# Martin Scorsese’s 15 favourite gangster movies: “I hate it and I aslo love it”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/martin-scorseses-15-favourite-gangster-movies-i-hate-it-and-i-aslo-love-it/
- Published: 2026-11-06T12:07:35+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T12:24:10+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/martin-scorsese-15-favourite-gangster-movies/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Scorsese named 15 gangster films that shaped his view of crime on screen.
- He focused on films he saw before the 1970s.
- He says their human detail matters as much as their brutality.

## Summary

Martin Scorsese’s favourite gangster films helped shape how he portrayed crime, influencing the style and character-focused approach seen in his own work. He says the genre both repels and attracts him, and that its appeal lies in the humanity and everyday interactions behind the criminals’ brutality.

In a 2010 conversation, Scorsese named 15 films that affected his thinking about crime and its depiction on screen. He chose films he saw when young, stopping before the 1970s because he was considering early influences; he separately praised later works including *The Godfather* films, *The Long Good Friday* and *Sexy Beast*. Among the titles discussed in the article are *The Public Enemy*, which he credited with leading the way, and *Blood Money*, which he admired for its portrayal of urban politics and corruption.

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