John G. Avildsen films, ranked by your taste

Director and actor · 10 films on Boxlist

Known for Rocky, The Karate Kid and Lean On Me.

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Rocky
1976 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
When world heavyweight boxing champion, Apollo Creed wants to give an unknown fighter a shot at the title as a publicity stunt, his handlers choose palooka Rocky Balboa, an uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark. Rocky teams up...
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The Karate Kid
1984 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
After some violent confrontations with his new classmates, Daniel LaRusso learns karate from Japanese handyman Mr. Miyagi, in order to defend himself.
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Lean On Me
1989 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined to do anything he must to turn the school around, he expels suspected drug dealers...
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The Karate Kid Part II
1986 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
After discovering that his father is at death's door, Mr. Miyagi sets out to Japan, to see him with Daniel. Upon arriving, Miyagi must confront an old rival. Meanwhile, Daniel encounters a new love, and some new enemies.
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The Power of One
1992 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel teaches him how to box with the motto “fight with your fists and lead with your heart”...
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Rocky V
1990 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
A lifetime of taking shots has ended Rocky’s career, and a crooked accountant has left him broke. Inspired by the memory of his trainer, however, Rocky finds glory in training and takes on an up-and-coming boxer.
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The Karate Kid Part III
1989 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Despondent over the closing of his karate school, Cobra Kai teacher John Kreese joins a ruthless businessman and martial artist to get revenge on Daniel and Mr. Miyagi.
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Inferno
1999 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Eddie Lomax (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a drifter who has been in a suicidal funk since the death of his close friend Johnny (Danny Trejo). Riding his motorcycle into a small desert town where Johnny once lived, Lomax is confronted by a...
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