American sports drama films

The Champ

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1931 IMDB Rating: 7.3

A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.

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The Karate Kid

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1984 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Daniel, a fatherless teenager, arrives in Los Angeles and becomes the object of bullying by a gang of karate students when he strikes up a relationship with Ali, the gang leader’s ex-girlfriend, so Da...

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Rocky II

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1979 IMDB Rating: 7.3

After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't put his life together outside the ring, while Creed s...

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Southpaw

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2015 IMDB Rating: 7.3

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 b...

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Champion

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1949 IMDB Rating: 7.3

An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.

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Fat City

Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1972 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take opposite momentum.

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Eight Men Out

Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1988 IMDB Rating: 7.2

A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.

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Friday Night Lights

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 2004 IMDB Rating: 7.2

A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during the first game of the season, a...

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Sugar

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Like many young men in the Dominican Republic, 19-year-old Miguel "Sugar" Santos dreams of winning a slot on an American baseball team. Indeed, his talents as a pitcher eventually land him a slot on a...

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