1. Raging Bull
2. Taxi Driver
3. Goodfellas
4. Mean Streets
5. Bringing Out the Dead
6. Age of Innocence
7. Kundun
8. The Last Temptation of Christ
9. The King of Comedy
10. After Hours
11. Life Lessons
Top 5.
1. Raging Bull
2. Taxi Driver
3. Mean Streets
4. My Voyage to Italy (Il Mio viaggio in Italia) – documentary and commentary of his favorite Italian films
5. GoodFellas
Casino, Gangs of New York, Cape Fear, The Departed, Shark Tale— being the only others by him I’ve seen.
…
I don´t know if they are the “best”, but surely these are the ones that afected me the most:
1 ) Raging Bull — one of the most devastating dramas ever put to film. From the scene when Pesci chooses to ignore his chubby brother to the end in the cell, it becomes arresting.
2 ) Age of Inocence — and, even in the end, he did not get her.
3 ) The Last Temptation of Christ — the first representation of Chirst that made some sense to me: if God chooses to send his son as human, its kind of logical that he would suffer as a one, and no as a divine form.
4 ) Goodfellas (and, to some extent Casino) : yeah, all those little codes of macho anarquism that makes gansters cool looking sooner or later will add up to a big retaliation.
5 ) Bringin Out the Dead — it´s the only film about depresion that I know wich actually is highly kinetic and addictive to watch. From Major Tom and Frank madly driving an ambulance to the beat of Janine Jones to the Oasis Frank´s revelations I love each second of this film.
6 ) Taxi Driver — The way the film get´s in Travis head is a fascinating watch.
Mean Streets, After Hours, Kundun, The King of Comedy, New York New York, his bit in Tales of New York all are craft of a master. Cape Fear, a remake, it´s way to good for what it was intended to be. Even Color of Money has some shining scenes.
Now, sorry, but I can´t stand both The Aviator and Gangs of New York. I can´t stand them because Dicaprio was miscasted in both ( Cameron Diaz in Gangs, as well) and diluted what would have been easily another two masterpieces. (Not that the Dicaprio is the worst actor ever, but in those films, as in The Beach, he seems to be a fetich more than an articulated actor, unlike in The Departed or Spielberg´s Cacht Me If you Can).
I’d say Raging Bull is not only his best film, but one of the greatest American films ever made.
Number 1 has to be Taxi Driver for me.
Drew I completely agree with your comment on The King of Comedy! I absotlutely love that film.
This is a tough list to order
1.RagingBull
2.Taxi Driver
3.GoodFellas
4.The King of Comedy
5.Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
6.Casino
7.After Hours
8.The Aviator
9.The Last Temptation of Christ
10.The Departed
11.Cape Fear
12.The Color of Money
13.Mean Streets
14.Gangs of New York
15.The Age of Innocence
16.New York, New York
17.Kundun
18.Boxcar Bertha
19.Who’s That Knocking on My Door?
20.Bringing Out the Dead
I think his Music Documentaries rank separately:
1. The Last Waltz
2. No Direction Home
3. Shine a Light
1. Goodfellas
2. Taxi Driver
3. Raging Bull
4. Mean Streets
5. The King of Comedy
6. Casino
7. The Departed
8. Last Temptation of Christ
9. Bringing Out the Dead
10. After Hours
Mean Streets
Gah, my first double post!
5 no direction home
4 last temptation of christ
3 goodfellas
2 gangs of new york
1 taxi driver
taxi driver
mean streets
after hours
the aviator
alice doesn’t live here anymore
Shutter Island :P
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
Mean Streets
The Last Temptation of Christ
Goodfellas
The King of Comedy
After Hours
These are the films of his I’ve seen, in order:
1. Taxi Driver
2. Raging Bull
3. Casino
4. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
5. Goodfellas
6. Cape Fear
7. After Hours
8. The Last Temptation of Christ
9. The Departed
10. My Voyage to Italy
11. Mean Streets
12. The King of Comedy
13. No Direction Home
14. Bringing Out the Dead
15. Shine a Light
Pretty much all these movies I would call at least good – none of them are God awful. Good job Marty!
1. Raging Bull
2. Alice doesn´t live here anymore
3. Taxi Driver
4. The last Waltz
5. Mean Street
6. New York, New York
Top 5:
1. Taxi Driver
2. Raging Bull
3. Casino
4. Goodfellas
5. After Hours
Bottom 5:
1. Cape Fear
2. The Last Waltz
3. Gangs of New York
4. The Age of Innocence
5. New York New York
It’s pretty redundant to put up a list on this thread, but why not?
1. Taxi Driver
2. Goodfellas
3. Mean Streets
4. Brining Out the Dead
5. The Age of Innocence
6. Raging Bull
The bottom of the heap is:
-1. New York, New York
-2. Boxcar Bertha
-3. The Color of Money.
