# Martin Scorsese filmography
The **Martin Scorsese filmography** is the body of films and television works directed, produced, written, or acted in by the American filmmaker Martin Scorsese (born 1942), whose directing credits run from the independent feature *Who's That Knocking at My Door* in the late 1960s through *Killers of the Flower Moon* in 2023. He has worked as director, producer, screenwriter, editor, actor, and film historian, and the [American Film Institute](https://www.edgepedia.org/american-film-institute)'s catalog lists 62 titles in his filmography across those roles.[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/108079) • [2](https://www.afi.com/laa/martin-scorsese/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Directorial debut | *Who's That Knocking at My Door*, developed as a short and filmed on and off for four years, with fluid camera movements, a pulsating soundtrack, and visceral violence that became his trademarks[3](https://www.tcm.com/articles/featured-directors/243637/martin-scorsese-profile) |
| First major prize | Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival for *Taxi Driver*[4](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/martin-scorsese/) |
| Career honors | AFI Life Achievement Award, 1997; Cannes Best Director for *After Hours* (1986); Prix Roberto Rossellini (1990, ex aequo)[2](https://www.afi.com/laa/martin-scorsese/) • [4](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/martin-scorsese/) |
| Directing awards in the US | His first Best Director Oscar and first Directors Guild Award came for *The Departed* (2006), on his sixth Oscar nomination and seventh DGA nomination[5](https://www.dga.org/craft/dgaq/issues/0704-winter-2007-2008/dga-interview-martin-scorsese) |
| Longtime collaborator | Editor Thelma Schoonmaker has worked with him for more than half a century[6](https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2024/06/28/thelma-schoonmaker-raconte-le-cinema-de-michael-powell-et-emeric-pressburger_6245107_3246.html) |
| Recent feature | *Killers of the Flower Moon* (2023), director and co-writer, screened Out of Competition at Cannes[7](https://www.fandango.com/people/martin-scorsese-601832/film-credits) • [4](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/martin-scorsese/) |
| In production | *What Happens at Night*, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, began principal photography on March 19, 2026 in the Czech Republic[8](https://filmcommission.gov.cz/en/apple-original-films-what-happens-at-night-from-martin-scorsese-starring-leonardo-dicaprio-and-jennifer-lawrence-begins-principal-photography/) |
## Early films and the 1970s breakthrough
Scorsese studied film at New York University in the 1960s, and his early projects showed a facility with film technique and a preoccupation with loyalty, violence, religion, and crime drawn from his upbringing in New York's Little Italy.[2](https://www.afi.com/laa/martin-scorsese/) His first feature, *Who's That Knocking at My Door*, starring [Harvey Keitel](https://www.edgepedia.org/harvey-keitel), was followed by *Boxcar Bertha* (1972), made for producer [Roger Corman](https://www.edgepedia.org/roger-corman).[3](https://www.tcm.com/articles/featured-directors/243637/martin-scorsese-profile) • [9](https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/film-and-television-biographies/martin-scorsese) After seeing the rough cut, fellow director [John Cassavetes](https://www.edgepedia.org/john-cassavetes) told Scorsese his next film should be more personal, and the result was *Mean Streets* (1973), a tale of urban sin and guilt that marked his arrival as an important cinematic voice.[10](https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/director-martin-scorsese/)
The rest of the decade produced *Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore* (1974), *Taxi Driver* (1976), *New York, New York* (1977), and the concert film *The Last Waltz* (1978), all listed as directing credits in the AFI catalog.[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/108079) *Taxi Driver* won the [Palme d'Or](https://www.edgepedia.org/palme-dor) at Cannes in 1976.[4](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/martin-scorsese/) The AFI catalog also credits him as assistant director on *Woodstock* (1970), where he worked alongside editor [Thelma Schoonmaker](https://www.edgepedia.org/thelma-schoonmaker).[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/108079)
## The 1980s and 1990s
**A turbulent stretch.** *Raging Bull* (1980), his portrait of boxer [Jake LaMotta](https://www.edgepedia.org/jake-lamotta), eschews chronology and assembles episodes of the character's life like jigsaw pieces.[11](https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/martin-scorsese) *The King of Comedy* (1982) and *After Hours* (1985) followed; the British film journal *Sight and Sound* described both as comedies of frustration, noting that his characteristic camera movements had come to seem like circles in a void.[12](https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/scorsese-has-become-a-threnodist-of-frustration-after-hours-reviewed-1986) He then directed *The Color of Money* (1986) and *The Last Temptation of Christ* (1988), the latter provoking protests from religious groups over a dream scene in which Jesus forsakes the cross.