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Plot Summary:
How much difference does one second make? Can it be the difference between life and death? A loser single father learns that lesson the hard way when he becomes gifted with the power of seeing one second into the future. When his ability is exposed, a boxing buff persuades him to use his power in the boxing ring. After reviving Hong Kong’s vampire genre as the co-director of Vampire Cleanup Department, Chiu Sin-hang (also the lead vocalist of local band ToNick) combines the boxing genre with a refreshing dash of fantasia in his thrilling solo directorial effort.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 537
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min
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People (2016)
Plot Summary:
Six vignettes pit an assortment of characters against each other in everyday situations.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags:
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This Is Our Land (2017)
Plot Summary:
Pauline, a devoted and generous home help nurse, raises her two children alone, while also looking after her father, a former steelworker. Taking advantage of her popularity, the directors of an extremist political party suggest she become their candidat at the mayoral elections.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 117 min
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My Father, My Mother (1978)
Plot Summary:
Coring, a gay beautician, is left with a baby by his former ward, Dennis. The baby grows up thinking that Coring is his real father. Everything seems to be smooth until the kid's mother suddenly shows up to claim her son. (Written by ledster).
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 437
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 116 min
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Northern Light (2006)
Plot Summary:
A drama based around a boxing school owner and his son.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 85 min
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Spike of Bensonhurst (1988)
Plot Summary:
Spike Fumo is an Italian kid apsiring to be a boxer. He falls in love with a rich girl, who turns out to be the daughter of a Mafia boss. Spike is threatened to leave Bensonhurst by the mob, and then goes to a poverty-stricken Puerto Rican part of Brooklyn.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 459
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, gay cinema, cult film
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Poids léger (2004)
Plot Summary:
A young man tries his way in boxing, supported by a coach. He meets a girl, falls in love and she becomes pregnant.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: crying, sensitive
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Boxer's Story (2004)
Plot Summary:
Wah Sang was a boxing champion seven years ago. He now works at a garage and cares for his seven-year-old son Henry. They live a small apartment and Wah spends much of his time gambling and drinking. Henry wants Wah, whom he addresses by that name him to return to boxing, but Wah is hesitant because he suffered a brain injury.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
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Brothers and Sisters (1992)
Plot Summary:
After twenty years of marriage, Gloria discovers that her husband has been cheating on her. It' a terrible trauma and she decides to stay with her sister in USA in St. Louis. She takes with her Matteo and Francesco, her two sons. Matteo wastes no time in settling into his new life, but Francesco find it more difficult, being shy and full of complexes.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
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Herbert (2015)
Plot Summary:
A former East German boxing champion reduced to working as a bouncer and debt collector is forced to reflect on his life when he is diagnosed with a fatal disease.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 795
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 109 min
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Straight Right (2000)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
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Crows (1969)
Plot Summary:
A flat broke aging boxer, living on the verge of existence, teams up with the equally desperate people in the city's suburbia to steal, cheat, and even kill for the money.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: black and white
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Jungleland (2019)
Plot Summary:
Stanley manages his boxer brother Lion but when a devastating loss in the ring leaves the pair in debt, an opportunity to recoup the cash leads to a series of misadventures that threaten to break the bond between them.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: road movie, independent film
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Street Hero (1984)
Plot Summary:
Vinnie is a teenage boy who is an outcast at school, alienating teachers and students alike. He is a local courier for the local Mafia boss. He lives in welfare housing with his mother (Peta Toppano), a young brother and sister, and his Mum's lover who he can't stand. Vinnie takes out his aggression with the world practicing boxing at the local gym. He is haunted by images of his father (when just a boy he witnessed his father's murder) and his father's boxing career. His music teacher (Sandy Gore) encourages him to get involved as a drummer with the school band, and his girlfriend Gloria (Sigrid Thornton) and others influence him to stay away from the Mafia.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, gloomy, independent film
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Body Scent (1983)
Plot Summary:
Due to misunderstanding and hard life, a man divorces his wife and leaves the city. He comes to a new environment, meeting new people and new wife. Crucified between two worlds, he does everything to bring her two sons on the right track, and getting on with his own life. Lost in that space, powerless to change things significantly, he commits murder.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 99 min
