Highest rated as cast or director
GoodFellas
1990
The Departed
2006
Taxi Driver
1976
The Irishman
2019
Raging Bull
1980
The Last Waltz
1978
Biography
Martin Charles Scorsese (/skɔːrˈsɛsi/ skor-SESS-ee, Italian: [skorˈseːze, -se]; born November 17, 1942) is an American filmmaker. One of the major figures of the New Hollywood era, he has received many accolades, including an Academy Award, four BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. He has been honoured with the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1997, the Film Society of Lincoln Center tribute in 1998, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2007, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2010, and the BAFTA Fellowship in 2012. Four of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". Scorsese received a Master of Arts degree from New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development in 1968. His directorial debut, Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967), was accepted into the Chicago Film Festival. In the 1970s and 1980s, Scorsese's films, much influenced by his Italian-American background and upbringing in New York City, centred on macho-posturing men and explored crime, machismo, nihilism and Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption. His trademark styles of extensive use of slow motion and freeze frames, voice-over narration, graphic depictions of extreme violence and liberal use of profanity were first shown in Mean Streets (1973). Scorsese won the Palme d'Or at Cannes with Taxi Driver (1976), which starred Robert De Niro as a disturbed Vietnam Veteran. De Niro became associated with Scorsese through eight more films, including New York, New York (1977), Raging Bull (1980), The King of Comedy (1982), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995) and The Irishman (2019). In the following decades, he garnered box office success with a series of collaborations with Leonardo DiCaprio, including Gangs of New York (2002), The Aviator (2004), The Departed (2006), Shutter Island (2010), and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). He worked with both De Niro and DiCaprio on Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). He also directed After Hours (1985), The Color of Money (1986), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), The Age of Innocence (1993), Kundun (1997), Hugo (2011), and Silence (2016). On television, he has directed episodes for the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014) and Vinyl (2016), as well as the HBO documentary Public Speaking (2010) and the Netflix docu-series Pretend It's a City (2021). He has also directed several rock documentaries, including The Last Waltz (1978), No Direction Home (2005), and Shine a Light (2008). He has explored film history in the documentaries A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies(1995) and My Voyage to Italy (1999). An advocate for film preservation and restoration, he has founded three nonprofit organisations: The Film Foundation in 1990, the World Cinema Foundation in 2007 and the African Film Heritage Project in 2017.
Directed 66
2020s
- 2026
Aldeas: A New Story
Director
- 2023
- 2022
Personality Crisis: One Night Only
Director
- 2021
- 2020
Martin Scorsese's Quarantine Short Film
Director
Scorsese Shorts
Director
2010s
- 2019
- 2016
- 2015
The Audition
Director
- 2014
The 50 Year Argument
Director
- 2013
- 2011
Public Speaking
Director
- 2010
A Letter to Elia
Director
2000s
- 2008
Shine a Light
Director
- 2006
- 2005
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Director
- 2004
Lady by the Sea: The Statue of Liberty
Director
- 2003
Feel Like Going Home
Director
The Blues
Director
- 2002
- 2001
The Concert for New York City
Director
1990s
- 1999
My Voyage to Italy
Director
- 1997
- 1995
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
Director
Michael Jackson Video Greatest Hits: HIStory
Director
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
Director
- 1993
- 1991
The King of Ads
Director
- 1990
Made in Milan
Director
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ
Director
- 1986
- 1985
- 1982
- 1980
1970s
- 1978
- 1977
- 1976
- 1974
- 1973
- 1972
- 1970
Street Scenes 1970
Director
Woodstock
Assistant Director
1960s
- 1968
- 1967
- 1964
- 1963
1950s
- 1959
Vesuvius VI
Director
No release date
Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson
Director
A Life of Jesus
Director
Produced 102
2020s
- 2026
Trees are Watching
Executive Producer
One More Time
Executive Producer
The Basics of Philosophy
Executive Producer
Aldeas: A New Story
Producer
- 2025
Outrider
Executive Producer
Pet Shop Days
Executive Producer
- 2024
Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints
Executive Producer
Escape
Producer
- 2023
- 2022
