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- On this episode of 'The Big Picture,' Sean Fennessey is joined by Ringer colleague Chris Ryan and Ringer contributor Adam Nayman to rank and discuss their five favorite Martin Scorsese films.
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5. Casino
4. Goodfellas
3. the King of Comedy
2. Raging Bull
1. Taxi Driver
My top 3 are completely interchangeable and I'd probably put them in a different order every day but TODAY this is the order of my top 5
Yes, DeNiro way over crappy DiCaprio, who ruined Scorsese's filmography.
1. Taxi Driver (My favorite movie of all time)
2. Goodfellas
3. Raging Bull
4. Mean Streets
5. Casino
I guesss it’s because I’m young but I didn’t enjoy Taxi Driver like that it was okay but Goodfellas I loved
@@liltree8382 Yes Goodfellas is brilliant, and i understand why you didn't enjoy Taxi Driver, it's not an easy movie to watch, it's extremely disturbing and depressing, but i would recommend giving it another try, because it's incredible, every scene is perfection, and the acting is beyond amazing, it's the art of cinema at it's very best, but not for everyone
@@liltree8382 I first saw Taxi Driver when I was 13 and loved it. Not really sure what being young has to do with it. A great film is a great film.
@@liltree8382 def a film u have to rewatch. When I first watched it, I thought it was good but overrated. Upon rewatch, it’s now in my top 5 fav films.
@@liltree8382 def a film u have to rewatch. When I first watched it, I thought it was good but overrated. Upon rewatch, it’s now in my top 5 fav films.
Am I the only one who thinks the Aviator is his most underrated movie? No one ever mentions it and I love it.
Joey Pastore you definitely aren’t the only one
I definitely agree..Honestly its one of Leo's best performances and Cate Blanchett.
perhaps its because he couldn't squeeze a rolling stones song into it
What about Gangs of New York I think that might be his most underrated
@@codys2410 Leo and Diaz were both terrible. DDL saves it.
@@BishopWalters12 your crazy Leo is great in everything. You are correct about DDL though he killed it for sure.
A vote for Bringing out the Dead.
I was 17. My brother 15. We were the only two that night. A rundown theater in the small PNW town of my childhood. It would close not too long after.
The film pulverized me. Enveloped me. Left me emotionally spent. My senses came alive watching this. NYC felt palpable in a way it never has before or sense. The writing, music, cinematography, editing all felt raw and immediate. The characters leapt from the screen with wonderfully vivid turns by the cast.
The memories are still fresh 20+ years later. I still feel a rush each time I watch it. Sad how often it gets overlooked. Would love to see a Criterion treatment of it someday.
1. Silence
2. Goodfellas
3. The Wolf of Wall Street
4. The Departed
5. Raging Bull/After Hours
This is gonna sound pretentious, but it’s the best way to illustrate how I feel: Goodfellas is his masterpiece, but Silence is his magnum opus.
What I mean by that is Silence is a film he worked on for almost 30 years and really tackled some common themes in his work explicitly and head-on. It’s long, slow, complex, and extremely powerful. It’s a film I haven’t stopped thinking about it since I saw it, and I truly would call it the most powerful film I have ever seen.
Goodfellas is his masterpiece because it does everything he is known for perfectly.
1. Taxi Driver 2. Goodfellas 3. Raging Bull 4. Wolf of Wall Street 5. Color of Money
We got Goodfellas & color of money
Love hearing fellow Scorsese fans breaking down their favorites in such a detailed manner! While my list may differ, I respect all of your lists and your deep insights into your picks. And I absolutely love the fact that you all selected "Goodfellas" as #1 and had a 20 minute discussion on it. This is difficult, but I'm going to attempt my top five list (the order sometimes changes based on my mood and experiences though)
1.) "The Departed" - It's EXTREMELY difficult to pick a #1, but where I'm at right now, if I *had* to pick and I was "facing a loaded gun", I might go with "The Departed", which I first saw on the big screen at a very influential age, when I was a senior in high school and completing my first film. I will never forget coming back home from the theater after sharing this amazing cinematic experience with my dad and deciding I needed to start editing my movie, because the music, cuts, and overall editing style of this film really inspired me. Every time I rewatch, it just holds a certain magic for me. There's just something about the rhythm of the movie, the larger-than-life performances (especially Nicholson), the suspense, the heart, and the hilarious script that get me every time.
2.) "Goodfellas" - For all the reasons you listed above in your video, and more. I won't belabor the obvious and write too much about this one, but will say that this movie has become me and my mom's mutual shared favorite "go to" movie to rewatch. We never get tired of it, no matter how many times we see it (my mom and dad also make the best version of Henry Hill's pasta and meatballs many times when we rewatch). And my Pesci imitation has been a favorite ongoing source of entertainment for my dad. The weird combination of nostalgia and gritty violence continues to influence me today as a filmmaker. And this just might be the best soundtrack of Scorsese's entire career.
3.) "Cape Fear" - The film that started it ALL for me. This is the first Scorsese film I ever saw, and the very first serious De Niro performance I saw as well. I saw it when I was in seventh grade (young to see this movie, I know). I had seen the classic Simpson's parody with Sideshow Bob, loved it and read up on it, and became incredibly curious to see what the parody stemmed from. My parents rented the original "Cape Fear" with Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck on VHS for me (back then Blockbuster and Hollywood Video still existed) and absolutely loved it, but then we rented the Scorsese remake, and that film just took me to a whole new place. It was terrifying in a way that I had rarely experienced with films before, yet at the same time darkly comic and endlessly re-watchable. As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be an actor. But when I saw this movie, and watched the making of documentary, I realized how fascinated I was with the actual process of directing a film. When I first saw Scorsese's energetic passion in the interviews, I became instantly intrigued with him. The movie became an ongoing obsession of mine as a youth (to such an extent that I even was Max Cady for my Halloween costume the following year), and really paved the way for my obsession with making movies. The use of music, the cuts, the transition from realistic thriller to over-the-top horror melodrama, the marriage between classic Hollywood and contemporary, the entire thing just set me aflame with passion for cinema and I will always hold this in some ways as #1 in my heart for pure nostalgic value. I think it's an underrated classic.
4.) "The Wolf of Wall Street" - as mentioned in the video, easily the funniest Scorsese movie of all time and one of the most fun times watching a Scorsese movie. I NEVER get tired of this movie, and my mom and I rewatch it constantly. Leo's performance is one of the best of his entire career, and that is saying a lot (still think he was gipped at the Oscars). It's like the movie took the entire last act of "Goodfellas" and stretched it out over the course of 3 hours, which to me is in and of itself a perfect concept for a movie. But then it goes deeper than that, exploring a totally different sect of criminality than any Scorsese has explored before - the completely "legitimate", nonviolent criminal, but still a breed that is completely narcissistic, hedonistic, and borderline psychopathic. The magic of this movie is how much fun you have watching it, almost a guilty pleasure, even as you know that the men you are watching are despicable and their downfall is inevitable.
5.) - Here's where it gets REALLY hard. On some days, I'd say "Taxi Driver" for its brilliant portrayal of mental deterioration and alienation and De Niro's brilliant performance. On other days, I might say "Gangs of New York" for Day Lewis's masterful performance and also the nostalgia of this being the first Scorsese film I ever saw on the big screen. And now, with the advent of "The Irishman", I might say that film for its combining of the best of Scorsese's filmmaking and personality traits, the beautiful clash between the violent gangster lifestyle, the existential questions at the end of said lifestyle, and the meditative, spiritual, religious aspects that he has carried all along as a human being. For similar reasons, "Last Temptation" and "Silence" claw their way for spots right underneath this list.
So yeah...what a wonderful time to be talking about our greatest living filmmaker, still alive, kicking, and making masterpieces to this day! Thanks for your post and for sharing your thoughts.
Glad you put cape fear on that list which I have at 3. I also have age of innocence & color of money on the list at 4 & 5 which make me impress with these guys. Goodfellas & casino are my 1 & 2
Raging Bull has to be in the top 5. Such a staggeringly beautiful film.
