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51. The Challenger (I) (2015)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Sport
Struggling Bronx mechanic Jaden Miller uses boxing to save himself and his mother from being homeless. With a legendary trainer, and a reality show built around him, Miller goes for the title.
Director: Kent Moran | Stars: Kent Moran, Michael Clarke Duncan, S. Epatha Merkerson, Justin Hartley
Votes: 1,461 | Gross: $0.02M
52. Love Ranch (2010)
R | 117 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A drama revolving around a married couple who opened the first legal brothel in Nevada.
Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Helen Mirren, Joe Pesci, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Gina Gershon
Votes: 3,385 | Gross: $0.13M
53. Bizarre (2015)
Unrated | 98 min | Drama, Romance
A French teenager gets a job at the burlesque club Bizarre in New York.
Director: Étienne Faure | Stars: Pierre Prieur, Adrian James, Raquel Nave, Rebekah Underhill
Votes: 1,309
54. Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014 TV Movie)
TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
It's a post-Christmas play-date and the toys have to go up against the fearsome and aggressive new dino toys.
Director: Steve Purcell | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Kristen Schaal, Kevin McKidd
Votes: 13,250
55. Alley Cat (1984)
R | 82 min | Action
A martial artist stops a street gang from stealing her car, but her grandmother ends up being killed by the same gang. She witnesses firsthand how corrupt and inept law enforcement is, and decides to take matters into her own hands.
Directors: Victor M. Ordonez, Ed Palmos, Al Valletta | Stars: Karin Mani, Robert Torti, Britt Helfer, Michael Wayne
Votes: 1,059
56. The Slingshot (1993)
R | 102 min | Drama
In 1920s Stockholm, young Roland lives with his socialist father, Jewish mother, and boxer brother. His mother sells condoms illegally, and from them Roland makes slingshots, which he sells... See full summary »
Director: Åke Sandgren | Stars: Jesper Salén, Stellan Skarsgård, Basia Frydman, Niklas Olund
Votes: 2,212 | Gross: $0.31M
57. Bonnie's Kids (1972)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Rebellious sisters and a crooked PI try to escape from the girls' mobster uncle with stolen loot, and meet dangerous characters while dodging a pair of enforcers.
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Tiffany Bolling, Steve Sandor, Robin Mattson, Scott Brady
Votes: 914
58. The D.I. (1957)
106 min | Drama
A no-nonsense Drill Instructor is convinced that he can make a recruit, that is haunted by his family combat history and who falters under pressure, into a Marine.
Director: Jack Webb | Stars: Jack Webb, Don Dubbins, Jackie Loughery, Lin McCarthy
Votes: 1,041
59. No News from God (2001)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama
Two angels, one from the heaven and one from the hell, come to earth to save the soul of a boxer.
Director: Agustín Díaz Yanes | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Victoria Abril, Jero García, Gerardo Giacinti
Votes: 5,723 | Gross: $0.08M
60. I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
GP | 92 min | Drama, Music
A man living in the towering shadow of his aging father finds it difficult to start a new chapter in his life by marrying his girlfriend and moving to California.
Director: Gilbert Cates | Stars: Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman, Dorothy Stickney, Estelle Parsons
Votes: 3,014 | Gross: $0.85M
61. Kickboxer 3: The Art of War (1992)
R | 92 min | Action, Sport, Thriller
David Sloan travels to Rio for a kick-box exhibition. There he saves two youngsters and stops a white slaver.
Director: Rick King | Stars: Sasha Mitchell, Dennis Chan, Richard Comar, Noah Verduzco
Votes: 3,583
62. Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
With an older brother in jail and living with their single mother on Pine Ridge Reservation, Johnny and his sister Jashuan's lives develop new challenges when their absentee cowboy father ... See full summary »
Director: Chloé Zhao | Stars: John Reddy, Jashaun St. John, Irene Bedard, Jessica Rowland
Votes: 3,873 | Gross: $0.03M
63. Two of Us (2000 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 89 min | Biography, Drama, Music
In 1976, John Lennon and Paul McCartney have a chat about their lives and discuss whether The Beatles will ever reunite.
