Ip Man 2 + Rocky IV
Firstly I urge anyone who has not seen both movies to look away as it contains major spoilers.
Things I found to be very similar and in fact gave me a nostalgic feeling:
1) The fact that Apollo and Rocky had a similar relationship to Yip Man and Master Hung Chun-Nam. In the fact that they had both fought and were regarded almost as equal and later began to respect each other.
2) Rocky was ringside with Apollo and Yip man was with Master Hung Chun-Nam
3) The fact that both Apollo and Master Hung Chun-Nam sort of knew that they met their demise.
4) Both Yip man and Rocky both had the towel in their hand but hesitated to throw it in as requested by their fellow fighters.
5) Rocky decided to fight Drago to sort of avenge Apollo's death and preserve the pride of his country, Yip Man went on a similar path.
6) Both Rocky and Yip Man won the fight even though the odds were against them in terms of size and power.
7) Finally and probably the most nostalgic feeling is when Rocky and Yip Man won, they addressed the audience (in both cases had a translator present) and managed to win them over with their pseudo-political speeches.
Just HAD to make a post and see if someone felt the same about this matter.
Let me know :)