Martin Scorsese's favorite 90's films

The story of the film is as simple and elemental as the lives of the people it depicts: a man is ostracized from his tribe for stealing horses, his living conditions become so severe that his son dies, he repents and is accepted back into the fold, and he's forced to steal horses again to keep his second child alive. - Martin Scorsese

The film has a deliberately loose structure, and the story is told through multiple voiceovers and points of view... The Thin Red Line works very differently from most films. As you watch it you wonder: What is narrative in movies? Is it everything, and if so, is there only one way to handle it? ... If Malick had just done a straightforward narrative, could he ever have achieved the kind of poetry he does here, or made a film where you really come to see the world as a primeval place? I don't think so. - Martin Scorsese

The camera remains still, it lives with the characters, and it observes their most difficult emotional interactions with a restraint that often becomes painful. This is a movie that forces you to re-think how you view movies. If you go with it, if it clicks for you, the results are very rewarding. - Martin Scorsese

I think a lot of people were looking at "Eyes Wide Shut " from the wrong angle - it's not to be taken literally. It's Manhattan as you'd experience it in a dream, where everything feels familiar but very strange. And I think "Eyes Wide Shut" is a profound film about love, sex, and trust in a marriage, about learning to take things day by day, and either accepting or ignoring whatever unpleasant truths come along. It's also a film I cherish because it puts you in the authoritative hands of an old master, with a style that flies in the face of every modern convention. - Martin Scorsese

...starring my old friend and collaborator Harvey Keitel. He's always taken risks as an actor, and in the '90s, in this film in particular, he really reached his prime. - Martin Scorsese

...a genuinely spiritual movie that asks what is love and what is compassion. - Martin Scorsese

I love the people in this film, who are genuinely innocent, more than even they know. - Martin Scorsese

Genuinely erotic, but also profoundly disturbing, beautifully controlled, and completely unconventional. - Martin Scorsese

I loved the picture, especially... the wonderful interrogation scene and the wonderful performances by everybody in the picture, Macy and McDormand. And particularly Macy's kind of passive-aggressive character. I liked the whole picture, because it's sort of a, it's a comedy of manners.. and there's also that wonderful scene with this Asian-American guy. Everyone else seems to be holding back their emotions and this guy completely disintegrates. - Martin Scorsese

... a biography of one of our most daring political leaders. - Martin Scorsese

...a thrilling crime drama by one of the finest filmmakers in America, with a brilliantly cold, minimal look and great performances by Bob DeNiro and Al Pacino. - Martin Scorsese