Sylvester Stallone in Rocky (1976)
Rocky, a small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed.
Who is your favorite fictional underdog? Or, which underdog seems the most inspiring to you?
See also: Real Life Underdogs in Sports
Rocky, a small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed.
Olive is not of the typical pageant ilk. The winner of Olive's recent pageant had to forfeit, and Olive now has a place in the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in California.
Daniel is continually bullied and he is afraid to show his face around the high school. Miyagi teached him karate and he signs up for the All-Valley Karate tournament.
Mike must compete in the Scare Games to prove to everyone, especially the dean, that he is scary.
Jamal, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, becomes a contestant on India's version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionnaire?"
Maggie, a poor thirty-one year old waitress from the very lower classes and with a dysfunctional loser family, is determined to become a professional boxer.
Clumsy and out-of-shape Dennis decides to run the London marathon to win his ex girlfriend back. For once in his life, he will finish something.
Tiffany has offered help to Pat, if he in return will be her partner in an upcoming dance competition. Pat, diagnosed with bipolar disorder, reluctantly agrees.
When a contender suffers an injury, Brendan convinces his fighting coach Frank to put his trust in him and to allow him to fight in the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) tournament.
Katniss volunteers to take the place of her younger sister in the Hunger Games. She have to fight against bigger and stronger representatives, some of whom have trained for this their whole lives.
Persian King Xerxes led an Army of 120,000 men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans.
Jimmy is focused on getting his rap career started, but he seems to have stalled in progress; choking in the middle of a rap battle and getting booed off stage.
At Adams College, a group of bullied outcasts and misfits resolve to fight back for their peace and self-respect.
The Fellowship is broken. For the little hope that is left and without protection, Frodo and Sam continue their journey to Mordor, to destroy the One Ring.
The Dragon Warrior has to clash against the savage Tai Lung. However, the Dragon Warrior mantle is supposedly mistaken to be bestowed upon an obese panda who is a tyro in martial arts.
A group of bank robbers take control of the Nakatomi Corp. building and hold everyone hostage, except John McClane. Unable to escape and with no immediate police response, John is forced to face the robbers.
Forty year old Andy is a stereotypical geek and a virgin. When his work colleagues find out, they are on a mission to help get him laid.
Rachel Phelps is the new owner of the Cleveland Indians baseball team. She wants to move the team to Miami. To justify the move, the team has to lose. So she assembles the worst possible team she can.
Rebel leader Princess Leia is held hostage by the evil forces of the Galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker, a farm boy, and dashing Captain Han Solo attempt to rescue the princess and restore justice in the galaxy.
As the wealthy fitness guru White Goodman plots a takeover of the rundown Average Joe's Gym, they enter a dodgeball tournament in order to save the gym.
Adonis wants to follow his fathers footsteps. His father is the famous boxing champion Apollo Creed. Adonis is offered a chance to fight the undefeated world champion "Pretty" Ricky Conlan.
Down and out rock star Dewey gets fired from his band, and he faces a mountain of debts and depression. He becomes a substitute teacher and forms a rock band in an effort to win the $10,000 prize money.
After being charged for drunk driving, the court orders Gordon to coach a peewee ice hockey team, the worst in the league.
Scott must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes in order to win her heart.
Jake, an attorney, is faced with the toughest case of his life. Defending a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, inciting violent retribution and revenge from the Ku Klux Klan.
Vincent, a genetically inferior man, assumes the identity of a superior man in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.
In the near future a new sport is created: Robot boxing. When Charlie's son Max finds an old generation robot named Atom and restores him, Charlie tells him he won't last a round.
The Barden Bellas an all-female a cappella singing group. After a disastrous failing at last year's finals, they have to rebuild the group from scratch for the upcoming season.
Peter, an English tennis player, feels it's about time to admit he's getting too old to compete with fitter coming men. His ranking slipped from 11th to 119th in the world.
Former minor leaguer Morris is a lazy, beer swilling swimming pool cleaner who takes money to coach the Bears, a bunch of disheveled misfits who have virtually no baseball talent.