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

1. Captain Marvel (2019)

PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races.

Directors: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck | Stars: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Jude Law

Votes: 611,668 | Gross: $426.83M

2. The Harder They Fall (1956)

Passed | 109 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Sport

An ex-sportswriter is hired by a shady fight promoter to promote his latest find, an unknown but easily exploitable rising star from Argentina.

Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Mike Lane

Votes: 9,063

3. Little Manhattan (2005)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

A 10-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl find love in New York City.

Director: Mark Levin | Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Charlotte Ray Rosenberg, Bradley Whitford, Cynthia Nixon

Votes: 24,802 | Gross: $0.38M

4. Kid Galahad (1962)

Approved | 96 min | Drama, Musical, Sport

After completing his 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 takes him under his wing.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Elvis Presley, Gig Young, Lola Albright, Joan Blackman

Votes: 3,116 | Gross: $1.80M

5. Against the Ropes (2004)

PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominated sport.

Director: Charles S. Dutton | Stars: Meg Ryan, Omar Epps, Charles S. Dutton, Tony Shalhoub

Votes: 7,439 | Gross: $5.88M

6. Excessive Force (1993)

R | 87 min | Action

A group of Chicago cops are involved in a raid from which $3,000,000 disappears. The local mob go after them and the body count starts to rise. The new Chief of Police makes it clear to the... See full summary »

Director: Jon Hess | Stars: Thomas Ian Griffith, James Earl Jones, Lance Henriksen, Tony Todd

Votes: 1,489 | Gross: $1.15M

7. The Ring (I) (1927)

Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

Two boxers compete for the love of a woman.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Carl Brisson, Lillian Hall-Davis, Ian Hunter, Forrester Harvey

Votes: 3,947

8. The Champion (1915)

31 min | Short, Comedy, Sport

Walking along with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a training camp advertising for a boxing partner "who can take a beating." After watching others lose... See full summary »

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Bud Jamison, Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Billy Armstrong

Votes: 2,778

9. Fighting Tommy Riley (2004)

R | 109 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

An aging trainer and a young fighter, both in need of a second chance, team-up to overcome the demons of their past...and chase the dreams of their future.

Director: Eddie O'Flaherty | Stars: Eddie Jones, J.P. Davis, Christina Chambers, Diane Tayler

Votes: 835 | Gross: $0.01M

10. Rag Doll (I) (2019)

103 min | Action, Drama

Nora is the one who works overtime, helps out her family by all means, and leaves little for herself. She takes out life's hardships at the local mixed martial arts gym, but what happens when that violence extends outside of the gym?

Director: Bailey Kobe | Stars: Shannon Murray, Stephanie Erb, Dot-Marie Jones, Dante Basco

Votes: 287

11. Agony (I) (2016)

Unrated | 93 min | Drama, Thriller

On the 29th of November, a young man murders and dismembers his girlfriend. The head, torso and limbs are found in various dumpsters in Vienna. The motive for the crime is still unclear.

Director: David Clay Diaz | Stars: Samuel Schneider, Alexander Srtschin, Alexandra Schmidt, Simon Hatzl

Votes: 337

12. Facing Ali (2009)

R | 100 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

Ten of Muhammad Ali's former rivals pay tribute to the three-time world heavyweight champion.

Director: Pete McCormack | Stars: George Chuvalo, Henry Cooper, George Foreman, Joe Frazier

Votes: 3,776

13. 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

14. Break Me (2018)

15 min | Short, Drama

A young cage fighter must choose between his head and his heart after his father discovers the truth.

Director: Irasj Asanti | Stars: Ravdeep Singh Bajwa, Fredrik Skogsrud, Irasj Asanti, Hamid Karimi

Votes: 67

15. Sock a Doodle Do (1952)

7 min | Animation, Family, Short

A prize-fighting banty rooster, so slap-happy that he goes into a punching spree whenever he hears a bell, falls out of a truck and onto the farm where Foghorn Leghorn is in the midst of ... See full summary »

Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Sheldon Leonard

Votes: 262

16. Joe Palooka, Champ (1946)

Passed | 70 min | Drama, Sport

Manager Knobby Walsh discovers young hunk Joe Palooka and trains him to fight the champ. Mobsters try to make life tough for Joe and his socialite girlfriend Anne. Cameos by several boxing stars.

