The Greatest Scenes of All Time on Instagram: "Raging Bull was released on this day in 1980 🥊 Raging Bull came out in 1980 and it wasn’t an instant crowd pleaser. Critics respected it right away, but audiences were a little unsure because it’s brutal, ugly, and not inspirational at all. Over time though, it grew into one of those movies people realized was operating on a whole different level. Robert De Niro is unreal in this. The physical transformation alone is legendary, but it’s the rage, i