Drama · History
American
1980 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 129 min
Martin Scorsese's black-and-white portrait of Jake LaMotta, a middleweight boxer from the Bronx whose ferocity in the ring is matched by an inability to switch it off anywhere else. A harsh, intimate character study rather than a conventional sports story.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining late work of the New Hollywood generation, released as that era closed, and a landmark in the American auteur tradition's turn toward flawed, unlikeable protagonists.
Watch with intention
Watch the fights as expressions of Jake's mind rather than as sport, and notice how his life outside the ring is filmed with the same intensity.
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