10 Best Boxing Movies You Should See

Undisputed

Release Date 2002

Rating : 6.1 Production Companies: Miramax, Amen Ra Films Director: Walter Hill Stars: Wesley Snipes, Ving Rhames, Peter Falk

Summary: Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime. Iceman Chambers is the heavyweight champion, who lost his title due to a rape conviction to ten years in Sweetwater. WHen these two giants collide in the same prison, they fight against each other disputing who is the real champion.

Southpaw

Release Date 2015

Rating : 7.3 Production Companies: Escape Artists, Riche-Ludwig Productions Director: Deirdre Horgan, Antoine Fuqua Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Forest Whitaker

Summary: Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Willis, a former fighter who trains the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future on the line, Hope fights to reclaim the trust of those he loves the most.

Creed

Release Date 2015

Rating : 7.6 Production Companies: New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Director: Robb Foglia, Ryan Coogler, Donald Sparks Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson

Summary: The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.

Million Dollar Baby

Release Date 2004

Rating : 8.1 Production Companies: Lakeshore Entertainment, Malpaso Productions Director: Robert Lorenz, Clint Eastwood, Ryan Craig Stars: Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman

Summary: Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.

The Fighter

Release Date 2010

Rating : 7.8 Production Companies: Paramount, The Weinstein Company Director: David O. Russell, Karen Golden, Michele Ziegler Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams

Summary: Boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.

Cinderella Man

Release Date 2005

Rating : 8 Production Companies: Miramax, Imagine Entertainment Director: William M. Connor, Anna Rane, Ron Howard Stars: Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti

Summary: The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise comeback in order to lift his family out of poverty.

The Boxer

Release Date 2009

Rating : 4.9 Production Companies: Zeitsprung Entertainment Director: Thomas Jahn Stars: Josh Dallas, Stacy Keach, Kelly Adams

Summary: Ben is a tormented young man who escapes abuse, his life in crime streets to spend, with the result that he was in prison ends. If Ben is released, he comes back as a boxer, with the help of his mentor, Joe, a bokstrainer. Have a new found love named Natalie. But then he finds out that he more than just fighting for the title, he fights for his life, justice and honor

Chuck

Release Date 2017

Rating : 6.5 Production Companies: Campbell Grobman Films, Jeff Rice Films Director: Philippe Falardeau, Tressa Giardina Stars: Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Elisabeth Moss

Summary: A drama inspired by the life of heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner.

Ali

Release Date 2001

Rating : 6.7 Production Companies: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Columbia Pictures Director: Michael Mann, Jody Spilkoman Stars: Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight

Summary: In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.

Creed II

Release Date 2018

Rating : 7.1 Production Companies: New Line Cinema, Winkler Films Director: Steven Caple Jr., Dawn Gilliam, Xanthus Valan Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson

Summary: Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight against an opponent with ties to his family's past, Adonis Creed is up against the challenge of his life.