10 Best Movies Like The Contender
If you loved The Contender, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.
Kid Galahad
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Contender for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
After completing his military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter—and takes him...
The Set-Up
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Contender 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....
Framed
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Contender for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend...
Eleanor the Great
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Contender for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades....
Flicka
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Contender for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Katy McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang in the hills near her ranch. ...
Where the Red Fern Grows
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Contender for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for two years to achieve his dream of buying two red-bone coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in life as he faces overwhelming c...