– Martin Scorsese is regarded as the greatest living movie director of all time.
He has a career that spans more than half a century, he has starred some of the biggest actors and actresses on the planet,he is also a screen writer, film historian, producer and an actor.
He has a unique style and approach to making films which makes him extra ordinary, His movies have such themes like violence, modern crime, status seeking, machismo, gang conflict which are depiction of the American culture, he has received numerous awards nominations and also a recipient of several accolades and awards throughout his career.
Here Are 9 Most Impressive Movies Directed By Martin Scorsese In His Filmography
Goodfellas 1990
This is his most popular mob movie, his magnum opus, this movie is widely regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made, it has all the themes of redemption, loyalty, toxic masculinity, violence, catholic guilt.
His frequent collaborators, Robert de niro, ray liotta and joe pesci were all brilliant in the picture and massively entertaining, a cult classic with its famous line “As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster”, this movie was added to the national film registry
Taxi Driver 1976
This movie was very fascinating, widely regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made, the winner of the 1976 palme d’or is a perfect focus on loneliness and mental illness.
Martin used his frequent collaborator Robert de niro as the main character, Its famous line “you talkin to me” is part of pop culture and highly revered, most people tend to misunderstand this perfect picture, the main character travis bickle has been seen as a hero but it is because of the way the film was received
Raging Bull 1980
This movie is breath taking, it includes the themes of toxic masculinity, rage, jealous and misogyny. His usual collaborator Robert de niro delivered a fantastic performance as the boxer jake lamotta whose rage and jealousy is depicted excellently.
Also martin role in the movie was also iconic, also the formal choices were also good, for example when la mottas girlfriend moved in slow motion towards another man. A well polished movie and flawless performances and direction from Martin Scorsese
The Wolf Of Wall Street 2013
It is no surprise that this classic is the highest grosiing of martin Scorsese career, quite an amazing movie and very entertaining and his most enjoyable.
The great humor in this picture has made the audiences to misunderstand it as an applaud to living a lavish lifestyle which was portrayed in it, but it would very unlikely of Martin Scorsese to use such themes in his picture, rather than use it in a positive way.
Jordan Belfort which is played by Leonardo dicaprio loses all his money after everything while the antics are used for laughter.
The Irishman 2019
This movie is his most expensive and also his longest, just like his other crime movies, this is actually an ensemble of everything he has learnt throughout his career, this marvelous movies features three of the greatest actors in the crime/thriller genre, Robert de niro, joe pesci and al pacino.
It has over a 3 hour run time,it is worth every second of your time, well audiences criticized the effects that were used on Robert de niro to make him look not too old, it is still a great movie and fits perfectly well in martin Scorsese filmography.
The Departed 2007
This movie is responsible for martin Scorsese only win for best director at the academy awards after so many years of eluding him, this crime thriller has an all star cast of mark wahlberg, Leonardo dicaprio, matt damon and the legendary jack Nicholson, every cast delivered a brilliant performance, it definitely belongs to martin Scorsese top movies in his filmography
Mean Streets 1973
This was the movie that catapulted martin Scorsese into recognition, it was also the first official movie he directed, it is all about living in sin, and the catholic guilt, Robert de niro, Harvey Keitel are casts in the movie
Casino 1995
This another martin Scorsese classic that is regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made, it is a tale of deception, greed, power and murder that occur between two best friends Robert de niro and joe pesci which are a casino executive and mafia enforcer that compete against each other over a gambling empire.
After Hours
A cult classic that is his most rough movie,it shows griffin dunne as he tries desperately to get home in new yok city and is repeatedly prevented from doing so by increasingly weird things.
It is one of the best black comedies in scroseses filmography and it has some brilliant comedy and symbolism all through
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