Was shocked this wasn’t on their lists
1 Goodfellas
2 Raging Bull
3 Taxi Driver
4 Mean Streets
5 The King of Comedy
6. Mean Streets 7. Alice doesn't live here anymore 8. After Hours 9. King of Comedy 10. The Aviator
I think Mean Streets is a underrated Scorsese film cuz some people I know haven’t even heard of it let alone seen it
@@kdizzle901 Agree
@@kdizzle901 Bruh fuck no it is absolutely not underrated, if anything it's extremely overrated.
Raging Bull is an undeniably masterful work of art. It's almost as much of a banger as Taxi Driver to boot
'After hours' is so underrated
'But for some players, luck itself is an art.' -Chris Ryan for the win! I love that monologue something fierce.
Here, for the hardcore movie nerds among us, Martin Scorsese's note-perfect, kick-ass delivery of the opening voiceover to The Colour of Money:
"Nine-ball is rotation pool, the balls are pocketed in numbered order. The only ball that means anything, that wins it, is the 9. Now, the player can shoot eight trick shots in a row, blow the 9, and lose. On the other hand, the player can get the 9 in on the break, if the balls spread right, and win. Which is to say, that luck plays a part in nine-ball. But for some players, luck itself is an art."
Random question: When are we getting a rewatchables for Pulp Fiction?
@Bleek Chain Those films are good but are cliches at this point. It's fun to talk about Forgetting Sarah Marshall or Hangover or something than it is to beat a dead horse by talking about 3 of the most talked about films ever. It's like okay we get it. Goodfellas and Pulp Fiction are obviously classics can we talk about something else now?
@@ImAProudSteelersFan I love Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but the cliche argument goes outta the window when they've done When Harry met Sally or Reservior Dogs
@@jordan12118 Those two films aren't nearly as talked about as Pulp Fiction and Goodfellas.
They actually did a rewatchables for Pulp Fiction and Goodfellas 2 years ago.
The actual answer to your question is that they are saving some of those particularly iconic films, ie pulp fiction, goodfellas, etc, for special occasions, or even just to keep people interested in the podcast. It’s been mentioned on Bill Simmons’ podcast a couple of times that that’s the case
5. Mean Streets
4. Gangs of New York
3. Taxi Driver
2. Casino
1. Goodfellas
1. Raging Bull (hot take: staggeringly beautiful)
2. The King of comedy(haunting relevance)
3. Goodfellas(objective perfection)
4. Age of innocence(an underrated subversion)
5. The Irishman(future classic)
I don't think calling Raging Bull beautiful is a hot take.
1) Goodfellas
2) The Wolf of Wall Street
3) The Irishman
4) The Last Waltz
5) The Age on Innocence
Selecting a top 5 on the basis of "pushing back against the perception of X filmmaker" is kind of a stupid way to go about making your selection.
I agree, these guys come across as hipster morons.
I really REALLY think Shutter Island deserves at least an honorable mention.
@Slim Jimmy Disagree
1. Taxi Driver
2. After Hours
3. The Last Waltz
4. Goodfellas
5. Wolf Of Wall Street
1. Goodfellas
2. Taxi Driver
3. Casino
4. Raging Bull
5. The Last Waltz
10. Mean Streets
9. Gangs of NY
8. Cape Fear
7. King of Comedy
6. Color of Money
5. The Departed
4. Wolf
3. Raging Bull
2. Goodfellas
1. Taxi Driver
1 Taxi Driver
2 Goodfellas
3 Ragging Bull
4 Mean Streets
5 Departed
Adam Nayman is the Jonathan Gold of movie reviewing.
1. Goodfellas (top 3 movie of all time) 2. Taxi driver 3. Raging bull 4. Wolf of wall street 5. King of comedy
1. Goodfellas
2. Raging Bull
3. Taxi Driver
4. The Departed
5. Wolf of Wall Street
Same top 5 as me different order
1 Shutter Island
2 Goodfellas
3 Taxi Driver
4 The Wolf Of Wall Street
5 The Irishman
6 Raging Bull
7 The Aviator
The departed?
@@kdizzle901 Definitely in my Top 10 I must have forgotten!
