ICYMI, I put out a poll yesterday to see what you guys think the top 5 fight movies are in honor of Pat crushing that puking hillbilly. The results are a little different than I would have expected, but I love your list. Lets take a look!

5. The Fighter (2010)

This is both one of the better fight movies, and one of the better movies about the struggle of addiction. Christian Bale earned the shit out of that best supporting actor win, and the same goes for Melissa Leo in her role as the brother’s mother. Hollywood has this sort of obsession with the blue collar worker turned fighter (see the rest of this list), but it’s a formula that works time and time again. ‘The Fighter’ is maybe the singular movie on this list with the most depth as well.

4. Warrior (2011)

‘The Fighter’ and ‘Warrior’ coming out in back-to-back years was a phenomenal 1-2 punch for the genre. It has a lot of similarities with the former, including a brothers arc, some addiction issues, and the blue collar guys just fighting to provide for someone. Hardy and Edgerton were both fantastic, and it’s maybe my favorite Nick Nolte role in recent memory outside of Four Leaf Tayback.

3. Rocky IV

I’m not sure if this movie or the Miracle on Ice was more influential in toppling the USSR. The jury is still out on that, but we can agree that this propaganda piece is one of the great story arcs in sports movie history. Apollo getting killed, Rocky going through an all-time training montage, then giving that Ruskie the beating of a lifetime. America! It also has two great lines in “If he dies, he dies” and “I must break you”. Creed II, which features Apollo’s son vs Drago’s son, just released their first stills this morning by the way.

2. Rocky

‘Rocky’ is an absolutely iconic movie not just for the genre, but the history of cinema. I will say I’m pretty surprised that this didn’t get the top spot, though. It won best picture, best director, best editing, and probably should have won Sly Stallone best screenplay (‘Network’ won that year, which is fair I guess). It also really set that blue-collar archetype for these fight movies which the 3 preceding, as well as many others, have followed. Obviously a must see not just for cinephiles, but for anybody that doesn’t live under a rock, ‘Rocky’ is one of the ultimate movies that has stood the test of time.

1. Fight Club

Brad Pitt absolutely excels at playing weirdos which is why this is one of my favorite roles from him. It’s another iconic movie and the line “The first rule about fight club is you don’t talk about fight club.” is so infused in our cultural lexicon it’s insane. Such a creepy movie with a great twist, and probably one of David Fincher’s finest which is high praise considering he did ‘Seven’, ‘Gone Girl’, ‘Zodiac’, ‘The Game’, ‘The Social Network’ and more. It’s really the only movie that’s different from the Rocky archetype on this list, which is why I agree with you guys that it deserves number 1.

A very solid list by you guys. My personal would probably go (ascending) ‘Creed’, ‘Cinderella Man’, ‘The Fighter’, ‘Fight Club’, and ‘Rocky’. Here is the top 15:

How you guys let ‘Million Dollar Baby’ and ‘The Hurricane’ get beat by ‘Southpaw’ is wild to me, but I respect your dedication to Jakey G. We had some write in votes (0.4%) for ‘Snatch’, which I understand. I think that count’s more as a heist or crime/comedy movie than a fight movie, though.

Don’t forget to vote for the top movie for Arizona, and if the embedded form doesn’t work, click here. The results are pretty wild so far, but I expect it to change before next week. Don’t forget to subscribe to Lights, Camera, Pod, follow us on Twitter, follow us on Instagram and join in on the conversation on our Reddit.