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Best Martin Scorsese Movies

Martin Scorsese is one of the most influential directors in film history, known for his uncompromising vision, unforgettable characters, and deep explorations of power, crime, faith, and obsession. From the gritty streets of Taxi Driver and Mean Streets to the epic rise and fall of Goodfellas, Casino, and The Wolf of Wall Street, his films have defined generations of cinema. Now it’s your turn - select up to 5 movies and vote for the Scorsese films you believe stand above the rest.
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The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 movie poster
#1

The Wolf of Wall Street

2013180m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
9 pts
33.3% of pts
In 100% of votes

A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

GoodFellas 1990 movie poster
#2

GoodFellas

1990145m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
5 pts
18.5% of pts
In 100% of votes

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

The Aviator 2004 movie poster
#3

The Aviator

2004170m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
5 pts
18.5% of pts
In 50% of votes

A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Shutter Island 2010 movie poster
#4

Shutter Island

2010138m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
4 pts
14.8% of pts
In 50% of votes

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.

The Departed 2006 movie poster
#5

The Departed

2006151m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
3 pts
11.1% of pts
In 50% of votes

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

Taxi Driver 1976 movie poster
#6

Taxi Driver

1976114m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
1 pts
3.7% of pts
In 50% of votes

Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.

Who's That Knocking at My Door 1968 movie poster
#7

Who's That Knocking at My Door

196890m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
0 pts
0% of pts
In 0% of votes

A Catholic New Yorker falls in love with a girl and wants to marry her, but he struggles to accept her past and what it means for their future.

Boxcar Bertha 1972 movie poster
#8

Boxcar Bertha

197288m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
0 pts
0% of pts
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"Boxcar" Bertha Thompson, a transient woman in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30s, meets up with rabble-rousing union man "Big" Bill Shelly and the two team up to fight the corrupt railroad establishment.

Mean Streets 1973 movie poster
#9

Mean Streets

1973111m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
0 pts
0% of pts
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A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1974 movie poster
#10

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

1974112m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
0 pts
0% of pts
In 0% of votes

After her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes to make a new life for herself as a singer. Money problems force them to settle in Arizona instead, where Alice takes a job as waitress in a small diner.

New York, New York 1977 movie poster
#11

New York, New York

1977163m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
0 pts
0% of pts
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An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.

Raging Bull 1980 movie poster
#12

Raging Bull

1980129m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
0 pts
0% of pts
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The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.

The King of Comedy 1982 movie poster
#13

The King of Comedy

1982109m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
0 pts
0% of pts
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Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.

After Hours 1985 movie poster
#14

After Hours

198597m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
0 pts
0% of pts
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Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.

The Color of Money 1986 movie poster
#15

The Color of Money

1986119m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
0 pts
0% of pts
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Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, but he eventually grows frustrated with Vincent's showboat antics, leading to an argument and a falling-out. Eddie takes up playing again and soon crosses paths with Vincent as an opponent.

The Last Temptation of Christ 1988 movie poster
#16

The Last Temptation of Christ

1988164m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
0 pts
0% of pts
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Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being the savior of mankind torments Jesus throughout his life, leading him to doubt.

Cape Fear 1991 movie poster
#17

Cape Fear

1991128m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
0 pts
0% of pts
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Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

The Age of Innocence 1993 movie poster
#18

The Age of Innocence

1993139m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
0 pts
0% of pts
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In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.

Casino 1995 movie poster
#19

Casino

1995179m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
0 pts
0% of pts
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In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.

Kundun 1997 movie poster
#20

Kundun

1997134m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
0 pts
0% of pts
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The Tibetans refer to the Dalai Lama as 'Kundun', which means 'The Presence'. He was forced to escape from his native home, Tibet, when communist China invaded and enforced an oppressive regime upon the peaceful nation. The Dalai Lama escaped to India in 1959 and has been living in exile in Dharamsala ever since.

Bringing Out the Dead 1999 movie poster
#21

Bringing Out the Dead

1999121m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
0 pts
0% of pts
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Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls where he might have to face one more victim he couldn't help, yet cannot quit the job on his own.

Gangs of New York 2002 movie poster
#22

Gangs of New York

2002168m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
0 pts
0% of pts
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In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.

Hugo 2011 movie poster
#23

Hugo

2011126m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
0 pts
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Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy merchant, Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home.

Silence 2016 movie poster
#24

Silence

2016161m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
0 pts
0% of pts
In 0% of votes

In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.

The Irishman 2019 movie poster
#25

The Irishman

2019209m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
0 pts
0% of pts
In 0% of votes

Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.

Killers of the Flower Moon 2023 movie poster
#26

Killers of the Flower Moon

2023206m
Directed by Martin Scorsese
0 pts
0% of pts
In 0% of votes

When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.

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