Directed by:
Antoine FuquaScreenplay:
Kurt SutterCinematography:
Mauro FioreComposer:
James HornerCast:
Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, Naomie Harris, 50 Cent, Oona Laurence, Skylan Brooks, Beau Knapp, Rachel McAdams, Victor Ortiz, Miguel Gomez, Dominic Colón (more)VOD (1)
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Billy "The Great" Hope (Gyllenhaal) is the reigning Junior Middleweight Champion whose unorthodox stance, the so-called "Southpaw," consists of an ineloquent, though brutal, display of offensive fighting...one fueled by his own feelings of inadequacy and a desperate need for love, money and fame. With a beautiful family, home and financial security, Billy is on top both in and out of the ring until a tragic accident leaves his wife dead and sends him into a downward spiral. His days now an endless haze of alcohol and prescription drugs, his daughter taken by Child Services and his home repossessed by the bank, Billy's fate is all but sealed until a washed up former boxer named Tick agrees to take the bereaved pugilist under his wing so long as he agrees to his strict ethos. Relentless and utterly committed to a fighter that thinks as much as he throws punches, Tick rebuilds Billy into a new man: one that is agile, fearsome and uncompromising in the ring while thoughtful, loving and disciplined outside of it. Now, as he works to regain custody of his daughter and mounts a professional comeback, Billy must face his demons head-on as he learns that, sometimes, your greatest opponent can be yourself. (Entertainment One)
(more)Cast
Jake Gyllenhaal
USA
Best movies:
Prisoners (2013)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023)
Forest Whitaker
USA
Best movies:
Platoon (1986)
Phone Booth (2002)
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Naomie Harris
UK
Best movies:
Frankenstein (2011) (theatrical recording)
Skyfall (2012)
Poppy Shakespeare (2008) (TV movie)
50 Cent
USA
Best movies:
Straight Outta Compton (2015) - a.f.
Southpaw (2015)
Escape Plan (2013)
Oona Laurence
USA
Best movies:
Southpaw (2015)
Big Time Adolescence (2019)
Pete's Dragon (2016)
Skylan Brooks
USA
Best movies:
The Get Down (2016) (series)
Seven Pounds (2008)
Southpaw (2015)
Beau Knapp
USA
Best movies:
You're Not You (2014)
Southpaw (2015)
The Nice Guys (2016)
Rachel McAdams
Canada
Best movies:
The Notebook (2004)
Spotlight (2015)
The Little Prince (2015)
Victor Ortiz
USA
Best movies:
Southpaw (2015)
Les Sacrifiés 3 (2014)
Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017)
Miguel Gomez
Colombia
Best movies:
Southpaw (2015)
Megan Leavey (2017)
Bless Me, Ultima (2013)
Dominic Colón
USA
Best movies:
August Rush (2007)
Southpaw (2015)
Bella (2006)
Malcolm M. Mays
USA
Best movies:
Southpaw (2015)
Life of a King (2013)
Love Is All You Need? (2016)
Lana Young
Best movies:
Southpaw (2015)
A Jazzman's Blues (2022)
Les Débutants (2010)
Patsy Meck
USA
Best movies:
Limitless (2011)
Southpaw (2015)
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Jimmy Lennon Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Hot Shots! (1991)
Southpaw (2015)
Love & Basketball (2000)
Charles Hoyes
Best movies:
Southpaw (2015)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Space Jam (1996)
Michelle Johnston
USA
Best movies:
Sweet Jane (1998)
Chicago (2002)
Chorus Line (1985)
Clare Foley
USA
Rita Ora
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Southpaw (2015)
Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019)
Jim Lampley
USA
Best movies:
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
The Fighter (2010)
Rocky Balboa (2006)