#1 De Niro (11 titles)
List of Robert De Niro best performances.
83.4% from 3 members
Raging Bull
Best movie performance ever. He ages with the character, looks the part and can be convincingly violent without overacting.
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Raging Bull
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci
Director: Martin Scorsese
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With RAGING BULL, Martin Scorsese's personal approach to filmmaking is taken to a whole new level. Shooting in a crisp black and white, Scorsese tells the story of middleweight boxer Jake La Motta, played with incredible intensity by Robert De Niro, in an Oscar-winning performance. As La Motta ..read more »
72%
from 29,419 members
Once Upon A Time In America
Just like Raging Bull- ages with the character, doesn't overact- its a performance you can relate to.
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Once Upon A Time In America
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern
Director: Sergio Leone
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Two boyhood friends grow up to become the kingpins of a prohibition-era criminal empire until their own greed and ambition cause their downfall. Based on Larry Grey's novel, "The Hoods."
73%
from 19,793 members
The Deer Hunter
Christopher Walken had the better performance, but there's no arguement that De Niro was unforgettable as the protagonist.THIS IS THIS.
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The Deer Hunter
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage
Director: Michael Cimino
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This epic look at the Vietnam War and its effects told through the lives of a tight knit group of friends from a Pennsylvania town was Michael Cimino's second film and established him in the pantheon of American directors. Complex and emotionally raw performances from Robert De Niro and Meryl ..read more »
73%
from 28,190 members
Goodfellas
Hail the coolest movie gangster ever.
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Goodfellas
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Based on Nicholas Pileggi's book "Wiseguy", Martin Scorsese's GOODFELLAS is a wry, violent, and exhilarating film about the life of Henry Hill, an aspiring criminal who ends up in the FBI's witness protection program after testifying against his former partners. As a poor Irish-Italian growing up ..read more »
80%
from 62,946 members
Taxi Driver
His most iconic role, YOU TALKIN TO ME, insipired 1000s of other performances, especially Edward Norton career.
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Taxi Driver
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Martin Scorsese's intense film, a hallmark of 1970s filmmaking, graphically depicts the tragic consequences of urban alienation when a New York City taxi driver goes on a murderous rampage against the pitiable denizens inhabiting the city's underbelly. For psychotic, pistol-packing Vietnam vet ..read more »
72%
from 43,965 members
Heat
Slick and intense, incredible. I DO WHAT I DO BEST- I take scores YOU DO WHAT YOU DO BEST- stoping guys like me.
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Heat
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Tom Sizemore
Director: Michael Mann
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Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are finally together on screen in this riveting story about an intense rivalry between expert thief Neil McCauley (De Niro) and volatile cop Vincent Hanna (Pacino). McCauley will stop at nothing to do what he does best and neither will Hanna, even though it means ..read more »
74%
from 39,022 members
The Godfather Part 2
I thought he played it much better than Marlon Brando, he was more realistic, as Brando was more stagy.
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The Godfather Part 2
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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A sequel continuing the saga of two generations of power within the Corleone family. Based on a novel by Mario Puzo.
80%
from 43,911 members
A Bronx Tale
One of his gentle performance and his best, a struggling father trying to stop his son mixing with the streetwyse- thugs and gangsters.
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A Bronx Tale
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Chazz Palminteri, Francis Capra
Director: Robert De Niro
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In his directorial debut, two-time Academy Award-Winner Robert De Niro stars as Lorenzo Anello, a hard-working bus driver, who must stand up to the local mob boss if he is to keep his son from falling into a life of crime. The streets of the Bronx are a tough place for a kid to grow up, you ..read more »
72%
from 5,450 members
Casino
Another great performance with Joe Pesci.
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Casino
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci
Director: Martin Scorsese
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The story of a Jewish front man for the Las Vegas Mob and his wife who jinxes the operation. Based on the real-life story of Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal and Tony 'The Ant' Spilotro.
74%
from 32,624 members
Cape Fear
One of those amazing over the top preformances like Jack Nicholsons joker- not a strong performance but very menacing ang unforgetable.
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Cape Fear
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Martin Scorsese's remake of J. Lee Thompson's 1962 film is a stylish, taut thriller. Public defender Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) served as the attorney for brutal rapist Max Cady (Robert De Niro) at his arraignment. Shocked by the violence of Cady's crime, Sam duplicitously withheld information ..read more »
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from 14,860 members
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