Movies Like Fat City

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Rocky Balboa

2006·1h 42m·★ 7.1·Sylvester Stallone

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Cinderella Man

2005·2h 24m·★ 8.0·Ron Howard

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Rocky II

1979·1h 59m·★ 7.3·Sylvester Stallone

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Ali

2001·2h 37m·★ 6.7·Michael Mann

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Glass Chin

2014·1h 27m·★ 5.4·Noah Buschel

TMDB recommendsThemes: boxer, boxing

Diggstown

1992·1h 38m·★ 6.9·Michael Ritchie

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Rocky

1976·2h·★ 8.1·John G. Avildsen

Themes: transporter, boxer, boxing

The Hurricane

1999·2h 26m·★ 7.6·Norman Jewison

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Shutter Island

2010·2h 18m·★ 8.2·Martin Scorsese

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Memories of Murder

2003·2h 11m·★ 8.1·Bong Joon Ho

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Badlands

1974·1h 34m·★ 7.7·Terrence Malick

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El Inca

2016·1h 40m·★ 6.6·Ignacio Castillo Cottin

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The Quiet Man

1952·2h 9m·★ 7.7·John Ford

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From Here to Eternity

1953·1h 58m·★ 7.6·Fred Zinnemann

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A Star Is Born

1954·2h 56m·★ 7.5·George Cukor

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Life as a House

2001·2h 5m·★ 7.4·Irwin Winkler

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Zabriskie Point

1970·1h 53m·★ 6.9·Michelangelo Antonioni

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The Natural

1984·2h 17m·★ 7.4·Barry Levinson

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The Salton Sea

2002·1h 43m·★ 7.0·D.J. Caruso

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The Zodiac

2005·1h 32m·★ 5.3·Alexander Bulkley

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How Good Is Fat City?

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