20 best movies like Never Back Down: No Surrender (2016)

List of the best movies like Never Back Down: No Surrender (2016): Enter the Dragon, Kickboxer: Retaliation, Blood and Bone, Fighting, Ford v Ferrari, The Philly Kid, Birth of the Dragon, Semper Fi, Brothers, Sidekicks.

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Markimdb: 7.6
Genreaction, drama, crime
CountryHong Kong, USA
Duration01:39

A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.

Markimdb: 5
Genreaction, drama, crime, sport
CountryUSA
Duration01:36

One year after the events of "Kickboxer: Vengeance", Kurt Sloan has vowed never to return to Thailand. However, while gearing up for a MMA title shot, he finds himself sedated and forced back into Thailand, this time in prison. He is there because the ones responsible want him to face a 6'8" 400 lbs. beast named Mongkut and in return for the fight, Kurt will get two million dollars and his freedom back. Kurt at first refuses, in which a bounty is placed on his head as a way to force him to face Mongkut. Kurt soon learns he will have no other choice and will undergo his most rigorous training yet under some unexpected mentors in order to face Mongkut in hopes to regain his freedom.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genreaction, drama, crime, sport
CountryUSA
Duration01:33

In Los Angeles, an ex-con (White) takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genreaction, drama, sport
CountryUSA
Duration01:45

    Small-town boy Shawn MacArthur has come to New York City with nothing. Barely earning a living selling counterfeit goods on the streets, his luck changes when scam artist Harvey Boarden sees that he has a natural talent for streetfighting. When Harvey offers Shawn help at making the real cash, the two form an uneasy partnership.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genreaction, drama, biography, sport
    CountryUSA

    American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genreaction, drama, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    A former NCAA champion wrestler is paroled after 10 years in prison. Now, to save a friend's life, in a series of cage fights he must agree to do the impossible - lose.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genreaction, drama, biography
    CountryUSA, China, Canada

    Set against the backdrop of San Francisco’s Chinatown, this cross-cultural biopic chronicles Bruce Lee’s emergence as a martial-arts superstar after his legendary secret showdown with fellow martial artist Wong Jack Man.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genreaction, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

    Cal is a dedicated cop who also serves as a sergeant in the Marine Corps Reserve. When his reckless half brother lands in jail for accidentally killing a man, Cal and his buddies hatch a plan to break him out of prison -- no matter what the cost.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genreaction, drama, sport
    CountryIndia, USA
    Duration02:54

    Brothers is an upcoming Hindi film, directed by Karan Malhotra and produced by Karan Johar under Dharma Productions along with Lionsgate Films and Endemol India.[6] The film is an official remake of the 2011 Hollywood film Warrior.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genreaction, comedy, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    Barry is an asthmatic kid having trouble in life. He lives with his father, a computer programmer, in Texas. Barry is struggling to get by in life, dealing with his rough school life, bullies, as well as his health. Barry's only source of enjoyment is fantasizing that he is with Chuck Norris. Barry becomes sick of getting picked on by the bigger guys, and decides to learn karate.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genredrama, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:20

    The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother, an ex-marine with a tragic past.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:31

    Ghang-gheng, the ancient winner-take-all competition in which the deadliest fighters from around the world employ the most spectacular feats of martial arts skills ever displayed in order to win the prized Golden Dragon. But fighting prowess alone will not be enough for Chris to triumph over such daunting foes.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    A group of Russian mobsters have stolen a huge supply of paper for printing U.S. currency, and are now flooding the market with conterfeit bills. When one of the mobsters decides to give herself in and hand over a data CD to the DA, she is shot and killed, but not before handing the disc to an unsuspecting Tommy Lee. Despite working with the police as a martial arts instructor, Lee doesn't go to the cops with the disc, but instead goes on the run, giving the mafia time to kidnap his daughter and hold as a hostage in exchange for return of the disc. Will Tommy ever see his daughter again?

