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

1. Creed III (2023)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Drama, Sport

Adonis has been thriving in both his career and family life, but when a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces, the face-off is more than just a fight.

Director: Michael B. Jordan | Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, Jonathan Majors, Wood Harris

Votes: 92,866

2. Rocky IV (1985)

PG | 91 min | Drama, Sport

Rocky Balboa proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union.

Director: Sylvester Stallone | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers

Votes: 226,391 | Gross: $127.87M

3. Rocky Balboa (2006)

PG | 102 min | Action, Drama, Sport

Thirty years after the ring of the first bell, Rocky Balboa comes out of retirement and dons his gloves for his final fight against the reigning heavyweight champ Mason 'The Line' Dixon.

Director: Sylvester Stallone | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Tarver, Milo Ventimiglia, Burt Young

Votes: 231,458 | Gross: $70.27M

4. Death to Smoochy (2002)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A kids' show host, Rainbow Randolph, is fired in disgrace while his replacement, Sheldon Mopes, A.K.A. Smoochy the Rhino, finds himself a rising star. Unfortunately for Sheldon, the business of kids' television isn't all child's play.

Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, Danny DeVito

Votes: 42,618 | Gross: $8.36M

5. Rocky III (1982)

PG | 99 min | Drama, Sport

Rocky faces the ultimate challenge from a powerful new contender, and must turn to a former rival to help regain his throne as the undisputed fighting champion.

Director: Sylvester Stallone | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers

Votes: 211,200 | Gross: $125.05M

6. Creed II (2018)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Drama, Sport

Under the tutelage of Rocky Balboa, newly crowned heavyweight champion Adonis Creed faces off against Viktor Drago, the son of Ivan Drago.

Director: Steven Caple Jr. | Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad

Votes: 155,492 | Gross: $115.72M

7. Big George Foreman (2023)

PG-13 | 129 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit.

Director: George Tillman Jr. | Stars: Khris Davis, Jasmine Mathews, Sullivan Jones, Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

Votes: 8,716

8. Rocky II (1979)

PG | 119 min | Drama, Sport

Rocky struggles in family life after his bout with Apollo Creed, while the embarrassed champ insistently goads him to accept a challenge for a rematch.

Director: Sylvester Stallone | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers

Votes: 231,219

9. Ali (2001)

R | 157 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

A biography of sports legend Muhammad Ali, focusing on his triumphs and controversies between 1964 and 1974.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles

Votes: 105,548 | Gross: $58.20M

10. Tyson (1995 TV Movie)

Unrated | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

The story of Mike Tyson. From his early days as a 12 year old amateur with a powerful punch, to the undisputed title of "Heavyweight Champion of the World", and ultimately to his conviction... See full summary »

Director: Uli Edel | Stars: George C. Scott, Paul Winfield, Michael Jai White, James Sikking

Votes: 2,512

11. 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: 9,028

12. When We Were Kings (1996)

PG | 88 min | Documentary, Sport

Boxing documentary on the 1974 world heavyweight championship bout between defending champion, George Foreman, and the underdog challenger, Muhammad Ali.

Director: Leon Gast | Stars: Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Don King, James Brown

Votes: 19,131 | Gross: $2.79M

13. Resurrecting the Champ (2007)

PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Sport

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 opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.

Director: Rod Lurie | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Kathryn Morris, Dakota Goyo

Votes: 21,312 | Gross: $3.17M

14. The Set-Up (1949)

Approved | 73 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Sport

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter

Votes: 10,079

15. Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Sport

Knockout performances by Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney and Julie Harris highlight this hard-hitting drama of corruption in the ring. Featuring Muhammad Ali.

Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris

Votes: 4,835

16. The Greatest (1977)

PG | 101 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

Muhammad Ali plays himself in a reconstruction of the events that brought him to fame.

Directors: Tom Gries, Monte Hellman | Stars: Muhammad Ali, Ernest Borgnine, John Marley, Lloyd Haynes

Votes: 1,625 | Gross: $8.28M

17. Gentleman Jim (1942)

Approved | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert, Jim Corbett, uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the top of the boxing world.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Alan Hale

Votes: 4,116

18. Tyson (2008)

R | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

A mixture of original interviews, archival footage, and photographs sheds light on the life experiences of Mike Tyson.

Director: James Toback | Stars: Mike Tyson, Mills Lane, Trevor Berbick, Cus D'Amato

Votes: 12,933 | Gross: $0.89M

19. Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)

TV-PG | 214 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight boxing champion.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Jack Johnson, Keith David, Samuel L. Jackson, Adam Arkin

Votes: 1,691

20. Foreman (2017)

PG-13 | 84 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

A retrospective look at the boxing career of George Foreman.

