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Plot Summary:
Bomber is an unemployed boat captain. One day he meets Jerry, a manager of boxers who are struck by the force of his fists. That is when they see the chance to win big money.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Action, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Uppercut (1978)
Plot Summary:
The "Bulldozer", a former football star, is now working as a fisherman. As a group of street-people arranges a football match against the local Armybase, he is asked to be their trainer. His boat was damaged by a submarine and he currently has no work, so he agrees.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags:
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Flatfoot in Africa (1978)
Plot Summary:
Commissary Rizzo in Napoli gets a message from a policeman from South Africa who wants to meet him. Immediatlz before this meeting the south African policeman is killed. Dying he shows Rizzo a picture of his little son Bodo. Riyyo travels to Johannesburg to find out what the policeman was working on and to find Bodo.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, poliziottesco
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Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth (2013)
Plot Summary:
Mike Tyson's one-man show is a fascinating journey into his storied life and career. MIKE TYSON: UNDISPUTED TRUTH is a rare, personal look inside the life and mind of one of the most feared men ever to wear the heavyweight crown. Directed by Academy Award® nominee Spike Lee, this riveting one-man show goes beyond the headlines, behind the scenes and between the lines to deliver a must-see theatrical knockout.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, realistic, talky, hood, humorous, semi serious, independent film
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Banana Joe (1982)
Plot Summary:
Bud Spencer plays Banana Joe, a brawny yet friendly man who lives in a small rainforest village called Amantido with a huge number of his own children and regularly delivers bananas to a South American river port (hence his name). One day, the henchmen of a local gangster boss named Torsillo come ashore in Amantido to initiate the construction a banana processing plant. Of course, Joe (in typical direct-approach manner) evicts the goons, who promptly return to their boss. Torsillo finds out that Joe is trading bananas without a license and decides to exploit it. Upon his next delivery, Joe is apprehended by the police and given the choice of either acquiring a legal license or getting his boat taken away and himself arrested for illegal shipment. Joe travels to the nearest city, which to him is a new world, as he grew up in the rainforest.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, slapstick, realistic, semi serious, slapstick comedy, parody, funny, inspirational, brutal, feel good
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Double Trouble (1984)
Plot Summary:
Billionaire cousins Bastiano (Terence Hill) and Antonio (Bud Spencer) are two savvy businessmen, at least in one regard. They want to close a large deal, although they have to fear for their lives because of it since their competition won't even stop at murder. Therefore they have an agency find two look-alikes from the United States, stuntman Elliot Vance (Terence Hill) and the jazz saxophonist Greg Wonder (Bud Spencer). These accept the job offer, initially not knowing why they really have been hired. Nonetheless Elliot and Greg manage to fight their way through all kinds of situations without too much trouble. Additionally they quickly come to like the jet-set life. The resulting damage to their reputation provokes the Coimbras to return to Rio ahead of time. This puts them right into the sights of their enemies, alongside the cousins' look-alikes.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Italy, Brazil, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: action comedy, cult classic, humorous, realistic, semi serious, buddy comedy, cult film
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Flatfoot in Egypt (1980)
Plot Summary:
Police Commissioner Rizzo, Bigfoot (Piedone by nickname) and Marshal Caputo go to Egypt and look for Professor Cerullo, who is missing. The professor has discovered an insect that can smell where oil is and lots of criminals are interested in it. Written by Salvatore Santangelo.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: cult classic, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, poliziottesco, cult film
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Watch Out, We're Mad (1974)
Plot Summary:
After a tied 1st place in a local stunt race, two drivers start a contest to decide who of them will own the prize, a dune buggy. But when a mobster destroys the car, they are determined to get it back.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: funny, exciting, offbeat, humorous, semi serious
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Sucker Punch (2008)
Plot Summary:
Ray 'Harley' Davidson is a hustler. With flash clothes and a fast mouth, Harley lives life in the fast lane. With his passion for all things gambling, money runs like water through Harley's hands and as quickly as he makes a killing he takes a beating, normally at the poker table. Nominally an illegal prize-fight manager, Harley hasn't produced a live one in months, until Charles Buchinsky literally wanders into his life. Charles Buchinsky, street fighter extraordinaire. He's from out of town looking for a fight and the chance to tie up a few loose ends. Keeps himself to himself, lets his fists do the talking and his word is his bond. Victor Maitland, top illegal fight promoter and porn baron. Hates losing and loves the prestige of managing the best hitter in town. Harley dreams of bringing Maitland down and after seeing Buchinsky at work, engineers a fragile partnership. The duo soon becomes a hot ticket.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, semi serious, entertaining, action adventure, fairy tale, remake of american film
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Matilda (1978)
Plot Summary:
A small-time talent agent discovers an amazing boxing kangaroo and figures to use it as his stepping-stone into the big time.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 502
