Martin Scorsese – All of His Films Ranked – Part Two

12 – Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)
A movie for everyone who has ever dreamed of a second chance.

Drama | Romance

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

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7.66 /10

After her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes to make a new life for herself as a singer. Money problems force them to settle in Arizona instead, where Alice takes a job as waitress in a small diner.

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Critics response: Universal Praise 

34 Critic reviews: 30 positive (88.2%); 4 negative (11.8%)

(Source: Rotten Tomatoes)

11 – The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
The life of Jesus Christ

Drama

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

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7.86 /10

Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas — despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being the savior of mankind torments Jesus throughout his life, leading him to doubt.

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Critics response: Universal Praise 

101 Critic reviews: 82 positive (81.2%); 19 negative (18.8%)

(Source: Rotten Tomatoes)

10 – Shutter Island (2010)
Some places never let you go.
Drama | Thriller | Mystery

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

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7.99 /10

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.

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Critics response: Mostly Positive

259 Critic reviews: 175 positive (67.6%); 84 negative (32.4%)

(Source: Rotten Tomatoes)

9 – The Irishman (2019)
His story changed history
Crime | Drama | History

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

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8.05 /10

Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.

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Critics response: Universal Praise

458 Critic reviews: 436 positive (95.2%); 22 negative (4.8%)

(Source: Rotten Tomatoes)

8 – After Hours (1985)
When it’s after midnight in New York City, you don’t have to look for love, laughter and trouble. They’ll all find you!
Comedy | Thriller | Drama

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

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8.11 /10

In a Manhattan cafe, word processor Paul Hackett (Griffin Dunne) meets and talks literature with Marcy (Rosanna Arquette). Later that night, Paul takes a cab to Marcy’s downtown apartment. His $20 bill flying out the window during the ride portends the unexpected night he has. He cannot pay for the ride and finds himself in a series of awkward, surreal and life-threatening situations with a colorful cast of characters. He spends the rest of the night trying to return uptown.

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Critics response: Universal Praise

57 Critic reviews: 52 positive (91.2%); 5 negative (8.8%)

(Source: Rotten Tomatoes)

7 – The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
EARN. SPEND. PARTY.
Crime | Drama | Comedy

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

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8.17 /10

A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort’s autobiography.

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Critics response: Very Positive

288 Critic reviews: 229 positive (79.5%); 59 negative (20.5%)

(Source: Rotten Tomatoes)

6 – The King of Comedy (1982)
It’s No Laughing Matter.

Drama | Comedy

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

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8.37 /10

Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.

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Critics response: Extremely Positive

64 Critic reviews: 57 positive (89.1%); 7 negative (10.9%)

(Source: Rotten Tomatoes)

5 – Casino (1995)
No one stays at the top forever.

Drama | Crime

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

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8.56 /10

In early-1970s Las Vegas, low-level mobster Sam “Ace” Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he’s a great success in the job, but over the years, problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro, his ex-hustler wife Ginger, her con-artist ex Lester Diamond and a handful of corrupt politicians put Sam in ever-increasing danger.

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Critics response: Very Positive

70 Critic reviews: 55 positive (78.6%); 15 negative (21.4%)

(Source: Rotten Tomatoes)

4 – Raging Bull (1980)

La Motta

Drama | History

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

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8.63 /10

The story of a middleweight boxer as he rises through ranks to earn his first shot at the middleweight crown. He falls in love with a gorgeous girl from the Bronx. The inability to express his feelings enters into the ring and eventually takes over his life. He eventually is sent into a downward spiral that costs him everything.

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Critics response: Universal Praise

83 Critic reviews: 78 positive (94%); 5 negative (6%)

(Source: Rotten Tomatoes)

3 – Taxi Driver (1976)
On every street in every city, there’s a nobody who dreams of being a somebody.

Drama | Crime

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

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8.63 /10

A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action.

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Critics response: Universal Praise

96 Critic reviews: 92 positive (95.8%); 4 negative (4.2%)

(Source: Rotten Tomatoes)

2 – The Departed (2006)
Lies. Betrayal. Sacrifice. How far will you take it?

Drama | Crime | Thriller

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

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8.77 /10

To take down South Boston’s Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there’s a mole among them.

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Critics response: Universal Praise

284 Critic reviews: 257 positive (90.5%); 27 negative (9.5%)

(Source: Rotten Tomatoes)

1 – Goodfellas (1990)
Three Decades of Life in the Mafia.

Drama | Crime

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

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8.77 /10

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

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Critics response: Universal Praise

104 Critic reviews: 100 positive (96.2%); 4 negative (3.,8%)

(Source: Rotten Tomatoes)

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