Scorsese 2000s · Ranked
Best Scorsese Films of the 2000s, Ranked by IQ Score
The decade Scorsese finally won Best Director (for The Departed). Every 2000s Scorsese film, ranked.
The 2000s is the decade Scorsese finally won Best Director and Best Picture (The Departed, 2006). Gangs of New York (2002), The Aviator (2004), The Departed (2006), Shutter Island (2010) define the decade.
Anchor picks: The Departed, Scorsese's Best Picture / Best Director win. The Aviator, his most-disciplined biographical work. Gangs of New York, Daniel Day-Lewis's canonical Bill the Butcher performance.
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Questions about this ranking
What is the best Scorsese film of the 2000s?
By IQ Score on TV Intelligentsia, The Departed (2006, Best Picture) anchors the decade. The Aviator (2004) and Gangs of New York (2002) round out the canonical entries.
Why did Scorsese finally win Best Director in 2006?
Scorsese had been nominated for Best Director five times before The Departed (Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ, Goodfellas, Gangs of New York, The Aviator) without winning. The 2006 win for The Departed has been read as both genuine recognition of The Departed AND the Academy's belated acknowledgment that Scorsese had been one of the medium's canonical directors for 30+ years.
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