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: Aidan Quinn, Jared Harris, Ric Reid, Martin Martinuzzi
Votes: 1,130
64. Against the Ropes (2004)
PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominated sport.
Director: Charles S. Dutton | Stars: Meg Ryan, Omar Epps, Charles S. Dutton, Tony Shalhoub
Votes: 7,443 | Gross: $5.88M
65. Lackawanna Blues (2005 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Music
In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York.
Director: George C. Wolfe | Stars: S. Epatha Merkerson, Marcus Carl Franklin, Yasiin Bey, Carmen Ejogo
Votes: 2,556
66. Broken Blossoms or the Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A frail waif, abused by her brutal boxer father in London's seedy Limehouse District, is befriended by a sensitive Chinese immigrant with tragic consequences.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp, Arthur Howard
Votes: 11,088
67. TwentyFourSeven (1997)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In a typical English working-class town, the juveniles have nothing more to do than hang around in gangs. One day, Alan Darcy, a highly motivated man with the same kind of youth experience,... See full summary »
Director: Shane Meadows | Stars: Bob Hoskins, Danny Nussbaum, Toby, Bruce Jones
Votes: 2,725
68. The Frightened City (1961)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A small time thief is recruited by a mobster to help with the racketeering. He doesn't like the job, but with the mob on his back, a femme fatale in his bed and a sick friend to care for, he will have to keep all his wits about him.
Director: John Lemont | Stars: Herbert Lom, Sean Connery, John Gregson, Alfred Marks
Votes: 1,125
69. The President's Man: A Line in the Sand (2002 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A counterterrorism specialist is assigned by the President to track down a terrorist who is suspected of planning to set off a nuclear device in the U.S.
Director: Eric Norris | Stars: Chuck Norris, Judson Mills, Jennifer Tung, Roxanne Hart
Votes: 1,464
70. 100 Yen Love (2014)
113 min | Comedy, Drama
A 32-year-old woman living with her parents meets a boxer and finally starts a life.
Director: Masaharu Take | Stars: Sakura Andô, Hirofumi Arai, Yôzaburô Itô, Miyoko Inagawa
Votes: 2,743
71. Glam (1997)
NC-17 | 92 min | Drama
Traveling from the backwoods to Los Angeles to visit his cousin, a writer discovers a world of sex, drugs, crime and violence revolving around a beautiful young woman and her mobster boyfriend.
Director: Josh Evans | Stars: William McNamara, Frank Whaley, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Valérie Kaprisky
Votes: 2,457
72. Painkillers (2015)
Not Rated | 104 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Marines sent on a classified mission to Afghanistan find themselves trapped in a military hospital with no memory of how they got there.
Director: Peter Winther | Stars: Tahmoh Penikett, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Colm Feore, Erica Durance
Votes: 735
73. Byron (2003 TV Movie)
147 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Following the success of his poem "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage", Byron becomes the toast of London.
Director: Julian Farino | Stars: Stephen Campbell Moore, Oliver Milburn, Michael Elwyn, Jonny Lee Miller
Votes: 1,160
74. CIA Code Name: Alexa (1992)
R | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A terrorist couple is pitted against each other when the female counterpart is captured by C.I.A. agents. They convince her to help them bring down the dangerous group in this violent actioner.
Director: Joseph Merhi | Stars: Kathleen Kinmont, Lorenzo Lamas, O.J. Simpson, Alex Cord
Votes: 821
75. Partisan (2015)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
Alexander, a boy who has been raised in a sequestered commune, finds that his increasing unwillingness to fall in line puts him on a collision course with Gregori, the society's charismatic and domineering leader.