Director: Chris Perkel | Stars: George Foreman Jr., Ralph Cooper, George Foreman, Jim Brown

Votes: 551

21. Rocky Marciano: A Life Story (2004)

TV-14 | 95 min | Documentary

ROCKY MARCIANO: A LIFE STORY is the most definitive, complete, comprehensive and entertaining film ever done about this legendary champion and American hero. The film is narrated by ... See full summary »

Director: Marino Amoruso | Stars: Robert Loggia, Frankie Carbo, Betty Colombo, Jack Dempsey

Votes: 37

22. Cain and Mabel (1936)

Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery

A talented boxer and a gifted dancer hope to increase their waning popularity by inventing a fictitious love affair for the benefit of the tabloids.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Marion Davies, Clark Gable, Allen Jenkins, Roscoe Karns

Votes: 2,068

23. Undisputed (2023 Video Game)

Sport

A cutting-edge boxing video game featuring pugilists past and present.

Director: Ash Habib | Stars: Muhammad Ali, Sophie Alisch, Lyndon Arthur, Kenny Bayless

Votes: 20

24. 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: 3,774

25. I Am Ali (2014)

PG | 111 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

Unprecedented access to Muhammad Ali's personal archive of "audio journals" as well as interviews and testimonials from his inner circle of family and friends are used to tell the legend's life story.

Director: Clare Lewins | Stars: Muhammad Ali, Gene Kilroy, Rahman Ali, Odessa Clay

Votes: 4,093 | Gross: $0.01M

26. Muhammad Ali: The Greatest (2016 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

Retrospective documentary charting the rise and fall of Muhammad Ali.

Director: Josephine McCusker | Stars: Eddie Butler, Jamillah Ali, Khalilah Camacho Ali, Lonnie Ali

Votes: 47

27. Dempsey (1983 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 144 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

True story about Jack Dempsey, one of the most famous professional US boxers who made his name in the 1920's as the world heavyweight champion and media sensation.

Director: Gus Trikonis | Stars: Treat Williams, Sam Waterston, Sally Kellerman, Victoria Tennant

Votes: 220

28. Champs (2014)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

A documentary on boxing greats Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins examines their lives in and out of the ring.

Director: Bert Marcus | Stars: Evander Holyfield, Bernard Hopkins, Mike Tyson, Larry 'Ratso' Sloman

Votes: 1,969

29. Champions Forever (1989)

90 min | Documentary, Sport

No other film has the sweeping review of Ali's greatest fights, the legendary fight footage, and the real time relevant comments and conversations with the men who made him "The Greatest." ... See full summary »

Director: Dimitri Logothetis | Stars: Muhammad Ali, Henry Cooper, Angelo Dundee, Jimmy Ellis

Votes: 214

30. Tyson Fury: The Gypsy King (2020)

Reality-TV, Sport

Behind-the-scenes reality series featuring one of sports most flamboyant and controversial characters and his larger-than-life family.

Stars: Ben Davison, Gareth A. Davies, Philip Glenister, Steve Bunce

Votes: 157

31. Joe Frazier: When the Smoke Clears (2011)

Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

They say that Philadelphia is the capital of boxing and Joe Frazier's Gym is the White House. This is the story of a father, a son and a forgotten legacy. Joe Frazier has been lost in ... See full summary »

Director: Mike Todd | Stars: George Benton, Angelo Dundee, George Foreman, Joe Frazier

Votes: 39

32. Thrilla in Manila (2008 TV Movie)

100 min | Documentary, Sport

A detailed examination of the intense rivalry between the two heavyweight boxing champions, Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali.

Director: John Dower | Stars: Joe Frazier, Marvis Frazier, Thomas Hauser, Muhammad Ali

Votes: 923

33. Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston (2019 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Overcoming the seemingly insurmountable odds that life threw his way, Liston became heavyweight champion of the world when he knocked out Floyd Patterson in 1962. Eight years later, he died but friends questioned the cause of his death.

Director: Simon George | Stars: Nigel Collins, Helen-Jean Long, Jerry Izenberg, Mike Tyson

Votes: 427

34. One Night: Joshua vs. Ruiz (2019)

38 min | Documentary, Sport

A look back at one of the greatest upsets in the history of boxing: Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz Jr..

Directors: Deirdre Fenton, Jamie Horowitz | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Claudia Trejos, Evander Holyfield, Sergio Mora

Votes: 76

35. Klitschko (2011)

Not Rated | 118 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

A documentary encompassing the lives of world heavyweight boxing champions, Vitali & Wladimir Klitschko. The first time in history two brothers have shared all the heavyweight world titles,... See full summary »

Director: Sebastian Dehnhardt | Stars: Lamon Brewster, Chris Byrd, Bernd Bönte, Pearlman Hicks

Votes: 2,920

36. Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson (1993 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

Filmmaker Barbara Kopple profiles the life and career of former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson and the surrounding events that led to his 1992 6 year prison conviction.

