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Documentaries like Day of the Fight

Not everyone loves Day of the Fight for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Day of the Fight

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You like seeing a boxer's day away from the ring.

  2. You like a real fighter, Walter Cartier, filmed as he was in 1950.

  3. You like the slow wait of the hours before a fight.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • Raging Bull1980

    • seeing a boxer's day away from the ring

    Good for you if you like boxing scenes that put you inside the ring.

  • Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations1938

    • seeing a boxer's day away from the ring

    Good for you if you like watching athletes in motion, event after event.

  • Salesman1969

    • a real fighter, Walter Cartier, filmed as he was in 1950

    Good for you if you like watching real door-to-door salesmen at work in 1960s America.

  • Tyson2008

    • seeing a boxer's day away from the ring
    • a real fighter, Walter Cartier, filmed as he was in 1950

    Good for you if you like boxing and want to see Tyson in the ring.

  • When We Were Kings1996

    • seeing a boxer's day away from the ring

    Good for you if you like the Rumble in the Jungle and Ali's rope-a-dope.

  • Dark Days2000

    • a real fighter, Walter Cartier, filmed as he was in 1950

    Good for you if you want to see how people really lived under Manhattan.

  • Titicut Follies1967

    • a real fighter, Walter Cartier, filmed as he was in 1950

    Good for you if you want to see a real prison hospital with no narrator telling you what to think.

  • Time2020

    • a real fighter, Walter Cartier, filmed as he was in 1950

    Good for you if you want a true story about a family and the prison system.

  • Bobby Fischer Against the World2011

    • a real fighter, Walter Cartier, filmed as he was in 1950

    Good for you if you like the true story of a genius who never fit in.

  • Pumping Iron1977

    • seeing a boxer's day away from the ring
    • a real fighter, Walter Cartier, filmed as he was in 1950

    Good for you if you like the training and rivalry behind a bodybuilding title.

  • Formula 1: Drive to Survive2019

    • seeing a boxer's day away from the ring
    • a real fighter, Walter Cartier, filmed as he was in 1950

    Good for you if you like the speed of Formula 1 and the politics around it.

  • The Beatles: Get Back2021

    • the slow wait of the hours before a fight

    Good for you if you like long sessions where almost nothing happens and then a song appears.

Reasons taken from Day of the Fight's card. Picks from the Ipsomap catalogue. This application uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

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