Director: Vincent Soberano | Stars: Ian Ignacio, Rhian Ramos, Sarah Chang, Gus Liem

Votes: 156

40. Pit-Fighter (1990 Video Game)

Unrated | Action

Choose between a wrestler, a kick-boxer, and a "third degree black belt", and fight your way to the "ultimate warrior".

Stars: Bill Chase, Marc D. Williams, Glenn Fratticelli, John Aguire

Votes: 115

41. Unmarried (1939)

Approved | 63 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

When his manager, Pins Streaver, is killed attempting to rob a safe after losing all his money betting on a fight, third-rate fighter Slag Bailey leaves New York to investigate Streaver's ... See full summary »

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Helen Twelvetrees, Buck Jones, Donald O'Connor, John Hartley

Votes: 72

42. Sock a Doodle Do (1952)

7 min | Animation, Family, Short

A prize-fighting banty rooster, so slap-happy that he goes into a punching spree whenever he hears a bell, falls out of a truck and onto the farm where Foghorn Leghorn is in the midst of ... See full summary »

Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Sheldon Leonard

Votes: 262

43. Gwan gai (2007)

Not Rated | 105 min | Action

After serving time for the murder of his parents, a fighter with a taste for violence enters the world of kickboxing.

Director: Soi Cheang | Stars: Shawn Yue, Annie Liu, Francis Ng, Masato

Votes: 702

44. The Man Inside (I) (2012)

99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A thriller centered on a young boxer trying to distance himself from his father's gangster past and the relationship with his trainer.

Director: Dan Turner | Stars: Peter Mullan, Michelle Ryan, Ray Panthaki, David Harewood

Votes: 1,371

45. Swing Fever (1943)

Approved | 79 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Lowell Blackford (Kay Kyser) is blessed with a gift of music,but also cursed with a hereditary "evil eye" which hypnotizes people,and he is virtually a recluse. He goes in search of a ... See full summary »

Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Kay Kyser, Marilyn Maxwell, William Gargan, Nat Pendleton

Votes: 234

46. Prison Shadows (1936)

Passed | 65 min | Crime, Drama

A boxer is framed for murder after an opponent dies in the ring.

Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Edward J. Nugent, Lucille Lund, Joan Barclay, Forrest Taylor

Votes: 169

47. Fists of Steel (1989)

R | 94 min | Action, Sport

Street violence, drugs and terrorists. This is the story of one man who has had enough.

Director: Jerry Schafer | Stars: Carlos Palomino, Marianne Marks, Henry Silva, Alexis Arguello

Votes: 42

48. The Rise and Fall of Bigtime Berto (1982)

Crime, Drama

A loveable small man is a big spender.

Director: Angel Labra | Stars: Berting Labra, Vivian Velez, Paquito Diaz, Rodolfo 'Boy' Garcia

49. Blood Ring (1991)

90 min | Action

Max, a prize boxer who has developed a drinking habit after his girlfriend Susan left him, gets involved in dirty business once she asks him to help her find her missing husband.

Director: Teddy Page | Stars: Dale Cook, Andrea Lamatsch, Don Nakaya Neilsen, Steve Tartalia

Votes: 105

50. Tekken (1990)

128 min | Drama

A directionless young man, recently released from prison, tries to make a new start in life as a boxer.

Director: Junji Sakamoto | Stars: Takeshi Yamato, Bunta Sugawara, Karen Kirishima, Toshiya Fujita

Votes: 213