Rank Scorsese's Films

Rank the films of this director you've seen (in order by personal preference).

My personal ranking:

01. TAXI DRIVER (1976)

"Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There's no escape. I'm God's lonely man."

02. THE DEPARTED (2006)

"You sit there with a mass murderer... a mass murderer. Your heart rate is jacked. Your hand... steady. That's one thing I learned about myself in prison; my hand does not shake... ever."

03. RAGING BULL (1980)

"Who's an animal?! Your mother's an animal, ya son of a b*tch!"

04. GOODFELLAS

"As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a gangster."

05. THE AVIATOR (2004)

"Don't talk down to me! Don't you ever talk down to me! You are a movie star, nothing more!"

06. CASINO (1995)

"When it looked like they could get twenty-five years to life in prison just for skimming a casino, sick or no f*ckin' sick you knew people were going to get clipped."

07. MEAN STREETS (1973)

"You don't f*ck around with the infinite."

08. GANGS OF NEW YORK (2002)

"I told you I didn't want to fight!"

09. THE KING OF COMEDY (1983)

"Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime."

10. NEW YORK, NEW YORK (1977)


11. BRINGING OUT THE DEAD (1999)


12. WHO'S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR?
I Call First


13. THE COLOR OF MONEY (1986)


14. ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (1974)


15. CAPE FEAR (1991)


16. BOXCAR BERTHA (1972)

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1. Raging Bull (1980)
2. Goodfellas (1990)
3. Taxi Driver (1976)
4. Mean Streets (1973)
5. The King of Comedy (1983)
6. The Departed (2006)
7. After Hours (1985)
8. Mio viaggio in Italia, Il (1999)
9. The Age of Innocence (1993)
10. The Last Waltz (1978)
11. The Color of Money (1986)
12. Kundun (1997)
13. Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
14. Gangs of New York (2002)
15. The Aviator (2004)
16. Casino (1995)
17. Cape Fear (1991)
18. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
19. New York, New York (1977)

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Please to see huge honkin' Scorsese thread right HERE.

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Thanks man. I looked up Scorsese and I couldn't find anything with rankings for whatever reason. Whoops.

My current ranking: (need to rewatch the Cape Fear remake)

1) Goodfellas
2) The Aviator
3) Silence
4) Mean Streets
5) Casino
6) The Departed
7) Raging Bull
8) Gangs of New York
9) The Irishman

1. Raging Bull
2. The Irishman
3. King of Comedy
4. After Hours
5. (Joker)

1. Taxi Driver/Mean Streets (cant decide)
2. The Last Temptation of Christ
3. Goodfellas
4. Casino
5. Who's That Knocking at My Door
6. Raging Bull
7. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
8. The King of Comedy
9. Bringing Out the Dead
10. The Age of Innocence
11. After Hours
12. The Irishman
13. New York, New York
14. Gangs of New York
15. Silence
16. The Color of Money
17. Kundun
18. Shutter Island
19. Cape Fear
20. Boxcar Bertha
21. The Wolf of Wall Street

I need to rewatch The Aviator, The Departed and Hugo before ranking or rating them. It's been a while.

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With Killers... on its way to the big screen, I need a proper Scorsese-thon in the 2nd half of next year.


My ranking went something like this:


1) Goodfellas
2) The Aviator
3) Mean Streets
4) Silence & Casino
6) The Departed
7) Gangs of New York, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver & The Irishman (Raging Bull might end up last of these because of low replay value)

Also need to rewatch Cape Fear. Might see the original.

1. Goodfellas
2. Silence
3. Hugo
4. Casino
5. The Departed
6. Gangs of New York
7. Raging Bull
8. Cape Fear
9. The Irishman
10. The Wolf of Wallstreet
11. Shutter Island
12. Taxi Driver
13. Mean Streets
14. The King of Comedy
15. The Aviator

I'd posted a prior ranking above, but here I'll just add an edit to my most recent rank post.


Rewatches might make some of these switch around.

The Departed
Bringing Out The Dead
The Wolf of Wall Street

I know I've seen Goodfellas, Taxi Driver and Raging Bull but cant remember them enough to rank them. I will have to watch them again along with some of his other ones.

1. The Departed (2006) 10/10
2. Taxi Driver (1976) 10/10
3. Gangs of New York (2002) 10/10
4. Raging Bull (1980) 10/10
5. Silence (2016) 10/10
6. The Irishman (2019) 10/10
7. Goodfellas (1990) 9/10
8. Hugo (2011) 9/10
9. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) 9/10
10. The Aviator (2004) 9/10
11. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) 9/10
12. Shutter Island (2010) 8/10
13. Cape Fear (1991) 8/10
14. The King of Comedy (1982) 8/10
15. Mean Streets (1973) 8/10
16. Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967) 8/10
17. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) 7/10
18. Bringing Out the Dead (1999) 7/10
19. The Age of Innocence (1993) 7/10
20. Casino (1995) 7/10
21. After Hours (1985) 6/10

Mean Streets
Taxi Driver
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Raging Bull
King of Comedy
Goodfellas
Wolf of Wall Street
Last Temptation of Christ
Who's That Knocking
Shutter Island
After Hours
Color of Money
Age of Innocence
Irishman
Casino
Cape Fear
Silence
The Departed
Bringing Out the Dead
Hugo
Aviator
Gangs of New York

This list always changes, but Mean Streets is always number one and Gang is always the worst.

It gets real difficult in between those

Here's the IMDb ratings page
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls07713558...=detail&page=1

1 Goodfellas 8.7
2 The Departed 8.5
3 The Wolf of Wall Street 8.2
4 Taxi Driver 8.2
5 Shutter Island 8.2
6 Casino 8.2
7 Raging Bull 8.1
8 The Irishman 7.8
9 The King of Comedy 7.8
10 After Hours 7.6

All but 4 of his movies are rated 7.0 and higher.

Isn't Mean Streets pretty rough and amateurish?

No. It's looser. It's better.


Scorsese is the rare director who gets away by pursuing cinematic 'perfection' as he has the skills and the vision to pull it off. But, like most, he is better when his films feel as if they are being born from the street. When they are being created in the moment. And that is Mean Streets (it also has DeNiro's best ever performance)



Taxi Driver is somewhat similar in its aesthetics. And that's why it usually comes right behind Mean Streets in terms of the best things he ever did.


It's also why I rank Knocking so high, where most would probably just ignore it.

Out of the ones I've seen...

Goodfellas
Raging Bull
The Irishman
Taxi Driver
Mean Streets
The Aviator
The Depahted
Casino
Shutter Island
The Wolf Of Wall Street
Gangs Of New York
Cape Fear
Who's That Knocking At My Door?


Can't wait for Killers Of The Flower Moon!

Out of the ones I've seen...

Raging Bull 10
Taxi Driver 10
Goodfellas 9
The Age of Innocence 8
Casino 8
Silence 7
After Hours 7
The King of Comedy 7
Kundun 7
The Wolf Of Wall Street 7
The Irishman 7
Cape Fear 7
The Color of Money 7
Mean Streets 6
The Aviator 6
Shutter Island 6
Gangs Of New York 6
The Departed 3

I really must watch my Criterion of The Last Temptation of Christ