The Boxer

1997 · Directed by Jim Sheridan · 113 min · drama film, boxing film, romance film

★ 6.7/10 · 320 ratings on TMDB

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.