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=== Legacy === By the end of the 1980s, ''Raging Bull'' had cemented its reputation as a [[cult film|modern classic]]. It was voted the best film of the 1980s in numerous critics' polls, and is regularly pointed to as both Scorsese's best film and one of the finest American films ever made.<ref name="Walker p.561">Walker, John Halliwell's Top 1000, The Ultimate Movie Countdown 2005, p. 561.</ref> Several prominent critics, among them [[Roger Ebert]], declared the film to be an instant classic and the consummation of Scorsese's earlier promise. Ebert proclaimed it the best film of the 1980s,<ref name="Chicago Sun-Times">{{cite news |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041215/COMMENTARY/41215001/1023 |title=Ebert's 10 Best Lists: 1967โpresent |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |access-date=October 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060908200137/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20041215%2FCOMMENTARY%2F41215001%2F1023 |archive-date=September 8, 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref> and one of the ten greatest films of all time.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19910401/COMMENTARY/40308035/1023 |title=Roger Ebert's Ten Greatest Films of All Time |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |access-date=October 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105133713/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19910401%2FCOMMENTARY%2F40308035%2F1023 |archive-date=January 5, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> The film has been deemed "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant" by the United States [[Library of Congress]] and was selected for preservation in the [[National Film Registry]] in 1990.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gamarekian |first=Barbara |title=Library of Congress Adds 25 Titles to National Film Registry |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/19/movies/library-of-congress-adds-25-titles-to-national-film-registry.html |date=October 19, 1990 |access-date=July 22, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503233521/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/19/movies/library-of-congress-adds-25-titles-to-national-film-registry.html|archive-date=May 3, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Raging Bull'' was listed by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine as one of the ''[[Time's All-TIME 100 Movies|All-TIME 100 Movies]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1953094,00.html |title=Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Movies |publisher=[[Internet Archive]] |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=February 12, 2005 |access-date=October 23, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628234513/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1953094,00.html |archive-date=June 28, 2011}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' magazine ranked the film number 39 on their list of the 50 greatest movies.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://weblogs.variety.com/thompsononhollywood/2009/07/lists-50-best-movies-of-all-time-again.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915225346/http://weblogs.variety.com/thompsononhollywood/2009/07/lists-50-best-movies-of-all-time-again.html |archive-date=September 15, 2010 |title=Lists: 50 Best Movies of All Time, Again |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=October 23, 2010 |first=Anne |last=Thompson}}</ref> ''Raging Bull'' is fifth on ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'s'' list of the 100 Greatest Movies of All Time.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |url=http://www.filmsite.org/ew100.html |title=Entertainment Weekly's 100 Greatest Movies of All Time |publisher=Published by [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC FilmSite.org]] |access-date=October 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331185517/http://www.filmsite.org/ew100.html |archive-date=March 31, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> The film tied with ''[[Bicycle Thieves|The Bicycle Thieves]]'' and ''[[Vertigo (film)|Vertigo]]'' at number 6 on ''[[Sight & Sound]]''{{'s}} 2002 poll of the greatest movies.<ref>{{cite web |work=[[Sight & Sound]] |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/topten/poll/directors.html |title=Top Ten Poll 2002 โ Directors' Poll |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=October 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208105500/http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/topten/poll/directors.html |archive-date=February 8, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> When ''Sight & Sound''{{'s}} directors' and critics' lists from that year are combined, ''Raging Bull'' gets the most votes of any movie that has been produced since 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinemacom.com/2002-sight-sound.html#list|title=2002 Sight & Sound Film Survey|work=cinemacom.com|access-date=July 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719193724/http://www.cinemacom.com/2002-sight-sound.html#list|archive-date=July 19, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2002, [[Film4]] held a poll of the 100 Greatest Movies, on which ''Raging Bull'' was voted in at number 20.<ref>{{cite web |author=FilmFour |url=http://www.filmsite.org/filmfour.html |title=Film Four's 100 Greatest Films of All Time |publisher=[[AMC (TV channel)|AMC FilmSite.org]] |access-date=October 23, 2010 |author-link=Film4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331175148/http://www.filmsite.org/filmfour.html |archive-date=March 31, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Halliwell's Film Guide]]'', a British film guide, placed ''Raging Bull'' seventh in a poll naming their selection for the "Top 1,000 Movies".