From Cape Fear to Goodfellas, Martin Scorsese's crime movies have changed the landscape of cinema. How do they rank?
Though Martin Scorsese is an acclaimed filmmaker who's made great historical dramas, a family film, and even numerous fantastic documentaries, he'll likely always be most well-known for his crime/gangster movies. Doing interesting things within the crime genre is what gave him breakout success in the early 1970s and eventually a film that won him Best Picture and Best Director Oscars.
9 'Cape Fear' Cape Fear is more of a thriller than it is a crime movie, but however you want to define it, it's very good. It says something about the quality of Scorsese's crime-related movies that something as solidly made as Cape Fear is ultimately one of his "weaker" efforts, albeit only comparatively.
As a revenge movie, it satisfies, and there's also a certain novelty to seeing Scorsese tackle a story about crime in the 19th century rather than the 20th or 21st. Its epic scope, memorably gritty violence, and larger-than-life characters make up for some of the narrative shortcomings, ensuring Gangs of New York is an imperfect yet generally very good film.
It follows several young men who all want to move up within the mob lifestyle they find themselves in, though its loose feel and scenes featuring improvisation mean it's more about characters than it is about plot. Still, it remains fresh and is notable for being the first of many collaborations between Scorsese and Robert De Niro.
4 'The Irishman' Released when Scorsese was 77 years old and featuring a main cast of actors who were also in their 70s , The Irishman is an appropriately contemplative and mature crime film from Scorsese. It's about an elderly hitman named Frank Sheeran reckoning with the guilt he feels in the final stages of his life stemming from the terrible things he did when he was younger.
2 'Taxi Driver' A tense and haunting psychological drama/thriller movie that also fits within the crime genre, Taxi Driver ranks both as one of Scorsese's best films and one of the best releases of the entire 1970s. It's about a veteran of the Vietnam War who is dealing with insomnia by becoming a taxi driver in New York City, only for his disillusionment with society causing him to last out against it with violence.
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