Top 20 movies like The Boxer

The Boxer

Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.

The Boxer is of 1 hour(s) and 54 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Universal Pictures, Hell's Kitchen. It was released on 1997-12-31. It has the tagline: Love is always worth fighting for. It has an average vote of 6.693 on TMDB.

Genres: DramaRomance

1. The Honeymooners

The Honeymooners

Raw, funny and poignant, 'The Honeymooners' tells the story of a jilted groom and a waitress who make an unlikely alliance and find themselves in the depths of rural Ireland. Together they begin a hilarious and chaotic adventure that will change both their lives.

It has an average vote of 4.5 on TMDB.

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2. My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother — and no shortage of grit and determination — Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.

It has an average vote of 7.514 on TMDB.

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3. Millions

Millions

Two boys, still grieving the death of their mother, find themselves the unwitting benefactors of a bag of bank robbery loot in the week before the United Kingdom switches its official currency to the Euro. What's a kid to do?

It has an average vote of 6.363 on TMDB.

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4. The Crucible

The Crucible

A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.

It has an average vote of 6.582 on TMDB.

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5. Box

Box

A doomsday pepper is surprised to find a mysterious box appear in his living room with no trace as to how it could've gotten there.

It has an average vote of 4.5 on TMDB.

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6. In the Name of the Father

In the Name of the Father

A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also implicated in the crime. He spends fifteen years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence.

It has an average vote of 7.9 on TMDB.

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7. The Angels' Share

The Angels' Share

Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.

It has an average vote of 6.991 on TMDB.

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8. The Clan (El clan)

The Clan

In Argentina, between 1982 and 1985, the Puccios, a well-established family of San Isidro, an upper-class suburb of Buenos Aires, kidnap several people and hold them as hostages for a ransom.

It has an average vote of 6.743 on TMDB.

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9. Silverado

Silverado

Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse. It's up to the sharp-shooting foursome to save the day, but first they have to break each other out of jail, and learn who their real friends are.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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10. Didier (Didier)

Didier

Jean-Pierre Costa is a football manager upon whom fate appears not to be smiling. First, a friend, Annabelle, dumps a pet Labrador named Didier on him whilst she goes off to make a report in Los Angeles. Next, one of his star players is injured, leaving him one player short for a crucial match. As if things could not get any worse, Costa wakes up one morning to find that that Didier has been transformed into a man...

It has an average vote of 6.066 on TMDB.

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11. Kajillionaire

Kajillionaire

Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their entire world turned upside down.

It has an average vote of 6.284 on TMDB.

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12. The Age of Innocence

The Age of Innocence

In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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13. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

When a powerful criminal, who is connected to Bruce Wayne's ex-girlfriend, blames the Dark Knight for killing a crime lord, Batman decides to fight against him.

It has an average vote of 7.472 on TMDB.

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14. Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (ジョゼと虎と魚たち)

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

With dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes her far beyond her wheelchair. But when the tide turns against them, they push each other to places they never thought possible, and inspire a love fit for a storybook.

It has an average vote of 8.262 on TMDB.

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15. Braindead

Braindead

When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.

It has an average vote of 7.403 on TMDB.

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16. Suburra (Suburra)

Suburra

A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.

It has an average vote of 7.296 on TMDB.

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17. Frances Ha

Frances Ha

An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.

It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.

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18. Shot Caller

Shot Caller

A newly-released prison gangster is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.

It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.

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19. Trainwreck

Trainwreck

Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy.

It has an average vote of 5.803 on TMDB.

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20. The Reader

The Reader

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.

It has an average vote of 7.458 on TMDB.

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