[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/108079) • [10](https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/director-martin-scorsese/) At Cannes, *After Hours* won him the Award for Best Director in 1986.[4](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/martin-scorsese/)
The 1990s opened with *Goodfellas* (1990), then ran through *Cape Fear* (1991), *The Age of Innocence* (1993), *Casino* (1995), and *[Kundun](https://www.edgepedia.org/kundun)* (1997).[4](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/martin-scorsese/) Critics were somewhat disappointed by *Casino* on its November 22, 1995 release, though the Rotten Tomatoes retrospective notes that it has aged well, balancing its account of Las Vegas history with performances from [Robert De Niro](https://www.edgepedia.org/robert-de-niro), Joe Pesci, and [Sharon Stone](https://www.edgepedia.org/sharon-stone).[10](https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/director-martin-scorsese/)
## Later features and the DiCaprio collaboration
In 2002 he directed *Gangs of New York*, followed by *The Aviator* (2004) and *The Departed* (2006), for which he received his first Best Director Oscar and his first Directors Guild Award.[4](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/martin-scorsese/) • [5](https://www.dga.org/craft/dgaq/issues/0704-winter-2007-2008/dga-interview-martin-scorsese) Fandango's credit list records a run of features with [Leonardo DiCaprio](https://www.edgepedia.org/leonardo-dicaprio): *The Wolf of Wall Street* (2013, director), *Hugo* (2011, director and producer), and *Silence* (2016, director, producer, and screenwriter).[7](https://www.fandango.com/people/martin-scorsese-601832/film-credits) *Killers of the Flower Moon* (2023), for which Fandango credits him as director and Cannes as director and screenwriter, was followed by a 13th DGA nomination; he had previously won the guild's award for *The Departed* and for the series *Boardwalk Empire*.[7](https://www.fandango.com/people/martin-scorsese-601832/film-credits) • [13](https://apnews.com/article/7e3224ffe7047bf0a4e33b27fe94cf8a)
His next feature is *What Happens at Night* for Apple Original Films, starring and produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and [Jennifer Lawrence](https://www.edgepedia.org/jennifer-lawrence); principal photography began in March 2026 in the Czech Republic with support from the Czech Audiovisual Fund.[8](https://filmcommission.gov.cz/en/apple-original-films-what-happens-at-night-from-martin-scorsese-starring-leonardo-dicaprio-and-jennifer-lawrence-begins-principal-photography/)
## Documentaries and film-history work
Documentaries form a substantial parallel branch of the filmography. They include *The Last Waltz* (1978), *A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies* (1995), *My Voyage to Italy* (1999), and *No Direction Home: Bob Dylan* (2005), the last three appearing on Cannes' records of his work.[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/108079) • [4](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/martin-scorsese/) In 2019 he directed *Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese*, a hybrid that mixes 1975 tour footage with staged, fictional interviews.[7](https://www.fandango.com/people/martin-scorsese-601832/film-credits) • [14](https://time.com/5604841/bob-dylan-martin-scorsese-rolling-thunder-revue-true-story/)
Television has been a recurring arena. He served as director and executive producer on the series *Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues*, structured in part to protect directors' creative control.[15](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118585344.ch10) *Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints* (2024) is an eight-part docudrama about eight Catholic saints for Fox Nation, with the remaining episodes released in 2025.[16](https://apnews.com/article/df1b10e984c32c96a8eb0d0515b1d7c1)
## Producing and championing other filmmakers
Scorsese's producer and executive-producer credits cover a wide range of independent features, including *The Souvenir* (2019) and *The Souvenir: Part II* (2021), *Uncut Gems* (2019), *The Card Counter* (2021), *The Eternal Daughter* (2022), and *Die My Love* (2025).[7](https://www.fandango.com/people/martin-scorsese-601832/film-credits) • [17](https://www.metacritic.com/person/martin-scorsese/) Metacritic's person page lists dozens of such credits in the 2020s alone, alongside acting appearances such as his role as Isaiah in *In the Hand of Dante* (2025) and a voice role as Hugo Durant in *The Mandalorian and Grogu* (2026).[17](https://www.metacritic.com/person/martin-scorsese/)
Film preservation and advocacy run alongside this work. The American Film Institute describes him as a director, producer, editor, writer, actor, historian, movie buff, film preservationist, and champion of artists' rights, and awarded him its Life Achievement Award in 1997.[2](https://www.afi.com/laa/martin-scorsese/) His VHS archive, spanning the 1980s through the 2000s, contains more than 4,400 distinct titles, which he used in pre-production to study films unavailable on home video.[18](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/25/martin-scorsese-vhs-video-collection-archive) In June 2026, he joined [Black Forest Labs](https://www.edgepedia.org/black-forest-labs) as an adviser and discussed using its FLUX generative-AI technology to develop visual storyboards for film production.[11](https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/martin-scorsese)