Director: Barbara Kopple | Stars: Mike Tyson, Kevin Rooney, Desiree Washington, Curtis Ratliff

Votes: 237

37. Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee (1969)

Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

He's the greatest fighter of all time. A sports icon that is loved throughout the world. A man driven by his ambition to be the best. Muhammad Ali is a name that to this day puts fear in ... See full summary »

Director: William Klein | Stars: Muhammad Ali, Sonny Liston, Angelo Dundee, Jack Nilon

Votes: 705 | Gross: $0.02M

38. Tyson Fury: Redemption (2022)

54 min | Documentary, Sport

Tyson Fury, one of the greatest heavyweights of all-time. Born into the traveller community, fighting is in Tyson's blood. Named after the boxing legend, Mike Tyson, Fury was destined for ... See full summary »

Director: Ben Sempey | Stars: Bob Arum, Dereck Chisora, Ben Davison, John Fury

Votes: 18

39. Bruno v Tyson (2021 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary, Sport

An exploration of the rivalry and relationship between Frank Bruno and Mike Tyson, two heavyweight icons from opposite sides of the Atlantic.

Director: Benjamin Hirsch | Stars: Frank Bruno, Paul Dempsey, Don King, Duke McKenzie

Votes: 580

40. Joe Louis: America's Hero... Betrayed (2008 TV Movie)

75 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

An American story. Traces the career of Joe Louis (1914-1981) within the context of American racial consciousness: his difficulty getting big fights early in his career, the pride of ... See full summary »

Stars: Joe Louis, Joe Louis Barrow Jr., Randy Roberts, Dick Gregory

Votes: 151

41. The Protagonist (I)

103 min | Documentary, Sport | Post-production

David Haye. Unified world cruiserweight champion at twenty-eight, heavyweight champion at twenty-nine - on course to join the pantheon of boxing greats before injury and defeat in the ring ... See full summary »

Director: Dael Poulter | Stars: Tony Bellew, Wladimir Klitschko, Vitali Klitschko, David Haye

42. Ali the Fighter (1973)

G | 142 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

Behind-the-scenes documentary chronicling the Fight of the Century between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali.

Directors: Rick Baxter, William Greaves | Stars: Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Burt Lancaster

Votes: 64

43. Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes (2018)

Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Sport, Talk-Show

The life and times of Muhammad Ali, as shown through the lens of his numerous appearances on The Dick Cavett Show (1968).

Director: Robert S. Bader | Stars: Dick Cavett, Muhammad Ali, Woody Allen, Jimmy Breslin

Votes: 346

44. Boxing Bloopers (2007 Video)

2 min | Short, Comedy, Sport

A short blooper reel from the filming of Rocky Balboa.

Stars: A.J. Benza, Tony Burton, Joe Cortez, Lou DiBella

Votes: 333

45. Ali: Still the Greatest (2012– )

Sport

Des Lynam and Barry McGuigan look back at some of Muhammad Ali's greatest fights.

Stars: Des Lynam, Barry McGuigan, Leon Spinks, Reg Gutteridge

46. Tyson Unleashed (2010 Video)

49 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

Mike Tyson: controversial, ferocious, savage, brutal. For the first time legendary heavyweight boxing champion Iron Mike talks LIVE to Steve Bunce about his shocking and violent life. Saved... See full summary »

Director: Liam Galvin | Stars: Jane Couch, Greg Herman, Matt Legg, Robin Reid

Votes: 18

47. The Trilogy (2022 TV Movie)

Documentary, Sport

BT Sport boxing documentary looking back at the heavyweight trilogy between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder.

Stars: Steve Bunce, Ben Davison, Paul Dempsey, John Fury

48. Wilder vs. Ortiz (2019)

270 min | Sport

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Stars: Kenny Bayless, Booker Huffman, Luis Ortiz, Mike Tyson

Votes: 12

49. Rocky Marciano vs Jersey Joe Walcott for the Heavyweight Championship of the World (1952 TV Special)

64 min | Sport

The world heavyweight boxing champion, Jersey Joe Walcott, defends his title against mandatory challenger, Rocky Marciano.

Stars: Zach Clayton, Charley Daggert, Rocky Marciano, Pete Tomasco

50. Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible (2000 TV Movie)

58 min | Documentary, Sport

A look at the events leading up to and including the legendary March 1971 bout between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. The film also looks at the political and social factors that helped to ... See full summary »

Stars: Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali, Liev Schreiber, David Brenner

Votes: 110