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Snatch.
2000 crime comedy movie directed by Guy Ritchie
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Snatch is a 2000 crime comedy film written and directed by Guy Ritchie, featuring an ensemble cast and set in the London criminal underworld. The film contains two intertwined plots, one dealing with the ...
Release date: 23 August 2000
Genre:
Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down ...
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On the Ropes is a 2011 British mockumentary film written and directed by Mark Noyce. It follows the fictional character of martial arts instructor Keith Kraft and his rivalry with boxing gym owner Big ...
Release date: 8 August 2011
Genre:
Comedy
When a documentary maker covers a story on a 'proper fighting gym', little does he know how events will unfold as his attention is drawn to a ...
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The Greatest is a 1977 biographical sports film about the life of boxer Muhammad Ali, in which Ali plays himself. It was directed by Tom Gries. The film follows Ali's life from the 1960 Summer Olympics ...
Release date: 19 May 1977
Genre:
Biography, Drama, Sport
Muhammad Ali plays himself in a reconstruction of the events that brought him to fame.
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The Calcium Kid is a British mockumentary comedy film which was released in 2004. It stars Orlando Bloom as a milkman and amateur boxer. Billie Piper and Michael Peña are also featured. It is directed ...
Release date: 30 April 2004
Genre:
Comedy
The film is a mockumentary comedy, in which Bloom plays young milkman Jimmy. He is an amateur boxer who by a bizarre twist of events ends up fighting the ...
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Shiner is a 2000 crime film written by Scott Cherry and directed by John Irvin and starring Michael Caine and Martin Landau. It was shot in London.
Release date: 22 September 2000
Genre:
Drama, Crime, Thriller
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The Big Man (US title: Crossing the Line) is a 1990 British sports drama film directed by David Leland. It stars Liam Neeson, Joanne Whalley and Billy Connolly. The film's score was composed by Ennio ...
Release date: 31 August 1990
Genre:
Drama, Crime
An unemployed Scottish miner (Liam Neeson) is forced into bare-knuckle boxing to make ends meet.
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Blonde Fist (or Blond Fist) is a 1991 sports film directed by Frank Clarke and starring Margi Clarke as the protagonist Ronnie O'Dowd, who finds female boxing as an alternative to her domestic problems ...
Release date: 10 September 1991
Genre:
Drama, Family, Action, Sport
A woman attempts to escape her domestic problems by fleeing to New York in search of her father. She finds him, and also new problems, some friendship ...
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Leather Gloves is a 1948 American film noir drama sport film directed by Richard Quine and William Asher and starring Cameron Mitchell and Virginia Grey. It is also known as Loser takes all and Winner ...
Release date: 11 November 1948
Genre:
Drama
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And the Same to You is a 1960 British boxing-themed comedy film directed by George Pollock and starring Brian Rix and William Hartnell. It was written by John Paddy Carstairs, John Junkin and Terry Nation ...
Release date: 1 February 1960
Genre:
Comedy
Stuck with the name "Dickie Dreadnought," Rix feels he has no choice but to pursue a career as a boxer...
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The Square Ring is a 1953 British tragi-comic drama, directed by Basil Dearden and made at Ealing Studios. It stars Jack Warner, Robert Beatty and Maxwell Reed. The film, based on a 1952 stage play by ...
Release date: 13 July 1953
Genre:
Drama
Boxing drama following the lives of five different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.
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Risen is a 2010 Welsh sports drama film directed by Neil Jones and starring Stuart Brennan, Shane Richie, John Noble and Erik Morales. It is a biopic of the Welsh boxer Howard Winstone.
Release date: 29 July 2010
Genre:
Drama, Sport, Romance, Biography
The story of Howard Winstone is a compelling one. Howard became Featherweight Champion of the World at the age of 29 in 1968...
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Like It Is is a 1998 British gay-themed romance film. It stars Steve Bell, Ian Rose, Roger Daltrey and Dani Behr.
Release date: 17 April 1998
Genre:
Drama
A tough young boxer struggles to come out in England. Having travelled to London, from his smaller town, he meets and falls for a twenty-something music ...
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Twenty Four Seven is a 1997 British sports drama film directed and written by Shane Meadows. It was co-written by frequent Meadows collaborator Paul Fraser.
Release date: 31 August 1997
Genre:
Comedy, Drama, Sport
In a typical English working-class town, the juveniles have nothing more to do than hang around in gangs...
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Chuck (released as The Bleeder in the UK and Ireland) is a 2016 American biographical sports drama film directed by Philippe Falardeau and written by Jeff Feuerzeig, Jerry Stahl, Michael Cristofer and ...
Genre:
Drama, Sport
A drama inspired by the life of heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner, who had a once-in-a-lifetime bout with Muhammad Ali that would inspire the film Rocky (1976) ...
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Keep Fit is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring George Formby, Kay Walsh and Guy Middleton. Formby was at his British top box-office peak when this comedy was made.
Genre:
Comedy, Musical, Romance
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The Ring is a 1927 British silent romance film written and directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Carl Brisson, Lillian Hall-Davis and Ian Hunter.
Release date: 1 October 1927
Genre:
Drama, Romance, Thriller, Sport
Two boxers compete for the love of a woman.
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Sucker Punch is a 2008 action film written and directed by Malcolm Martin and starring Danny John-Jules, Gordon Alexander, Tom Hardy, Antonio Fargas and Ian Freeman.
Release date: 6 May 2006
Genre:
Comedy, Action
After a lost fight, a fighter wants back in the ring, seeking revenge on the fighter who knocked him out. When he comes toe to toe with him, he'll make ...
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Journeyman is a 2017 British drama film written and directed by Paddy Considine. The film stars Considine and Jodie Whittaker, with Paul Popplewell, Anthony Welsh and Tony Pitts.
Genre:
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.
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My Name Is Lenny is a 2017 British drama film directed by Ron Scalpello, and written by Martin Askew and Paul Van Carter. The film stars Josh Helman, Chanel Cresswell, Michael Bisping and John Hurt in ...
Genre:
Drama, Sport
The life story of one of Britain's most notorious bare-knuckle fighters, Lenny McLean, also known as "the Guv'nor".
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Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher is a 2022 British-American biographical drama film about the birth of boxing, written by and starring Matt Hookings. The film explores the life of Jem Belcher who ...
At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England.
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