8. Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes: 4 stars
Classic story of rags to riches, but it helps that it’s based off of the life of Rocky Graziano, who honestly needs more recognition than he’s currently given.
The movie starts out with Graziano growing up in the slums and being a stereotypical street-rat punk boy. After a slew of unfortunate events, the champ picks up boxing and it turns out he’s not too bad at it.
More slews of unfortunate events occur, but Graziano sticks with his new-found passion and rises to the top.
Another movie where you only need to halfway pay attention to get the main points, so you’re able to make as many popcorn trips as necessary.
