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Plot Summary:
Dida Diafat plays himself in this story based around his thai boxing career.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 713
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, sincere, rough, captivating, serious, realistic
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Pentathlon (1994)
Plot Summary:
When East German Eric Brogar (Dolph Lundgren) wins a gold medal in the pentathlon, he escapes to freedom in the west with the help of a beautiful American athlete. But his demanding coach, Heinrich Mueller (David Soul) vows revenge and Eric's best friend and his father pay the ultimate price for his freedom when they are killed by the Secret Police. In Los Angeles, Eric starts to train for the gold again. But when Mueller comes to America, Eric must win the most deadly game of all… the fight for his life.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, perverse, independent film, exciting
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Badass Showdown (2013)
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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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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Crying Fist (2005)
Plot Summary:
Jobless, besieged by creditors, and abandoned by his wife, the once silver medalist Tae-shik has sunk to street hustling, becoming a human punching bag. Meanwhile, young Sang-hwan's delinquent ways land him behind bars. Both men look to boxing to turn around lives gone astray, aiming for the amateur title, ultimately pitting them against each other, but more importantly, against themselves.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, tense, gloomy
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Strength and Honour (2007)
Plot Summary:
A single father decides to break his dying wife's last wish to not box again in order to save his young son from certain death.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, emotional, realistic
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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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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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Beatdown (2010)
Plot Summary:
Brandon, a respected street fighter, is forced to flee the city after his brother is murdered and the money that was supposed to be paid back to a local gangster is stolen. While lying low at his father's house in a small Southern town, Brandon soon gets involved in the local underground cage-fighting circuit. With the help of Drake Colby, a former MMA champion, Brandon devises a scheme to bring a massive payday, if they are able to survive.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, realistic
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Fists of Legend (2013)
Plot Summary:
On a television show billed as “the greatest fight show on Earth,” eager amateurs with lots to prove boldly step into the ring and expect to leave bloody but victorious. The ratings hungry producers seek out “legendary” but largely forgotten streetfighters and mine their desperation for recaptured glory and redemption into ratings gold.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: South Korea
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, rough
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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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Fight the Fight (2011)
Plot Summary:
Having taken his father's advice, one man decides to return home in pursuit of a fresh start. While training at his father's martial arts school, he learns that his father has given consent to sell the school to a rival martial arts school.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 530
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic
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Blackhats (2015)
Plot Summary:
"blackhats" is about a reformed, hot-tempered bounty hunter, whom, finds his new harmonious life as a Fugitive Recovery Agent threatened, when he must track down a group of cyber hackers before they are assassinated by a rival bounty hunter while also trying to prevent a massive viral attack that could collapse America’s economic foundation.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, independent film
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Bangkok Revenge (2011)
Plot Summary:
Manit (Jon Foo) witnessed the murder of his parents when he was just 10 years old. The killers shot him in the head, but he miraculously survived. However, the damage to his brain left him unable to experience regular human emotions. A martial arts master saved him and took him in. Twenty years later, Manit has become a master of martial arts himself. He returns to the scene of the crime, seeking justice.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 772
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: France, Thailand
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, serious, realistic, fast
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Ip Man: The Final Fight (2013)
Plot Summary:
In postwar Hong Kong, legendary Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man is reluctantly called into action once more, when what begin as simple challenges from rival kung fu styles soon draw him into the dark and dangerous underworld of the Triads. Now, to defend life and honor, he has no choice but to fight one last time.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, scenic
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The Loner (1987)
Plot Summary:
A cop is looking for the killer of his friend.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir
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Fatal Contact (2006)
Plot Summary:
A young man learns the fighting techniques of Sanda from a coach. The two become best friends as the young man prepares to enter an underground tournament, competing against some of the top fighters of the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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Muay Thai Fighter (2007)
Plot Summary:
After learning the art of muay thai fighting from skilled masters, small town friends Piak (Akara Amarttayakul) and Phao (Thawatchai Phanpakdee) move their passion to Bangkok, where they become active in underground activities that put what they've learned to the test. But in the process of fighting for their lives, they also resurrect the sport -- and cement the bonds of their lifelong friendship.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 772
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, fast
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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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Merantau Warrior (2009)
Plot Summary:
In Minangkabau, West Sumatera, Yuda a skilled practitioner of Silat Harimau is in the final preparations to begin his "Merantau" a century's old rites-of-passage to be carried out by the community's young men that will see him leave the comforts of his idyllic farming village and make a name for himself in the bustling city of Jakarta.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, action thriller, action packed, non stop action, fast
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Soo: Revenge for a Twisted Fate (2007)
Plot Summary:
Tae-soo tries to steal from a gang. The gang catches Tae-Soo's brother, Tae-Jin, instead. The incident causes the brothers to separate. Tae-Soo becomes a mob fixer and an assassin. Tae-Jin becomes a police detective. When a call brings the brothers together, they get ready for brotherly bonding, but Tae-Jin gets killed. Tae-Soo decides to get revenge on his brother's killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 416
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, crime drama, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Bodyguard: A New Beginning (2008)
Plot Summary:
'A New Beginning' focuses around the story of Leung, the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even his own errant son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destroy the family and all that his father has worked hard to protect.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, crime drama, rough, realistic
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Carman: The Champion (2001)
Plot Summary:
Former champion boxer Orlando Leone (Carmen) is "The Preacher" at an inner-city youth center. Wanting to give something back to the community, he bought a large building for a church youth center. But the cash ran out before he could finish fixing it up and now, the mortgage company is about to foreclose. With his bills mounting he agrees to one last fight.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 845
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, christian film, sincere
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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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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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Counterpunch (2019)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true story. A young boxer, Emilio, from the wrong side of the tracks with big dreams of winning the Golden Gloves boxing championship, finds himself at a cross roads after being locked up. As he fights his way back into the winning circle he gets a second shot at the championship title. As he is toe to toe in the ring with his competitor he'll throw all the punches and be the last man standing.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 793
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, emotional, realistic, tense, independent film
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Stretch (2011)
Plot Summary:
Christophe, a young horse racing jockey from Paris, is filled with hope and ambition. Yet after a race, he tests positive for illegal substances and is subsequently suspended from racing. He decides to move to Macau, in Asia. There his circumstances change very quickly: he wins one race after another, earning himself large amounts of money and success with women. But, his new life also brings him an ever-increasing sense of solitude. Macau has its own unspoken rules that Christophe thinks he can ignore. But events start to gain momentum as the net tightens around him. Motivated by love for an intriguing young Chinese woman, Christophe ends up gambling with his own destiny, but this time on the card tables.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Thailand, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, stylized
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Go Fast (2008)
Plot Summary:
Marek, a crime squad officer, sets out to avenge the death of his partner and best friend, who was killed by drug traffickers. He asks for a posting to a new undercover unit created to infiltrate a drug gang that imports hashish from Morocco using the "Go Fast" method. A fleet of high-powered speedboats and cars races across the Mediterranean to Spain and then France, loaded with drugs.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, crime drama, fast