Category: Sports Drama

  • RAGING BULL

    RAGING BULL

    ‘Raging Bull’ is a 1980 searing, black-and-white biographical portrait of Jake LaMotta Directed by Martin Scorsese, the real-life middleweight boxing champion whose rise and fall in and out of the ring is marked by violence, jealousy, self-destruction, and emotional torment. Set primarily in the 1940s and 1950s, the film opens with Jake LaMotta (played by…

  • I, TONYA

    I, TONYA

    “I, Tonya” is a 2017 biographical dark comedy directed by Craig Gillespie. The film chronicles the life of the infamous figure skater Tonya Harding and the events leading up to the attack on her rival Nancy Kerrigan during the 1994 Winter Olympics. The film stars Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding, Sebastian Stan as Jeff Gillooly…

  • DOWNHILL RACER

    DOWNHILL RACER

    “Downhill Racer,” directed by Michael Ritchie and released in 1969, is a sports drama that provides a gripping portrayal of the intense world of alpine ski racing. The film stars Robert Redford as David Chappellet, a talented but self-centered downhill skier with dreams of Olympic glory. David Chappellet, a skilled skier from Idaho, is recruited…