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

Votes: 52

17. Heat Street (1988 Video)

Not Rated | 85 min | Action

A black boxer whose daughter was murdered by bikers joins up with a white repo man to battle street gangs.

Director: Joseph Merhi | Stars: Del Zamora, Quincy Adams Jr., Wendy MacDonald, Yvette Davis

Votes: 58

18. Sparring (2017)

95 min | Drama, Sport

Steve Landry, an aging boxer with more losses than wins, accepts to become a sparring partner for an emerging champion in a last-ditch attempt to stay relevant.

Director: Samuel Jouy | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Olivia Merilahti, Souleymane M'Baye, Billie Blain

Votes: 704

19. Bare Knuckle Fight Club (2007– )

62 min | Documentary

Uncovering the hidden world of underground bare-knuckle fighting in Britain. With access to a fight club where men from all walks of life compete against each other in brutal and bloody battles.

Stars: Corey Williams, Joe Duttine

Votes: 143

20. Watch Your Left (1936)

13 min | Short, Comedy, Sport

A boxer is out in the country with his entourage, training for his next fight. Meanwhile, on the farm nearby, Roger is neglecting his chores. As he watches the boxer and his sparring ... See full summary »

Director: René Clément | Stars: Jacques Tati, Max Martel, Louis Robur, Cliville

Votes: 1,441

21. The Kid Comes Back (1937)

Passed | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

After defeating a prominent, highly-ranked heavyweight fighter in convincing and sensational fashion, "Gunner" Malone hopes to get a shot at the world-champion title, but is foiled by the ... See full summary »

Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Wayne Morris, Barton MacLane, June Travis, Maxie Rosenbloom

Votes: 71

22. El Chata (2018)

TV-MA | 75 min | Drama, Sport

El Chata is a story about survival in a hostile environment. It's about staying in the fight and how in the middle of it, some manage to get back up and others don't.

Director: Gustavo Ramos Perales | Stars: Blas Sien Diaz, Alexon Duprey, Modesto Lacen, Carlos Miranda

Votes: 63

23. Fling in the Ring (1955)

Passed | 16 min | Comedy, Short

The stooges are the trainers of "Chopper," a beefy boxer, and they bet their bankroll on Chopper to win his next fight. When "Big Mike," their boss, tells them to have Chopper lose or ... See full summary »

Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Dick Wessel

Votes: 283

24. Right to the Heart (1942)

Passed | 74 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport

John T. Bromley III is a young man from high society who is physically humiliated by a prizefighter before his socialite sweetheart, Jenny Killian. He goes to a training camp to redeem his ... See full summary »

Director: Eugene Forde | Stars: Brenda Joyce, Joseph Allen, Cobina Wright, Stanley Clements

25. The Personality Kid (1934)

Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

Ritzy McCarty is a fighter managed by his wife Joan, who wants him only to fight until they have the money to build a better life. However, he has other ideas.

Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Glenda Farrell, Claire Dodd, Robert Gleckler

Votes: 164

26. Harvard, Here I Come! (1941)

Approved | 64 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

After being publicly humiliated by an undergraduate humor publication, a dim-witted nightclub owner decides to enroll at Harvard University and become an educated man.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Maxie Rosenbloom, Arline Judge, Stanley Brown, Don Beddoe

Votes: 58

27. Undefeated (2020)

Not Rated | 35 min | Short, Drama, Sport

Fictional Irish drama about a young gay boxer on a journey to overturn stereotypes and become a professional boxer. While working towards his goals, he discovers more than expected about himself, but will the price of success be too high?

