Films like Fat City

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   Resurrecting the Champ

   Film · 2007 · also drama

   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. What begins as an oppor...

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   Kid Galahad

   Film · 1962 · also drama

   After completing military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter—and tak...

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   Rocky Balboa

   Film · 2006 · also drama

   When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ Rocky Balboa, reigning heavyweight titleholder Mason Dixon retaliates by challenging the Italian Stalli...

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   The Hurricane

   Film · 1999 · also drama

   The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

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   Being Charlie

   Film · 2016 · also drama

   Charlie is a troublesome 18-year-old who breaks out of a youth drug treatment clinic, but when he returns home to Los Angeles, he's given an intervention by his parents a...

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6. 6

   Journeyman

   Film · 2018 · also drama

   A boxer suffers a serious head injury during a fight, and must deal with the consequences.

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   Eleanor the Great

   Film · 2025 · also drama

   94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for dec...

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8. 8

   Fast Girls

   Film · 2012 · also drama

   A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.

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   Creed

   Film · 2015 · also drama

   The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.

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    Rocky IV

    Film · 1985 · also drama

    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 Sovi...

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