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What is the best boxing movie of all time?

By YPB Team

Best Picture winners sit beside sequels people quote line for line, plus one documentary that beat them all to an Oscar.

  1. Ali — ranked #11
    Ali
    Michael Mann's 2001 biopic covering ten years of Muhammad Ali's life, with Will Smith in the title role.
  2. Raging Bull — ranked #22
    Raging Bull
    Martin Scorsese's 1980 black-and-white portrait of middleweight Jake LaMotta.
  3. Rocky — ranked #33
    Rocky
    The 1976 Best Picture winner about a Philadelphia club fighter given a title shot.
  4. Million Dollar Baby — ranked #44
    Million Dollar Baby
    Clint Eastwood's 2004 drama about a trainer and the fighter he reluctantly takes on.
  5. Creed — ranked #55
    Creed
    The 2015 film following Apollo Creed's son, trained by an ageing Rocky Balboa.
  6. The Fighter — ranked #66
    The Fighter
    David O. Russell's 2010 film about Micky Ward and his half-brother Dicky Eklund.
  7. Cinderella Man — ranked #77
    Cinderella Man
    Ron Howard's 2005 account of James J. Braddock's Depression-era title run.
  8. When We Were Kings — ranked #88
    When We Were Kings
    The Oscar-winning 1996 documentary about the Rumble in the Jungle.
  9. Rocky II — ranked #99
    Rocky II
    The 1979 sequel in which Balboa gets his rematch with Apollo Creed.
  10. Rocky IV — ranked #1010
    Rocky IV
    The 1985 entry that sent Balboa to Moscow to face Ivan Drago.
  11. The Hurricane — ranked #1111
    The Hurricane
    The 1999 film about Rubin Carter, with Denzel Washington in the lead.
  12. Southpaw — ranked #1212
    Southpaw
    The 2015 drama with Jake Gyllenhaal as a champion rebuilding his life.
  13. Body and Soul — ranked #1313
    Body and Soul
    The 1947 noir about a fighter tangled up with gamblers, starring John Garfield.
  14. The Set-Up — ranked #1414
    The Set-Up
    Robert Wise's 1949 film told in real time about an ageing boxer told to take a dive.
  15. Requiem for a Heavyweight — ranked #1515
    Requiem for a Heavyweight
    The 1962 drama about a fighter at the end of his career, with Anthony Quinn.

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Comments

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