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10 Best Movies Like The Big Man

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

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#1
Gentleman Jim

Gentleman Jim

1942★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Big Man for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world....

#2
Beautiful Disaster

Beautiful Disaster

2023★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Big Man for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

College freshman Abby tries to distance herself from her dark past while resisting her attraction to bad boy Travis....

#3
Hard Times

Hard Times

1975★ 6.8

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

In the depression, Chaney, a strong silent streetfighter, joins with Speed, a promoter of no-holds-barred street boxing bouts. They go to New Orleans where Speed borrows money to s...

#4
Mandingo

Mandingo

1975★ 6.6

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

Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, ...

#5
The Set-Up

The Set-Up

1949★ 7.3

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

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter....

#6
Out of the Furnace

Out of the Furnace

2013★ 6.6

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

Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the most violent crime rings in the...

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