Today we are stepping into the blood-soaked ring with the Bronx Bull himself, Jake LaMotta. Join us as we discuss "Raging Bull". Plus we go over our Oscars picks prior to this coming Sunday! Who you got???

Recorded: 03.11.2026

- Flick Details -

Country of Origin: USA

Release Date: Dec 19, 1980

Run Time: 2 Hr 9 Min

Director: Martin Scorsese

Writer(s): Jake LaMotta, Joseph Carter, Peter Savage 

Producer(s): Robert Chartoff, Hal W. Polaire, Peter Savage, Irwin Winkler

Cinematographer: Michael Chapman

Editor: Thelma Schoonmaker

Cast: Robert De Niro (Jake La Motta), Cathy Moriarty (Vickie La Motta), Joe Pesci (Joey)

Genre: Boxing, Biography, Docudrama, Period Drama, Sport

Rating and Why: R for language, sexual content and violence

Film Location(s): Manhattan, New York (Hell’s Kitchen)

Budget: 18M

Box Office: 129K opening weekend US & Canada, 23M worldwide

Awards: 4 Oscars nominations - best picture, supporting actor, supporting actress, director. Won best actor.

Time Frame: 40s

Setting: New York

Synopsis: 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.

Tagline: “I don’t go down for nobody.”

Watch On: Prime Video

IMDb - 8.1 (408K) #183

Letterboxd - 4.2 (771K)

Rotten Tomatoes - 92% critic (151), 93% audience (100K+)

Metacritic - 90 Metascore (28) ”Universal Acclaim”, 8.5 User Score (527) “Universal Acclaim”

Critic Consensus (RT) - “Arguably Martin Scorsese's and Robert De Niro's finest film, Raging Bull is often painful to watch, but it's a searing, powerful work about an unsympathetic hero.”

- Our Ratings -

Dylan: 3.7

Jesse: 3.8

Dawson: 4.2

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