    Markimdb: 3.8
    Genreaction, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:27

    Sidelined by an injury incurred while protecting his young brother, underground fighter Charlie Fontaine feels blindsided when he discovers his brother having sex on his couch with his new wife, Kat. Fueled by rage, a determined Charlie makes plans to get back in the ring and take on his brother in a fight to the death.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genreaction, drama, crime, biography, sport
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, China, Cambodia, USA, Germany
    Duration02:05

    The true story of Billy Moore, an English boxer incarcerated in Thailand's most notorious prison. Thrown into a world of drugs and violence, he finds his best chance to escape is to fight his way out in Muay Thai tournaments.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:45

    A high school biology teacher moonlights as a mixed-martial arts fighter in an effort to raise money to save the school's music program.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genreaction, drama, sport
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:21

    A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner Bill corner man Eddie and promoter Joe. Back in training, years after anyone thought he was a contender, he risks his life, as he tries to stand tall and regain his place in the world.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genreaction, drama, sport
    CountryUSA, India
    Duration03:18

    A biographical drama based on the life of fictional Haryana based wrestler & mixed martial arts specialist Sultan Ali Khan.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genreaction, drama, sport
    CountryUSA

    The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genredrama, sport
    CountryUSA

    Hardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood decides that wrestling boys is the only way back to her estranged father.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genreaction, comedy, drama, music, sport
    CountryUSA

    A young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way he must fight an evil martial arts expert and rescue a beautiful singer from an obsessed music promoter.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genreaction, drama, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    Tommy Riley has moved with his dad to Chicago from a 'nice place'. He keeps to himself, goes to school. However, after a street fight he is noticed and quickly falls into the world of illegal underground boxing - where punches can kill.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genreaction, drama, crime, military, sport
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:34

    An old firm leader returns to Green Street for Revanche after receiving a call that his little brother was killed, but is he able to cope with a new type of hooliganism and can he find his killer?

    Markimdb: 4
    Genreaction, drama, sport
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:49

    On these streets everyone is fighting for a way out, but after a lifetime of hard knocks, a down-on-his-luck cage fighter gets the opportunity of a lifetime when he is chosen to compete against the MMA world champion during a massive competition. The stakes are high and the reward great...but should he lose, it will cost him his life.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genreaction, drama
    CountryChina

    Determined to pass down his art, the Final Master of Wing Chun is caught in a power struggle with malicious local officials and ultimately must choose between personal honor and his master’s dying wish.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genreaction, drama, biography, history, sport
    CountryHong Kong
    Duration01:40

      In postwar Hong Kong, legendary Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man is reluctantly called into action once more, when what begin as simple challenges from rival kung fu styles soon draw him into the dark and dangerous underworld of the Triads. Now, to defend life and honor, he has no choice but to fight one last time...

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genreaction, comedy, drama, family, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      The film centers on a fight promoter (Mark Feuerstein) deeply in debt to his crooked rival. Desperate for a new fighter that will help him win back everything he owes, the promoter catches a break when a 450-pound church handyman (Paul "Big Show" Wight) who has spent his entire life in an orphanage agrees to wrestle on behalf of his fellow orphans.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genredrama, biography, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:27

      The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genreaction, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:48

      Lyon Gaultier is a deserter in the Foreign Legion arriving in the USA entirely hard up. He finds his brother between life and death and his sister-in-law without the money needed to heal her husband and to maintain her child. To earn the money needed, Gaultier decides to take part in some very dangerous clandestine fights.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      This intense action-thriller unfolds in real time as two embattled souls fight for their lives. Gary Oldman stars as a vicious crime boss out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier to unknowingly deliver a poison-gas bomb to slay Nick, but after she rescues Nick from certain death, the duo must confront an army of ruthless hired killers in order to survive the night.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Puerto Rico

      FBI informant Jim Hoffman lures troubled automobile magnate John DeLorean to an undercover sting for cocaine trafficking.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genreaction, drama, biography, sport
      CountryBrazil

      The Story of longtime UFC Featherweight champion and the struggles facing him on the road to the top.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genredrama, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration03:03

      The dramatic and inspirational story of a young pitcher who becomes the first woman to play Major League Baseball.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genredrama, biography, sport
      CountryPanama, USA
      Duration02:20

      The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genredrama, family, biography, history, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:56

        Housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father's Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery - with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin - manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genreaction, drama, sport
        CountryCanada
        Duration01:45

