When it comes to best boxing movies, then everyone sees Rocky Balboa who is actually Charles Wepner is an American former professional boxer also known as The Bayonne Bleeder, portrayed by Hollywood superstar Sylvester Stallone in Rocky films to Creed franchise.

Not only Rocky film series even there is other best film on boxing genre are so famous among the audience with the highest IMDb ratings and critics’ scores. Boxing movies have attained incredible fame than other sports like mixed martial arts, Muay Thai, or Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu the reasons behind its success are entertainment value, general simplicity, and its acceptability.

So many movies on boxing have been making for a long time, though they come and go, some of those have had their strong influences which remain continue like Rocky film series, Million Dollar Baby, Southpaw, Creed franchise, When We Were Kings and others.

 

Here You All Are About To Introduce With Top Ten Boxing Movies Have Been Ruling Among Audience For A Long Time; 

 

10. The Hammer (2007)

IMDb: 7.3

Rotten Tomatoes:  80%

DVD Netflix: 3.6/5

The Hammer is a comedy film was directed by Charles Herman-Wurmfeld and produced by Eric Ganz. The film was premiered in April 2007 in Tribeca Film Festival and then released all around the world.

The Hammer is also among best films on boxing, while a chronic underachiever Jerry Ferro (played by Adam Carolla) loses his carpentry job and his girlfriend but something he has to achieve. The film has collected $443,591 at the box office. Adam Carolla, Heather Juergensen, Constance Zimmer, Oswaldo Castillo, Tom Quinn, and others are the main cast of the film.

 

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9. Southpaw  (2015)

IMDb: 7.4

Rotten Tomatoes: 60%

Metacritic: 57%

Southpaw follows a boxer who sets out to get his life back on track after losing his wife in an accident and his young daughter to protective services. It features Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, Naomie Harris, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and others.

Southpaw is emerged to be one of the best boxing movies all the time. It is an American sports drama film was released on June 15, 2015, in SIFF and then on in the United States on July 24, 2015. The film was directed by Antoine Fuqua and co-produced by Steve Tisch, Jason Blumenthal, Peter Riche and other.

 

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8. The Hurricane (1999)

IMDb: 7.6

Rotten Tomatoes: 83%

Metacritic: 74%

The movie depicts a middleweight boxer Rubin as The Hurricane Carter found guilty of committing a triple murder in a bar in Paterson, New Jersey. Norman Jewison filmed the screenplay by Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon, in the standard way is as best director.

Everything is impressive in this film that’s the way it earns positive reviews, merged among one of the best boxing movies so far. It also consists of a splendid cast as Denzel Washington, John Hannah, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber, and others.

The Hurricane was released on December 29, 1999, and bagged $74 million at the box office on its making cost of $50 million.

 

 

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7. Creed (2015)

IMDb: 7.6

Rotten Tomatoes: 95%

Facebook: 4.2/5

Creed was directed by Ryan Coogler and co-produced Irwin Winkler, Charles Winkler, Kevin King-Templeton, Sylvester Stallone and others. It is an American sports drama film was first released on November 19, 2015, in Regency Village Theater and then made available to watch in the United States on November 25, 2015.

Creed holds an impressive place among best boxing movies so far having a premium material involves story, cast, filmography, and others. Adonis Johnson (played by Michael B. Jordan) never knew his famous father boxing champion Apollo Creed. It features Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Anthony Bellew, and others.

 

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6. Creed II (2018)

IMDb: 7.6

Rotten Tomatoes: 83%

Metacritic: 66%

Creed II shows Adonis Creed (played by Michael B. Jordan) meets a new opponent Viktor Drago (played by Florian Munteanu) the son of Ivan Drago who killed his father Apollo Creed.

It is an American sports drama film was directed by Steven Caple, Jr. and becomes part of best films on boxing with outstanding script and filming. The film first released on November 14, 2018, in Lincoln Center and then moved to the United State’s theaters on November 21, 2018.

The film depicts Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Wood Harris and other. The filmmakers of Creed II had collected $58.3 million at the box office although it was made with the budget $50 million.

 

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5. Cinderella Man (2005)

IMDb: 8

Rotten Tomatoes: 80%

Metacritic: 69%

 

Cinderella Man is an American biographical sports drama film was directed by Ron Howard and co-produced by Ron Howard, Penny Marshall, and Brian Grazer. It was released on June 3, 2005, in all over the world cinemas.

Cinderella Man is also one of the best boxing movies so far as being best sports biopic.  Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Bruce McGill, and others are cast in the film.

The film tells the story of James J. Braddock (played by Russell Crowe) is an American boxer, formerly a light heavyweight contender, who is forced to give up boxing after breaking his hand. The filmmaker of Cinderella Man had bagged $108.5 million at the box office although made with the budget $88 million.

 

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4. When We Were Kings (1996)

IMDb: 8

Rotten Tomatoes: 98%

Roger Ebert: 3/4

 

When We Were Kings was directed by Leon Gast and co-produced by David Sonenberg, Taylor Hackford and Leon Gast. It is an Academy Award-winning documentary film was first watched in January 1996 in Sundance and then made available to watch in all over the world on October 25, 1996.

The When We Were Kings depicts the story of most famous heavyweight championship boxing match of all time between champion George Foreman and challenger Muhammad Ali. The film has attained $2,789,985 at the box office.

 

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3. Rocky (1976)

IMDb: 8.1

Rotten Tomatoes: 93%

Metacritic: 70%

Rocky is an American sports drama film was directed by John G. Avildsen and co-produced by Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff. It was first watched on November 21, 1976, in New York City and then on December 3, 1976, released in the United States.

Rocky has been watching since its release and will be watched in future having incredible filmography, hence it is tagged among best boxing movies so far. The plot of the film revolves around  Rocky Balboa’s life (played by Sylvester Stallone), an uneducated the Italian-American boxer.

Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and others are in the main of the film. Rocky was made with the amount $1 million and achieved $225 million at the box office.

 

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2. Million Dollar Baby (2004)

IMDb: 8.1

Rotten Tomatoes: 91%

Metacritic: 86%

 

Million Dollar Baby released on December 15, 2004, all around the world, earned incredible popularity globally as one of the best films on boxing. It is an American sports drama film directed Clint Eastwood and co-produced by Paul Haggis, Tom Rosenberg, Albert S.

Ruddy and other. The storyline of this film revolves around an under-appreciated boxing trainer, the mistakes that haunt him from his past. The filmmakers of Million Dollar Baby had invested $30 million and achieved $216.8 million at the box office.

 

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1. Raging Bull (1980)

IMDb: 8.2

Rotten Tomatoes: 95%

Metacritic: 89%

 

Raging Bull was directed by Martin Scorsese and co-produced by Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff. It is an American biographical black-and-white sports drama film who tops in our round of best boxing movies all the time with highest everything.

The film was first released on November 14, 1980, in New York City and then in the United States on December 19, 1980. The film shows the story of Jake LaMotta (played by Robert De Niro) an Italian American middleweight boxer. The film made with the budget $18 million and attained $23.4 million at the box office.