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mindjack.com/film/2005/06/halliwells-top-1000-movies.html |title=Halliwell's Top 1000 Movies |publisher=Mindjack Film |access-date=October 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725014524/http://www.mindjack.com/film/2005/06/halliwells-top-1000-movies.html |archive-date=July 25, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[TV Guide]]'' also included the film on their list of the 50 best movies.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.filmsite.org/tvguide.html |title=50 Greatest Movies (on TV and Video) |newspaper=[[TV Guide]] |publisher=[[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]]'s [[Filmsite.org|FilmSite]] |access-date=August 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331175627/http://www.filmsite.org/tvguide.html|archive-date=March 31, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Movieline]]'' magazine included the film on its list of the 100 best movies.<ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/movieline.html The 100 Best Movies Ever Made.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813220914/http://www.filmsite.org/movieline.html |date=August 13, 2017 }} ''[[Movieline]]'', published by [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]]'s [[Filmsite.org|Filmsite]]. Retrieved August 15, 2017.</ref> [[Leonard Maltin]] included ''Raging Bull'' on his ''100 Must-See Films of the 20th Century'' list.<ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/maltin2.html The 100 Must-See Films of the 20th Century.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015115555/http://www.filmsite.org/maltin2.html |date=October 15, 2013 }} ''[[Leonard Maltin]]'', published by [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]]'s [[Filmsite.org|Filmsite]]. Retrieved August 15, 2017.</ref> ''Video Detective'' also included the film on its list of the top 100 movies of all time.<ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/top100_2.html The Top 100 Films of All Time.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816110551/http://www.filmsite.org/top100_2.html |date=August 16, 2017 }} [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]]'s [[Filmsite.org|Filmsite]]. Retrieved August 15, 2017.</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] named "Robert De Niro's transformation from sleek boxer to paunchy nightclub owner in ''Raging Bull''" as one of the ''100 Greatest Movie Moments''.<ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/100greatscenes4.html The 100 Greatest Movie Moments.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816110956/http://www.filmsite.org/100greatscenes4.html |date=August 16, 2017 }} [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]]'s [[Filmsite.org|Filmsite]]. Retrieved August 15, 2017.</ref> The [[National Society of Film Critics]] ranked it #75 on their ''100 Essential Films'' list.<ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/alist.html 100 Essential Films.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816110126/http://www.filmsite.org/alist.html |date=August 16, 2017 }} [[National Society of Film Critics]], published by [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]]'s [[Filmsite.org|Filmsite]]. Retrieved August 15, 2017.</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine ranked it #6 on their list of the ''100 Maverick Movies in the Last 100 Years''.<ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/rstone.html 100 Maverick Movies in the Last 100 Years.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331174042/http://www.filmsite.org/rstone.html |date=March 31, 2014 }} ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', published by [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]]'s [[Filmsite.org|Filmsite]]. Retrieved August 15, 2017.</ref> A 1997 readers poll conducted by the ''[[Los Angeles Daily News|L.A. Daily News]]'' ranked the film #64 on a list of the greatest American movies.<ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/dailynews.html Greatest American Films.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809082926/http://www.filmsite.org/dailynews.html |date=August 9, 2011 }} ''[[Los Angeles Daily News|L.A. Daily News]]'', published by [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]]'s [[Filmsite.org|Filmsite]]. Published December 3, 1997. Retrieved August 15, 2017.</ref> The [[Writers Guild of America]] named the film as the 76th best screenplay of all time.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 101 Best Screenplays |author=Writers Guild of America, West |url=http://www.wga.org/subpage_newsevents.aspx?id=1807 |access-date=August 24, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060813151310/http://www.wga.org/subpage_newsevents.aspx?id=1807 |archive-date=August 13, 2006|author-link=Writers Guild of America, West}}</ref> ''Raging Bull'' is #7 on ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out Film Guide's]]'' "Centenary Top 100" list,<ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/timeout.html Top 100 Films.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326071829/http://www.filmsite.org/timeout.html |date=March 26, 2015 }} ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'', published by [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]]'s [[Filmsite.org|Filmsite]]. Retrieved August 15, 2017.</ref> and it also tied at #16 (with ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'') on their 1998 readers poll.<ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/timeout2.html Top 100 Films.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718213202/http://www.filmsite.org/timeout2.html |date=July 18, 2014 }} ''[[Time Out (magazine)]]'', published by [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]]'s [[Filmsite.org|Filmsite]]. Retrieved August 15, 2017.</ref> In 2008, ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine held a poll of ''The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time'', taking votes from 10,000 readers, 150 film makers, and 50 film critics in which ''Raging Bull'' was placed at number 11.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://empireonline.com/500/94.asp |title=''Empire's'' The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] magazine |access-date=October 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101010231/http://www.empireonline.com/500/94.asp |archive-date=November 1, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was also placed on a similar list of 1000 movies by ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150211225201/https://www.nytimes.com/ref/movies/1000best.html The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made.] ''[[The New York Times]]'' via [[Internet Archive]]. Retrieved August 15, 2017.</ref> In 2010, ''[[Total Film]]'' selected the film as one of ''The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141007112755/http://www.totalfilm.com/features/100-greatest-movies-of-all-time/page:3 The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time.] ''[[Total Film]]'' via [[Internet Archive]]. Retrieved August 15, 2017.</ref> [[Filmsite.org|FilmSite.org]], a [[subsidiary]] of [[American Movie Classics]], placed ''Raging Bull'' on their list of the 100 greatest movies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmsite.org/momentsindx.html |title=Filmsite's 100 Greatest Films |publisher=[[AMC (TV channel)|AMC FilmSite.org]] |access-date=October 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014162835/http://www.filmsite.org/momentsindx.html |archive-date=October 14, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, Films101.com ranked the film as the 17th best movie of all time in a list of the 10,790 most notable.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.films101.com/filmsr.htm#15 |title=The Best Movies of All Time (10,790 Most Notable) |publisher=Films101.com |access-date=October 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104120447/http://films101.com/filmsr.htm#15 |archive-date=November 4, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2012, the [[Motion Picture Editors Guild]] listed the film as the best-edited film of all time based on a survey of its membership.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304232326/https://www.editorsguild.com/magazine.cfm?ArticleID=1102 CineMontage's The 75 Best Edited Films]. ''[[Motion Picture Editors Guild|Editors Guild Magazine]]'' volume 1, issue 3 via [[Internet Archive]]. Published May 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://indiewire.com/2015/02/the-75-best-edited-films-of-all-time-267420/ The 75 Best Edited Films Of All Time] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314155912/http://www.indiewire.com/2015/02/the-75-best-edited-films-of-all-time-267420/ |date=March 14, 2017 }}. ''[[Indiewire]]''. Retrieved August 15, 2017.</ref> In the [[The Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time 2012|2012 ''Sight & Sound'' polls]], it was ranked the 53rd-greatest film ever made in the critics' poll<ref name="bfi">{{cite journal |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/50-greatest-films-all-time |title=The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time |issue=September 2012 |date=1 August 2012 |journal=[[Sight & Sound]] |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=6 June 2013 |editor-link=Ian Christie (film scholar) |editor-first=Ian |editor-last=Christie |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301135739/http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/50-greatest-films-all-time |archive-date=1 March 2017}}</ref> and 12th in the directors' poll.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/directors|title=Directors' Top 100|year=2012|journal=[[Sight & Sound]]|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209010504/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/directors|archive-date=9 February 2016}}</ref> Contemporaries of Scorsese, like [[Francis Ford Coppola]], have included it routinely in their lists for favorite films of all time. In 2015, ''Raging Bull'' ranked 29th on [[BBC]]'s "100 Greatest American Films" list, voted on by film critics from around the world.<ref>{{cite web|date=July 20, 2015|title=100 Greatest American Films|url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150720-the-100-greatest-american-films|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916105535/http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150720-the-100-greatest-american-films|archive-date=September 16, 2016|access-date=July 21, 2015|work=BBC}}</ref> ==== American Film Institute recognition ==== * [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies]]: #24<ref name=AFImovies>[http://www.afi.com/100years/movies.aspx "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611142910/http://www.afi.com/100Years/movies.aspx |date=June 11, 2016 }}. [[American Film Institute]]. Retrieved October 23, 2010.</ref> * [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills]]: #51<ref name=AFIthrills>[http://www.afi.com/100years/thrills.aspx "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225212216/http://afi.com/100Years/thrills.aspx |date=December 25, 2013 }}. [[American Film Institute]]. Retrieved October 23, 2010.</ref> * [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)]]: #4<ref>[http://www.afi.com/100years/movies10.aspx "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109230331/http://www.afi.com/100years/movies10.aspx |date=January 9, 2014 }}. [[American Film Institute]]. Retrieved October 23, 2010.</ref> * [[AFI's 10 Top 10]]: #1 Sports<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/10top10/category.aspx?cat=4 |title=AFI's 10 Top 10 |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=October 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524111623/http://www.afi.com/10top10/category.aspx?cat=4|archive-date=May 24, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
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