20. Resurrecting the Champ

• • MPAA
  • PG-13

• Samuel L. Jackson
• Josh Hartnett

Eric Kernan works as a sports writer. His life becomes more complicated after his wife requests a divorce. One night Eric witnesses a gang of bandits attacking a poor man, noticing the man's skill in...Read more repelling their punches, and discovering that man is the legend of boxing (Bob Satterfield) who is rumored to be dead. Eric decides to write an article about Satterfield, but it doesn't stop there.

19. Champion

• Kirk Douglas
• Arthur Kennedy

The story follows the journey of the ambitious boxer Midge Kelly from his humble beginnings until his rise to fame, as he stops at nothing to get what he wants.

18. Fat City

• • MPAA
  • PG

• Stacy Keach
• Jeff Bridges

When the washed-up boxer Tully takes an interest in up-and-coming boxer Ernie, he decides to help him reach his potential, which Tully sees as a chance for redemption. But as Ernie starts gaining...Read more recognition, Tully's own star starts to fade.

17. Bleed for This

• • MPAA
  • R

• Miles Teller
• Aaron Eckhart

The true story of how World Champion Boxer Vinny Pazienza made a stunning comeback after a near-fatal car accident left him almost paralyzed.

16. The Set-Up

• Audrey Totter
• Robert Ryan

Boxer Bill 'Stoker' Thompson believes he can still win a boxing match, despite his wife Julie's request that he stop, but he becomes involved with a vicious gambler.

15. The Champ

• • MPAA
  • PG

• Jon Voight
• Faye Dunaway

After his wife left him seven years ago, former boxing champion Billy Flynn works as a horse trainer in order to support his son T.J. But he finds himself facing a challenging situation when his...Read more ex-wife comes back, as he attempts to get back in the ring.

14. Southpaw

• • MPAA
  • R

• Jake Gyllenhaal
• Victor Ortiz

A personal tragedy sends a boxer, Billy Hope, on a downward spiral that threatens to tear his one remaining family member away from him. As he turns his life around, he fights to reunite with his...Read more daughter and regain his once-blooming career.

13. Somebody Up There Likes Me

• Paul Newman
• Pier Angeli

The true story of how the boxer Rocky Graziano went from a convicted criminal to a boxing champion, shedding light on his abuse by his father, his time as a criminal, his imprisonment, and his...Read more reinvention of himself.

11. The Harder They Fall

• Jack Albertson
• Rusty Lane

Laid-off sportswriter Eddie Wills joins hands with the corrupt boxing promoter Nick Benko to give a leg up to the novice Toro Moreno, but things don't go as planned when Eddie fabricates stories about...Read more the fixed matches to make Toro shoot to fame.

10. Million Dollar Baby

• Morgan Freeman
• Clint Eastwood

Thirty-one-year-old Maggie Fitzgerald works at a restaurant, but dreams of becoming a famous boxer. She looks for a coach to train her, and lonely Frankie Dunn seems to be the right one to do the job.