So, lovers of cinema, please join Empire as we present our ranked list of every Martin Scorsese movie. From taxi drivers to good fellas, the son of God to the wolf of Wall Street, kings of comedy to morally-fraught missionaries, and many more, there’s a Marty for all seasons in this rarified bunch of cinematic gems (though, for the purpose of the list, we’re focusing on his narrative films, rather than his extensive documentary and concert feature work). With Scorsese’s latest work, Killers Of The Flower Moon, once again reminding us of his filmmaking power, Team Empire gathered together to rank the master’s works. And he’s done so whilst continually reinventing himself, honing his own craft whilst supporting and advocating for the cinematic experience and its preservation all over the world. Since making his directorial breakthrough with Mean Streets some 50 years ago, the man they call Marty has – alongside a troupe of reliable collaborators both behind and in front of the camera – contributed more bona-fide masterpieces to the cinematic canon than most other filmmakers you could name.
In discussions of the greatest American filmmakers of all-time, the name Martin Scorsese is guaranteed to turn up.
