20 movies like Only the Strong, ordered by similarity : Showdown(1993), Blame(2017), Critical Thinking(2020), Child's Play(1972), Skin Traffik(2015), Class of 1984(1982), Song for a Raggy Boy(2003), Perfect 10(2019), Her Twelve Men(1954), Hero(2002), The Guns of Navarone(1961), The Karate Kid(1984) ...
6.7/10
Sports & Fitness, Drama
France|USA
1993
96 Minutes
Mark Dacascos Stacey Travis Geoffrey Lewis Paco Christian Prieto Todd Susman Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter
military officer soldier drug dealer student fighter teacher tense rousing miami high school graduation gym justice drug trade showdown going home crime vigilantism rivalry quest
Ex-Special Forces soldier Louis Stevens returns to Miami to find his former high school overrun by drugs and violence. A master of the Brazilian martial art, capoeira, Stevens pledges to ... See full summary »
5.3/10
Sports & Fitness, Drama
USA
1993
95 Minutes
Billy Blanks Kenn Troum Christine Taylor Ken McLeod Patrick Kilpatrick Linda Dona Brion James John Asher
ex-policeman martial arts master martial arts student janitor uplifting inspiring intense high school phoenix martial arts training self-defense quest rise rivalry transformation 1990s
Ken has just moved from Kansas with his mother. He talks to a girl named Julie, not knowing that her boyfriend Tom is very possessive of her. Tom is learning karate from Lee, a sensei whose... See full summary »
5.8/10
Drama
USA
2017
100 Minutes
Quinn Shephard Nadia Alexander Trieste Kelly Dunn Marcia DeBonis Tessa Albertson Sarah Mezzanotte Owen Campbell Luke Slattery Tate Donovan Chris Messina
student teacher teenager bully young woman lover brooding powerful raw shocking high school united states classroom forbidden love unlikely romance bullying rivalry student-teacher relationship high school crush love
A drama teacher's taboo relationship with an unstable student strikes a nerve in her jealous classmate, sparking a vengeful chain of events within their suburban high school that draws parallels to 'The Crucible'.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
2020
117 Minutes
John Alberto Leguizamo Rachel Bay Jones Michael Kenneth Williams Corwin C. Tuggles Jorge Lendeborg Jr. Angel Bismark Curiel Will Hochman Zora Casebere
teacher student friend drug dealer parent african-american confident emotional passionate uplifting intense moving school chess tournament family home inner city united states city apartment chess inner-city life
The true story of the Miami Jackson High School chess team which was the first inner city team to win the U.S. National Chess Championship.
6.0/10
Drama
USA
1972
100 Minutes
James Mason Robert Preston Beau Bridges Ron Weyand Charles White David Rounds Kate Harrington Jamie Alexander Brian Chapin Bryant Fraser
gym instructor teacher priest rival student newcomer creepy tense suspenseful classroom gym boarding school feud school mob mentality new job hypocrisy suspicion mystery rivalry
At an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors, and he discovers that everything at the school is not quite as staid, tranquil and harmless as it seems.
4.3/10
Action, Crime, Drama
UK
2015
97 Minutes
Daryl Hannah Mickey Rourke Eric Roberts Dominique Swain Michael Madsen Jeff Fahey Gary Daniels Alan Ford
hitman assassin villain criminal gang leader gang members gangster gangsters pimp brutal dark intense intricate tense city united states california los angeles crime fighting
HITMAN for hire Bradley decides to turn his back on killing for a living and drops out of society, But, when he encounters a savage pimp and a desperate woman in the London suburbs under ... See full summary »
6.6/10
Drama
Canada
1982
93 Minutes
Perry King Timothy Van Patten Merrie Lynn Ross Roddy McDowall Al Waxman Lisa Langlois David Gardner Stefan Arngrim Keith Knight Neil Clifford Erin Flannery
teacher music teacher student security guard rape victim gang member bleak melodramatic sad brutal intense gripping school house stage classroom gangs school band violence revenge
A new teacher at a troubled inner-city high school soon ends up clashing with the delinquent leader of a punk posse that runs the school.
7.6/10
Drama
Ireland|UK|Denmark|Spain
2003
98 Minutes
Aidan Quinn Iain Glen Marc Warren Dudley Sutton Alan Devlin Stuart Graham John Travers Chris Newman
school principal schoolboy schoolteacher prefect irishman teacher friend rival bully intense sad emotional endearing ireland school teaching school abuse sadism courage
The true story of a single teacher's courage to stand up against an untouchable prefect's sadistic disciplinary regime and other abuse in a Catholic Reformatory and Industrial School in 1939 Ireland.
6.1/10
Drama
UK
2019
84 Minutes
Frankie Box Alfie Deegan Sharlene Whyte William Ash Nicola Wright Jenna Goodwin Billy Mogford Emily Gibson Leia Desseaux Mitchell Murphy Annie Grainger
gymnast half brother father teen girl emotional gutsy powerful touching inspiring heartwarming family home gym brighton, england living space united kingdom home gymnastics family relationships crime life story
An aspiring teenager gymnast's world is turned upside down with the arrival of the half-brother she never knew she had.
6.4/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1954
91 Minutes
Greer Garson Robert Ryan Barry Sullivan Richard Haydn Barbara Lawrence James Arness Rex Thompson Tim Considine David Stollery Frances Bergen Ian Wolfe
teacher student father professor widow classmate cheery heartwarming inspiring boarding school classroom dormitory gym student-teacher relationship disapproval boarding-school life school teaching new life underdog
An inexperienced female teacher is hired at a private elite school for boys where she raises a few eyebrows among the all-male faculty.
