10 Best Movies Like The Idol
If you loved The Idol, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.
The Cut
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Idol for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A retired boxer intends to return to the ring for one last shot at the title, but first he must make the weight. Holed up in a room in Las Vegas with an unscrupulous trainer, he em...
Hardball
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Idol for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...
Resurrecting the Champ
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Idol for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to ...
Hands of Stone
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Idol for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives....
Jawbone
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Idol for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the ...
Jungleland
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Idol for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Stanley manages his boxer brother Lion but when a devastating loss in the ring leaves the pair in debt, an opportunity to recoup the cash leads to a series of misadventures that th...