Films like Requiem for a Heavyweight

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1. 1

   Fat City

   Film · 1972 · also drama

   The story of two men, a veteran boxer who is down and out, and a young man who is just starting his life and boxing career. Their fighting careers cross paths as their li...

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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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   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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   Creed II

   Film · 2018 · also drama

   Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight against an opponent with ties to his family's past, Adonis Creed is up against the challenge of his life.

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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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   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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   Dinner Rush

   Film · 2000 · also drama

   One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to having to please a wh...

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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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   Changing Lanes

   Film · 2002 · also drama

   A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on...

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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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