Ranking Scorsese

In honor of The Departed’s success, I’ve decided to rank Martin Scorsese’s movies from best to worst. This is by no means comprehensive; I limited myself to his full-length dramatic works (which regrettably excludes The Last Waltz), of which there are 20. I’ve seen 16 of them. The four I have not seen are: New York, New York; Boxcar Bertha; Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore; and Who’s That Knocking On My Door? Because any ranking of “best” is inherently subjective, I’ve looked at this exercise as more of a question of which movies I like best than a question of which movies are best-made.