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.
Yentl
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Contender for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In a time when girls were forbidden to study religious scriptures, a Jewish girl masquerades as a boy to enter religious training and unexpectedly finds love along the way....
Gangster No. 1
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Contender for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
An old gangster is advised that Freddie Mays would leave jail after thirty years in prison. His mood changes and he recalls when he was a young punk and who joined Freddie's gang—a...
American Teen
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Contender for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
A documentary on seniors at a high school in a small Indiana town and their various cliques....
Reggie
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Contender for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
One of sport’s first and most influential megastars, beloved baseball icon and 5-time World Series champion Reggie Jackson contemplates his legacy as a trailblazing Black athlete f...
Once Upon a Time in China
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Contender for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Set in late 19th century Canton, this martial arts film depicts the stance taken by the legendary martial arts hero Wong Fei-Hung against foreign forces' plundering of China....
The Proposition
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Contender for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brot...