Martin Scorsese's 27 narrative feature films range from beloved gangster titles, to a bold religious trilogy, to popcorn thrillers, to dark character portraits. Following the release of the filmmaker's latest project, 'Killers of the Flower Moon', The Hollywood Reporter has ranked the Oscar-winning director's top films.
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00:00 Martin Scorsese's 27 narrative feature films range from beloved gangster titles to a bold
00:05 religious trilogy to popcorn thrillers to dark character portraits.
00:10 Following the release of the filmmaker's latest project, Killers of the Flower Moon,
00:13 The Hollywood Reporter has ranked the Oscar-winning director's top films.
00:18 Coming in at number 5 is 1995's Casino.
00:21 The dynamic gangster flick stars Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Sharon Stone in what
00:26 THR's James Hibbard calls "the arguably best performance of her career."
00:30 It's based on a true story that's chronicled in the book Casino, Love and Honor in Las Vegas.
00:34 "What a move.
00:39 I fell in love right there.
00:41 But in Vegas, for a girl like Ginger, love costs money."
00:45 Number 4 is 2013's The Wolf of Wall Street.
00:48 Leonardo DiCaprio stars in Scorsese's highest-grossing film.
00:51 Based on a loose adaptation of the 1990s rise and fall of stockbroker king Jordan Belfort.
00:57 According to Hibbard, it's a testament to Scorsese's talent that he manages to make
01:00 the film so much fun while squeezing DiCaprio for his wildest performance.
01:05 "I want you to deal with your problems by becoming rich."
01:10 1980's Raging Bull ranks third.
01:12 Modestly received upon release and considered powerful yet sometimes difficult to watch,
01:17 Raging Bull went on to be considered one of the best films of all time, and won De Niro
01:21 an Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal of boxing champ Jake LaMotta.
01:25 "You're very smart, Joey.
01:27 You give me all these answers, but you ain't give me the right answer."
01:33 Number 2 is the 2006 film The Departed, which sees DiCaprio and Matt Damon play dueling
01:38 cops both living a double life.
01:40 One working undercover in the criminal underworld, the other secretly working for the mob.
01:45 The film marries Scorsese's best-known narrative style, which can often feel like loose, stream-of-consciousness
01:50 storytelling, with a suspenseful and tightly structured plot.
01:54 For The Departed, Scorsese finally won the Oscar for Best Director, and the film won
01:58 Best Picture.
01:59 "You signed the papers, remember?
02:00 Now, we're the only two people on the face of this earth that even know you're a cop.
02:04 How about we just erase your file?
02:06 Huh?
02:07 How about that?
02:08 How about we erase your file?"
02:09 And coming in at number one is 1990's Goodfellas.
02:12 All the director's crime drama tropes are here, but it's in Goodfellas that Scorsese
02:16 made all his familiar components into a symphonic crime masterpiece.
02:20 "And you, you gotta take it easy.
02:22 You got children.
02:24 I'm not saying you gotta go back to this minute, but you gotta go back.
02:27 I mean, it's the only way."
02:28 For the full top 10 list of Scorsese's best films ranked, head to THR.com.
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