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, semi serious
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Trinity: Good Guys and Bad Guys (1985)
Plot Summary:
In 1978, $20 million was stolen from a Detroit bank. One of the robbers was caught, one was found dead, and the third disappeared. The money was never found. Seven years later, the robber who was caught was released from jail. He immediately went to Miami, only to be found dead the next day. Now FBI agents Doug Bennet and Steve Forest have been called in to investigate the case while posing as Miami police officers. Somewhere in Miami the third robber is hiding with his $20 million, and he has a seven-year head start on the authorities.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, cult classic, buddy comedy
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Let's Do It Again (1975)
Plot Summary:
Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. However, their method for raising the money involves travelling to New Orleans and rigging a boxing match.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: black comedy, action comedy, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, black cinema
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Silver Case (2012)
Plot Summary:
In TInseltown, the world of scheming and dreaming reaches a particularly nasty low when a powerful producer known as the 'Senator' hatches a plan to undermine the future success of his shady arch rival, the 'Master' in more ways than one. His plot begins with the simple delivery of a silver briefcase. But nothing is simple in Hollywood. The case goes missing, which sets off a chain of events that are categorically not part of the plan. The Senator engages the best of his team to locate the package, but doesn't count on the tenacity of two thugs who now have the mystery prize in their curious possession.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, suspense, independent film, biting
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Iron Fingers of Death (1982)
Plot Summary:
Two princes are seperated by birth. One is raised by the Prime Minister. The other is raised by three mad Shaolin Monks. They both learn kung-fu. When they are 23, they meet and combine there forces to defeat the evil 9th Prince.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 418
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, rough, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Everything Happens to Me (1980)
Plot Summary:
Following the events of The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid, Sheriff Hall and H-725 (using the official identity of Charlie Warren) still get no rest from the military: because the little alien has not yet grasped the meaning of keeping a low profile, they are constantly on the move, and H-725’s father has had to pick them out of a tight spot too many times already.Hall and Charlie eventually arrive at the city of Munroe, where petty crime, from vandalism to armed robberies, is running rampant, more so because the town currently has no sheriff. Charlie pushes Hall into staying in this place, and somewhat reluctantly Hall takes up the job in this chaotic place, with the help of the local radio jock and City Mayor Howard (Ferruccio Amendola). Soon the riff-raff in town learns not to underestimate the new sheriff as he metes out hard-hitting advice to stay out of trouble.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, slapstick
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The Knock Out Cop (1973)
Plot Summary:
This cop doesn't carry a gun - his fist is loaded!.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: slapstick, exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, fast, poliziottesco, slapstick comedy
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Once a Gangster (2010)
Plot Summary:
Roast Pork joins the triad as a young man and ends up becoming a trusted lieutenant of boss Kerosene. However, his true passion is in his successful chain of restaurants, his loving wife, and his two children. So when Kerosene wants to promote his trusted right hand man to the top of the organization as a way to take on his financial debts, it's understandable why Roast Pork would want to refuse. Roast Pork comes up with an intricate scheme with his men that would take himself out of the running, but Kerosene's intervention causes it to fail. When all hopes appears to be lost, lifelong gangster Sparrow is released from jail after serving a 20-year sentence for committing a gang-related murder that earned him a guarantee for the leader spot. However, Sparrow has made his own plans to stay out of the gang, setting off a battle of wits between the two men.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 540
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, humorous, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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My Wife Is a Gangster 2 (2003)
Plot Summary:
Former Scissor Gang leader Eun-jin (Shin Eun-kyung), who now suffers from amnesia, nevertheless defends Jae-cheol (Jun Gyu Park), a restaurateur who employs her, from a gangster who wants his business.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, exciting, crime drama
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I'm for the Hippopotamus (1979)
Plot Summary:
In Africa, many years ago, Slim and Tom don't like it when a German tyrant, starts selling all of the African wildlife to Canadian Zoo's! Slim and Tom must teach this guy a lesson by beating the hell out of him and his gang, left and right! Written by Mark MacIntyre {[email protected]}.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Italy, South Africa, West Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, exciting, not serious, slapstick, buddy comedy, independent film
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Turn the Other Cheek (1974)
Plot Summary:
Two missionaries (Bud Spencer and Terence Hill) come into conflict with the authorities when they turn their missionary into a parrot farm. The Bishop of Maracaibo calls them his 'black sheep' and the Monsignore has been called to check on their behavior. Like usual, our heroes help the poor to defend themselves and provoke some funny fist fights in the process. (from Wikipedia).