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Goat (2015)
Plot Summary:
Peter "Koza" Baláz is a former Olympic boxer. He and his partner, Misa, live in a dilapidated housing estate, constantly struggling to make ends meet. Misa learns that she is expecting a child and decides to terminate her pregnancy. In order to earn some much-needed cash and possibly change Misa's mind. He and his manager Zvonko embark on a "tour", where success is not measured in victories, but in the amount of blows that Koza can take.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 218
Genere: Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, realistic, touching
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Revoloution (2006)
Plot Summary:
A violent, street-fighter becomes a communicator.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Punch (2002)
Plot Summary:
Ariel is a troubled girl with more than the usual teenage problems. When her emotion and temper get the best of her, she is drawn into a world where she can take out her anger with her fists. In the tradition of 'Girlfight' comes a wildly original story of rage and redemption.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: disturbing, rough, serious, captivating, erotic, realistic, sexual, black comedy, dark comedy, sexy
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Watch Me Fly (1996)
Plot Summary:
A story about friendship and sticking together through tough times. The movie shows how two young girls and their families cope with their differences, how they are brought together and torn apart and how they are changed by the injury of a racing pigeon. But when the girls take it upon themselves to heal the pigeon, its recovery can bring them all hope.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 80 min
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The Hammer (2017)
Plot Summary:
When prison boxer George "The Hammer" Martin is offered freedom for fighting in the 1984 Olympics, he says no in order to protect the woman he loves, forcing his best friend to learn the true meaning of loyalty.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
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Elephant Heart (2002)
Plot Summary:
Marko Stemper, 19 years old, comes from a disadvantaged background and works as a window cleaner. His father, an alcoholic, tyrannizes the whole family, so Marko's only joy in life is boxing. As he is the most promising talent in his club, Gerd Hermsbach, a local demimonde boss, offers him the opportunity to become a professional. Marko accepts, but has to pay a high price.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspense, captivating, gloomy
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Wilderness: Part Two (2017)
Plot Summary:
Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness. These two men meet in a boxing gym. Shinji and Barikan become friends and pursue boxing under a hopeless situation.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, tense, unusual plot structure, disturbing, contemplative
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Wilderness: Part One (2017)
Plot Summary:
Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness. These two men meet in a boxing gym. Shinji and Barikan become friends and pursue boxing under a hopeless situation.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 351
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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One More Round (2015)
Plot Summary:
Basically the Christian version of Rocky.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: christian film
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In Your Wake (2007)
Plot Summary:
An estranged father returns with plans to open a bar with the son who still harbors resentment towards him.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, disturbing, bleak
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Nurse.Fighter.Boy (2008)
Plot Summary:
An urban love story about the soul of a mother, the heart of a fighter, and the faith of a child.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 239
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, sentimental, touching, serious, gloomy
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Black Cloud (2004)
Plot Summary:
Black Cloud, is an inspirational story about a young Navajo, Native American boxer, who overcomes personal challenges as he comes to terms with his heritage, while fighting his way for a spot on the US Olympic boxing team.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 545
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: uplifting, sincere, touching, serious, colorful, emotional, realistic
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The Year of Awakening (1991)
Plot Summary:
A sensitive, 14 year old orphan in a military school learns about life and love from his classmates and teachers.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags:
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God's Ears (2008)
Plot Summary:
Noah Connelly is a boxer with a tireless opponent: Autism. But when he meets a dancer named Alexia, the two discover together that the toughest fight may be not be of the body, but of the heart.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, sexy, humorous, sexual
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The Nail: The Story of Joey Nardone (2009)
Plot Summary:
Tony Luke, Jr. stars as Joey Nardone, an out-of-shape boxer, who after 8 years in prison for an unfortunate accident leaves prison and gets a shot at redemption by fighting for one young boy's future - 14 year old Jesus.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 486
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, captivating
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The Featherweight (2023)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1965, Pep is living in relative obscurity in his hometown of Hartford. Amidst personal troubles, and with the need to earn, Pep, at the age of 42, makes a stunning return to the ring.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
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