1) Goodfellas
2)Taxi Driver
3) Raging Bull
4) King Of Comedy
5) The Departed
🎬
1 Raging Bull
2 Taxi Driver
3 The Departed
4 Goodfellas
5 Silence
You def need to do a rewatchable Goodfellas. Such a good film and probably in my Top 10 of all time, def in my Top 20.
My Top Scorcese 5 would be as follows
1. Goodfellas
2. Taxi Driver
3. The Irishman
4. The Departed
5. Cape Fear
Honourable Mentions to King of Comedy, Wolf of Wall Street and Shutter Island. I still have not seen Silence, one I def need to see at some point.
We agree with cape fear & Goodfellas
@@rxtsec1. We don't have to agree on any. You can like what you like and same here. Scorcese has made some brilliant films. I still haven't seen silence yet and on another day films like casino and shutter Island could well make my list.
@@bhuxtablesmith agree with that but putting Cape fear on your list is impressive. it gets overlooked
@@rxtsec1. Yeah it's a great film and very rewarchable
Regardless Goodfellas absolutely has to be number one - a perfect film
Ehh as it is a perfect film I think The Departed (another perfect film in my mind) is a tad bit better than Goodfellas
@@kdizzle901 I love the departed too, definitely one of his most rewatchables, it does have flaws though (not that I personally care)and is actually a remake so I’m not sure it is comparable
It’s great, but I actually prefer Casino to Goodfellas. I think Goodfellas was oversold to me before I watched it, so I just really liked it as opposed to LOVED it
The King of Comedy is my personal number 1
Definitively it's
Raging Bull
Goodfellas
Taxi Driver
The Wolf of Wall Street
The Departed
My favorites are:
The Wolf of Wall Street
The King of Comedy
Casino
New York, New York
Hugo
@Vincent H. Amen.
1. Taxi Driver
2. After Hours
3. Goodfellas
4. The King Of Comedy
5. Raging Bull
De Niro actually is Irish (among other things, Italian, Dutch, English, French German) ... so he's not "the least Irish person ..." and his casting in multiple Scorsese movies as Irish is actually appropriate.
1. Goodfellas
2. Taxi Driver
3. Raging Bull
4. The King of Comedy
5. Silence
6. The Departed
7. The Irishman
8. The Wolf of Wall Street
9. After Hours
10. Casino
1. GOODFELLAS
2. CASINO
3. TAXI DRIVER
4. RAGING BULL
5. THE COLOR OF MONEY
My 1, 2 & 5 are exactly yours. My 3 & 4 are cape fear & age of innocence
How is the departed not on here 🤦♂️ dude that movie is probably his most rewatchable even though the first viewing fucks you up. It’s almost like you want to watch it again cause it’s so beautifully done.
Seriously? It's one of the sloppiest movies by Scorsese. The first watch is very entertaining, but it doesn't hold up in my opinion.
The Departed is one of the most overrated movies I've seen. And I love Nicholson usually.
so glad you all had waltz on there
I still have over half of his filmography to catch up on, but of what I've seen:
1. The Departed
2. Taxi Driver
3. The King of Comedy
4. The Wolf of Wall Street
5. Goodfellas
Have u seen Raging Bull? I ask because we have the same top 5 different order but I have The Departed number 1 too and u have Raging Bull on mine and you have king of comedy on yours
@@kdizzle901 I actually haven't seen Raging Bull yet.
No one had raging bull in their top 5 wtf is this???
They’re going to do this for Francis Ford Coppola and rank the conversation and Tucker the man and his dream above the godfather and apocalypse now
I think The Conversation is Coppola's best :I
Just about to watch, but kinda de-legitimizes their film cred. Watching with a high level of skepticism now.
I think they're consciously trying to shine a light on great films that haven't been talked about constantly by film nerds everywhere. Good on em. Raging Bull is def my fav Scorsese.
@@zyrrhos OH NO
@@CameronStrandberg I know, the horror. ;)
1. Goodfellas
2. Casino
3. Mean Streets
4. Raging Bull
5. The King of Comedy
C A S I N O
Underrated
Raging bull is his best film (not my personal favorite) but anybody who appreciates modern cinema knows that’s the best film of all time besides godfather pt 2
1. The Wolf of Wall Street
2. Goodfellas
3. The departed
4. Casino
5. Taxi driver
Raging bull is the 2nd best film of all time and goodfellas is the 4th
Og Noah Now Raging Bull is switched?