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick, buddy comedy
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Crime Busters (1977)
Plot Summary:
An attempted robbery turns to be an unexpected recruitment when two unemployed men mistakenly break into a police office instead of a store.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Adventure, Crime
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, not serious, entertaining, buddy comedy, poliziottesco, realistic, slapstick
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The Sting II (1983)
Plot Summary:
Hooker and Gondorf pull a con on Macalinski, an especially nasty mob boss with the help of Veronica, a new grifter. They convince this new victim that Hooker is a somewhat dull boxer who is tired of taking dives for Gondorf. There is a ringer. Lonigan, their victim from the first movie, is setting them up to take the fall.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, surprise ending, romantic, clever, feel good, bad ending
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Shadow Boxing 3. The Final Round (2011)
Plot Summary:
Champion boxer Artyom Kolchin climbed all conceivable heights and became a national hero. He does not enter the boxing ring any more, rather choosing a coaching job and wild high life, including continuous TV appearances, hanging out and love affairs. One morning his daughter and his wife Vika meet him at home. Vika does not see the Artyom she once fell in love with in him any longer... The externally happy life of Kolchin comes to an end when the boxer he trains is almost killed during a match with the famous Kuerte. Artyom suspects that he used some forbidden technique. To obtain the proof, he has to go to Hong Kong where his long-time friend Vagit Valiev waits for him: he knows something about Kuerte which is not known to anyone else. To win, Artyom will have to enter the ring again.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 765
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Twins Mission (2007)
Plot Summary:
Twins Mission is a 2007 Hong Kong martial arts-action-comedy film directed by action choreographer Kong Tao-Hoi and staring Gillian Chung, Charlene Choi and Sammo Hung among others. The film is a bit of a spoof of the popularity and success of the Twins and leaves the audience with a cliffhanger ending.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 738
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, rough, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fast
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Winners & Sinners (1983)
Plot Summary:
Five friends are released from prison and do their best to stay out trouble. While trying to mind their own business (and run their 5-Star Cleaning Service), they are caught up in a war between rival Triad gangs fighting for control of the counterfeit currency market.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: action comedy, cult classic, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fast, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Project A 2 (1987)
Plot Summary:
Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangster kingpin, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, some runaway pirates, Manchu Loyalists and a corrupt police superintendent.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: cult classic, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fast, slapstick comedy, slapstick, eighties
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Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978)
Plot Summary:
Everyone abuses and humiliates a downtrodden orphan (Chan) until he befriends an old man, who turns out to be the last master of the "snake fist" fighting style. Jackie becomes the old man's student and finds himself in battle with the master of the "eagle's claw" style, who has vowed to destroy the snake fist clan.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, grindhouse, fast paced, cult classic, exciting, realistic, fast, slapstick comedy, funny
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Tough Enough (1983)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring country/western singer, whose money is disappearing faster than his career opportunities, enters a "Tough Man" amateur boxing contest to earn some cash to pay his bills. Amazingly enough, he wins it, and is picked to go onto the national finals. He's torn between his first love, music, and the glitz, glamor and money of the "Tough Man" world.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 927
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic
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Split Decisions (1988)
Plot Summary:
When a boxer is killed because he wouldn't take a dive, his brother tries to find a way to avenge him even if only symbolically.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, sincere, serious, realistic
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Return to the 36th Chamber (1980)
Plot Summary:
The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers hire an actor to impersonate a priest and kung-fu expert from the temple of Shaolin. The factory owner proves the actor a fraud, and punishes all those involved. The young actor feels he has let the workers down, and promises to atone. He sets out for Shaolin, determined to be accepted as a kung-fu pupil at the elite temple.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fast
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Maan Karate (2014)
Plot Summary:
Five friends meet a mystic in a forest who grants their wish — a newspaper from the future. They decide to get rich by using their knowledge of the future. They focus their efforts on Peter, a carefree youth from Royapuram, who is predicted by the newspaper to win a boxing match and present the prize money of Rs. 2 crores to the five friends. However, they are perplexed when they discover that Peter has absolutely no knowledge of boxing.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, exciting, entertaining, semi serious