The Best Martin Scorsese Movies Ranked And Where to Watch them

If you're looking for the best Martin Scorsese movies of all time then here is a definitive list. We rank every movie directed by Martin Scorsese based on their popularity score from IMDB from best to worst. Click on the ‘see more’ button to find out where to watch them in Australia covering all streaming services. In October 2025 there are 16 films in this list.

List of the Best Movies Directed by Martin Scorsese In Order of Popularity

  1. Goodfellas
  2. The Departed
  3. Casino
  4. Raging Bull
  5. The Last Waltz
  6. The Irishman
  7. The King of Comedy
  8. Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
  9. Hugo
  10. Cape Fear
  11. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
  12. Silence
  13. The Age of Innocence
  14. Mean Streets
  15. The Color of Money
  16. Bringing Out the Dead

Stream the top 16 Movies directed by Martin Scorsese

1. Goodfellas

Rated: R

8.7/10

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

2. The Departed

Rated: R

8.5/10

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

3. Casino

Rated: R

8.2/10

In early-1970s Las Vegas, low-level mobster Sam "Ace" Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he's a great success in the job, but over the years, problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro, his ex-hustler wife Ginger, her con-artist ex Lester Diamond and a handful of corrupt politicians put Sam in ever-increasing danger.

4. Raging Bull

Rated: R

8.1/10

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.

5. The Last Waltz

Rated: PG

8.1/10

Martin Scorsese's documentary intertwines footage from "The Band's" incredible farewell tour with probing backstage interviews and featured performances by Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, and other rock legends.

6. The Irishman

Rated: R

7.8/10

Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.

7. The King of Comedy

Rated: PG

7.8/10

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.

8. Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

Rated: M

7.6/10

Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, this film captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan performed during the fall of that year.

9. Hugo

Rated: PG

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.

10. Cape Fear

Rated: R

7.3/10

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

11. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Rated: M

7.3/10

After her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes to make a new life for herself as a singer. Money problems force them to settle in Arizona instead, where Alice takes a job as waitress in a small diner.

12. Silence

Rated: R

7.2/10

Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.

13. The Age of Innocence

Rated: PG

7.2/10

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.

14. Mean Streets

Rated: R

7.2/10

A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.

15. The Color of Money

Rated: M

7/10

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.

16. Bringing Out the Dead

Rated: R18+

6.8/10

Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce 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.