Movies with Underdog Mood

Betrayed and cast out by his scheming cousin George, culinary prodigy Ryan starts from scratch with just $30,000 and a dream. Across from his nemesis, he turns his tiny restaurant into a powerhouse, dazzling the city with his unmatched skills. With the loyal Nina by his side and powerful allies backing him, Ryan rises from underdog to culinary titan, while George's treachery boomerangs, leaving him ruined and humiliated.

After three years as captain of his cousin Travis's fishing fleet, Owen has used his traditional skills to generate over two million in annual revenue. But when Travis gives him a meager bonus and publicly humiliates him, Owen reaches his limit—buying a derelict boat and striking out on his own. As he ventures into deeper seas with his crew, his fortune rises. Meanwhile, the greedy and reckless Travis faces one disaster after another, until a late-night fall leaves him brain-damaged. Yet even as Owen's business thrives, he never stoops to revenge. He simply turns his back on the past and sails toward his own vast horizon.

Silas Hayes died betrayed. Then he woke up — back on the eve of an Anomaly Tide. This time, he has one goal: protect his little brother Cody, and stay far away from the people who sold him out. Then he finds a stray dog in an alley. Scrawny. Pitiful. Begging for scraps. He names it Grim. Except Grim isn't a dog. He's an S-Rank Anomaly — the Shadow Wolf — capable of tearing through reality with a single howl. And Silas accidentally binds him with a power he didn't know he had: the Absolute Contract. Now he can tame any Anomaly. And here's the thing — his "weak" little brother Cody is not what he seems to be either...

Betrayed by his ex-wife, stripped of everything he owned, and left with a daughter dying of leukemia—Liam Blackwood has hit rock bottom. But just when all hope seems lost, an ancient drake pendant awakens the power within him. Rising from the ashes as the Drake Heir, he heals the incurable with a single touch, and shatters bones with a single step. Now, armed with divine medical skill, unmatched martial prowess, and a burning thirst for vengeance, Liam returns to Everett City—not to beg, but to bury.

Spencer, a modern young man, is thrust into a world of beast taming. Betrayed by his girlfriend and left with a failed contract, he unexpectedly awakens a pay-to-win system. Alongside his cousin, a fellow time-traveler Black Dragon, Spencer captures SSS-tier dragons, topples his enemies, destroys the Shaw clan, and puts an end to rampaging beasts. From powerless outcast to unstoppable dragon master, his rise is as fierce as it is legendary.

At his Awakening Ceremony, Henry draws ten straight white cards and becomes the academy's laughingstock. Just as his future collapses, he unlocks the Magic Card Synthesis System, allowing him to fuse weak cards into legendary and mythic beings. Starting from the lowest tier, he rapidly rises, summoning entities like the Stormfire Prince and building an overpowered deck. With figures like the Monkey King and Moon Maiden joining him, Henry rewrites the rules and climbs to the top.

Celestial Emperor Abe Marshall awakens in his final, broken avatar as a lowly live-in husband. But this is no helpless pawn. With his power, he deals with the scheming in-laws, hateful cousins, and finally rids himself of his hateful wife. They thought they owned him. They were dead wrong.

After being murdered by Elara in her past life, Aelia is reborn at the sacred beast contract ceremony. This time, Elara rushes to claim the obsidian dragon, believing it was the source of Aelia’s former glory, while Aelia calmly chooses the wounded, half-dead phoenix everyone mocks. But Aelia knows the truth: the dragon Draven is a parasite that feeds on its contractor’s magic, while the phoenix is far more powerful than it appears. As Elara is drained by the beast she stole, Aelia heals the broken phoenix, earns his trust, and discovers his true identity as Ignis, an ancient immortal phoenix. When Draven and Elara try to steal Aelia’s magic and fate again, Ignis awakens in full fire and proves that the phoenix was never weak.

After being transported to the fantasy kingdom of Aethelgard, Mark is framed by his relatives and sent to the frontier as a conscript. There, he awakens the Talent Replicator System, allowing him to copy and master others' abilities. Rising through military trials, he seals a monstrous rift, exposes a treasonous plot, and clears his name. With help from swordswoman Millie and the Imperial Inspectorate, Mark heads to the capital aboard the Dragonspine to face his destiny.

Leon Taylor takes the blame for his girlfriend Ginny and spends three years in prison. On the day of his release, Ginny shows up with her new boyfriend, Jack, to humiliate him. She also reveals the truth: the real hit-and-run culprit was Jack, and Ginny had been using Leon from the very beginning. But Ginny has no idea that Leon met two godfathers inside Tartarus Prison: the Eastern Taoist master Zhang and the Western gentleman Zeus. The two godfathers taught Leon top-tier martial arts and qigong, then passed the leadership of Elysium to him. Elysium is a mysterious organization standing at the peak of the world, with trillions in assets and the power to manipulate the fate of nations. After inheriting Elysium, Leon discovers that his two godfathers also arranged a marriage for him: an engagement to Emma Bellamy, CEO of the Bellamy Group and the most beautiful woman in the Big Apple. Meanwhile, Ginny and Jack, desperate to attach themselves to the Bellamy Group, keep provoking Leon. Leon finds his parents, who have been tortured by Ginny and the Black Crow Gang for three years, and moves them to a safe place. At the engagement party, Ginny and Jack once again humiliate Leon and his parents, only to be slapped down by Leon in front of everyone. When Richard Foster, the underground emperor of the Big Apple and secretly an agent of Elysium, kneels on one knee and shouts, "Chairman," everyone finally learns Leon's true identity. Ginny and Jack throw themselves behind Quick, Emma's older brother, who is about to return to the Big Apple. Quick is the third-in-command of the Commandment Gang in Mexico. James, the boss of the Black Crow Gang, uses his connections to summon Kai the Nightmare to deal with Leon. But the moment Kai sees Leon, he drops to his knees. Leon once beat him into submission in prison. With no other choice, James uses his treasured Elysium Platinum Card and asks a mid-level member of Elysium to kill Leon. The executor arrives on site. It is Richard. Richard kneels before Leon and swears his loyalty. Leon steps on Jack and coldly watches Ginny, Jack, and James collapse into despair. Tone: Power fantasy. The male lead crushes every opponent in his path. He hides his true strength. His enemies think Leon is useless, but he is actually the Chairman of the world's most powerful organization. Revenge / Comeback / Power Struggle