The Best Sports Movies Based on Real-Life Stories | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

Based on: Raging Bull is a biopic of former middleweight champion boxer Jake La Motta. The film, starring Robert De Niro as La Motta and directed by Martin Scorsese, is widely considered one of the best boxing movies of all time. Raging Bull is raw, gritty and unique it its depiction of the uglier side of boxing. La Motta's is a story of anger and violence, and the film—based on his autobiography, Raging Bull: My Story—brings those aspects to life.