American boxing films

Rocky is a 1976 American independent sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen, written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the Rocky franchise and also stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burgess Meredith. In the film, Rocky Balboa (Stallone), a poor small-time club fighter and loanshark debt collector from Philadelphia, gets an unlikely once in a lifetime shot at the world heavyweight championship held by Apollo Creed (Weathers).

2004 film by Clint Eastwood

1980 film directed by Martin Scorsese

2010 film directed by David O. Russell

1979 film directed by Sylvester Stallone

1985 film directed by Sylvester Stallone

1982 film directed by Sylvester Stallone

1952 film directed by John Ford

1990 film directed by John G. Avildsen

2011 film by Shawn Levy

2004 film by Ron Howard

1992 film by Ron Howard

1999 film directed by Norman Jewison

1955 film by Stanley Kubrick

2013 film by Peter Segal

series of boxing films, written by and starring Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa

2015 film directed by Antoine Fuqua

1990 film directed by Sheldon Lettich

1956 film by Mark Robson

1979 film directed by Franco Zeffirelli

2006 film directed by Isaac Florentine

1998 film by Peter MacDonald

2002 film directed by Walter Hill

1949 film

2007 television film directed by Paul Hoen

1992 film by John G. Avildsen

1941 film by Alexander Hall

1931 film by King Vidor

1956 film by Robert Wise

1891 film by William Kennedy Dickson

1975 American historical melodrama film

1978 film by James Fargo

1980 film by Buddy Van Horn

1914 film by Charles Avery

1894 film

1970 film by Martin Ritt

1949 film by Robert Wise

1947 film noir directed by Robert Rossen

1897 film by Enoch J. Rector

1992 film by Irwin Winkler

1999 film by Ron Shelton

1936 American film

1894 film by William Kennedy Dickson

1937 film by Michael Curtiz

Girlfight is a 2000 American sports film written and directed by Karyn Kusama in her feature directorial debut. Starring Michelle Rodriguez in her film debut, it follows a troubled Brooklyn high school student, who decides to channel her aggression by training to become a boxer, despite the disapproval of her father and prospective trainers, as well as the competitors in the male-dominated sport.

1962 film by Phil Karlson

1894 silent film directed by William Kennedy Dickson

1939 film by Rouben Mamoulian

1972 film by John Huston

Christy is a 2025 American biographical sports drama film directed by David Michôd, written by Michôd and Mirrah Foulkes, and starring Sydney Sweeney, Ben Foster, Merritt Wever, Katy O'Brian, Ethan Embry, and Chad L. Coleman. The film chronicles the rise of former professional boxer Christy Martin (Sweeney) to becoming America's best-known female boxer in the 1990s, and later her coach-turned-husband's 2010 attempted murder of her.

1942 film by Raoul Walsh

2011 film by Michael Jai White

1975 film by Walter Hill

1992 film directed by Rowdy Herrington

1955 film by Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly

2004 film by Charles S. Dutton

1926 film by Buster Keaton

1951 film by Stanley Kubrick

1950 film by John Sturges

2016 film directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz