GoodFellas currently dominates Raging Bull 71–29
The gangster ride edges the boxing nightmare — pleasure beats penance.
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The Verdict Director's Cut
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GoodFellas moves like the life it depicts: fast, funny, and high until the floor drops out. Scorsese keeps the camera restless and the soundtrack relentless, so you're seduced long before you're implicated. Raging Bull asks for something harder. It hands you Jake LaMotta — paranoid, brutal, impossible to love — and dares you to keep watching as he destroys everyone within reach. De Niro is monstrous in both films, charming in one and terrifying in the other. The narrow edge here is the difference between a film you can't stop quoting and a film you can't quite face twice. Raging Bull may be the greater formal achievement. GoodFellas is the one people choose to live inside.
The Numbers
| GoodFellas | Raging Bull | |
|---|---|---|
| Head-to-Head | 71% | 29% |
| Overall Win Rate | 62% | 46% |
| Championships | 42 | 15 |
| Budget | $25M | $18M |
| Box Office | $47M | $23M |
Where This Matchup Sits
BingeBracket tracks 104 Drama films — GoodFellas at #5, Raging Bull is in the lower half.
Among Martin Scorsese's 4 films on BingeBracket, GoodFellas sits at #1 and Raging Bull at #4.
GoodFellas with 42 titles and Raging Bull with 15 — the tournament record and the head-to-head point the same direction.
GoodFellas grossed $47M to Raging Bull's $23M. On BingeBracket, the result runs the same direction — commercial success and bracket preference align here.
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