WRITTEN BY SHAURYA THAKUR
10. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) Hilarious and heartbreaking, it stars Ellen Burstyn as the strong-willed single mother who dreams of becoming a singer.
9. Boxcar Bertha (1972) This depression era movie is Scorsese developing his craft while working on someone else's material.
8. Kundun (1997) Scorsese draws an impressionistic portrait of a young boy who grows up as one of the most important messengers of world peace.
7. New York, New York (1977) Robert De Niro and Liza Minnelli star as an aspiring saxophonist and a singer, struggling to keep their relationship alive while aspiring for professional greatness.
6. The Age Of Innocence (1993) Daniel Day-Lewis stars as Newland Archer caught between the loves of his fiance Mary Welland (Winona Ryder) and her divorced cousin Ellen Olsenka (Michelle Pfeiffer).
5. The Color Of Money (1986) Paul Newman's pool hustler takes Tom Cruise's character under his wing. Scorsese's direction captures the excitement and loneliness of life on the road.
4. New York Stories (1989) Scorsese's headlining segment 'Life Lessons' with Nick Nolte and Rosanna Arquette is the best thing about this anthology.
3. Cape Fear (1991) Robert De Nero's vengeful sinner Max Cady goes after the prosecutor who sent him to prison. De Niro's Cady tears everyone apart in a fascinating game of hunter and prey.
2. Silence (2016) Martin Scorsese's passion project stars Adam Driver and Andrew Garfield as Jesuit priests who face violence and persecution when trying to propagate Christianity in Japan.
1. After Hours (1985) 'After Hours' is a bleak comedy with a protagonist who's always in peril. He never finds any breathing room in a grimy New York crafted by Scorsese's brilliant understanding of the city.