The Boxer (1997)

Name: The Boxer
Released: 1997

Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.

Genres: Drama, Romance

What to watch after The Boxer

On the Edge (2001)
Journeyman (2017) — Same subject: boxing
The Escapist (2008) — Brian Cox appears in both
Michael Collins (1996) — Same subject: ireland
Bloody Sunday (2002)
My Name Is Joe (1998)