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Rocky III(1982)

PG
| 1h 39min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 1,830 votes)

Now the world champion, Rocky Balboa is living in luxury and only fighting opponents who pose no threat to him in the ring, until Clubber Lang challenges him to a bout. After taking a pounding from Lang, the humbled champ turns to former bitter rival Apollo Creed for a rematch with Lang.

Rocky Balboa(2006)

PG
| 1h 42min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 1,556 votes)

His Wife is dead and his Son hates him but this old man still has fight in him! When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ Rocky Balboa, reigning heavyweight titleholder Mason Dixon retaliates by challenging Rocky to a nationally televised, 10-round exhibition bout. To the surprise of his son and friends, Rocky agrees to come out of retirement and face an opponent who's faster, stronger, and thirty years his junior.

Uncle Drew(2018)

PG-13
| 1h 43min | Comedy
3.4/5 (with 239 votes)

Uncle Drew recruits a squad of older basketball players to return to the court to compete in a tournament.

Bleed for This(2016)

1h 56min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 332 votes)

The inspirational story of World Champion Boxer Vinny Pazienza, who after a near fatal car crash, which left him not knowing if he'd ever walk again, made one of sports most incredible comebacks.

Cinderella Man(2005)

PG-13
| 2h 24min | Romance / Love, Drama, History
3.8/5 (with 956 votes)

The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, in the 1920s following his retirement, makes a surprise comeback in order to get him and his family out of a socially poor state.

Friday Night Lights(2004)

PG-13
| 1h 58min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 227 votes)

A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during the first game of the season, all hope is lost, and the town's dormant social problems begin to flare up. It is left to the inspiring abilities of new coach Gary Gaines to instill in the other team members -- and, by proxy, the town itself -- a sense of self-respect and honor.

Still Crazy(1998)

R
| 1h 32min | Comedy, Music
3.4/5 (with 44 votes)

In the seventies Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, internal tension and an ex front man dead from an overdose. Even their demise was glamorous; when lightning struck the stage during an outdoor festival. 20 years on and these former rock gods they have now sunk deep into obscurity when the idea of a reunion tour is lodged in the head of Tony, former keyboard player of the Fruits. Tony sets out to find his former bandmates with the help of former manager Karen to see if they can recapture the magic and give themselves a second chance.

Caro Diario(1993)

1h 40min | Comedy, Drama
3.7/5 (with 176 votes)

Nanni Moretti recalls in his diary three slice of life stories characterized by a sharply ironic look: in the first one he wanders through a deserted Rome, in the second he visits a reclusive friend on an island, and in the last he has to grapple with an unknown illness.

It's All Gone Pete Tong(2004)

R
| 1h 30min | Drama, Comedy, Music
3.3/5 (with 76 votes)

Its All Gone Pete Tong is a comedy following the tragic life of the legendary Frankie Wilde. The story takes us through Frankie's life from being one of the best DJs alive, through a subsequent battle with a hearing disorder, culminating in his mysterious disappearance from the scene.

Directed by Michael Dowse - With Paul Kaye, Beatriz Batarda, Kate Magowan, Mike Wilmot, Carl Cox, Paul van Dyk, ...

The Great Buck Howard(2008)

PG
| 1h 27min | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 104 votes)

When a law school dropout answers an advertisement to be a personal assistant he unknowingly signs on to work for a belligerent has-been magician struggling to resurrect his career. This leads to a journey across the country staging the comeback of a lifetime.

The Other Side of the Wind(2018)

R
| 2h 2min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 85 votes)

Surrounded by fans and skeptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film. This film was started in 1970 but never completed during Welles lifetime.

Yankee Doodle Dandy(1942)

NR
| 2h 6min | Drama, Music
3.6/5 (with 87 votes)

A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.

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Jackie's Back!(1999)

1h 31min | Comedy, Music, TV Movie
3.6/5 (with 2 votes)

A British documentarian profiles washed-up diva Jackie Washington as she prepares for her comeback concert.

Directed by Robert Townsend - With Jenifer Lewis

Adelheid(1970)

1h 39min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 9 votes)

In the aftermath of World War II, a soldier takes charge of a manor formerly owned by a German family and falls in love with the daughter, now a maid. Their relationship forces him to confront the tension between his love and his conscience.

Panga(2020)

2h 11min | Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 11 votes)

'Panga' follows the triumphs and struggle of a national level Kabbadi player from India who receives the love and support from her family to help achieve her dream.

The Last Rider(2023)

PG-13
| 1h 36min | Documentary
4.0/5 (with 3 votes)

The incredible story of the greatest cycling race in history, the 1989 Tour de France, and how American Greg LeMond faced down betrayal, childhood sexual abuse and death completing one of the most inspiring comebacks in history.

