Movies like The Set-Up

20 movies like The Set-Up, ordered by similarity : Kid Galahad(1937), Southpaw(2015), Jawbone(2017), Cinderella Man(2005), City for Conquest(1940), The Harder They Fall(1956), Raging Bull(1980), Poor Boy's Game(2007), Journeyman(2017), Rocky Balboa(2006), The Bad Penny(2010), Snatch(2000) ...

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The Set-Up

An aging boxer (Robert Ryan) leaves his crying wife (Audrey Totter), then crosses the street for a fixed fight.

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star 7.2/10
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Kid Galahad

Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.

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star 7.4/10
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Southpaw

A champion boxer fights to get his daughter back from child protective services as well as revive his professional career, after a fatal incident sends him on a rampant path of destruction.

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star 6.5/10
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Jawbone

Former youth boxing champion Jimmy McCabe, after hitting rock bottom, returns to his childhood boxing club and his old team, gym owner Bill and corner-man Eddie.

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star 8.0/10
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Cinderella Man

The story of James J. Braddock, a supposedly washed-up boxer who came back to challenge for the heavyweight championship of the world.

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star 7.3/10
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City for Conquest

Danny is a content truck driver, but his girl Peggy shows potential as a dancer and hopes he too can show ambition. Danny acquiesces and pursues boxing to please her, but the two begin to spend more time working than time together.

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star 7.5/10
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The Harder They Fall

An ex-sportswriter is hired by a shady fight promoter to promote his latest find, an unknown but easily exploitable rising star from Argentina.

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star 8.2/10
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Raging Bull

The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.

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star 6.4/10
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Poor Boy's Game

Donnie Rose went to prison for beating a young man so brutally it left him handicapped for life. Nine years later, Donnie is out. He's a different man with only one place to go: back home ... See full summary »

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star 7.1/10
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Journeyman

Boxer Matty Burton suffers a serious head injury during a fight. This is the story about the impact on his marriage, his life, and his family.

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star 7.1/10
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Rocky Balboa

Thirty years after the ring of the first bell, Rocky Balboa comes out of retirement and dons his gloves for his final fight against the reigning heavyweight champ Mason 'The Line' Dixon.

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star 3.5/10
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The Bad Penny

Grieving over the death of his friend, an American goes to work for a b-movie actress in Italy, only to discover that living the stylish life could have fatal repercussions and second-guessing his decision to become her personal assistant.

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star 8.3/10
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Snatch

Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.

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star 7.3/10
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Rocky II

Rocky struggles in family life after his bout with Apollo Creed, while the embarrassed champ insistently goads him to accept a challenge for a rematch.

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Ali

Muhammad Ali (Will Smith) battles Sonny Liston, Joe Frazier and George Foreman and raises controversy outside the ring.

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star 6.5/10
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Six Rounds

Amongst the 2011 London riots, a former boxer must choose between his past or a new future.

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star 6.4/10
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Sparring

Steve Landry, an aging boxer with more losses than wins, accepts to become a sparring partner for an emerging champion in a last-ditch attempt to stay relevant.

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star 6.8/10
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Rocky III

After winning the ultimate title and being the world champion, Rocky falls into a hole and finds himself picked up by a former enemy.

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star 7.8/10
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Requiem for a Heavyweight

Mountain Rivera, a punchy has-been managed by the unprincipled Maish, is mauled in a fight and forced to quit boxing. Can his devoted cutman and a sympathetic social worker help him find a ... See full summary »

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star 8.1/10
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Million Dollar Baby

A determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional.

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star 7.8/10
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Straight Outta Compton

The rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.

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