Personality Crisis: One Night Only
Producer
Dreaming Walls
Executive Producer
Eric Clapton - Nothing But The Blues
Producer
- 2021
Evolution
Executive Producer
Building a Bridge
Executive Producer
- 2020
Martin Scorsese's Quarantine Short Film
Producer
2010s
- 2019
Tomorrow
Executive Producer
- 2018
- 2017
The Elephant and the Butterfly
Executive Producer
Abundant Acreage Available
Executive Producer
Young Lions of Gypsy
Executive Producer
Long Strange Trip
Executive Producer
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
The Third Side of the River
Executive Producer
- 2013
Peter Gabriel: Live in Athens 1987
Executive Producer
- 2011
Surviving Progress
Executive Producer
Public Speaking
Producer
- 2010
A Letter to Elia
Producer
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies
Producer
- 2007
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
Producer
- 2006
The Way I Spent the End of the World
Associate Producer
- 2004
Brides
Executive Producer
Frankenstein
Executive Producer
Lightning in a Bottle
Executive Producer
Lady by the Sea: The Statue of Liberty
Producer
- 2003
The Blues
Executive Producer
- 2002
- 2001
Rain
Executive Producer
- 2000
1990s
- 1998
- 1997
Kicked in the Head
Executive Producer
- 1996
Grace of My Heart
Executive Producer
- 1995
Search and Destroy
Executive Producer
- 1993
Naked in New York
Executive Producer
- 1991
Peter Gabriel - POV
Executive Producer
- 1990
1970s
- 1971
Medicine Ball Caravan
Associate Producer
- 1970
Street Scenes 1970
Production Supervisor
1960s
- 1967
- 1964
Smiles
Production Assistant
No release date
The Memory Police
Executive Producer
King Leopold’s Ghost
Producer
Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson
Executive Producer
Vinyl (2016)
Executive Producer
Acted in 46
2020s
- 2026
The Last Fellini
Movie
The Basics of Philosophy
Movie
Cinematic Intelligence
Martin Scorsese (Footage)
- 2025
- 2023
2010s
- 2015
The Audition
Martin Scorsese
Campus Code
Doctor
- 2013
- 2011
2000s
- 2008
The World of John Ford
Movie
- 2006
- 2005
Michael Powell
Movie
Club Oscar
Sykes (voice)
- 2004
- 2002
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
With Friends Like These
Martin Scorsese
- 1995
Search and Destroy
The Accountant
- 1994
- 1993
- 1991
- 1990
Made in Milan
Movie
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
- 1986
'Round Midnight
Goodley
- 1985
- 1983
Anna Pavlova
Gatti-Casazza
- 1982
- 1980
In the Pope's Eye
Direttore Tv
Il resto del Pap'occhio
Direttore Tv
1970s
- 1978
- 1976
- 1974
- 1973
- 1972
Wrote 20
2020s
- 2023
- 2020
Martin Scorsese's Quarantine Short Film
Writer
2010s
- 2016
2000s
- 2004
Lady by the Sea: The Statue of Liberty
Screenplay
- 2001
The Concert for New York City
Writer
1990s
- 1999
My Voyage to Italy
Writer
- 1995
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
Writer
- 1993
- 1990
1980s
- 1980
1970s
- 1973
1960s
- 1969
- 1968
- 1967
- 1964
- 1963
1950s
- 1959
Vesuvius VI
Writer
No release date
A Life of Jesus
Writer
Edited 8
1970s
- 1973
- 1972
- 1971
Medicine Ball Caravan
Editor
- 1970
Woodstock
Editor
1960s
- 1967
1950s
- 1959
Vesuvius VI
Editor
Other crew 4
1990s
- 1999
Smiling Fish & Goat On Fire
Presenter, Thanks
1970s
- 1970
Street Scenes 1970
Post Production Supervisor
1950s
- 1959
Vesuvius VI
Cinematography
Camera 2
2020s
- 2020
Martin Scorsese's Quarantine Short Film
Camera Operator, Director of Photography
1960s
- 1963
Inesita
Director of Photography
Created 2
2010s
- 2016
2000s
- 2003
The Blues
Creator
Sound 1
1970s
- 1971
Minnie and Moskowitz
Sound Effects Editor
Appearances267
2020s
- 2026
Robert Richardson: The White Devil
Self
Stanley's Shadow
Self (Archival Footage)
As Far Back As I Can Remember... The Story of Goodfellas
Self (archive footage)
Joie de vivre
Self
Aldeas: A New Story
Self
WahZhaZhe: A Song for the Osage
Self
The Lady and The Legend
Self
- 2025
Oliver Stone: The Outsider
Self - director
From Darkness to Light
Self
- 2024
Jesus Goes to Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Conversation avec Martin Scorsese, en notes et en images
Self
Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints
Self - Narrator · 7 episodes
Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film
Self (archive footage)
Martin Scorsese, the Italian-American Master
Self (archive) - subject, filmmaker
- 2023
Kiarostami at Work
Self
- 2022
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
Self
The Souvenir: Reality / Fiction / Confusion / Inspiration
self
Fragments of Paradise
Self
Eric Clapton - Nothing But The Blues
Self
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
Self
- 2021
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams
Self
El Planeta
Self (uncredited)
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self · 9 episodes
Morceaux de Cannes
Self (archive footage)
Leonardo DiCaprio: Most Wanted!