Director: Robert Madden | Stars: Maxim Trigub, Aston Burke Flynn, Mandy Irving, Conor Quinn

Votes: 35

28. Rückschlag (2017)

14 min | Short

Lara (Jessica Honz) is training for a boxing match. She is a good boxer but nobody wants to spar her. Only when the young boxer Max (Olaf Legner) takes care on her does she have a ... See full summary »

Director: Tobias Kerll | Stars: Jessica Honz, Olaf Legner, Manuel Nero, Melchior Rettenmeier

Votes: 7

29. Straight Right (2000)

Not Rated | 81 min | Drama

Kalib is ready for one of the fights of his life, he's going up for boxings Lightweight Championship Title of the world, but when trouble erupts-his life takes an awkward turn. Kalib who ... See full summary »

Director: P. David Ebersole | Stars: Brent Smith, Lynn Evans, Zeke Rippy, Bob White

Votes: 115

30. The Big Timer (1932)

Passed | 72 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

An up-and-coming boxer (Ben Lyon) runs into problems when he takes on a female fight manager (Constance Cummings). Ben Lyon is once again playing with Tom Dugan; they co-starred in "The Hot... See full summary »

Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Ben Lyon, Constance Cummings, Thelma Todd, Tom Dugan

Votes: 268

31. Two Fisted (1935)

Approved | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

A fast-talking boxing manager and the somewhat hapless fighter he manages happen to run into a young man who was a good prizefighter in his day but is now out of the sport and has a ... See full summary »

Director: James Cruze | Stars: Lee Tracy, Roscoe Karns, Gail Patrick, Kent Taylor

Votes: 46

32. 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

33. Two-Fisted Gentleman (1936)

Approved | 64 min | Drama, Romance

Mickey (James Dunn), is a prizefighter whose bright career hits the skids when he comes under the guidance of Ginger (June Clayworth), a female fight promoter, when he becomes involved with... See full summary »

Director: Gordon Wiles | Stars: James Dunn, June Clayworth, George McKay, Thurston Hall

Votes: 9

34. The Right That Failed (1922)

Passed | 50 min | Drama, Sport

John Duffey, lightweight champion of New York, knocks out Kid Reagan in a sensational bout but sustains a broken wrist and is ordered to rest for several months. Johnny visits Craigmoor, a ... See full summary »

Director: Bayard Veiller | Stars: Bert Lytell, Virginia Valli, DeWitt Jennings, Philo McCullough

35. Tough Kid (1938)

Approved | 59 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Skipper Murphy is serving as trainer and inspiration for his brother Red Murphy training for a world championship title bout. Trouble comes for the Murphys when Red runs up against a ... See full summary »

Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Frankie Darro, Dick Purcell, Judith Allen, Lillian Elliott

Votes: 23

36. Flying Fists (1937)

Passed | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A lumberjack knocks out a champion boxer in a brawl, gets drawn into the boxing world where he is unknowingly set up for a fixed fight.

Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Bruce Bennett, Jeanne Martel, Fuzzy Knight, J. Farrell MacDonald

Votes: 58

37. Trouble Preferred (1948)

Approved | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A suicide attempt is investigated by a pair of female police rookies.

Director: James Tinling | Stars: Peggy Knudsen, Lynne Roberts, Charles Russell, Paul Langton

Votes: 12

38. The Choke's on You (1936)

21 min | Short

Joe Palooka and Strangler Chokeovitch have set up training camps on adjacent beachfront sites. When Joe knocks out the Strangler after a misunderstanding, Chokeovitch's manager challenges ... See full summary »

Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Robert Norton, Beverly Phalon, Shemp Howard, John Berkes

Votes: 17

39. Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (1949)

Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Gangsters frame Joe on a drunk charge and a murder rap so they can put their own fighter into a big event. Joe investigates in an attempt to prove his innocence.

Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Lina Romay, David Bruce

Votes: 48

40. Hurray for Hooligan (1937)

Approved | 18 min | Short, Action, Comedy

Promoters Buster and Tom pick up a prizefighter with a knock-out punch but learn that he won't put up a fight unless he is mad, and the only thing that makes him mad is the sight of a ... See full summary »

Director: William Watson | Stars: Tom Patricola, Buster West, Andy Anderson's Orchestra, Ed Garvie

Votes: 8

41. Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (1948)

Approved | 64 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Joe is scheduled for the big fight as usual. This one has more fight sequences than plot.

Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Joe Kirkwood Jr., Elyse Knox, William Frawley, Stanley Clements

Votes: 40

42. Prize Fighter (1949)

Approved | 8 min | Short, Sport

New York City sportswriter, Bill Corum, drops in at the gymnasium where up-and-coming heavyweight Roland La Starza, whom the gym-rat hanger-ons declare is the best fighter to come along ... See full summary »

Director: Larry O'Reilly | Stars: Bill Corum, Roland La Starza

43. Animaniacs (1993–1998)
Episode: Buttermilk, It Makes a Body Bitter/Broadcast Nuisance/Raging Bird (1993)

Not Rated | 30 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

The Warner siblings deliver lunch to famed newscaster Dan Anchorman. However, the stuffed shirt is so egotistical that he refuses to tip the delivery persons. Needless to say, Dan's next newscast doesn't go quite according to plan.

Directors: Greg Reyna, Lenord Robinson, Kirk Tingblad | Stars: Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Tress MacNeille, Phil Hartman

Votes: 151

44. Bearcats! (1971)
Episode: The Return of Estaban (1971)

60 min | Action, Adventure, War

Hank and Johnny call on their old friend Raoul Esteban to help prevent a gang from destroying a mining town.

Director: Herb Wallerstein | Stars: Rod Taylor, Dennis Cole, Henry Darrow, Kathryn Hays

Votes: 10

45. Bliss (2002–2004)
Episode: The Footpath of Pink Roses (2002)

TV-MA | 22 min | Drama, Romance

A tough young woman takes up martial arts to make sure she can protect herself. However, she starts fantasizing about being manhandled. Her quaint boyfriend can't do it, so a guy from her martial arts class helps out.

Director: Penelope Buitenhuis | Stars: Leif Anderson, Shawn Baichoo, Karyn Dwyer, Jason John Leeming

Votes: 33

46. Ellery Queen (1975–1976)
Episode: The Adventure of the Sunday Punch (1976)

TV-PG | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Family

A champion boxer goes down for good during a sparring match, and it's soon discovered that he was poisoned.

Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Jim Hutton, David Wayne, Robert Alda, Dane Clark

Votes: 104

47. Homicide (1964–1977)
Episode: Flash Johnny (1970)

Action, Crime, Drama

Aboriginal boxer 'Flash' Johnny Miles, training for a championship fight, becomes jealous of his sparring partner's friendship with his wife. In the ring Johnny hits him so hard that he ... See full summary »

Directors: Alex Emanuel, Gary Conway | Stars: Alwyn Kurts, Leonard Teale, Norman Yemm, George Mallaby

48. Mr. & Mrs. North (1952–1954)
Episode: Trained for Murder (1953)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

The Norths go to a training camp so Jerry can interview the up-and-coming prizefighter, Vince McKay, for a future book project. Unfortunately, the boxer collapses in the ring and dies. It ... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Richard Denning, Barbara Britton, Gloria Henry, Roy Roberts

Votes: 31

49. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode: The Case of the Playboy Pugilist (1962)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jimmy West believes he has a great fighter but when Tod Richards takes over the fighter's contract and hires Jimmy as trainer, Jimmy doesn't realize what he walked into. Jimmy is in the middle of a blackmail scheme and charged with murder.

Director: Francis D. Lyon | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman

Votes: 275

50. Power Rangers Ninja Storm (2003–2004)
Episode: Double-Edged Blake (2003)

TV-Y7-FV | 22 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Tori discovers Blake's been seeing another woman in secret. Meanwhile, Lothor takes a decisive step in getting more serious about dealing with the Rangers.

Director: Wayne Rose | Stars: Pua Magasiva, Sally Martin, Glenn McMillan, Adam Tuominen

Votes: 58