Excited as I am about Martin Scorsese’s new film “The Departed” (2006) – his first collaboration, not only with Jack Nicholson, but Marky Mark as well ! – I hand over the Martin Scorsese Countdown, a listing of his films from The Best to The Least Best, as I see it. Opposite of how most countdowns are performed, I know, but I go my own way, just like Martin Scorsese. There are many eerie similarities between us, you know – we are both Scorpios and neither of us has won an Oscar yet.
I’ve omitted the films I haven’t yet seen – “Boxcar Bertha” (1972), “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” (1974), “The Last Waltz” (1978), the documentaries, and the early short films.
I hear “Boxcar Bertha” rocks.
- “Taxi Driver” (1976)
- “Raging Bull” (1980)
- “Mean Streets” (1973)
- “Goodfellas” (1990)
- “The Last Temptation of Christ” (1988)
- “Casino” (1995)
- “New York, New York” (1977)
- “Kundun” (1997)
- “The Aviator” (2004)
- “The King Of Comedy” (1983)
- “After Hours” (1985)
- “Gangs Of New York” (2002)
- “Bringing Out The Dead” (1999)
- “The Color Of Money” (1986)
- “The Age Of Innocence” (1993)
- “Cape Fear” (1991)
- “New York Stories: Life Lessons” (1989)