I’ve seen only a few Scorsese films but I haven’t been disappointed yet [bold are favorites]:
1. GoodFellas (1990): When I first saw this, I didn’t care for Hill’s character. He seemed so annoying, pseudo-macho and I was ultimately indifferent to him. I watched it again a few weeks ago and while I still don’t really love or hate him, his character fits perfectly into the story. It also shows the changes of time how the mob went from an organized group to tripping over itself due to it’s own f!@k-ups. And of course Scorsese’s use of music is amazing, who ever thought a song like Atlantis would perfectly compliment the Batts scene?
2. The Aviator (2004): I’m well-aware this isn’t often considered his best, but I enjoy it immensely. I can’t really describe how, but the depiction of Hughes really seems to fit in with the other films I’ve seen, particulary Taxi Driver and Raging Bull by depicting someone whose personality keeps them on the outside, so to speak. It’s one of the more interesting biopics I’ve watched and I think it shows Scorsese’s love of old Hollywood: making the colors reflect films of their eras, another great pop soundtrack, and a sort of ‘tabloid’ coverage of Hughes life.
3. Casino (1995): While not as enjoyable as GF, I think it is the superior film. Not only does it tell us the story of De Niro, Pesci, and Stone’s characters but also depicts and documents the mob-controlled Vegas of the 70s. This is also an end-of-an-era film reflected in the personal stories of the three characters but unlike GF where De Niro and Pesci are supporting characters who add color to the film these three are all important to the story. A friend on YouTube described this as like a Greek-tragedy which I think wouldn’t be too far-fetched. Personal-crises are reflected in major ones and one downfall leads to other’s.
4. Taxi Driver (1976): The other three films have a sort of pop-culture glamour to them, but this is gritty, dirty, and real. Travis is a strange, offbeat, and yet somehow relatable character. He could easily represent most people who complain about the way things are, yet hesitate from doing anything about it. It’s a strange film, but in a good way and I think Travis, for better or worse, does reflect how many feel and brings up the question of, ‘What if . . .’.
5. Raging Bull (1980): It’s a contrast. Beautiful in almost any way a film can be, aside from it’s story. The character and personality of La Motta seems to ensure that there is only one path for himself and it does not lead to redemption. He’s abusive, bigoted, thick-headed, and just about anything you can think of. There is something sad about the fact he gains so much but lets himself lose it so easily.
6. Italianamerican (1974): We’ve seen Catherine and Charles in some of their son’s films, but long before he put them out to ‘act’ he made a documentary that seems practically like a home movie. His mother is making dinner and his parents tell stories about them and the people they know. Neither hesitant or restrained it’s a touching intimate portrait of the filmmaker’s parents and heritage.
1. Goodfellas
2. Raging Bull
3. Taxi Driver
4. The Departed
5. Gangs of New York
6. Casino
7. Mean Streets
8. The Aviator
9. Cape Fear
10. The King of Comedy
i’m surprised few to none refer to Departed as a pointless Scorsese picture,arguably his worst and most over-hyped film,a wretched remake of a more serious attempt of a screenplay examining the schemes of police and gang underworld…
Departed is childish and hopelessly trying to be bad-ass when in the end,even Cape Fear showed much more depth despite being a remake too..
Maybe that’s ’cause this thread is focused on the Scorsese films each of us likes? ;)
Josh,sure…but i did notice a couple of lists with “bottom Scorsese”,so i thought why shouldn’t i throw it in? ;)
GoodFellas. For me, it’s the best film of 1990 and the best film of that decade.
Here are my ten
1.Taxi Driver
2.Raging Bull
3.Last Temptation of Christ
4.Good Fellas
5.Mean Streets
6.Gangs of New York
7.Departed
8.Casino
9.Cape Fear
10.The Aviator
I am no Scorsese expert, but it seems to me that Bringing Out The Dead is totally underrated. =(
A brutal psychedelic experience with a great soundtrack (from what I remember!).
Well those people weren’t complaining about the films, just saying what they least liked.
THE DEPARTED was a fantastic remake of “Infernal Affairs”; which in my opinion was a bit of a mess and needed more time to organize it’s self.
But his masterpieces in my opinion are probably Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Mean Streets, The Age of Innocence, The Last Temptation of Christ, After Hours, Goodfellas AND FINALLY No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
THE DEPARTED was a fantastic remake of Infernal Affairs,; which in my opinion was a bit of a mess and needed more time to organize it’s self. But his masterpieces in my opinion are probably Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Mean Streets, The Age of Innocence, The Last Temptation of Christ, Mean Streets, After Hours Goodfellas AND FINALLY No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
i really like after hours
Roman Petrov
1. The Departed (Truth be told, it was my first Scorsese film, so the initial experience just blew me away)
2. Raging Bull
3. Taxi Driver
4. Mean Streets
5. The Aviator (Underrated. Great editing and performances, especially DiCaprio)