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A Letter to Elia, A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, After Hours, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince, Boardwalk Empire (Pilot) (Cable), Boxcar Bertha, Bringing Out the Dead, Cape Fear 1991, Casino, Gangs of New York, George Harrison: Living in the Material World, Goodfellas, Hugo, Italianamerican, Kundun, Mean Streets, Michael Jackson: Bad (Music Video), My Voyage to Italy, New York New York, New York Stories (Life Lessons) (Anthology), No Direction Home: Bob Dylan, Public Speaking, Raging Bull, Robbie Robertson: Somewhere Down the Crazy River (Music Video), Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (Pseudo-Documentary), Shine a Light (Concert Film), Shutter Island, Silence, Taxi Driver, The 50 Year Argument, The Age of Innocence, The Aviator, The Big Shave (Short Film), The Blues (Feel Like Going Home), The Color of Money, The Departed, The King of Comedy, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Last Waltz (Concert Film), The Wolf of Wall Street, Vinyl (Pilot) (Cable), Who's That Knocking at my Door
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The King of Comedy (1982)
2. A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)(Documentary)
3. Taxi Driver (1976)
4. My Voyage to Italy (1999)
(Documentary)
5. Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019)
(Pseudo-Documentary)
6. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
(Documentary)
7. Shutter Island (2010)
8. Silence (2016)
9. Casino (1995)
10. Raging Bull (1980)
11. Goodfellas (1990)
12. Mean Streets (1973)
13. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
14. The Last Waltz (1978)
(Concert Film)
15. Hugo (2011)
16. George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)
(Documentary)
(I watched it on HBO)
17. Boardwalk Empire (2010-2014)
(Episode from Season 1: “Boardwalk Empire” – Pilot Episode)
(Cable Series)
18. Public Speaking (2010)
(Documentary)
19. Vinyl (2016)
(Episode from Season 1: Pilot Episode)
(Cable Series)
20. Kundun (1997)
21. The Age of Innocence (1993)
22. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
23. After Hours (1985)
24. New York, New York (1977)
25. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)
26. Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
27. The Departed (2006)
28. Shine a Light (2008)
(Concert Film)
29. Cape Fear (1991)
30. The 50 Year Argument (2014)
(co-directed with David Tedeschi)
(Documentary)
(I watched it on HBO)
31. A Letter to Elia (2010)
(co-directed with Kent Jones)
(Documentary)
32. Feel Like Going Home (2003)
(Episode of “The Blues”)
(PBS Documentary Series)
33. American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978)
(Documentary)
(I watched it on youtube)
34. Italianamerican (1974)
(Documentary)
(I watched it on an old VHS tape)
35. Who’s That Knocking at My Door (1967)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. New York Stories (1989)
(Segment: “Life Lessons”)
(Anthology Film)
2. The Big Shave (1967)
(I watched it on an old VHS tape)
3. Michael Jackson: Bad (1987)
(Music Video)
4. Robbie Robertson: Somewhere Down the Crazy River (1987)
(Music Video)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Aviator (2004)
2. Gangs of New York (2002)
3. The Color of Money (1986)
7. Mean Streets (1973)
8. Goodfellas (1990)
9. The King of Comedy (1982)
You put ‘Shutter Island’ above these? That’s incredible!
Best wishes, Pete.
I sure did put Shutter Island ahead of all of those films and I make no apologies for doing so 🙂 Shutter Island is the type of film that grows on you with each viewing. I knew I loved it when it first came out and when it first hit Blu-Ray/DVD, I just kept finding new things with each viewing. For me, it is the Scorsese film of the decade. Anyway, thanks for dropping by 🙂
I love The Last Waltz, The Weight with The Staple Singers is my anthem!
Great to hear from you again Paul 🙂 I agree with you completely on The Last Waltz. The Staple Singers version of “The Weight” is every bit as great as The Band’s version. Anyway, thanks for dropping by 🙂
My top five Scorsese films are pretty much interchangeable. I think we’ve talked about him before and my top 5 maybe slightly different this time. 1. This one’s hard because it’s so close–I would have to say Mean Streets. To be so early in Scorsese’s cannon it is unquestionably a work of art. 2. Taxi Driver 3. Raging Bull 4. King of Comedy 5. Good Fellas
The 2nd tier would be 6. Cape Fear 7. Casino 8. The Departed 9. Color of Money 10. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.
Now I’m going to see how this list matches up with my previous one.
Interesting list there 🙂 Mean Streets did serve as Scorsese’s breakthrough film so that is understandable. Nevertheless, I would place Raging Bull, Taxi Driver and Casino higher. I love Goodfellas, but Casino came off as a more complex piece when compared to the earlier film. I love them both though. The King of Comedy has now deservedly achieved the status as one of Scorsese’s most underrated films. I would place Casino higher than Cape Fear, which is slighter higher than The Departed on my list, which is similar to yours in that respect. Then again, you have read this post, so you know my stance on everything concerning this 🙂 And by now, you probably know that my favorite Scorsese film of this decade (2010-2019) is Shutter Island. That is a masterpiece of a Neo noir mystery thriller that just gets richer and richer with each viewing, but then again, you already knew my opinion on that film 🙂 Anyway, thanks for dropping by 🙂
John, Scorsese is my favorite director. My top five would be Mean Streets, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and The King of Comedy, A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies is must viewing for anyone truly interested in film.
Your list is excellent as well 🙂 One of the things I love about A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies as well as My Voyage to Italy (about Italian cinema) is not only how rich it is as a document of cinema, but a lot of the film clips that are played in the documentaries. I mean their are just as many obscure ones as their are well-known ones. Anyway, thanks for dropping by 🙂
Raging Bull is also my favorite Scorcese film but I really want to see Hugo. I’ll also start to look for Shutter Island even when I already know the ending. Just not a big Leonardo fan….
Speaking of Raging Bull, remember those fight sequences? They rank up there as some of (If not) the best boxing sequences ever filmed. Hugo was amazing with or without 3D glasses. Shutter Island is a highly underrated masterwork and for me, it ranks as Leonardo DiCaprio’s first mature performance. Anyway, thanks for dropping by 🙂
Taxi Driver hits the top spot for me though King Of Comedy is nipping at Travis’s heels.
I’m not a 100 % sure I’ve seen A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies and if not I need a slapped bottom. Off to investigate.
PS Hugo was such a pleasant surprise as I took the family to the cinema at xmas without knowing anything about, even not knowing that it was directed by Scorsese. It was a beautiful film. Must watch it again this xmas I think.
Martin Scorsese is just a master filmmaker and along with Robert Altman, one of my top favorites directors who embodied the era of the New Hollywood (1965-1983). I could actually see Scorsese directing something like Hugo since one of the characters was a cinematic pioneer (Georges Meiles, who did A Trip to the Moon). Also, listening to Scorsese talk about the history of cinema is like getting a complete college education in that field (i.e. cinema). Speaking of The King of Comedy, British film critic Mark Kermode has singled that one out as his number one favorite and he has also commented (positively) on his body of work in various videos. Here are a few youtube links below and thanks for dropping by 🙂
This is Kermode talking about The King of Comedy
This is Kermode talking about Taxi Driver
This is Kermode talking about A Personal Journey
This is Kermode talking about his work as a whole