Robert De Niro · Filmography Ranked
Best Robert De Niro Films, Ranked by IQ Score
Five decades of the most-canonical American screen actor. Every De Niro film, ranked by IQ Score.
Robert De Niro's filmography is the most-canonical American screen-acting catalog of the post-1970 era. Two Oscars (Best Supporting for The Godfather Part II in 1974, Best Actor for Raging Bull in 1980). His Scorsese collaborations (Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Casino, The Irishman, Cape Fear, The King of Comedy, New York New York, Bringing Out the Dead) define one of the medium's most-canonical actor-director partnerships.
Anchor picks: Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990), The Godfather Part II (1974). Plus The Deer Hunter (1978), Heat (1995), Casino (1995), The Irishman (2019).
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