        A disgruntled teenager, sent to do community service at a rundown Karate school, enters an MMA tournament to face the man who killed his parents.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genredrama, biography, sport
        CountrySweden, Denmark, Finland
        Duration02:20

        The story of the world's greatest tennis icons – Björn Borg and his biggest rival, the young and talented John McEnroe – and their legendary duel during the 1980 Wimbledon tournament.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genreaction, drama, crime, sport
        CountryUSA, Germany, Japan, Bulgaria
        Duration01:49

        In the fourth installment of the fighting franchise, Boyka is shooting for the big leagues when an accidental death in the ring makes him question everything he stands for. When he finds out the wife of the man he accidentally killed is in trouble, Boyka offers to fight in a series of impossible battles to free her from a life of servitude

        Markimdb: 3.5
        Genreaction, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:30

        Following a fighting accident, Dalton Hunt retired from the world of MMA at the top. Unable to outrun his guilt, he lost his family, his title, and his way. But when a crooked promoter lures him back into a fight against the current undefeated champ, Dalton must enlist the aid of an enigmatic trainer to turn him bck into a warrior so he can stand tall and do battle once again.

        Markimdb: 4.3
        Genreaction, comedy, drama
        CountryChina, Hong Kong
        Duration01:32

        Danny is a young martial arts enthusiast who arrives in Hong Kong to head a school of Choy Lee Fut owned by his wealthy father.

        Markimdb: 4.1
        Genreaction, melodrama, drama, military
        CountryUSA

        Rusty Wittenburg is a Navy SEAL struggling to balance his family life and his job. He fights daily to maintain the line between reality and the nightmares his PTSD conjures up for him. Dedicated to his team and his mission, he is willing to give the ultimate sacrifice for his fellow brothers and teammates.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA, Romania
        Duration01:36

        Brazil is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the same coldblooded drug dealer, both Brazil and Flint want him dead – one for the money, the other for revenge. With crooked Interpol agents and vicious members of the criminal underworld hot on their trail, these two assassins reluctantly join forces to quickly take out their target before they themselves are terminated.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:33

        Just retired from the Drug Enforcement Agency, John Hatcher returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighborhood. Determined to drive the dealers out, Hatcher crosses paths with a ferocious Jamaican drug lord who vows that Hatcher and his family are now marked for death.

        Markimdb: 4.6
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:30

        A family man who turns out to be a retired mob enforcer must travel across the country to find his daughter who has gone missing.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:12

        While testing the latest first person shooter from global game developer, Sentinel, video game champion Max Troy discovers the events happening within the game are being reflected in the real world. He soon determines that the game's protagonist is real-life Orson Creed, an ex-Sentinel employee who is being remotely controlled by the corporation for reasons unknown. As virtual and real worlds collide, Max and Creed must join forces to unravel the conspiracy before the game's sinister events escalate and overwhelm the city.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genreaction, drama, sport
        CountryUSA, Japan
        Duration02:06

        In 1983, yacht sailor Will Parker leads an American crew financed by millionaire Morgan Weld to defeat during the America's Cup race against an Australian crew. Determined to get the prize back, Will convinces Morgan to finance an experimental boat designed by his ex-girlfriend Kate's new beau, Joe Heisler. When the boat is completed, the Americans head to Australia to reclaim the cup.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genredrama, sport
        CountryThailand
        Duration01:54

        Based on the true life story of a Thai who wishes to have a sex change operation to become a woman. to pay for this he enters the brutal world of Thai boxing, un-nerving his opponents by performing a makeup application ritual before each fight.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, western, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:47

        The archetypical renegade Texas Ranger wages war against a drug kingpin with automatic weapons, his wits and martial arts after a gun battle leaves his partner dead. All of this inevitably culminates in a martial arts showdown between the drug lord and the ranger, and involving the woman they both love.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:49

        Hardened criminal Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top-secret US government agent 'Bob' arranges a staged death, so Maggie can be elaborately trained as a phantom killer and subdued into obedience.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA, Spain, United Kingdom, France
        Duration02:24

        Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering from PTSD and digging wells to atone for his violent past. After an attempt is made on his life, Terrier flies to London to find out who wants him dead -- and why. Terrier's search leads him to a reunion with Annie, a woman he once loved, who is now married to an oily businessman with dealings in Africa.




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