Movies Like Raging Bull
If you liked Raging Bull (1980), a drama and history movie directed by Martin Scorsese, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Ali (2001)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaIn 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…
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Southpaw (2015)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaBilly "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…
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Million Dollar Baby (2004)
★ 8/10Also dramaDespondent 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…
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The Quest (1996)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaGhang-gheng, the ancient winner-take-all competition in which the deadliest fighters from around the world employ the most spectacular feats of martial arts skills ever displayed in order to win the prized Golden…
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Marty Supreme (2025)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaMarty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
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Hands of Stone (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaThe legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
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The Fighter (2010)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaBoxer "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…
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Nickel Boys (2024)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and historyChronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.
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Jawbone (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaA former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner…
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Jungleland (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaStanley manages his boxer brother Lion but when a devastating loss in the ring leaves the pair in debt, an opportunity to recoup the cash leads to a series of misadventures that threaten to break the bond between them.
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Life After Fighting (2024)
★ 7/10Also dramaRetired martial arts world champion Alex Faulkner has settled into a simple life, when the disappearance of two of his students leads to an unthinkable discovery close to home. Just when all hope of finding the…
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Christy (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also history and dramaChristy Martin never imagined life beyond her small-town roots in West Virginia—until she discovered a knack for punching people. Fueled by grit, raw determination, and an unshakable desire to win, she charges into the…
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The Brutalist (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaWhen an innovative modern architect flees post-war Europe, he is given the opportunity to rebuild his legacy. Set during the dawn of the modern United States (in Pennsylvania), his wife joins him, and their lives are…
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Father Stu (2022)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaThe true-life story of boxer-turned-priest. When an injury ends his amateur boxing career, Stuart Long moves to Los Angeles to find money and fame. While scraping by as a supermarket clerk, he meets Carmen, a Sunday…
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Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
★ 8.4/10Also dramaA former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
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The Smashing Machine (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and historyIn the late 1990s, up-and-coming mixed martial artist Mark Kerr aspires to become the greatest fighter in the world. However, he must also battle his opioid dependence and a volatile relationship with his girlfriend…
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The Harder They Fall (1956)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaJobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno. Although Moreno is a hulking giant, his chances for…
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Foxcatcher (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaThe greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.
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A Most Violent Year (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaA thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and…
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Bruised (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaJackie Justice is a mixed martial arts fighter who leaves the sport in disgrace. Down on her luck and simmering with rage and regret years after the fight, she's coaxed into a brutal underground fight by her manager…