Martin Scorsese’s 1980 film Raging Bull and Clint Eastwood 2004 Million Dollar Baby are both distinctive boxing movies. I have chosen them as Raging Bull is a deconstruction of boxing movies, and arguably one of the most famous, and Million Dollar Baby is a reinvention of the genre and focuses on a female protagonist. Both films are American and address the topic of gender in boxing, however, in different ways. In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting how these films contribute to the evolution of the genre and its portrayal in gender.