Movies: 12 of Martin Scorsese's Favorite Movies

[Elvis P]

• Pearl (2022) A24. ...
• A Trip to the Moon (1902) Lobster Films. ...
• Vertigo (1958) Paramount Pictures. ...
• The Ten Commandments (1956) Paramount Pictures. ...
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Stanley Kubrick Productions. ...
• The Searchers (1956) Warner Bros. ...
• The Leopard (1963) ...
• Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
• The River - 1951
• 8 1/2 - 1963
• The Red Shoes - 1948
• Paisan - 1946

What do you think? @kihei

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[MVP of West Hollywd]

He seems to be a low key horror fan. It looks like he's really into Midsommar as well. He needs to work with Florence for sure.

 

[Behn Wilson]

Interesting list, outside of a few like The Searchers, Vertigo, and 2001 not really my cup of tea here.

I thought the 1902 was a typo, had no idea movies were out that

 

[frisco]

I can't remember when/where I read it, but I think Eyes Wide Shut was very high on his list. Surprised it wasn't listed. Maybe his top movie of the 1990's or something (?).

Martin Scorsese describes his love for Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Eyes Wide Shut’

Edit: Added link.

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[VMBM]

I think his choices stink! To me it seems that he mostly appreciates movies that he saw in his childhood or youth. Like, almost nothing from the 1970s and after, whaaat!?

Don't get me wrong, I love many old movies (e.g. The Treasure of Sierra Madre, Mutiny on the Bounty, The Third Man, Citizen Kane, A Night at the Opera, Gaslight...), but I don't think the pre-1970s was the golden age of cinema or anything like that. And BTW, The Searchers and Vertigo are among the most overrated films ever IMO! (Love Bernard Herrmann's soundtrack on the latter, though.)

 

[kihei]

• Pearl (2022) A24. ...
• A Trip to the Moon (1902) Lobster Films. ...
• Vertigo (1958) Paramount Pictures. ...
• The Ten Commandments (1956) Paramount Pictures. ...
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Stanley Kubrick Productions. ...
• The Searchers (1956) Warner Bros. ...
• The Leopard (1963) ...
• Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
• The River - 1951
• 8 1/2 - 1963
• The Red Shoes - 1948
• Paisan - 1946

What do you think? @kihei

Looks like something that suits his sensibility pretty well. Pearl is probably the biggest surprise.

 

[The Marquis]

Pearl is excellent! Saw that at the Music Box in Chicago. Perfect film for that sort of theater.

 

[The Marquis]

So three of these films are in my top 25. Another in my Top 50.

8 1/2, Pearl and 2001: A Space Odyssey are too 25 and Vertigo Is probably in my top 50. There are 4 films on this list I haven’t seen and now I’m frantically searching them up to watch this week.