Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "prizefight"

1. Jungleland (2019)

R | 90 min | Drama

Two brothers try to escape their circumstances by travelling across the country for a no holds barred boxing match that becomes a fight for their lives.

Director: Max Winkler | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Jack O'Connell, Naheem Garcia, Fran Kranz

Votes: 7,374

2. Play It to the Bone (1999)

R | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Two best friends and former middleweight contenders travel to Las Vegas to fight each other for the first time.

Director: Ron Shelton | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Antonio Banderas, Lolita Davidovich, Marie Park

Votes: 12,393 | Gross: $8.43M

3. 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: 11,067

4. Crossing the Line (1990)

R | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Sport

Unemployed Scottish miner Danny Scoular (Liam Neeson) is forced into bare-knuckle boxing to make ends meet.

Director: David Leland | Stars: Kenny Ireland, Liam Neeson, Joanne Whalley, Billy Connolly

Votes: 1,436 | Gross: $0.06M

5. Tomorrow's Joe (2011)

131 min | Drama, Sport

What does a young orphan urchin do in the slums of Tokyo? He gets into trouble, into brawls, into fights and eventually he lands in jail. Except this one is not just beating, he has a raw ... See full summary »

Director: Fumihiko Sori | Stars: Tomohisa Yamashita, Karina, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yûsuke Iseya

Votes: 1,351

6. Texas (1941)

Passed | 93 min | Western

Two young men head west in search of fortune and adventure.

Director: George Marshall | Stars: William Holden, Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor, George Bancroft

Votes: 1,451

7. Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945)

Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Sugata returns to prove his judo mastery in a match against Western opponents.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Denjirô Ôkôchi, Susumu Fujita, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata, Akitake Kôno

Votes: 2,708

8. Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)

Passed | 72 min | Mystery

When the #1 heavyweight contender is mysteriously poisoned during a bout, Moto knows that identifying the gambler who placed large bets against him is the key to solving the murder.

Director: James Tinling | Stars: Peter Lorre, Keye Luke, Dick Baldwin, Lynn Bari

Votes: 814

9. The Navy Way (1944)

Approved | 74 min | Drama, War

The experiences of a disparate group of young men as they make their way through Navy boot camp.

Director: William Berke | Stars: Robert Lowery, Jean Parker, William Henry, Roscoe Karns

Votes: 160

10. Kid Nightingale (1939)

Passed | 57 min | Comedy, Music, Sport

A singing waiter gets into an argument with some obnoxious customers and winds up knocking them out. The incident is witnessed by a shady boxing promoter who sees an opportunity to cash in ... See full summary »

Director: George Amy | Stars: John Payne, Jane Wyman, Walter Catlett, Edward Brophy

Votes: 246

11. Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941)

Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

While a cop steers a kid street-fighter away from being a public nuisance, a petty hoodlum leads a studious kid into a life of crime.

Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Warren Hull

Votes: 668

12. La riña (2008)

86 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A secret party is thrown by ex-students from the American school who bet fortunes on poor wrestlers confronting each other inside an empty swimming pool for a few dollars.

Director: Marcelo Galvão | Stars: Christiano Cochrane, Warley Santana, Leonardo Miggiorin, Elder Torres

Votes: 77

13. The Eye of Vichy (1993)

Not Rated | 110 min | Documentary, War

This movie is only made of archive pictures: the official newsreels that were broadcasted on French movie screens during 1940 and 1944 (the Occupation). Those newsreels were controlled by ... See full summary »

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Brian Cox, Maquisard Alfonso, General Bergeret

Votes: 346

14. Tekken (1990)

128 min | Drama

A directionless young man, recently released from prison, tries to make a new start in life as a boxer.

Director: Junji Sakamoto | Stars: Takeshi Yamato, Bunta Sugawara, Karen Kirishima, Toshiya Fujita

Votes: 213

15. Conflict (1936)

Approved | 60 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

Pat's ability as a logging/mining camp fighter sets him up to box prizefighter Corrigan. Unknown to his supporters, he's actually in collusion with Corrigan to throw the fight - until he runs into reporter Maude.

Director: David Howard | Stars: John Wayne, Jean Rogers, Ward Bond, Tommy Bupp

Votes: 161

16. Prize Fighter (1993 Video Game)

MA-13 | Sport

You're the Kid, a promising rookie prize-fighter. Fight Honeyboy Hernandez, Mega Joe Falco, T. Rex Hawkins and heavyweight champion Nuke 'The Duke' Johnson to win the title and help a young fan overcome his debilitating trauma.

