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Everyone loves an underdog. That’s why we’re drawn to sports movies—there’s something special about the magic depicted in Remember The Titans, Miracle, or even something silly like The Waterboy. But good sports books, and we mean good ones, go even deeper.
1) Creed II
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Rental [edition]; widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Life has become a balancing act for Adonis Creed. Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight, he is up against the challenge of his life. Facing an opponent with ties to his family's past only intensifies his impending battle in the ring. Rocky Balboa is there by his side through it all and, together, Rocky and Adonis will confront their shared legacy, question what's worth fighting for, and discover that nothing's more important...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD)(132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
A former boxing manager reluctantly takes on a young woman to train. With her talent and his coaching, the spirited young fighter rises through the ranks of women's boxing, as the pair forms a touching bond in the process.
3) Rocky
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Stallone stars as an unknown boxer from the slums of Philadelphia who is given a once-in-a-lifetime shot at the world heavyweight title.
4) Rocky Balboa
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rocky, the former heavyweight boxing champion known throughout the world, agrees to come out of retirement and face an opponent thirty years his junior.
5) Creed
Language
English
Formats
Description
Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there's no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed's legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Vietnam vet Frank Vega now runs and East L.A. community center where he trains young boxers to survive in and out of the ring. But when his prize student falls in with the wrong crowd and turns up dead, Frank teams up with his pal Bernie to take matters into their own fists and prove that justice never gets old.
7) Rocky III
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Full screen and widescreen versions.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rocky Balboa is now the heavyweight champ and spends his idle time participating in charity wrestling matches. The careless Rocky is beaten by a ruthless challenger, Clubber Lang. After Rocky acquires the needed hunger to win, he is ready for the brutal and nail-biting rematch with Lang.
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Charley Davis, a strong-willed young prizefighter whose ruthless quest for a shot at the title forces him to mortgage his humanity to a corrupt boxing syndicate. But when faced with the chance to regain his self-respect, Charley climbs into the ring one last time--in an unforgettable climatic fight scene.
9) Creed
Publisher
Warner Home video
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there's no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed's legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.
10) S.W.A.T
Language
English
Formats
Description
When things get too tough for the cops, the cops call on the Special Weapons and Tactics unti - better known as S.W.A.T. Two wisecracking, battle-hardened veterans team up with a pair of street smart rookies to form the most free-wheeling, but effective, S.W.A.T. team ever. Their first assignment: transport an international drug kingpin to federal custody, after he's offered $100 million to anyone who will free him.
11) The quiet man
Publisher
Republic Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
Collector's edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An American prizefighter returns to Ireland in order to forget the past and live peacefully in his village birthplace. He falls in love with the hot-tempered sister of a belligerent neighbor, and trouble ensues over the payment of her dowry.
12) Body and soul
Publisher
Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Amateur Golden Gloves champ Leon Johnson is forced to turn pro when his sister's expensive medical treatment financially burdens his family. He soon learns the ropes, but just as quickly he gets caught up in his own hype, loses the woman he loves and succumbs to the corruption he vowed he would change.
13) Pulp fiction
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
Collector's edition, widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (154 min.) : sound, color ; 4 /3 4 in.
Language
English
Description
Clever, dark film that tells 4 separate stories that are gradually brought together. Involved are two low-rent hit men, their boss and his sexy wife, a prizefighter and a pair of desperate robbers.
14) Rocky II
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's the rematch of the century as Rocky Balboa takes on Apollo Creed in this powerful follow-up to one of the most acclaimed movies in film history. After club fighter Rocky Balboa goes the distance with the world heavyweight champion, boxing fans clamor for a rematch. But Rocky, having sustained massive injuries in the bout, announces his retirement. Though he tries to make a new life for himself, Rocky realizes that he can't escape his true calling....
15) Savage dog
Publisher
XLrator Media
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Set in Indochina in 1959, a former champion boxer serving hard time in a brutal labor camp must fight against all odds to avenge a vicious act of vilence and for his freedom"--Container.
16) The Hard Corps
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A military veteran that has spent his career in wartime, takes a job as a bodyguard for a boxer and his family who are being troubled by a rap mogul.
17) Raging bull
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Special edition, second-disc DVD collector's set.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD)(approximately 129 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Prizefighter Jake La Motta becomes consumed in a downward spiral of paranoia and jealousy over his teenaged bride.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Joe is a championship boxer who is not supposed to die in a plane crash, but is brought to heaven too soon by an overeager angel. Mr. Jordan, the angel's boss, finds Joe a new body and gives him another chance to fight, but Joe meets a young woman who gives him a reason to live beyond prize fighting.
19) Jungleland
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Stan and Lion are two brothers struggling to stay relevant in the underground world of bare-knuckle boxing. While Stan trains Lion for the fight of his life, a series of events threaten to tear the brothers apart but their love for one another and belief in a better life keep them going.
20) Creed
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there's no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed's legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.
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