Exactly, Raging Bull also isn't my favorite and it's a movie that I've watched only 2 times but his best made movie.
@@noahrutland5374 what???
I have a hard time getting through Age of Innocence. That's one of the only ones I can't get into yet.
The departed, Wolf of Wall street, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, King of Comedy
Mine list is almost the same (different order too but the departed is definitely his best film) except Raging Bull is on mine not king of comedy...king of comedy is definitely in my top 8
Chris Ryan is the ultimate hipster, “I can barely contain the fact that I think I’m smarter than everyone else”, obnoxious Internet guy.
…he’s above putt any of Scorsese’s “masterpieces” in his top five.*eye roll*
1. Raging Bull
2. The age of innocence
3. Shutter island
4. Silence
5. Goodfellas
It’s hard to rank Scorsese considering how many classics he’s made, but my top two are definitely not his most mainstream films: Last Temptation of Christ and Bringing Out the Dead. It must have something to do with Paul Schrader’s screenplays because both of those have very unique stories (even though they are both book adaptations).
i am religious so i am slightly biased but.... i think silence is very underrated.
Silence is just a little hard to watch. Great and visceral but idk about rewatchable.
I'm a devout catholic so I'm also biased. The idea of martyrdom is something I always wrestle with. The movie just hits home with me.
@@lukehanselman262 you're right its definitely not a rewatchable...its very emotionally draining
That's a masterpiece
I find Andrew Garfield to be incredibly boring to watch as an actor. Doesn't make interesting choices.
Adam got lost and thought he was on a turner classics pod
How does nobody have Casino in top 5??? That is ridiculous
2682shark That’s what happens when you have 3 fembots rank Scorsese movies
Because they're hipsters and want to go against the mainstream.
35:38 - *cue Stevie Wonder...* that would be an entirely different scene 😂
Can’t wait to see Killers of The Flower Moon!
1. Goodfellas
2. Casino
3. Cape fear
4. Age of innocence
5. Color of money
I doubt it's going to be on anyone's list, and it may just be even sixth on my own list, but there's something about The King of Comedy that really makes it an interesting black comedy, with DeNiro as his typical excellent performance, except not in a role you may think, and Jerry Lewis as a comedy show host in a lot of ways based on his own experiences. I definitely recommend it to anyone who has ever thought about giving it a watch but heard some weird things about it. Also, this movie is why I really did not like the Joker movie, because to me it feels like I'm watching the King of Comedy, except with Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver as 80 percent of the main character.
5. Bringing Out the Dead
4. Taxi Driver
3. King of Comedy
2. Raging Bull
1. Goodfellas
sean's hair hitting ~different~
1. Goodfellas
2. The Wolf of Wall Street
3. Taxi Driver
4. Casino
5. The King of Comedy
this will change after I see The Color of Money and The Age of Innocence
Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, The Last Temptation of Christ. Runner-up: The Color of Money.
Goodfellas,taxi driver,last temptation,cape fear, king of comedy.
1. goodfellas
2. casino
3. raging bull
4. the irishman
5. taxi driver
1 Raging Bull
2 Wolf of Wallstreet
3 King of comedy
4 Goodfellas
5 Taxi Driver
Documentary’s should be on a different list imo
1. Taxi Driver
2. Raging bull
3. King of comedy
4. Goodfellas
5. After hours
What happened to the NBA Desktop episode? Was it taken down?
It’s not taken down. Uff! Dude - you really scaried me to death 😅
1. Raging Bull
2. Wolf of Wall Street
3. Goodfellas
4. Last Temptation of Christ
5. Mean Streets
Color of Money should be a show
Great show guys.
I agree. Raging Bull was the "Masterpiece" that never really worked for me.
1. Cape Fear
2. King of Comedy
3. Goodfellas
4. Wolf of Wall Street
5. Taxi Driver
Goodfellas 1 thru 5....GOAT movie.
