100 Films Martin Scorsese Absolutely Loves

One of the names that have been iconic in the film world for so long is that of Martin Scorsese — so when thinking of what inspires him, it should surprise no one that there are many films out there he enjoys.

We’ve put together a nice, long list of some of Martin Scorsese’s favorite films — ones that he has admired and pointed out for how well-made they are. In fact, we’ve got a hundred of them to show you! Just read on and see for yourself.

100 Films Martin Scorsese Absolutely Loves

A Trip to the Moon (dir. George Méliès, 1902)

Hereditary (dir. Ari Aster, 2018)

Seven Samurai (dir. Akira Kurosawa, 1954)

Young Frankenstein (dir. Mel Brooks, 1974)

Fargo (dir. Joel Coen, 1996)

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (dir. Fritz Lang, 1956)

Laura (dir. Otto Preminger, 1944)

Pulp Fiction (dir. Quentin Tarantino, 1994)

The Great Train Robbery (dir. Edwin S. Porter, 1903)

The War of the Worlds (dir. Byron Haskin, 1953)

Logan’s Run (dir. Michael Anderson, 1976)

A House Divided (dir. Alice Guy-Blaché, 1913)

The Thing (dir. John Carpenter, 1982)

Billy the Kid (dir. King Vidor, 1930)

Psycho (dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)

Dracula (dir. Terence Fisher, 1958)

Of Mice and Men (dir. Lewis Milestone, 1939)

Boogie Nights (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997)

Citizen Kane (dir. Orson Welles, 1941)

Do the Right Thing (dir. Spike Lee, 1989)

The Maltese Falcon (dir. John Huston, 1941)

Blue Steel (dir. Kathryn Bigelow, 1990)

Nightmare Alley (dir. Edmund Goulding, 1947)

Nightmare Alley (dir. Guillermo del Toro, 2021)

The Day the Earth Stood Still (dir. Robert Wise, 1951)

2001: A Space Odyssey (dir. Stanley Kubrick, 1968)

Singin’ in the Rain (dir. Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, 1952)

The Ghost Writer (dir. Roman Polanski, 2010)

There Will Be Blood (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)

Dial M for Murder (dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)

Midsommar (dir. Ari Aster, 2019)

8 ½ (dir. Federico Fellini, 1963)

The Changeling (dir. Peter Medak, 1980)

L’Avventura (dir. Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960)

Moulin Rouge (dir. John Huston, 1952)

BlackKklansman (dir. Spike Lee, 2018)

Paisan (dir. Roberto Rossellini, 1946)

The Godfather (dir. Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)

La Strada (dir. Federico Fellini, 1954)

Taipei Story (dir. Edward Yang, 1985)

Apocalypse Now (dir. Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)

Rebel Without a Cause (dir. Nicholas Ray, 1955)

Night of the Living Dead (dir. George A. Romero, 1968)

Doppelganger (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2003)

Boys Don’t Cry (dir. Kimberly Peirce, 1999)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (dir. Don Seigel, 1956)

Parasite (dir. Bong Joon-Ho, 2019)

Cure (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1997)

The Curse of Frankenstein (dir. Terence Fisher, 1957)

Spider-Man (dir. Sam Raimi, 2002)

Dirty Harry (dir. Don Siegel, 1971)

Ben-Hur (dir. William Wyler, 1959)

The Exorcist (dir. William Friedkin, 1973)

The Third Man (dir. Carol Reed, 1949)

Malcolm X (dir. Spike Lee, 1992)

The Wicker Man (dir. Robin Hardy, 1973)

Full Metal Jacket (dir. Stanley Kubrick, 1987)

The 400 Blows (dir. François Truffaut, 1959)

Crocodile (dir. Kim Ki-Duk, 1996)

The Devil Rides Out (dir. Terence Fisher, 1968)

The Uninvited (dir. Lewis Allen, 1944)

Health (dir. Robert Altman, 1980)

Vampire Circus (dir. Robert Young, 1972)

Bottle Rocket (dir. Wes Anderson, 1996)

Murder on the Orient Express (dir. Sidney Lumet, 1974)

Jaws (dir. Steven Spielberg, 1975)

Tangerine (dir. Sean Baker, 2015)

Carrie (dir. Brian de Palma, 1976)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (dir. Steven Spielberg, 1977)

Unforgiven (dir. Clint Eastwood, 1992)

The Thin Red Line (dir. Terrence Malick, 1998)

Julius Caesar (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1953)

Archipelago (dir. Joanna Hogg, 2010)

Ikiru (dir. Akira Kurosawa, 1952)

Roman Holiday (dir. William Wyler, 1953)

A Star Is Born (dir. George Cukor, 1954)

Deconstructing Harry (dir. Woody Allen, 1997)

Mildred Pierce (dir. Michael Curtiz, 1945)

The Immigrant (dir. Charlie Chaplin, 1917)

Blade Runner (dir. Ridley Scott, 1982)

Enter the Void (dir. Gaspar Noé, 2009)

Sunset Blvd. (dir. Billy Wilder, 1950)

Eraserhead (dir. David Lynch, 1977)

Ichi the Killer (dir. Takashi Miike, 2001)

The Master (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012)

Blood Simple (dir. Joel Coen, 1984)

Nosferatu (dir. F.W. Murnau, 1922)

I Am Cuba (dir. Mikail Kalatozov, 1964)

Heat (dir. Michael Mann, 1995)

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (dir. Rex Ingram, 1921)

The Time Machine (dir. George Pál, 1960)

Halloween (dir. John Carpenter, 1978)

Mother! (dir. Darren Aronofsky, 2017)

Casablanca (dir. Michael Curtiz, 1942)

Through a Glass Darkly (dir. Ingmar Bergman, 1961)

M (dir. Fritz Lang, 1931)

Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope (dir. George Lucas, 1977)

Oldboy (dir. Park Chan-Wook, 2003)

Blood on the Moon (dir. Robert Wise, 1948)

Creatures the World Forgot (dir. Don Chaffey, 1971)

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (dir. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, 2015)

Day for Night (dir. François Truffaut, 1973)

Cabiria (dir. Giovanni Pastrone, 1914)

Scarface (dir. Brian de Palma, 1983)

Napoléon (dir. Abel Gance, 1927)

The Picture of Dorian Gray (dir. Albert Lewin, 1945)

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Whatever you take from this list, know that this long list consists of many films loved by Scorsese, all well worth watching!

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