Comments on: The Essentials: Martin Scorsese’s Best Films

By: The Law

The Law — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:27:52 +0000

I am just going to do a top 5 because I feel like 6-10 could change on my mood.
1. Goodfellas
2. Casino
3. Gangs of New York
4. Age of Innocence
5. Taxi Driver

By: cineman

cineman — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:27:52 +0000

As great as Scorsese is this list is way too kind to Hugo, Gangs of New York & Bringing Out The Dead.

By: film expert

film expert — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:27:52 +0000

Scorsese films in my time..

Bringing Out The Dead
Gangs Of New York —saw it in the cinema
The Departed —saw it on pirate dvd
The Aviator
Shutter Island
Wolf of Wall Street —will watch it online

By: NewYorker

NewYorker — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:27:52 +0000

my 10 favorite Martin Scorsese movies are
1-Goodfellas
2-Casino
3-The Departed
4-Taxi Driver
5-Raging Bull
6-Cape Fear
7-The Aviator
8-Gangs Of New York
9-Hugo
10-The Last Temptation Of Christ

By: jimmiescoffee

jimmiescoffee — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:27:52 +0000

casino a B-? that's an A+.

bringing out the dead and departed also deserve an A

By: Allen

Allen — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:27:52 +0000

Gangs I think suffered more from Weinsteins interference than Scorseses direction. This was during a dry spell where he unfortunately took the bait offered to him. It's not a bad movie but it's certainly not up to his general standards.

By: TheoC

TheoC — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:27:52 +0000

Excellent list and a labour of love, a good read too. You may have been too kinda to some of the later stuff, or I'm just a curmudgeon.

By: TheoC

TheoC — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:27:52 +0000

I've always felt Bringing out the dead was far too underrated (it's a great book too), and Shutter Island and the Departed have been way overrated in general.

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:27:52 +0000

I've said this before, but I'll keep saying it – the way you break out articles into so many pages really discourages me (and I imagine others) from visiting this site. Please CUT THE CRAP!

By: Adam Cortright

Adam Cortright — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:27:52 +0000

Scorsese also directed "Bad" in 1987 (both the short film and the accompanying music video) for Michael Jackson, and the half hour (with commercials) episode "Mirror, Mirror" for the Steven Spielberg-produced television series "Amazing Stories." Not to mention the three short films he made at NYU, and whatever involvement he had in the 1970 "Street Scenes" documentary on the student riots at NYU.

By: CrombyMouse

CrombyMouse — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:27:52 +0000

IMO Bringing Out The Dead is hugely underrated while Hugo is overrated. Yes, it's technically brilliant but a bit dull and some performances are uninspired.

By: Xian

Xian — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:27:52 +0000

Better version of "Key To Reserva" http: //www. scorsesefilmfreixenet. com/video_eng.htm (correct the url yourself, cut/paste to address bar)

By: MishuPishu

MishuPishu — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:27:52 +0000

Also, must say that I have to agree 100% with After Hours and New York Stories. I had After Hours as a teenager and couldn't stop watching it, must have watched it twenty times and loved it the twentieth as much as the first. And the perception of Nolte's ambition coming to life as he discovers a new muse in NY Stories is priceless!

And Age Of Innocence? Uh, yeah, I guess I forgot all about that one, like everyone else on the planet. (except the Playlist, of course!)

By: Roman

Roman — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:27:52 +0000

At the moment these are my favorites.

1. Raging Bull
2. The Departed
3. Taxi Driver
4. Goodfellas
5. Mean Streets
6. The Aviator
7. Hugo
8. Life Lessons
9. The King of Comedy
10. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

By: Kenny Ritchie

Kenny Ritchie — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:27:52 +0000

Great to see After Hours score a A-. Such an underrated movie.

By: lxdf

lxdf — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:27:52 +0000

1. Raging Bull
2. Taxi Driver
3. The Goodfellas
4. Casino
5. Shutter Island
6. The Big Shave
7. Kundum
8. Mean Streets
9. Cape Fear
10. The Aviator

By: Christopher Schnepp

Christopher Schnepp — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:27:52 +0000

NICK NOTLE Was Not Nominated For An Oscar For "CAPE FEAR",
De NIRO Was Though!,NOTLE Did Nab A Nod For A Movie That
Came Out The Same Year As "FEAR" BUT It's Was For "THE PRINCE
OF TIDES"!

By: aquarius1271

aquarius1271 — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:27:52 +0000

What's with all the indifference towards The Age of Innocence still lurking around even after 20 years? That film is a piece of art, never failing to bring tears to my eye after all those viewings over the years in awe of the wonderful direction, set and costume design and not least of all the tragic and impossible love affair between its two lovers achingly brought to life with almost career best performances by its two leads Michelle Pfeiffer and Daniel Day Lewis? A thorough reevaluation is long overdue for that glorious film in my opinion. And for its 20th anniversary which inf fact is right now, a special features laden new Bluray edition would be so helpful for this. Are you hearing Sony?

By: Grego

Grego — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:27:52 +0000

I don't understand this list…at all. It's nice that you've awarded two A+s to two of his best films, but why not Raging Bull? How is Mean Streets only an A- and not a straight A? Honestly, reading through all of these, it seems like the contributors don't actually care about Scorsese, or are trying to knock him down a peg. Only a B for Last Temptation of Christ? It seems that in every case in which some critics love a film, while others are indifferent toward it, The Playlist decided to take the indifferent route. Age of Innocence, Casino and Kundun are all better than they're represented here. The Last Waltz only a B? After the totally positive retrospective you did on the Coens, this list makes Scorsese seem like the weaker artist.

By: Milano

Milano — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:27:52 +0000

Another correction: Barbara Hershey wasn't nominated for an Oscar for "Last Temptation of Christ."

By: sheldrake movies

sheldrake movies — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:27:52 +0000

Just started a blog about Scorsese – The Wolf Of Elizabeth Street.

Would love people to have a look and let me know if they agree…

'The Wolf Of Elizabeth Street' – thoughts on Scorsese.
http://sheldrakemovies.wix.com/blog

By: Akash

Akash — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:27:52 +0000

This is just wrong. Taxi Driver and Goodfellas get A+ but Raging Bull gets only an A. Goodfellas doesn't even hold a candle to the depth and complexity of Raging Bull. It's one of his more over-praised films.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:27:52 +0000

The films of Martin Scorsese are all "B" movies if you really think about it. Most of the films have a common thread and by that I mean the racial epithets and the violence perpetrated against Black characters in some scenes. If you take away these controversial scenes each movie would lack any substance other than being a poorly conceived and directed mellow drama. Scorsese is an overrated bum.

By: Eric J Morgan

Eric J Morgan — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:27:52 +0000

matt darmon in The Departed. LOL

By: NGolf

NGolf — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:27:52 +0000

You should include now The Wolf of Wall Street. These are very valuable lists and they should be updated every time a new film comes out.