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 2020
Making 'The Irishman'
Self
30 Years of the Film Foundation: Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster in Conversation
Self
The Oratorio
Self - Narrator
GoodFellas: Behind Closed Doors
Self (Archive Footage)
Martin Scorsese's Quarantine Short Film
Self
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Self
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Self
Martin Scorsese on Framing
Self
Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star
Self
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
Self
Andrzej Wajda: My Inspirations
Self
Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories
Self
- 2016
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Self - Filmmaker
Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A
Self
Cinema Futures
Self
- 2015
Martin Scorsese Par Martin Scorsese
Self
Behind the White Glasses
Self
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Self
The Third Man: A Filmmaker's Influence
Self
French Cinema Mon Amour
Self
This Is Orson Welles
Self
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
Self
- 2014
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
Self
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
Self (archive footage)
Martin Scorsese on the Films of Roberto Rossellini
Self
The Wolf Pack
Self
- 2013
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
Self
Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies
Self - Participant · 2 episodes
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
Milius
Self
John Ford & Monument Valley
Self
Abbas Kiarostami: A Report
Self (archive footage)
- 2012
Casting By
Self
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
Self
The Race for Colour
Self
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
Self
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès
Self
The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo'
Self
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
Self
Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime
Self
- 2011
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
Kurosawa's Way
Self
Public Speaking
Self (uncredited)
Marty on Film
Self
Marty and Bobby
Self
Raging Bull: Marty & Bobby
Self
- 2010
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
Self
A Letter to Elia
Self - Narrator
The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile
Self
… But Film Is My Mistress
Self
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self – Interviewee
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Self
2000s
- 2009
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
Self
Images from the Playground
Self
American Prince
Self
- 2008
Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
Self
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Self
O Retorno do Dragão
Self
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
Self
Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro
Self
Saul Bass: Title Champ
Self
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
Self
Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies
Self
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self
Shine a Light
Self (uncredited)
Mardik: From Baghdad to Hollywood
Self
Milagrez
Self
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
Self
- 2007
365 Day Project
Self
Cannes: All Access
Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Self
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
Self
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
Narrator (voice)
Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Martin Scorsese On Taxi Driver
Self
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Self
Making Casino
Self
Brando
Self
Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed'
Self
Crossing Criminal Cultures
Self
- 2006
A Beautiful Vacation
Self
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
Self
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
Self
Edge of Outside
Self
François Girard en trois actes
Self
The Searchers: An Appreciation
Self
The Real Goodfella
Self
- 2005
Martin Scorsese - The Emotion Through The Music
Self
Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero
Self
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Self (voice) (uncredited)
Casino: The Story
Self
Raging Bull: Inside the Ring
Self
Raging Bull: Before the Fight
Self
Raging Bull: Outside the Ring
Self
Raging Bull: After the Fight
Self
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
Self
The 'New York, New York' Stories
Self
Beer and Blood: Enemies of the Public
Self
The Roaring Twenties: The World Moves On
Self
The Eye of the Beholder
Self
- 2004
Scorsese on Scorsese
Self
The Workaday Gangster
Self (archive footage)
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Self
Tanner on Tanner
Self · 1 episode
Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours
Self - Director (voice)
Getting Made: The Making of GoodFellas
Self
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
Self
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic
Self - Interviewee
Lightning in a Bottle
Self (uncredited)
Lady by the Sea: The Statue of Liberty
Self - Host / Narrator
- 2003
Biography: Humphrey Bogart
Self - Director
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Self
Feel Like Going Home
Self
The Blues
Self · 1 episode
Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York
Self
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
Self
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
The John Garfield Story
Self
- 2002
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
Self
Forever Ealing
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'
Self (archival)
Revisiting 'The Last Waltz'
Self
The Magic of Fellini
Self
- 2001
The Concert for New York City
Self (The Neighborhood)
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Self
Roberto Rossellini: Fragments and Jokes
Self
Painting with Light
Self
- 2000
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
1990s
- 1999
A Conversation with Gregory Peck
Self
My Voyage to Italy
Self - Host
Making 'Taxi Driver'
Self
- 1998
In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese
Self
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
Self
- 1997
A Conversation with Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola
Self
Obsessed with Vertigo
Self
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self
Scene by Scene
Self · 1 episode
- 1996
E! True Hollywood Story
Self · 1 episode
The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera
Self
- 1995
More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'
Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
Robbie Robertson: Going Home
Self
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
Self - Filmmaker / Host · 3 episodes
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Self
- 1994
Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 episode
Hi Octane
Self · 1 episode
Sandra Bernhard: Confessions of a Pretty Lady
Self
I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited
Self - Interviewee
Jonas in the Desert
Self
- 1993
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
Self
Gershwin
Self
- 1992
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann
Self
Martin a Little...
himself
- 1990
Making of 'Dreams'
Self
The Scorsese Machine
Self
Martin Scorsese Directs
Self
1980s
- 1989
First Works
Self
- 1988
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ
Self
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
Self
- 1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Self - Film Director
Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg
Self
- 1986
Before Midnight
Self (archive footage)
1970s
- 1979
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Self
- 1978
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
Self
- 1977
The Hollywood Greats
Self · 1 episode
- 1975
Lost in the Garden of the World
Self
- 1974
- 1973
Martin Scorsese: Back on the Block
Self
- 1971
Directed by John Ford
Self (2006)
- 1970
Street Scenes 1970
Self
1950s
- 1953
- 1952
Thanked in the credits12
2020s
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
2010s
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2011
The Extraordinary Voyage
Thanks
2000s
- 2007
Crossing Criminal Cultures
Thanks
1990s
- 1999
1980s
- 1988
Haunted
Thanks
Not Just Any Flower
Thanks