Director: Ron Stein | Stars: Ben Hernandez Bray, Billy D. Lucas, Manny Perry, Jimmy Nickerson

Votes: 37

17. Desert Duel (1994 Video)

Not Rated | 30 min | Short, Action, Drama

Female versus female catfight and wrestling video, "Desert Duel" is featuring LeDawn versus Precious Pink.

Stars: Le Dawn, Precious Pink

18. Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey (1950)

Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Family, Sport

Joe and Anne go off on their honeymoon while Knobby books him into a charity fight which Lord Cecil tries to wreck.

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Robert Coogan, Pamela Blake

Votes: 53

19. For the Love of Pete (1936)

Approved | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

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Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Robert Norton, Shemp Howard, Lucy Parker, John Berkes

Votes: 12

20. Woman-Wise (1937)

Approved | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Crooks use prizefights as setups and local sports editor (Whalen) is out to stop them.

Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Rochelle Hudson, Michael Whalen, Thomas Beck, Alan Dinehart

Votes: 17

21. Heroes of the Saddle (1940)

Passed | 56 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Montana Bill Bell, a friend of the Three Mesquiteers, Stony Brooke, Rusty Joslin and Rico Renaldo, is killed in a rodeo accident and the trio reluctantly places his young daughter Peggy in ... See full summary »

Director: William Witney | Stars: Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo, Patsy Parsons

Votes: 22

22. The Magnificent Brute (1936)

Approved | 77 min | Drama, Romance

The foreman of a blast furnace gets involved in a romantic triangle and stolen money.

Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Binnie Barnes, Jean Dixon, William Hall

Votes: 73

23. Here's Howe (1936)

Approved | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Sport

Heavyweight champion Joe Palooka (Robert Norton) and his manager/trainer Knobby Walsh (Shemp Howard), are eating a poor farmer out of house and holdings while Joe prepares for a ... See full summary »

Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Robert Norton, Beverly Phalon, Shemp Howard, Maxine Stone

Votes: 13

24. Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch (1949)

Approved | 74 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Joe heads for South America to fight the Latin champ. Shipboard, he helps federal agents fight counterfeiters. He also spars with love interest Anne Howe.

Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Elyse Knox, Marcel Journet

Votes: 32

25. Hot Foot (1943)

Approved | 17 min | Comedy, Short

Edgar Kennedy, in order to attend a prizefight without his brother-in-law, pretends to be sick with intentions of sneaking off later. As usual, his best-laid plan takes another direction. ... See full summary »

Director: Ben Holmes | Stars: Edgar Kennedy, Pauline Drake, Dot Farley, Jack Rice

Votes: 13

26. Randy Turpin vs. Bobo Olson (1953)

Approved | 22 min | Short, Action, Sport

This short features the October, 1953 Middleweight Title Fight between Britain's "Randy" Turpin---never fighting as Randoplh Turpin, even in his 1951 bout with "Sugar Ray" Robinson---... See full summary »

Director: Joe Roberts | Stars: Bill Corum, Randolph Turpin, Carl 'Bobo' Olson, Ruby Goldstein

27. Fight is Right (1936)

Passed | 17 min | Short, Action, Comedy

A henpecked husband finds a means to attending the big fight by feigning illness and having his pal pose as a doctor. Wise to this deception, his wife empties Plaster of Paris into his foot bath.

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Tom Kennedy, Maxine Jennings, Jack Norton, Edgar Dearing

28. Rabbit Punch (1955)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

It's the night of the Big Fight between Tommy Tortoise and Michael "Moe" Hare. Tommy takes a beating at first and "Moe" knocks him through the "screen" onto the the animator's table, where ... See full summary »

Directors: Dave Tendlar, Bill Hudson | Star: Jack Mercer

Votes: 20

29. Highlander (1992–1998)
Episode: The Fighter (1994)

TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Duncan's old friend Tommy Sullivan wants Duncan to buy a piece of his fighter George, and help him win pretty Iris.

Director: Peter Ellis | Stars: Adrian Paul, Stan Kirsch, Philip Akin, Jim Byrnes

Votes: 178

30. Riverboat (1959–1961)
Episode: River Champion (1960)

60 min | Adventure, Western

After the Glen City sheriff runs him out of town, boxing promoter Dan Muldoon convinces his old friend Grey Holden to host a prize fight on the Enterprise. When Grey Holden knocks out ... See full summary »

Director: William Witney | Stars: Darren McGavin, Noah Beery Jr., Dennis O'Keefe, Norma Crane

31. Vikings: Valhalla (2022– )
Episode: Towers of Faith (2023)

TV-MA | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Freydis founds a new home. Harald formulates a new plan to take back Norway, but Leif's not on board. A new threat appears in London.

Director: Ciaran Donnelly | Stars: Sam Corlett, Frida Gustavsson, Leo Suter, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson

Votes: 995