{"id":172389,"date":"2022-08-15T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=172389"},"modified":"2022-08-12T15:43:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T20:43:29","slug":"best-boxing-movies-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/best-boxing-movies-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Boxing Movies of All Time Ranked"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From Raging Bull<\/em> to Rocky IV<\/em> to Million Dollar Baby<\/em>, let’s explore what makes boxing movies quintessentially cinematic.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In doing research for this series on the different sports genres in film, there was one sport that seemed to be considered the greatest consistently\u2014boxing. With movies directed by the likes of Martin Scorsese<\/a>, starring the likes of Kirk Douglas<\/a>, Russell Crowe<\/a>, and Will Smith<\/a>, and launching the careers of cinema stars like Sylvester Stallone<\/a>, this sub-genre of the sports film is about as deep and decorated as they come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, what makes these boxing films stand out? Is it something practical about how the sparse setting of a boxing ring in the middle of a dark auditorium makes for easy production?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or, is there something more profound and inherently cinematic about the sport that pits man-vs-man in the most literal of senses?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To answer these questions and further explore what makes these boxing film classics tick, let’s explore our list of the best boxing movies of all time to see what we can learn from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Boxing Movie Honorable Mentions<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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