Sports & Fitness, Action, Drama, History
2002
93 Minutes
Jet Li Tony Leung Maggie Cheung Donnie Yen Chen Daoming Zhang Ziyi Liu Zhongyuan Tianyong Zheng
king warrior assassin gripping incredible spectacular rousing china palace desert love assassination betrayal revenge quest adventure rivalry 2nd century b.c.
Flashbacks reveal how a warrior (Jet Li) stopped the elusive assassins (Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung Man-yuk) who tried to kill the emperor of China.
7.5/10
Drama, War
UK|USA
1961
157 Minutes
Gregory Peck David Niven Anthony Quinn Stanley Baker Anthony Quayle James Darren Irene Papas Gia Scala James Robertson Justice Richard Harris
captain explosives expert resistance fighter security head soldier sister engaging tense brash gripping intense greece boat mountain village island cliff sabotage covert operations mountain climbing
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
7.3/10
Sports & Fitness, Drama
USA
1984
126 Minutes
Ralph Macchio Noriyuki "Pat" Morita Elisabeth Shue Randee Heller Martin Kove William Zabka Chad McQueen Tony O'Dell Ron Thomas Rob Garrison Israel Juarbe
young boy martial arts master janitor father figure single mother bully amusing charming inspiring uplifting california san fernando valley high school martial arts discipline spirituality ethnic tension showdown friendship growing up
A martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager.
4.5/10
Sports & Fitness, Drama, Action
USA
1991
89 Minutes
Sasha Mitchell Peter Boyle Dennis Chan Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa John Diehl Michel Qissi Heather McComb Vince Murducco Matthias Hues
brother government official martial artist teacher martial arts master kickboxer thrilling tense suspenseful gritty gutsy fiery united states gym martial arts murder revenge fighting honor fight to the death
David's brother, Kurt, defeats Po in Kickboxer (1989). A year after Po kills Kurt, David, who has a kickboxing gym in LA, is manipulated into a match against Po.
5.9/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK
2017
115 Minutes
Forest Whitaker Eric Bana Jeff Gum Morné Visser Terry Norton Rob Gough Debbie Sherman Warrick Grier
archbishop murderer mother white person tense sultry somber rousing gripping disturbing prison south africa cape town redemption home apartheid racism justice faith crime
After the end of Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption.
7.6/10
Action, Crime, Drama
USA
2012
109 Minutes
Jake Gyllenhaal Michael Peña Natalie Martinez Anna Kendrick David Harbour Frank Grillo America Ferrera Cle Sloan Jaime Fitzsimons Cody Horn
police officer partner police captain criminal wife drug dealer gritty intense thrilling moving los angeles apartment street crime scene wedding inner city law enforcement inner-city life friendship drug trade
Shot documentary-style, this film follows the daily grind of two young police officers in LA who are partners and friends, and what happens when they meet criminal forces greater than themselves.
History, War, Drama
2005
115 Minutes
John Hurt Hugh Dancy Dominique Horwitz Louis Mahoney Nicola Walker Steve Toussaint David Gyasi Susan Nalwoga Victor Power Jack Pierce Musa Kasonka Jr.
priest teacher student refugee militant soldier emotional brutal rwanda school rwandan genocide discrimination friendship protection quest rescue sacrifice 1990s
In 1994 Rwanda, a priest (John Hurt) and a teacher (Hugh Dancy) at a secondary school get caught up in the genocidal conflict between the Hutu and the Tutsi.
8.2/10
Action, Drama
USA
2011
139 Minutes
Joel Edgerton Tom Hardy Nick Nolte Jennifer Morrison Frank Grillo Kevin Dunn Maximiliano Hernandez Kurt Angle Erik Apple Denzel Whitaker Fernando Funan Chien
soldier teacher father wife principal fighter gripping melodramatic brutal inspiring house gym ring las vegas pittsburgh casino family dysfunction alcoholism iraq war tournament
The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.
8.0/10
Crime, Sports & Fitness, Drama, Action
Indonesia|USA
2014
148 Minutes
Iko Uwais Yayan Ruhian Arifin Putra Oka Antara Tio Pakusadewo Alex Abbad Julie Estelle Cok Simbara Cecep Arif Rahman Very Tri Yulisman Ryuhei Matsuda
son gangster family member undercover cop inmate kingpin brash brooding chilling prison office police station jakarta, indonesia building drug house undercover operations crime family fighting prison
Only a short time after the first raid, Rama goes undercover with the thugs of Jakarta and plans to bring down the syndicate and uncover the corruption within his police force.
7.8/10
Drama
Japan
2010
106 Minutes
Takako Matsu Masaki Okada Yoshino Kimura Kaoru Fujiwara Kai Inowaki Hotaru Nomoto Mana Ashida Sora Iwata Daichi Izumi Karin Katô Takuya Kusakawa
mother grieving mother murderer murder victim student teacher dark intense gripping suspenseful chilling emotional japan school house murder confession psychopath investigation revenge
A psychological thriller of a grieving mother turned cold-blooded avenger with a twisty master plan to pay back those who were responsible for her daughter's death.
7.4/10
Biography, Drama
USA
2015
129 Minutes
Kevin Costner Maria Bello Morgan Saylor Michael Aguero Sergio Avelar Hector Duran Rafael Martinez Martha Higareda Johnny Ortiz Carlos Pratts Ramiro Rodriguez
coach student runner teacher principal parent confident cool uplifting tense emotional california high school track gym car house track and field school winning
Jim White moves his family after losing his last job as a football coach, and at his new school he turns seven disappointing students into one of the best cross-country teams in the region.
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