Goodfellas is my favorite movie
Taxi Driver is my second
And Raging Bull is my third
1. Goodfellas
2. Taxi Driver
3. Raging Bull
4. King Of Comedy
5. The Departed
An excellent rundown of top Scorsese films, and excellent panel analysis/duscussion.
This may be the last of these I'm checking out. You guys kinda blow as movie analysts. Goodfellas is an easy call.
KUNDUN - I LIKED IT
The idea of Jesus saying this f****** guy... Love it.
Goodfellas the same age as me that is so AWESOME.
5. The Wolf of Wall Street
4. Taxi Driver
3. Raging Bull
2. Goodfellas
1. The Departed
"DeNiro is the least irish person I've ever seen" - adam
"He is of Irish and Italian descent on his father's side, while his mother had Dutch, English, French, and German ancestry."
😂😂
The wolf is one of the greatest movies ever. Don’t hate appreciate
no Raging Bull???? Boo these lists
To me Goodfellas and Wolf of Wall Street are like the same movie.Just one is violent and the other is crude.
And that’s why I don’t really like WoWS is because I’ve already seen that story done better
Youz guyz did good...Nobody gets whacked...Capiche?!
The reason why Goodfellas is GOAT - it’s the twisted ending!! It’s the Sinatra song and Henry Hill look when you realize, he regrets that it’s all ended. The viewer perception is twisted into beliving that being mob is actually fun, much better than living boring, ordinary live. Even when you watch woolf - you know it’s Scorsese and so it’s OK to be a criminal comiting frauds
No raging Bull is so disrespected in this podcast 🤦🏽♂️
just watched Taxi Driver pretty good but not my fav
I've always loved Scorcese but Silence was damn boring...and I love Samurai era Japan too
Silence was like watching two layers of paint dry. I also find Andrew Garfield incredibly uninteresting as an actor.
The Irishman is one of the biggest disappointments I've ever seen. In fact, I think it's rather grotesque. I am glad you included The Last Waltz. Yes, a poignant rendering of the end of an era, with its attendant heartbreak. I was very young when I first saw it and I knew I would probably not see anything like it again. I think it was easily the best concert film ever. Van the Man!
So you dislike Irishman cause it’s violent? What?
Goodfellas
Casino
Wolf of Wall Street
Taxi Driver
The Irishman
If you think Fennessy is an elitist on podcasts wait till you see him on video…
I actually found him pretty palatable.
DeNiro is Irish.
Fennessey and Nayman will, someday, combine like a megazord or transformer and form the ultimate pompous sounding and insufferable film critic! Im kidding (somewhat). I love to hear intelligent conversations about movies by people who love them as much as I do, but I prefer Chris Ryan's style the most. He comes off as cerebral without sacrificing the sound of someone who genuinely enjoys movies on an emotion level.
@Vincent H. Thanks for the recommendations. I've heard of them but never gave them a good look, but I will. This must be the "Rick and Morty" of CZcams movie comentary. In so far as- it's not for everyone, I guess. Too HEADy for me- just gives me a HEADache!
A podcast is a conversation show…? Why add extra words? Just to make it sound more important than it is?
There are different kinds of podcasts, no need to be pedantic.
Catch this dislike for saying the Stones are irrelevant. The Stones are never going to be irrelevant.
Taxi Driver
Goodfellas
Raging Bull
The Irishman
Wolf Of Wall Street
Wolf of Wall Street is just grueling to sit through. It's a gauntlet. Random scenes, like the quaalude stair crawl, are hilarious, but I can't imagine EVER sitting through the whole thing again.
Wow he’s watched pulp fiction and goodfellas more than any other movies what a coool guy
Calvin Triplett Wow isn’t being superior on the internet good for your ego 😎
What?
Departed
Shutter Island
Goodfellas
Gangs of NY
Cape Fear
The departed is the best
Cape Fear?
Goodfellas for me is so boring.. I tried my best to like it but I couldn't
Raging bull, gangs of New York, bad lieutenant have to b in top 5 !!!
Bad lieutenant isn’t a Scorsese movie mate