 | Rocky Anthology (Rocky / Rocky II / Rocky III / Rocky IV / Rocky V)
Buy used from: $17.45 Round One, Rocky: In the first round, we are just feeling things out, and what better way to get a feel for the boxing movie than with the original Rocky, Best Picture winner. The later movies would eventually make the character sillier, but the first film is still a gem.
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 | The Paul Newman Collection (Harper / The Drowning Pool / The Left-Handed Gun / The Mackintosh Man / Pocket Money / Somebody Up There Likes Me / The Young Philadelphians)
Buy new: $40.99 / Used from: $29.88 Round Two, Somebody Up There Likes Me: In Round Two, we are beginning to get settled in. Paul Newman plays Rocky Graziano in this nice Robert Wise-directed film biography.
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 | Play it to the Bone
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $0.99 Round Three, Play It to the Bone. By Round Three, it's time to learn from your mistakes. This movie is a mess, despite a relatively nice fight at the end. I add it to the list to allow the other films to be appreciated more.
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 | The Best of Abbott & Costello, Vol. 3 (Abbott & Costello Go to Mars / Abbott & Costello in the Foreign Legion / Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein / Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man / Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer / Comin' Round the Mountain / Lost in Alaska / Mexican Hayride)
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $19.78 Round Four, Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man: We've entered the fourth round, we've got a good feeling, so let's relax a little with a comedy which culminates in a pleasantly silly boxing match.
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 | The Milky Way
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $2.74 Round Five, The Milky Way: Let's continue with the light films with this piece of fluff featuring Harold Lloyd. Admittedly, this talkie is not as good as his silent movies, but it is still fun.
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 | The Errol Flynn Signature Collection, Vol. 2 (The Charge of the Light Brigade / Gentleman Jim / The Adventures of Don Juan / The Dawn Patrol / Dive Bomber)
Buy new: $44.99 / Used from: $27.99 Round Six, Gentleman Jim: Time to get serious again, but not yet too serious. Errol Flynn as Gentleman Jim Corbett does a fine job. Although still a bit comic, this is more of a typical boxing biography, a lighter version of Somebody Up There Likes Me.
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 | Cinderella Man (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $10.49 / Used from: $1.00 Round Seven, Cinderella Man: Now it's getting good, with another film biography starring Russell Crowe. Ron Howard's second collaboration with Crowe (after A Beautiful Mind) is another winner.
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 | Raging Bull (Special Edition)
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $4.39 Round Eight, Raging Bull: This is considered to be not just one of the great boxing movies, but one of the best movies ever. Yet another biography, this time with Robert DeNiro as Jake LaMotta.
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 | Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 1 (The Asphalt Jungle / Gun Crazy / Murder My Sweet / Out of the Past / The Set-Up)
Buy new: $36.99 / Used from: $25.00 Round Nine, The Set-Up. My personal favorite, another Robert Wise movie featuring Robert Ryan as a small-time boxer. Shot in real-time, this film is intense even if it is a bit obscure. We have a knockout! And thus the list ends.
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