Martin Scorsese: ‘I’m Always Sort of Against’ Lists of 10 Best Movies

A lot of articles exist on the internet listing the movies Martin Scorsese considers to be the best films of all time, but he’s not actually in favor of such rankings.

Speaking to Time magazine for a video interview (see below), the “Taxi Driver” and “The Departed” icon said he is generally against top 10 best lists.“I’ve tried to make lists over the years of films I personally feel are my favorites, whatever that means,” Scorsese said.

“And then you find out that the word ‘favorite’ has different levels: Films that have impressed you the most, as opposed to films you just like to keep watching, as opposed to those you keep watching and learning from, or experiencing anew.

So, they’re varied.

And I’m always sort of against ’10 best’ lists.”Scorsese gathered his favorite films into a list as recently as last December, when he participated…

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