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10 Best Movies Like Champion

If you loved Champion, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Set-Up

The Set-Up

1949★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Champion for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter....

#2
Body and Soul

Body and Soul

1947★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Champion for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter ...

#3
The Champ

The Champ

1979★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Champion for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Billy used to be a great boxer, but he's settled into a hardscrabble life that revolves around drinking, training horses, and the one bright spot in his existence — his young son, ...

#4
Rocky IV

Rocky IV

1985★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Champion for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Rocky Balboa holds the world heavyweight championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union. ...

#5
Tyson

Tyson

1995★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Champion for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of Mike Tyson. From his early days as a 12 year old amateur with a powerful punch, to the undisputed title of "Heavyweight Champion of the World", and ultimately to his c...

#6
Rocky III

Rocky III

1982★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Champion for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Following Rocky Balboa's intense battle with his most powerful adversary yet – the ferocious Clubber Lang – Rocky joins forces with former rival Apollo Creed in an effort to get ba...

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