Best Martin Scorsese movie post-Goodfellas?

[zeppelin]

Though Scorsese is obviously one of the best directors currently working, most people would say his best movie was made 1990 or before (specifically, it usually ends up being either Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, or Goodfellas). But the movies he has made since then are still really good, they just get overshadowed by his earlier movies a lot. So which is the best?

My pick would be No Direction Home: Bob Dylan, an amazing portrait of the most important musical artist of our time. It's certainly one of the best rock documenatries of all-time, up there with Woodstock, Stop Making Sense, and Scorsese's own The Last Waltz, though you can't really compare it to those movies since it's not a concert, it's just the life of Bob Dylan through the early stages of his career. It's quite long, but it's always fascinating. I guess it helps to be a Dylan fan though.

Also, I haven't seen My Voyage to Italy or A Personal Journey..., so my opinion can't be really official. But still, I made the poll, so dammit, I should be able to vote in it.

[drago25]

Casino. Simply overshadows all the rest, in my opinion.

[Cronos]

Gangs Of New York

[Backstabba]

'Twas a toss up between Gangs, and Casino...

Casino.

[Buck Turgidson]

A Personal Journey just barely edging out No Direction Home and The Age of Innocence.

[TylerDurden182]

Gangs of New York

[Monotreme]

Wow. I'll be the first (and hopefully not the last) to vote for The Aviator. The Casino is a close second, but The Aviator is right up there with Taxi Driver and Raging Bull in my opinion. A brililant and haunting characterization of a severely flawed character, while at the same time totally sucking the audience into this man's world, the glamour of early Hollywood. Brilliantly acted, and certainly one of the most visually rich films Scorsese has done, and THAT'S saying something.

[Lazy Boy]

The Aviator is probably his most entertaining and compulsively watchable film since Goodfellas, even though I don't think it's one of his best. It's still a hell of a lot better than the choppy mess known as Gangs of New York.

[jaw2929]

Fuck, I LOVED Casino.... Thought it was a significantly better movie than Goodfellas....

[Andrew Ratto]

the

[Buck Turgidson]

...with a guy I never bought, not for 2 seconds, as Howard Hughes.

[ilovemovies]

The Aviator but it's followed VERY closely by Bringing Out the Dead, which is probably his most overlooked gem and a really underrated flick!

[QUENTIN]

My favorite filmmaker, I'm gonna rate his fiction films and non-fiction films separately since I have a hard time comparing them.

1.) Gangs of New York -10/10 (best movie so far of the decade)
2.) Bringing Out The Dead -9;10
3.) Casino -9/10
4.) The Aviator -9/10
5.) The Age of Innocence -9/10
6.) Kundun -7/10
7.) Cape Fear -7/10

1.) No Direction Home -10/10
2.) A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies -9/10
3.) My Voyage to Italy -9/10
4.) Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues -8/10

[Hannibal21]

The Age of Innocence

[ThirdOuting]

Casino

[Hucksta G]

Gangs of New York (10/10)
The Aviator (10/10)
Casino (9/10)
Bringing out the Dead (8/10)

[Tony_Montana]

I haven't seen Casino yet, so I'm going with Gangs.

[FilmKing2000]

The Aviator

[bigred760]

Haven't seen that many of them, but I really liked The Aviator - so I picked that one.

[Katsumoto]

Casino

[Bonham]

I was gonna vote for Casino, but thinking about Bill the Butcher put a smile on my face. Coolest character in a long time.

[Brando @$$ Fat]

Bringing Out the Dead

[screamer581]

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

[Tayzlor]

01. No Direction Home (10/10)
02. The Age of Innocence (9/10)
03. My Voyage to Italy (9/10)
04. Casino (8/10)
05. The Aviator (8/10)
06. Gangs of New York (7/10)

To those who've seen "Long Journey Through American Cinema"--

What movies does he journey through? Having him let loose the endings in his Italy version was expected and all fine (especially since I've forgotten the majority of the finales, what's retained is the memory that those particular movies looked interesting). I'd liked to be prepared to meet Marty head-on in the American one.

[Gian-Sergio]

Gangs of New York

[Andrew Ratto]

the

[Buck Turgidson]

Originally posted by Tayzlor
What movies does he journey through? He starts with silents and takes it all the way up to the early 60's. He leaves off there because he said he didn't want to get into his own contemporary period.