## Themes and technique across the filmography
Commentators trace recurring subjects through the credits: organized crime, male insecurity, spiritual and moral uncertainty, and guilt and redemption informed by Catholicism.[10](https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/director-martin-scorsese/) • [19](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/the-thrilling-stories-behind-martin-scorseses-life-and-career/) A 2025 critical assessment in *The Daily Beast* argues that, whatever the genre, his films from *Taxi Driver* and *Raging Bull* to *The Wolf of Wall Street* return to male resentment, self-loathing, doubt, and loneliness.[19](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/the-thrilling-stories-behind-martin-scorseses-life-and-career/) On technique, analyses of his directing style cite long takes, camera movement linked to emotion, energetic editing with Schoonmaker, montages paired with voiceover, and the composition of scenes to music.[20](https://www.openculture.com/2019/12/how-martin-scorsese-directs-a-movie.html)
His life and work have themselves become documentary subjects. [Rebecca Miller](https://www.edgepedia.org/rebecca-miller)'s five-part Apple TV series *Mr. Scorsese*, released October 17, 2025, draws on 20 hours of interviews with the director over five years and conversations with collaborators including Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Thelma Schoonmaker, and [Paul Schrader](https://www.edgepedia.org/paul-schrader); Miller says the series discusses 32 of his films.[21](https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/originals/mr-scorsese/) • [22](https://apnews.com/article/5ef4e480330a810079bb38de2968adca)
## References
1. [Martin Scorsese, AFI Catalog](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/108079)
2. [Martin Scorsese, American Film Institute Life Achievement Award profile](https://www.afi.com/laa/martin-scorsese/)
3. [Martin Scorsese, TCM featured director profile](https://www.tcm.com/articles/featured-directors/243637/martin-scorsese-profile)
4. [Martin SCORSESE, Festival de Cannes](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/martin-scorsese/)
5. [Talking Pictures: DGA interview with Martin Scorsese, DGA Quarterly Winter 2007/2008](https://www.dga.org/craft/dgaq/issues/0704-winter-2007-2008/dga-interview-martin-scorsese)
6. [Thelma Schoonmaker raconte le cinéma de Michael Powell et Emeric Pressburger, Le Monde (2024)](https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2024/06/28/thelma-schoonmaker-raconte-le-cinema-de-michael-powell-et-emeric-pressburger_6245107_3246.html)
7. [Martin Scorsese Filmography and Movies, Fandango](https://www.fandango.com/people/martin-scorsese-601832/film-credits)
8. [Apple Original Films' "What Happens at Night" begins principal photography, Czech Film Commission (March 2026)](https://filmcommission.gov.cz/en/apple-original-films-what-happens-at-night-from-martin-scorsese-starring-leonardo-dicaprio-and-jennifer-lawrence-begins-principal-photography/)
9. [Scorsese, Martin, Encyclopedia.com](https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/film-and-television-biographies/martin-scorsese)
10. [The Works of Director Martin Scorsese, Rotten Tomatoes editorial](https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/director-martin-scorsese/)
11. [Martin Scorsese, Biography, EBSCO Research Starters](https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/martin-scorsese)
12. ["Scorsese has become the threnodist of frustration": After Hours reviewed in 1986, Sight and Sound, BFI](https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/scorsese-has-become-a-threnodist-of-frustration-after-hours-reviewed-1986)
13. [Directors Guild nominates Greta Gerwig, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, AP News (2024)](https://apnews.com/article/7e3224ffe7047bf0a4e33b27fe94cf8a)
14. [Breaking Down the Truths and Myths of Rolling Thunder Revue, Time (2019)](https://time.com/5604841/bob-dylan-martin-scorsese-rolling-thunder-revue-true-story/)
15. [Issues of Race, Ethnicity, and Television Authorship in Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues and Boardwalk Empire, Wiley](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118585344.ch10)
16. [Martin Scorsese on 'The Saints,' faith in filmmaking and what his next movie might be, AP News (2024)](https://apnews.com/article/df1b10e984c32c96a8eb0d0515b1d7c1)
17. [Martin Scorsese, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/person/martin-scorsese/)
18. [Scorsese's secret life as an obsessive VHS archivist, The Guardian (2024)](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/25/martin-scorsese-vhs-video-collection-archive)
19. [Making of the Greatest: The Thrilling Stories Behind Martin Scorsese's Life and Career, The Daily Beast (2025)](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/the-thrilling-stories-behind-martin-scorseses-life-and-career/)
20. [How Martin Scorsese Directs a Movie, Open Culture (2019)](https://www.openculture.com/2019/12/how-martin-scorsese-directs-a-movie.html)
21. [Mr. Scorsese, Apple TV Press](https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/originals/mr-scorsese/)
22. [In 'Mr. Scorsese,' fitting a filmmaking titan into the frame, AP News (2025)](https://apnews.com/article/5ef4e480330a810079bb38de2968adca)
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