Directed by Alex Holmes - With Greg LeMond, Cyrille Guimard, Pedro Delgado, Laurent Fignon

The Birch Wood(1970)

1h 39min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 7 votes)

Takes place in a prewar Poland. A tubercular young man comes to stay with his brother on a farm. He is in love with life and constantly plays 1930's music on a piano. He gets involved with his brother's problems and also becomes the lover of a simpleminded farm girl. The brother's dead wife may have had an affair with the hired man who is to marry the farm girl. His daughter will not confirm his suspicions. But the brother's death leads to his acceptance of the past, forgiving his wife's memory and making up with his little daughter.

The Auteur(2008)

1h 17min | Comedy
2.0/5 (with 4 votes)

THE AUTEUR follows formerly renowned porn director Arturo Domingo (Five Easy Nieces, Requiem for a Wet Dream) through a bizarre weekend as he receives a lifetime achievement award at a film festival in Portland, OR. Encountering crazed fans, former collaborators, bitter enemies and free-loving hippies, Arturo attempts to put the pieces of his broken career and personal life back together.

Directed by James Westby

Heart(1987)

1h 30min
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Eddie Brennan, once a boxer with a killer right, is now a has been who loads trucks for a living. A worn out boxer who dreams of making a comeback seems the perfect candidate for a rigged fight against an up and coming young fighter...

Directed by James Lemmo

Last Days Here(2011)

NR
| 1h 31min | Documentary, Music
3.7/5 (with 12 votes)

Documentary follows Bobby Liebling, lead singer of seminal hard rock/heavy metal band Pentagram, as he battles decades of hard drug addiction and personal demons to try and get his life back.

Cardboard boxes(2009)

13min

Tere takes care of his autistic son Alex. Due work, her husband lives far away, but this weekend, he is visiting, and Tere suspects he will bring no good news.

Elvis: The '68 Comeback Special(1968)

PG
| 50min | Music
4.6/5 (with 2 votes)

After years of diminishing returns on the big screen, Elvis gets back to his roots on television, and turns in one of the greatest performances of his career.

Directed by Steve Binder - With Elvis Presley

Behind the Life of Chris Gaines(1999)

To promote the release of his album Garth Brooks in... The Life of Chris Gaines, Garth Brooks appeared as Chris Gaines in a television "mockumentary," a version of VH1's seminal cable classic Behind the Music, featuring a totally made-up tale that just may be the greatest rock n' roll documentary ever made. This piece of art has everything that makes the story of being a rockstar fucking cool. It has childhood trauma, record label trauma, death, disfigurement, a plane crash, a car crash, sex addiction, redemption, a house fire, random unexplained commentary from Billy Joel, and more sex addiction.

Babygirl(2018)

20min | Drama
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Jess, a former country music child-star turned single mother, decides to make a comeback after a 15-year hiatus.

Where Have You Gone, Lou DiMaggio?(2017)

1h 15min | Documentary

Comedian Lou DiMaggio contemplates a comeback after a 20 year absence from the stage and seeks advice from a collection of comedy greats.

Directed by Brad Kuhlman

Champions(2010)

1h 45min | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

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Pacquiao: The Movie(2006)

1h 49min | Drama, Action
2.4/5 (with 2 votes)

Jericho Rosales portrays Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao as he struggles out of poverty to become a champion and national hero. Yet when the pressures of his sport, his personal life and the high expectations of his countrymen take their toll, he falls from grace. With the help of his wife (Bea Alonzo), will he be able to rise once more to be worthy of being called "the People's Champion"?

The Comeback(1980)

1h 18min | Documentary
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

After an absence of five years, six times Mr Olympia winner Arnold Schwarzenegger makes a comeback and attempts to take the World Body Building Championship for the 7th time.

Directed by Kit Laughlin - With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Platz, Sergio Oliva, Chris Dickerson, Franco Columbu, Frank Zane, ...

Muling Umawit ang Puso(1995)

2h 1min | Music, Drama

Muling Umawit ang Puso? is a 1995 Filipino film and an official entry to the 1995 Metro Manila Film Festival. This is the story of a popular singer-actress (Aunor) who went into seclusion after the traumatic experience of watching her pregnant sister die in the wake of a stampede of her fans. Nearly twenty years later she took in a young girl who wanted to be a star and tried to mold her into a copy of what she was before. With her she also picked up the pieces of the life she placed on hold and now was wishing to resume not as the star she was but as an involved caring and loving person.

Directed by Joel Lamangan - With Nora Aunor, Albert Martinez, Donna Cruz

Connection(2023)

The biggest boxing fight of 1960 takes an unexpected turn with the help of a powerful twin connection.

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