Director: Ariel Kleiman | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Jeremy Chabriel, Florence Mezzara, Esther Blaser-Tokarev
Votes: 4,182
76. Horses of God (2012)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
A fictional account of the lives of the men responsible for the suicide bombings in Casablanca in 2003.
Director: Nabil Ayouch | Stars: Abdelhakim Rachid, Abdelilah Rachid, Hamza Souidek, Ahmed El Idrissi Amrani
Votes: 2,038 | Gross: $0.00M
77. Isaac (I) (2020)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two friends meet 16 years after they left high school.
Directors: Ángeles Hernández, David Matamoros | Stars: Pepe Ocio, Iván Sánchez, Maria Ribera, Erika Bleda
Votes: 261
78. Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts (2015 Video)
Not Rated | 78 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Batman, with the help of the Flash, Green Arrow, Nightwing, and Red Robin, has to try and get to the bottom of the mysterious robotic animals attacking Gotham.
Director: Butch Lukic | Stars: Roger Craig Smith, Chris Diamantopoulos, Will Friedle, Charlie Schlatter
Votes: 3,461
79. Give Me Liberty (2019)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
In this freewheeling comedy, medical transport driver Vic risks his job to shuttle a group of rowdy seniors and a Russian boxer to a funeral, dragging clients like Tracy, a young woman with ALS, along for the ride.
Director: Kirill Mikhanovsky | Stars: Chris Galust, Lauren 'Lolo' Spencer, Maksim Stoyanov, Steve Wolski
Votes: 2,215 | Gross: $0.14M
80. The Money Trap (1965)
91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When half-a-million dollars disappears from a doctor office's safe, the cops assigned to the burglary case, Joe and Pete, decide to find the money and keep it for themselves.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Glenn Ford, Elke Sommer, Rita Hayworth, Joseph Cotten
Votes: 907
81. Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
Nancy Drew, contest-reporter for the local newspaper, clears a young woman of murder charges.
Director: William Clemens | Stars: Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frankie Thomas, Dickie Jones
Votes: 1,467
82. Deprisa, Deprisa (1981)
99 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Angela begins to hang around with Pablo and his gang of young robbers.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Berta Socuéllamos, Jose Antonio Valdelomar González, Jesús Arias, José María Hervás Roldán
Votes: 1,784
83. The Silencer (1992)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Lynette Walden and Chris Mulkey star in this action-packed ride through the sexy and dangerous world of flesh for sale and murder for hire. Harley-riding Angel (Lynette Walden) plays to win... See full summary »
Director: Amy Goldstein | Stars: Lynette Walden, Chris Mulkey, Paul Ganus, Jaime Gomez
Votes: 426
84. Never Love a Stranger (1958)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Following the life of an orphan and the events that change his life and lead him into a life of crime.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: John Drew Barrymore, Lita Milan, Robert Bray, Steve McQueen
Votes: 418
85. The Fits (2015)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama, Music
While training at the gym 11-year-old tomboy Toni becomes entranced with a dance troupe. As she struggles to fit in she finds herself caught up in danger as the group begins to suffer from fainting spells and other violent fits.
Director: Anna Rose Holmer | Stars: Royalty Hightower, Alexis Neblett, Da'Sean Minor, Lauren Gibson
Votes: 5,134 | Gross: $0.17M
86. Heavy Weight (2016)
13 min | Short, Drama, Sport
When a talented new arrival begins using the local boxing club, Paris, a skilled fighter, is forced into an unexpected struggle with himself. A film about vulnerability in a hyper-masculine world that doesn't allow for it.
Director: Jonny Ruff | Stars: Chuku Modu, Matt Lavall, Dean Christie, Jace Moody
Votes: 223
87. The Toughest Man in the World (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
Mr. T's first starring made-for-TV movie role has him playing a tough and scowling, but softhearted, nightclub bouncer who finds himself involved with a bunch of kids after being conned into taking over a youth center.
Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Mr. T, Dennis Dugan, John P. Navin Jr., Peggy Pope
Votes: 339
88. Bad Blonde (1953)
Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A scheming blonde seduces a fighter and convinces him to murder her husband, a fight manager.
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Barbara Payton, Frederick Valk, John Slater, Sidney James
Votes: 451
89. Right to Fight (2023)
90 min | Documentary, History, Sport
Sky Original documentary revealing how the pioneers of women's boxing battled the odds to find their place in the ring.
Director: Georgina Cammalleri | Stars: Cathy Davis, Marian Trimiar, Mike Silver, Sue Fox
Votes: 71
90. The Square Jungle (1955)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Sport
A grocery store clerk turns prizefighter to win prize money to bail his drunken father out of jail.
Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Tony Curtis, Pat Crowley, Ernest Borgnine, Paul Kelly
Votes: 413
91. Joe and Max (2002 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
True story of boxers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling and their enduring friendship.
Director: Steve James | Stars: Til Schweiger, Leonard Roberts, Richard Roundtree, David Paymer
Votes: 1,064
92. Guardian (I) (2014)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Thriller
After the mysterious death of her undercover cop husband, a female martial artist must protect her daughter from corrupt police, politicians and hired assassins who will do anything to conceal the truth.
Director: Helfi C.H. Kardit | Stars: Sarah Carter, Tio Pakusadewo, Nino Fernandez, Dominique Agisca Diyose
Votes: 203
93. Cock & Bull Story (2002)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Sport
Two friends are torn apart by passion and ambition in the violent world of amateur boxing.
Director: Billy Hayes | Stars: Brian Austin Green, Bret Roberts, Wendy Fowler, Greg Mullavey
Votes: 234
94. Qualcuno pagherà (1988)
R | 93 min | Action, Drama
In order to prove himself to his girlfriend's father, a young man takes up boxing professionally. The father becomes his trainer and a sleazy promoter gets interested in him, but the road to the title won't be easy.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Daniel Greene, Giuliano Gemma, Keely Shaye Brosnan, Ernest Borgnine
Votes: 130
95. The Matrix Revisited (2001 Video)
Not Rated | 123 min | Documentary
A DVD-exclusive documentary about the making and production of The Matrix (1999).
Director: Josh Oreck | Stars: Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Joel Silver, Bill Pope, Owen Paterson
Votes: 4,145
96. The Real Deal (2002)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A Producer's assistant decides to make his move for the big bucks after being fired by his boss.
Director: Tom Burruss | Stars: Lillo Brancato, Joseph D. Reitman, Daniel Baldwin, Angie Everhart
Votes: 149
97. Rag Doll (I) (2019)
103 min | Action, Drama
Nora is the one who works overtime, helps out her family by all means, and leaves little for herself. She takes out life's hardships at the local mixed martial arts gym, but what happens when that violence extends outside of the gym?
Director: Bailey Kobe | Stars: Shannon Murray, Stephanie Erb, Dot-Marie Jones, Dante Basco
Votes: 287
98. Diarchy (2010)
20 min | Short
Giano and Luc are traveling through the woods when a storm breaks, forcing them to take shelter in Luc's villa. Gradually and insidiously, a competition emerges between them, with terrible consequences.
Director: Ferdinando Cito Filomarino | Stars: Louis Garrel, Riccardo Scamarcio, Alba Rohrwacher
Votes: 168
99. Through My Father's Eyes (2019)
R | 104 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
The extraordinary story of MMA/UFC super star Ronda Rousey.
Director: Gary Stretch | Stars: Ronda Rousey, Gary Stretch, Pete Antico, Gene LeBell
Votes: 774
100. SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman (2002 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Comedy
SpongeBob SquarePants Needs your help in this video game. Help SpongeBob as he finds the Flying Dutchman and saves his friends
Stars: Tom Kenny, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Carolyn Lawrence
Votes: 172