Now that the lists of the most important films in history are starting to appear everywhere – that of the magazine Sight&Sound we posted it on Saturday-, there is a character linked to the world of cinema who has his favorites.

is Martin Scorsese, the director of many of the titles that were in that poll of 1,639 critics from around the world. I was Taxi driverI was Good guys…

But the director of The Wolf of Wall Street has its own list. It’s not 100. It’s 53.

Scorsese was also a tireless man for film preservation and discovery, helping to restore many titles through his Film Foundation and the World Cinema Project. He has also talked extensively about his favorite films in his documentaries. A personal journey with Martin Scorsese through American films (providing many films in a row, in this compilation he made indiewire), my trip to Italy Y letter to elijah.

Scorsese’s knowledge of film history also permeates his cinema. Note how Joe Pesci’s Tommy DeVito shot the camera at the end of Good guys is a nod to the final shot of The Great Train Robberyand even The Wolf of Wall Streetwith its mixture of depravity and moralism, it seems influenced by his love for Cecil B. DeMille.

it is even Hugh: a historical fiction adaptation anchored in Georges Méliès’ important turn-of-the-century silent short film A Trip to the Moon.

What will be the future of Scorsese? Based on David Grann’s 2017 non-fiction book of the same name, The flower moon killerswith Leonardo DiCaprio, expected for the Argentine autumn of 2023, after its probable world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.

The list

Below is an incomplete collection of 53 of Scorsese’s favorite movies, listed in no particular order. It has been compiled from years of interviews with the director, as well as clear cinematic references from Scorsese’s filmography.

trip to the moon (2002), by Georges Melies, Pearl (2022), by Ti West, Heaven judge her (1945), by John M. Stahl, contract killer (1958) by Irving Lerner Ten Commandments (1956), by Cecil B. DeMille, duel in the sun (1946), by King Vidor, I slept with a ghost (1943), by Jacques Tourneur, east of heaven (1955), by Elia Kazan, e The fall of the Roman Empire (1964) by Anthony Mann.

He also showed devotion to Insult (1950), by Ida Lupino, God knows how much I loved (1958), by Vincente Minnelli, mid summer (2019), by Ari Aster, Yeleen (1987), by Souleymane Cissé, archipelago (2010) by Joanna Hogg Falling stars (1927), by Anthony Asquith and A. V. Bramble, fragments of a woman (2020), by Kornél Mundruczó, 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), by Stanley Kubrick, e 8 1/2 (1963), by Federico Fellini.

as for ashes and diamonds (1958), by Andrzej Wajda, The devil’s intermediary (1980) by Peter Medak. The chess players (1977) by Satyajit Ray. The citizen (1941) by Orson Welles contempt (1963), by Jean-Luc Godard, as the night dies (1945), by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer and Basil Dearden, and several horror films, such as The body (1982), by Sidney J. Furie, e The exorcist (1973) by William Friedkin.

as with Haunted house (1963) by Robert Wise Satanic possession (1961) by Jack Clayton the isle of the dead (1945) by Mark Robson Passionate Woman (Johnny Guitar)1954, by Nicholas Ray, KKKlansman (2018), by Spike Lee, The Atalanta (1934), by Jean Vigo, The adventure (1960), by Michelangelo Antonioni, the leopard (1963), by Luchino Visconti, e The life and death of Colonel Blimp (1943), by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

Also listed Lunar dawn (1948) by Frank Borzage rendezvous with the devil (1957), another on Jacques Tourneur’s list, impenetrable face (1961) by Marlon Brando country (1946), by Roberto Rossellini, Psychosis (1960) by Alfred Hitchcock rebel for no reason (1955) by Nicholas Ray the red slippers (1948), another by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, e sacred river (1951), by Jean Renoir.

The last 10 are Salvatore Giuliano (1962), by Francesco Rosi, more heart than hate (1956) by John Ford The glow (1980), yet another by Stanley Kubrick, Touki Bouki (1973), by Djibril Diop Mambety, Ugetsu, tales of the pale moon after the rain (1953) by Kenji Mizoguchi The mandate of another world (1944) by Lewis Allen Vertigo (1958) by Alfred Hitchcock Woman is the future of man (2004) by Hong Sang Soo. Diary of a country priest (1951), by Robert Bresson, e Gunslingers at sunset (1962) by Sam Peckinpah.

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