Movies Like Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

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

Mark Twain

2002·3h 32m·★ 8.3·Ken Burns

3 shared cast incl. Keith David & Kevin ConwayDir. Ken Burns

When We Were Kings

1996·1h 29m·★ 7.9·Leon Gast

Themes: heavyweight champion, boxer, boxingTMDB recommends

Roof Culture Asia

2017·1h 53m·★ 7.8

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Million Dollar Baby

2004·2h 12m·★ 8.1·Clint Eastwood

Themes: boxer, boxing

Raging Bull

1980·2h 9m·★ 8.1·Martin Scorsese

Themes: boxer, boxing

Rocky

1976·2h·★ 8.1·John G. Avildsen

Themes: boxer, boxing

Icarus

2017·2h 1m·★ 7.9·Bryan Fogel

TMDB recommends

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

2021·1h 57m·★ 8.0·Questlove

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Rocky IV

1985·1h 31m·★ 6.9·Sylvester Stallone

Themes: boxer, boxing

I Am Durán

2019·1h 24m·★ 7.2·Mat Hodgson

TMDB recommends

Rocky III

1982·1h 40m·★ 6.9·Sylvester Stallone

Themes: boxer, boxing

Rocky Balboa

2006·1h 42m·★ 7.1·Sylvester Stallone

Themes: boxer, boxing

Germany: A Summer's Fairytale

2006·1h 50m·★ 7.0·Sönke Wortmann

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Undisputed

2002·1h 36m·★ 6.1·Walter Hill

Themes: boxer, boxing

We Could Be King

2014·1h 15m·★ 7.0·Judd Ehrlich

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Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait

2006·1h 30m·★ 6.2·Douglas Gordon

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Rocky V

1990·1h 44m·★ 5.4·John G. Avildsen

Themes: boxer, boxing

How Good Is Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson?

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