Best/Worst: Robert De Niro

In honor of Robert De Niro’s seventh Oscar nomination, I thought it would be fun to take a closer look at the best and worst of his career.  So here it is… the Robert De Niro dynamic list!

1.      The Taxi Driver

De Niro will, more than likely, never be better than this.

2.     The Godfather Part II

3.     Jackie Brown

Most people don’t seem to like Jackie Brown.  I think it’s because it was the movie Quentin Tarantino made after Pulp Fiction and it just wasn’t Pulp Fiction enough.  Personally, I love this movie and I think De Niro is hilarious as the soft spoken pot smoking ex-con.

4.     Ronin

This is totally an underrated film!

5.     Sleepers

6.     The Deer Hunter

7.     Awakenings

8.    Goodfellas

9.     Meet the Parents

10.Wag the Dog

11.  Analyze This

12. Raging Bull

13. Casino

14. Heat

15. Cop Land

16. This Boy’s Life

De Niro’s first collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio.  Great movie.

17. Stanley & Iris

18.Cape Fear

19. Flawless

20.           Marvin’s Room

21. Brazil

22.            The Mission

23.            City by the Sea

24.            Midnight Run

25.            The Score

26.            Meet the Fockers

27.Great Expectations

28.           15 Minutes

29.            Guilty by Suspicion

30.           We’re No Angels

31. The Untouchables

32.            Mean Streets

33.            Backdraft

34.            Analyze That

35.            The King of Comedy

36.            Once Upon a Time in America

37.The Fan

38.           Men of Honor

39.            A Bronx Tale

40.           Showtime

41. New York, New York

42.            Little Fockers

By the time Little Focker can around, I think the franchise was played out.  And I think De Niro was just playing a caricature of his original character.

43.            Sharks Tale

44.            Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

45.            Machete

46.            The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle

47.Stardust

Oh man.  You MUST avoid Stardust!!!

Haven’t Seen

·         Three Rooms in Manhattan

·         Greetings

·         Sam’s Song

·         The Wedding Party

·         Bloody Mama

·         Hi, Mom!

·         Jennifer on My Mind

·         Born to Win

·         The Gang That Counldn’t Shoot Straight

·         Bang the Drum Slowly

·         1900

·         The Last Tycoon

·         True Confessions

·         Falling in Love

·         Angel Heart

·         Jackknife

·         Night and the City

·         Mistress

·         Mad Dog and Glory

·         A Hundred and one Nights

·         Godsend

·         The Bridge of San Luis

·         Hide and Seek

·         Arthur and the Invisibles

·         The Good Shepherd

·         Righteous Kill

·         What Just Happened

·         Everybody’s Fine

·         Stone

·         Manuale d’amore 3

·         Killer Elite

·         Limitless

·         New Year’s Eve

·         Being Flyn

·         Red lights

·         Freelancers

·         Silver Lining Playbook