'Hunger Games' and more films with fight

In this movie, a corrupt society forces its citizens to compete in a deadly blood sport until one brave soul bucks the system.

Now, where have you heard this before?

"The Hunger Games," based on Suzanne Collins' sci-fi novel, stars Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, one of several teenagers duking it out on television while the despotic President Snow (Donald Sutherland) smirks his approval. That movie just came, but the basic story has been filmed time and again using different heroes: gladiators, race-car drivers, roller skaters, you name it.

Here are five movies that came along well before Katniss and her fellow "tributes" drew their weapons:

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