The best Martin Scorsese’s drama movies

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

17/11/1942 (81 años)
Martin Charles Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. One of the major figures of the New Hollywood era, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential directors in film history. Scorsese's body of work explores themes such as Italian-American identity, Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption, faith, machismo, nihilism, crime and sectarianism. Many of his films are known for their depiction of violence and the liberal use of profanity. Scorsese has also dedicated his life to film preservation and film restoration by founding the nonprofit organization The Film Foundation in 1990, as well as the World Cinema Foundation in 2007 and the African Film Heritage Project in 2017. Scorsese studied at New York University (NYU), where he received a bachelor's degree in English literature in 1964, and received a master's degree in fine arts in film from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in 1968. In 1967 Scorsese's first feature film Who's That Knocking at My Door was released and was accepted into the Chicago Film Festival, where critic Roger Ebert saw it and called it "a marvelous evocation of American city life, announcing the arrival of an important new director". He has established a filmmaking history involving repeat collaborations with actors and film technicians, including nine films made with Robert De Niro. His films with De Niro are the psychological thriller Taxi Driver (1976), the biographical sports drama Raging Bull (1980), the satirical black comedy The King of Comedy (1982), the musical drama New York, New York (1977), the psychological thriller Cape Fear (1991), and the crime films Mean Streets (1973), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995) and The Irishman (2019). Scorsese has also been noted for his collaborations with actor Leonardo DiCaprio, having directed him in five films: the historical epic Gangs of New York (2002), the Howard Hughes biography The Aviator (2004), the crime thriller The Departed (2006), the psychological thriller Shutter Island (2010), and the Wall Street black comedy The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). The Departed won Scorsese an Academy Award for Best Director, and for Best Picture. Scorsese is also known for his long-time collaboration with film editor Thelma Schoonmaker, who has edited every Scorsese film beginning with Raging Bull. Scorsese's other film work includes the black comedy After Hours (1985), the romantic drama The Age of Innocence (1993), the children's adventure drama Hugo (2011), and the religious epics The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Kundun (1997) and Silence (2016).
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Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver
8.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 09/02/1976
  • Character: Passenger Watching Silhouette
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, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.

Gangs of New York

Gangs of New York
7.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaHistory
  • Release: 14/12/2002
  • Character: Wealthy Homeowner (uncredited)
It's 1863. Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father years earlier. With an eager pickpocket by his side and a whole new army, Vallon fights his way to seek vengeance on the Butcher and restore peace in the area.

Raging Bull

Raging Bull
8.1/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 14/11/1980
  • Character: Barbizon Stagehand
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.

The Last Temptation of Christ

The Last Temptation of Christ
7.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 12/08/1988
  • Character: Isaiah (uncredited)
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.

Hugo

Hugo
7.5/10
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.

Mean Streets

Mean Streets
7.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 14/10/1973
  • Character: Jimmy Shorts (Uncredited)
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.

After Hours

After Hours
7.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaThriller
  • Release: 13/09/1985
  • Character: Club Berlin Searchlight Operator (uncredited)
An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho whom he met that evening at a coffee shop.

The King of Comedy

The King of Comedy
7.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 18/12/1982
  • Character: TV Director
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.

The Color of Money

The Color of Money
7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 07/10/1986
  • Character: Narrator (voice)
Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, but he eventually grows frustrated with Vincent's showboat antics, leading to an argument and a falling-out. Eddie takes up playing again and soon crosses paths with Vincent as an opponent.

Bringing Out the Dead

Bringing Out the Dead
6.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 22/10/1999
  • Character: Dispatcher (Voice)
Once called Father Frank for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls where he might have to face one more victim he couldn't help, yet cannot quit the job on his own.

Dreams

Dreams
7.7/10
  • Genre: DramaFantasy
  • Release: 11/05/1990
  • Character: Vincent Van Gogh
A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.

The Grifters

The Grifters
6.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 08/08/1990
  • Character: Opening voice-over (uncredited)
A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.

Boxcar Bertha

Boxcar Bertha
6/10
'Boxcar' Bertha Thompson, a transient woman in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30s, meets up with rabble-rousing union man 'Big' Bill Shelly and the two team up to fight the corrupt railroad establishment. Based on “Sister of the Road,” the 1937 pseudo-autobiography of fictional character Bertha Thompson, written by anarchist physician Dr. Ben L. Reitman.

The Age of Innocence

The Age of Innocence
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 10/09/1993
  • Character: Photographer (uncredited)
Tale of 19th century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.

Quiz Show

Quiz Show
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 25/08/1994
  • Character: Martin Rittenhome
Lawyer Richard Goodwin discovers that 'Twenty-One', a successful TV quiz show, is rigged and decides to expose the team behind the show.

Guilty by Suspicion

Guilty by Suspicion
6.6/10
This compelling story vividly recreates Hollywood's infamous 'Blacklist Era'. The witch-hunt has begun and director David Merrill can revive his stalled career by testifying against friends who are suspected communists. Merrill's ex wife shares a whirlpool of scandals that draws them closer together while his chances for ever making movies again slips further away...

New York Stories

New York Stories
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaRomance
  • Release: 10/03/1989
  • Character: Man Having Picture Taken with Lionel Dobie
Three stories happening in New York. The first, by Scorsese, is about a painter who creates his works helped by high volume music and an attractive assistant; second, by Coppola, is about a rich and bold 12 years old who helps her separated parents to reconciliate; third, by Allen, is a witty piece of comedy about the impossibility of getting rid of the son's role.

Round Midnight

Round Midnight
7.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 23/09/1986
  • Character: Goodley
Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon they will form a friendship that sparks a final burst of genius.

Search and Destroy

Search and Destroy
5.3/10
A satire about desperate hustling, pop philosophy and big money.

Anna Pavlova

Anna Pavlova
6.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/07/1983
  • Character: Gatti-Casazza
The young talented girl Anya, dreaming of a ballet, enters the choreographic school. Due to poor health, learning for her becomes unbearably difficult, but dreams of a ballerina career make her stubbornly deal with adversity. Anna’s performance and determination does not go unnoticed by the celebrated choreographer Marius Petipa, who helps to stage Pavlova's examination performance. Such a gift becomes a starting point for Ani in the world of big ballet, her fast-paced career, position in high society and world fame make her forget about close friends and especially her faithful Michel Fokine, who invested a lot of energy in the formation of a ballerina.

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