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Martin Scorsese

A ratified position in the TVI Canon means the filmography clears the methodology bar across the full corpus, not on a single film. The score below is the mean across every scored work.

Films Scored
29
Mean TVI Score
156.3
Masterclass
16 / 29
Top Film
Killers of the Flower Moon
185

Martin Scorsese is a ratified director in the TVI Canon. Mean TVI Score across the 29 scored films in the catalog is 156.3. The strongest work is Killers of the Flower Moon (185), The Wolf of Wall Street (180), and The Irishman (174).

Of 29 scored films, 16 clear the Masterclass threshold of 160. The corpus is uneven by design, with the peaks defining the canon position and the lower-scored work showing the cost of working at scale.

Why You Should Trust This

TVI Canon ratification is a two-step process. Directors enter the candidate pool via the published rubric (mean TVI Score across their full scored filmography). Ratification requires individual sign-off against the canon-selection criteria locked at methodology v1.2: durability of impact, breadth of corpus, multi-decade cultural register, and rubric-tier consistency. The Canon is not a popularity ranking. It is the credibility surface naming whose filmographies the methodology stakes its catalog on.

Every film below was scored against the same three-dimensional rubric (Cognitive Stimulation 40 percent, Educational Value 35 percent, Craft and Quality 25 percent). Score citations are public on every title page. The methodology is independent of any studio, distributor, or platform.

Reviewed by Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH · Founder, TV Intelligentsia · No studio money
The Filmography

Every Martin Scorsese film, ranked by TVI Score

29 scored films · sorted descending
  1. 01
    Killers of the Flower Moon
    Masterclass
    185
  2. 02
    The Wolf of Wall Street
    Masterclass
    180
  3. 03
    The Irishman
    Masterclass
    174
  4. 04
    Raging Bull
    Masterclass
    172
  5. 05
    No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
    Masterclass
    166
  6. 06
    The Last Temptation of Christ
    Masterclass
    165
  7. 07
    The King of Comedy
    Masterclass
    164
  8. 08
    Kundun
    Masterclass
    164
  9. 09
    Goodfellas
    Masterclass
    163
  10. 10
    The Age of Innocence
    Masterclass
    163
  11. 11
    Silence
    Masterclass
    163
  12. 12
    Mean Streets
    Masterclass
    162
  13. 13
    Casino
    Masterclass
    161
  14. 14
    Gangs of New York
    Masterclass
    160
  15. 15
    The Aviator
    Masterclass
    160
  16. 16
    Hugo
    Masterclass
    160
  17. 17
    Taxi Driver
    Stimulating
    158
  18. 18
    George Harrison: Living in the Material World
    Stimulating
    156
  19. 19
    Shutter Island
    Stimulating
    153
  20. 20
    Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
    Stimulating
    153
  21. 21
    The Color of Money
    Stimulating
    149
  22. 22
    Bringing Out the Dead
    Stimulating
    149
  23. 23
    After Hours
    Stimulating
    149
  24. 24
    The Last Waltz
    Stimulating
    146
  25. 25
    Cape Fear
    Stimulating
    145
  26. 26
    Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
    Stimulating
    144
  27. 27
    New York, New York
    Stimulating
    133
  28. 28
    Who's That Knocking at My Door
    Competent
    126
  29. 29
    Boxcar Bertha
    Competent
    111

Ratification source: jordan-review-31-70. Last verified: 2026-05-26. The TVI Canon is a living document. New scoring batches may shift mean IQ; new ratifications may add directors; rare deratifications happen only with structural changes to the rubric. See the full TVI Canon index for all ratified directors.

Disclaimer: TVI Score is a content rating, not a measurement of a filmmaker's intelligence. The Canon is a curatorial position about whose filmographies have earned the trust of the methodology.

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