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Plot Summary:
Uber MMA fighter manager Ivy Reed (B-movie action star of the '80s and '90s Cynthia Rothrock) is unique as a woman in a male-dominated field, using a special formula to find her champion fighters. Though her trainer Jimmy doesn't see eye to eye with her, he nevertheless works with her latest crop of "auditionees," Dustin, Connor, Tyler, Hunter and Mason, to see which will have the career making boost of being managed by Ivy. Written by [email protected].
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, atmospheric, captivating, rough, bleak
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Loner (1990)
Plot Summary:
After his girlfriend is kidnapped by a vicious mobster, Cage rips into action with a vengeance. Retired from kickboxing to pursue dreams of being an entertainer, Cage is forced into a death match with the brutal doctor death. He must win, or he will die.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Action, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic
Similar in 77%
Final Impact (1992)
Plot Summary:
A former kick-boxing world champion discovers a young fighter, and believes together they can win back the world crown.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 641
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic
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Bare Knuckles (2010)
Plot Summary:
Women will go to extreme lengths for those they love and single mother Samantha Rogers is no exception. Along with her young daughter, Milla, Sam struggles to make ends meet, taking her licks as a stunt double by day and cocktail waitressing at a rowdy bar at night. When Sam uses her skills to end a bar fight between two drunk women, down and out fight promoter Sonny Cool sees an opportunity to get back into the game. He tells Sam all about the "show," a high class, underground illegal all female bare knuckle fight tournament, where brutality and elegance mix with high stakes and deception. Is the price too much for her...? Bare Knuckles..... a knockout punch of strength and determination, inspired by a true story.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 506
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, exciting, rough, independent film
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Street Law (1995)
Plot Summary:
A martial arts-trained lawyer (Jeff Wincott) is forced to fight in illicit matches after he is framed for a crime, is dismissed from his firm, and all his assets are tied up, including his clothing and furniture after he is evicted from his apartment.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 302
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, independent film
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Star Runner (2003)
Plot Summary:
Preparing for the hand-to-hand battle of his life and the title of Champion Star Runner, a headstrong fighter creates a deadly hybrid mix of Thai kickboxing and Chinese kung fu. Get ready for the ultimate Pan-Asian mixed martial arts competition, where anything goes and lives are bought and sold.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 329
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting
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Unrivaled (2010)
Plot Summary:
On these streets everyone is fighting for a way out, but after a lifetime of hard knocks, a down-on-his-luck cage fighter gets the opportunity of a lifetime when he is chosen to compete against the MMA world champion during a massive competition. The stakes are high and the reward great...but should he lose, it will cost him his life.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 906
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, uplifting, serious, erotic, realistic
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The Circuit (2002)
Plot Summary:
Years ago, Dirk Longstreet walked away from The Circuit, the merciless underground fight club with no rules, where money changes hands as men are killed. But now gangsters have got his brother, and only one more journey inside the ring will save his life.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Birth of the Dragon (2016)
Plot Summary:
Set against the backdrop of San Francisco’s Chinatown, this cross-cultural biopic chronicles Bruce Lee’s emergence as a martial-arts superstar after his legendary secret showdown with fellow martial artist Wong Jack Man.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama
Country: China, Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, inspirational, atmospheric, suspense, factual, touching, serious, captivating, realistic, action thriller
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Never Surrender (2009)
Plot Summary:
From the cage to the big screen, the world's greatest Mixed Martial Arts Champions come together for the first time in a major motion picture. When an MMA world champion is lured into the illegal world of underground cage fighting by an elusive promoter, he quickly realizes that the only way out is to kill or to be killed.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, rough, realistic, exciting, suspenseful
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Only the Strong (1993)
Plot Summary:
Former Green Beret Louis Stevens returns to his hometown of Miami after completing military service in Brazil, only to learn that his old high school has become a haven for gangs and drug dealers. After Stevens uses his capoeira skills to kick several drug dealers off of the school property, Kerrigan, one of Stevens' old teachers, sees the impact that Stevens has on the students. Kerrigan gives him the task of teaching Capoeira to a handful of the worst at-risk students at the school.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, independent film, cult film
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Cage (1989)
Plot Summary:
A GI in Vietnam saves his buddy's life, but in the process is shot in the head. The injury results in brain damage to the point where he basically has a child's brain in a (very large) man's body. When they get out of the army the two open up a bar together, but some local gangsters make things tough for them after they refuse to take part in brutal "cage" matches where fighters battle to the point of serious injury and/or death.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 719
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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Death Warrior (2009)
Plot Summary:
A gritty MMA fighter is forced into a twisted, underground gambling ring in which he must fight to the death with other MMA fighters in order to save his wife from certain death at the hands of a maniacal crime boss. In a desperate race against time, he is forced into a series of increasingly violent life and death matches while simultaneously piecing together the puzzle which leads him to uncover.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 715
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, rough, realistic
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American Brawler (2013)
Plot Summary:
A martial arts instructor must enter the world of illegal pit fighting in order to save his family and his dojo.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Harder They Fall (2005)
Plot Summary:
20 year old kickboxers from opposite ends of Miami, one rich one poor, battle for triumph in sport and their own identities in this coming-of-age action/drama.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic
