Jake LaMotta

The Fighter Falls Through the Ropes.

Digging Daniel Day-Lewis

The enigmatic leading man reveals the method behind his onscreen madness

The Cutter

The woman behind Raging Bull

Not Rockne

A worthy actor rides the bench in the listless Coach Carter

Down and Dirty

Chopper exploits its gory subject to paint a portrait of the criminal mind

Goodfella

Playing a high-rolling mobster, Norm Berger was a convincing undercover agent for the IRS and FBI. Then the government accused him of pocketing some of the proceeds. As Norm would say, "Ya gonna love this one."

The Prozac don

The boss of movie bosses skewers himself in the hit-and-miss Analyze This

One happy family

The hugely ambitious Boogie Nights looks at the exalted, debased world of porn

Sucked back in

Twenty-five years later, The Godfather's deal is still too good to refuse