Netflix Blocks Robert De Niro's Forgotten $20 Million Spo...

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Let’s talk about Robert De Niro has starred in several boxing movies; the worst of them is being restricted for some users by Netflix this month.

Netflix Blocks Robert De Niro’s Forgotten $20 Million Sports Movie Robert De Niro with his hands on Edgar Ramirez’s shoulders in the boxing ring - Hands of Stone Image via The Weinstein company By Rohan Naahar Published Mar 14, 2026, 2:20 PM EDT Rohan Naahar is a Weekend News Writer for Collider. From Francois Ozon to David Fincher, he’ll watch anything once. (wild, right?)

He has covered everything from Marvel to the Oscars, and Marvel at the Oscars.

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He also writes obsessively about the box office, charting the many hits and misses that are dropped weekly, and how their commercial performance shapes public perception. In his time at Collider, he has also helped drive diversity about the multiple Indian film industries, with a goal of introducing audiences to a whole new world of cinema.

Sign in to your Collider account Add Us On follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap If you were to Google ” Robert De Niro boxing movie ,” you’d probably get an AI summary of the classic Raging Bull , directed by Martin Scorsese . Not only is it the best boxing film ever made, but it’s also among the best movies of all time.

Why This Matters

But, if you were to scroll down further, you’d realize that De Niro has also starred in two other movies about the famously cinematic sport. Neither left much of a mark, although one of them, Grudge Match , was heavily marketed as a grand face-off between De Niro and Sylvester Stallone . Stallone starred in Rocky , whose success famously helped make Raging Bull possible.

The entertainment world moves fast, and this is a prime example.

The Bottom Line

The third boxing movie that De Niro starred in grossed only one-fourth of its reported budget and received mixed reviews . The movie featured De Niro stepping into the role of a real-life boxing trainer named Ray Arcel , who trained the Panamanian fighter Roberto Durán , played by Édgar Ramírez .

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