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Chavez Cage of Glory (2013)
Plot Summary:
Barely being able to make ends meet and doing everything he can possibly do to cover his ill son's growing medical bills, Hector Chavez turns to his fighting roots in the underbelly of LA. His amateur Mixed Martial Arts videos go viral grabbing the attention of the world's top MMA federation. Hector is then given a dream come true opportunity to go up against the MMA World Champion; a vicious fighter whose last opponent is in critical condition in the same hospital as his son. Hector is faced with a real do-or -die situation and must risk it all so his son can have the surgery he needs to survive.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspense
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Brawler (2011)
Plot Summary:
Sidelined by an injury incurred while protecting his young brother, underground fighter Charlie Fontaine feels blindsided when he discovers his brother having sex on his couch with his new wife, Kat. Fueled by rage, a determined Charlie makes plans to get back in the ring and take on his brother in a fight to the death.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, independent film
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Challenge of the Masters (1976)
Plot Summary:
The Wong family kung fu school gets smacked around by a rival school. Wong Fei-hong gets fed up with the abuse and goes to learn from his fathers master. After one of the rival schools members kills some of the towns people Wong Fei-hong becomes enraged trains even more comes back and gets his revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 796
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast
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Kickboxer: Retaliation (2018)
Plot Summary:
One year after the events of "Kickboxer: Vengeance", Kurt Sloan has vowed never to return to Thailand. However, while gearing up for a MMA title shot, he finds himself sedated and forced back into Thailand, this time in prison. He is there because the ones responsible want him to face a 6'8" 400 lbs. beast named Mongkut and in return for the fight, Kurt will get two million dollars and his freedom back. Kurt at first refuses, in which a bounty is placed on his head as a way to force him to face Mongkut. Kurt soon learns he will have no other choice and will undergo his most rigorous training yet under some unexpected mentors in order to face Mongkut in hopes to regain his freedom.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: brutal, suspenseful, exciting, inspirational, feel good, bleak, serious, realistic, tense, rough
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Fist 2 Fist (2011)
Plot Summary:
Still haunted by his failure to prevent the murder of a young couple years earlier, a mixed martial arts teacher must confront the skeleton in his closet when the boy who was orphaned by the killing shows up at his door.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, cult film
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Damage (2009)
Plot Summary:
An ex-con battles it out in the cage to pay for the operation that would save the daughter of his victim. Along the way he finds fatherly love, and friendship, in the most unlikely of places.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, psychological, tense, perverse, cult classic, rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful
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The Scorpion (2007)
Plot Summary:
Featuring a mix of Thai Boxing and Ultimate Fighting, SCORPION has been dubbed The French Fight Club. It stars Jerome Le Banner, who is also known as Hyper Battle Cyborg and The Bulldog of Paris, a true kickboxer, famous for his aggressive style - 43 of his 57 wins have come by knockout.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 792
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, psychological, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Confessions of a Pit Fighter (2005)
Plot Summary:
"From the day I was born I had to fight to survive. I fought everyone and everything that came in front of me. On the streets, confessions are made in Blood. They say that when you confess your sins, only then can you be redeemed. This is my redemption. This is my confession." (Eddie Castillo 2005).
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Brothers (2015)
Plot Summary:
Brothers is an upcoming Hindi film, directed by Karan Malhotra and produced by Karan Johar under Dharma Productions along with Lionsgate Films and Endemol India.[6] The film is an official remake of the 2011 Hollywood film Warrior.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: India, USA
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, inspirational, remake of american film
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Underground (2007)
Plot Summary:
In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've got to take the prize...but there can be only one winner.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 590
Genere: Action
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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Circle of Pain (2010)
Plot Summary:
Following a fighting accident, Dalton Hunt retired from the world of MMA at the top. Unable to outrun his guilt, he lost his family, his title, and his way. But when a crooked promoter lures him back into a fight against the current undefeated champ, Dalton must enlist the aid of an enigmatic trainer to turn him bck into a warrior so he can stand tall and do battle once again.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, tense, suspense, rough, realistic
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Unbeatable (2013)
Plot Summary:
Fai, once a world champion in boxing, escapes to Macau from the loan sharks and unexpectedly encounters Qi, a young chap who is determined to win a boxing match. Fai becomes Qi's mentor and rediscovers his passion to fight not only in the ring but for his life and the cares.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, captivating
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Embattled (2020)
Plot Summary:
The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: inspirational, brutal, suspense, realistic, intense, bloody
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Tapped Out (2014)
Plot Summary:
A disgruntled teenager, sent to do community service at a rundown Karate school, enters an MMA tournament to face the man who killed his parents.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, realistic, rough
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Boyka: Undisputed IV (2016)
Plot Summary:
In the fourth installment of the fighting franchise, Boyka is shooting for the big leagues when an accidental death in the ring makes him question everything he stands for. When he finds out the wife of the man he accidentally killed is in trouble, Boyka offers to fight in a series of impossible battles to free her from a life of servitude.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, disturbing, cult classic
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Honor (2006)
Plot Summary:
In a world where street gangs collide with the law, neighborhood friends, Raymond and Gabriel, must decide which side of the battle to join. This will be the ultimate fight - the one for power, family, and HONOR.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 594
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, crime drama, psychological, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful