Hammer

1972

English

5.5

♡ 3

24%

Action

blaxploitation

blaxploitation cinema

Bruce D. Clark Director

Charles Lampkin as Big Sid

Jamal Moore as Henry Jones

Gene LeBell as Referee

Johnny Silver as Tiny

Hotheaded laborer B.J. Hammer can't go long without ending up in a fight, and, after he comes out on top in a particularly impressive workplace scuffle, word of his brawling skills makes its way to Davis, a top boxing manager. Hammer is hired by Davis and begins a lucrative career in the ring, only to find out that his new employer wants him to throw a fight and take part in other illicit activities. Hammer reacts to this news violently, and the feud is on.

Lulu Belle

1948

English

5.9

♡ 1

Leslie Fenton Director

John Indrisano as Charlie - Brady's Bodyguard

William Haade as Duke Weaver

George Montgomery as George Davis

Addison Richards as Police Commissioner John Dixon

Lulu Belle is singing in a cheap dive in Natchez, Mississippi in the early 1900's when she meets rising young attorney George Davis. He gives up his fiancée and career to marry Lulu Bell. When his money runs out, Lulu Belle goes to work in a New Orleans club run by tough gambler Mark Brady. She tries to send George back to Natchez by pretending that she has fallen for prize-fighter Butch Cooper but George, in a fit of jealousy, drives a handful of forks into Butch's face. He is sent to prison and Lulu goes to New York with millionaire Harry Randolph, who makes her the singing sensation of Broadway and asks her to marry him. She refuses when she learns that George has been released from prison, realizing that he is the only man she ever truly loved.

The Ring

1927

English

6.1

♡ 10

90%

woman between two men

Alfred Hitchcock Director

Gordon Harker as Jack's Trainer

Alfred Hitchcock as Man-Dipping Attraction Worker

Carl Brisson as 'One-Round' Jack Sander

Forrester Harvey as The Promoter

Both Jack Sander and Bob Corby are boxers in love with Mabel. Jack and Mabel wed, but their marriage is flat. The young wife looks to Bob for comfort.

Battling Butler

1926

English

7.0

♡ 14

85%

Buster Keaton Director

Buster Keaton as Alfred 'Battling' Butler

Lillian Lawrence as Spinster Aunt at Wedding

Sally O'Neil as The Mountain Girl

Francis McDonald as The Prizefighter

A meek millionaire masquerades as a boxing star to win a girl's heart.

Requiem for a Heavyweight

1962

English

7.8

♡ 7

89%

Ralph Nelson Director

John Indrisano as Barfly Watching TV

Julie Harris as Grace Miller

Michael Conrad as Ma Greeny's Thug

Val Avery as Young fighter's promoter

Mountain Rivera is a veteran heavyweight and near-champion who suddenly finds himself washed up in the only trade he knows—prizefighting. Yet, threatened by gangsters for welshing on a gambling debt, Mountain’s opportunistic manager, Maish Rennick, schemes to get the ex-boxer into a phony wrestling match to make some quick money. Although he and his loyal trainer, Army, oppose the degrading proposition, the disillusioned Mountain begins to wonder if he has any options left.

Real Steel

2011

English

7.1

♡ 278

60%

parent child relationship

Shawn Levy Director

Evangeline Lilly as Bailey Tallet

Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton

Anthony Mackie as Finn

Kevin Durand as Ricky

Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After his robot is trashed, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son to rebuild and train an unlikely contender.

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

1967

English

6.4

♡ 3

50%

39%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

boston, massachusetts

James Neilson Director

Suzanne Pleshette as Arabella Flagg

Harry Harvey as Fight Rooter

Karl Malden as Judge Higgins

John Roy as Townsman

To restore his family's lost wealth, a young Boston lad stows away on a ship bound for the California Gold Rush. When their very proper butler gives chase, all roads lead to nonstop adventure, wild and woolly characters, and a lucky punch that leads to a bonanza of belly laughs!

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