Robert De Niro won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his astonishing, all-consuming portrayal of boxer Jake LaMotta—a violent, self-destructive man consumed by jealousy and rage—in Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull. Shot in stunning black and white by Michael Chapman with expressionistic virtuosity, and featuring Joe Pesci in a breakout performance as Jake's long-suffering brother Joey, this brutal and tender character study is widely considered one of the greatest American films ever made, a shattering portrait of a man at war with himself and everyone around him.