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Raging Bull (1980)

Directed by Martin Scorsese · 129 min · Drama, History

93.6 TOPICAL score · #47 of 6,776 films

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The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.

Raging Bull (1980, directed by Martin Scorsese) has a TOPICAL score of 93.6 - one of the 100 best movies of all time by TOPICAL's score. It scores highest on historical impact and audience. It won 3 awards from 9 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Critics: 92% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.8/10 critics' average · Metacritic 90. Audiences: TMDB 7.9/10 (4,932 ratings) · IMDb 8.1/10. Wikipedia covers it in 60 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.

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Critics93
Audience97
Awards96
Historical impact98
Lasting engagement87
Cast91
Legacy & cult status87

Starring: Robert De Niro (actor #8), Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci (actor #127), Frank Vincent

“It was voted the best film of the 1980s in numerous critics' polls, and is regularly pointed to as both Scorsese's best film and one of the finest American films ever made.”

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