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10 Best Movies Like Karateka

If you loved Karateka, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Bruised

Bruised

2021★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Karateka for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Jackie Justice is a mixed martial arts fighter who leaves the sport in disgrace. Down on her luck and simmering with rage and regret years after the fight, she's coaxed into a brut...

#2
No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers

No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers

1990★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Karateka for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Two feuding brothers (one a policeman, the other a martial arts expert) of different political views, join forces to avenge the death of their father, a retired agent, killed by th...

#3
Resurrecting the Champ

Resurrecting the Champ

2007★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Karateka 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 ...

#4
Salvable

Salvable

2025★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Karateka for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When a battered boxer past his prime finds his dreams and his relationships on the ropes, he falls back in with a dangerous crowd and has to take the biggest swing of his life to r...

#5
Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone

2016★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Karateka 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....

#6
Never Back Down: No Surrender

Never Back Down: No Surrender

2016★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Karateka for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Picking up after the events of Never Back Down 2, former MMA champion Case Walker is on the comeback trail to become champion once again....

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