The ranking, published on April 24, featured hit sports movies like Remember the Titans from 2000, 1979's Breaking Away, A League of Their Own, released in 1992, and 1996's Rocky.
De Niro ended up getting the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role because of his work in the film.
Martin Scorsese Explained Why 'Raging Bull' Is in Black-and-White
"They were all in color. That's when I realized that we should go black-and-white. And also the black and white would work a distinctively different from the other boxing films that were being made," said the famed director to GQ.
Scorsese also shared details about the scenes where boxing is in the forefront.
He said that he "came up with the idea" while he was directing 1978's Last Waltz and "being on the stage with the band and watching how the band worked." He also said he was influenced by the 1948 film, The Red Shoes.
"The ballet sequences from Red Shoes where you don't really necessarily go head to toe where you see the dancer, instead you see what's inside the mind of the dancer. What's in the mind and what's the perception of the fighter in the ring? They don't even know where they are sometimes," explained Scorsese.
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