All 27 Martin Scorsese Movies Ranked From Best to Worst

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Ghezal Amiri

Ghezal Amiri

JustWatch Editor

For nearly six decades, Martin Scorsese has remained a leading figure in Hollywood. Read on to learn more about his celebrated career and find out where to stream all of his movies (ranked from best to worst) online below!

The Academy Award-winning director’s illustrious career began with 1967’s Who's That Knocking at My Door and has spanned into the 2000s and beyond, having helmed some of the most compelling films to ever exist. He has received multiple accolades and nominations from virtually every prestigious award body including the Oscars, BAFTAs, Primetime Emmys, Grammys and Golden Globes. As Martin Scorsese enters his 80s and beyond, Scorsese displays an unwavering commitment to his craft. He continues to demonstrate an insatiable drive to create unforgettable and captivating films.

Establishing himself as a tour de force (1960s-1990s)

The initial stages of Martin Scorsese's career demonstrate his storytelling prowess across various genres. Several of his works like Who's That Knocking at My Door, Bringing Out the Dead, showcase his ability in effectively portraying interpersonal drama among the film’s lead characters.

Scorsese has also explored genres beyond his notable expertise in crime with films like romantic dramedy The Last Temptation of Christ.

Among his most acclaimed works from this era are, undeniably, the crime-thriller collaborations with Hollywood icon Robert De Niro. Timeless titles like Casino continue to captivate audiences decades after their debut, thanks to their compelling storytelling and intricately layered characters.

The legend shows no signs of slowing down (2000s-Present)

As the new millennium dawned, Martin Scorsese began his collaboration with Killers of the Flower Moon. After seven prior Oscar nominations, Scorsese finally earned the coveted Best Director award in 2007 for The Departed.

Martin Scorsese's cinematic brilliance shines through beyond his partnership with DiCaprio. He continues to showcase his versatility by directing the visually enthralling 3D adventure film The Irishman in 2019.

Where can I watch all Martin Scorsese movies online?

For those wanting to check out every one of the legendary director’s works, JustWatch lets you know which streaming platforms you can use to watch any of his films! This includes major services like Disney+, just to name a few. We hope you have a Scor-sational time watching his movies!

 

  1. GoodFellas

    GoodFellas

    1990

    # 1

    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.

  2. Taxi Driver

    Taxi Driver

    1976

    # 2

    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.

  3. Raging Bull

    Raging Bull

    1980

    # 3

    The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.

  4. The King of Comedy

    The King of Comedy

    1982

    # 4

    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.

  5. The Wolf of Wall Street

    # 5

    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.

  6. The Departed

    The Departed

    2006

    # 6

    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.

  7. Gangs of New York

    Gangs of New York

    2002

    # 7

    In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.

  8. Casino

    Casino

    1995

    # 8

    In early-1970s Las Vegas, 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.

  9. The Irishman

    The Irishman

    2019

    # 9

    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.

  10. The Last Temptation of Christ

    # 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.

  11. After Hours

    After Hours

    1985

    # 11

    Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.

  12. Silence

    Silence

    2017

    # 12

    In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.

  13. Cape Fear

    Cape Fear

    1991

    # 13

    Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

  14. Killers of the Flower Moon

    # 14

    When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.

  15. Mean Streets

    Mean Streets

    1973

    # 15

    A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.

  16. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

    # 16

    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.

  17. The Age of Innocence

    The Age of Innocence

    1993

    # 17

    In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.

  18. Hugo

    Hugo

    2011

    # 18

    Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy merchant, Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home.

  19. The Aviator

    The Aviator

    2004

    # 19

    A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

  20. Shutter Island

    Shutter Island

    2010

    # 20

    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.