He covers almost every genre. Obviously, you have to omit a lot and it is a "personal" journey, so he basically covers the films that interested him as a young man. He runs through a lot of Sam Fuller, Noir type stuff. His segment on Leave Her To Heaven called that film to my attention, which I will always be grateful for.

It works well as a documentary of the period, as a look into Marty's creativity and as a good checklist of films everyone should probably try to see.

[Funnyman]

The only thing Gangs of New York was missing was The Baseball Furies kicking some ass.

[sarah1980]

The Aviator

[Mikey2Dope]

Bringing out the Dead followed very VERY closely by Casino.

[bankholdup]

Cape Fear (1991) - 7.5/10
The Age of Innocence (1993) - n/a
A Personal Journey... (1995) - 6/10
Casino (1995) - 9/10
Kundun (1997) - 6.5/10
Bringing Out The Dead (1998) - 8/10
My Voyage To Italy (1999) - 8/10
Gangs of New York (2002) - 9/10
The Aviator (2004) - 7/10
No Direction Home (2005) - n/a (missed a half hour of it)

[jimmyjdmb]

The Aviator - 9/10
Cape Fear - 8.5/10
Gangs of New York - 8/10
The Age of Innocence - 8/10
Bringing out the Dead - 8/10

[JCPhoenix]

It's all about CASINO for me...

[jeo4]

Gangs of New York

[chinton]

Ill go wtih The Aviator

Gangs Of New York is one of the most overrated films in decades. Very messy and muddled with lots of interesting storylines dissapearing and really dull ones like the chemistry free romance between Diaz and Decaprio wasting our time.

[blankpage]

Gangs, closely followed by No Direction Home.

[Sigur509]

Originally posted by screamer581
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

[Slim_JGE]

I went with Casino, although it's very close for me between Casino and Gangs of New York. The Aviator would be up there as well.

[Moviefan1234]

THE AVIATOR

[The FamilyJulas]

It was hard for me to choose between Casino, Gangs, and the Aviator, but i voted for the Aviator.

[The Young Son]

Casino.

Although Gangs of New York comes in a close second.

[Rocco84]

01. Gangs Of New York - ****/*****
02. The Age Of Innocence - ****/*****
03. Bringing Out The Dead - ****/*****
04. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan - ****/*****
05. The Aviator - ***1/2/*****
06. My Voyage To Italy - ***1/2/*****
07. Casino - ***/*****
08. Cape Fear - ***/*****
09. Kundon - ***/*****

[Gordon]

Gangs of New York might be the best if I could get over the gross miscasting of Leonardo DiCaprio.

So, Casino.

[Philip Marlowe]

Bringing Out The Dead and The Age of Innocence are in a constant state of changing positions. Jounrey was an excellent film as well. then Casino would follow.

[PSU80]

Gangs of New York, followed closely by Casino.

[dalomini]

Aviator, slightly over the insanely underrated Cape Fear.

[outsyder]

Casino is great, but I'm going with Gangs. It has more of a personal charm to me.

Oh and Daniel Day Lewis as Bill the Butcher.:)

[DareDevil]

Tough call, between Casino and Gangs. I'm suprised to see Cape Fear isn't getting any love, I LOVE that movie.

I also agree with someone above saying that Bringing out the Dead is underrated, I never understood why that movie doesn't have more of a following.

[Agent of God !]

CASINO.

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[bucket]

Casino

[JackassFan]

Gangs of New York

It's one of my favourite movies.

[Pulp_Joker]

The Age of Innocence

[Rick-James]

CASINO

CAPE FEAR

BRINGING OUT THE DEAD

GANGS OF NEW YORK

THE AVIATOR

I hope THE DEPARTED is as good as it looks.

[Shockwave]

Gangs of New York.

Leo was so miscast in that, but Day Lewis gave(to me) gave me one of my top 10 villians of all time. Bill The Butcher made that movie.

[RandalGraves]

My vote went to Gangs of New York...but after seeing The Departed, thats the new king!

[Jedi]

Bringing Out the Dead
One of the most underrated and overlooked films of the 90s.

[MGBrown]

Although I am not the biggest Scorsese fan and have not even seen all the films on the list, I'll go with Casino.

Gotta love DeNiro and Pesci.

[Suziecue]

Aviator

[MorganScorpion]

The Aviator

I loved Casino, and had a high opinion of Kundun, but The aviator blew me away. It's harrowing, I was riveted, and I never thought I'd be shedding tears for Howard Hughes.

[Bourne101]

The Departed

[athf1980]

The Departed as well