Recognized as one of the greatest actors in the history of American cinema, Robert De Niro boasts an acclaimed and award-winning career.
The actor has worked with the most famous directors and has a long career full of cinema classics. Having said that, we have decided to list the 8 best films starring Robert De Niro.
Robert De Niro: the best films
The second part of one of cinema’s most acclaimed trilogies, “The Godfather 2” won 6 Oscars, including best film and best supporting actor for Robert De Niro.
The plot of the film follows two parallel stories, one of which is a prequel that tells the origin of the character of Vito Corleone, here played by De Niro in his younger version.
The Other Part continues the trajectory of Michael (Al Pacino), the new Don of the Corleone family. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, the cast also includes Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Morgana King, John Cazale, Mariana Hill and Lee Strasberg.
Robert De Niro is the protagonist of this biopic directed by Martin Scorsese, in the role of boxer Jake LaMotta. For his portrayal, De Niro won numerous awards, including the Oscar for best actor.
The plot reveals LaMotta’s tumultuous life, both in and out of the ring. The film chronicles his rise and fall in the world of boxing, along with his problems in his personal life, including anger management and jealousy issues. Joe Pesci is also in the cast.
Without a doubt, one of the most emblematic collaborations of Robert De Niro’s career is the one with director Martin Scorsese. One of the most popular films of this collaboration is the influential “Taxi Driver”.
De Niro is Travis Bickle, a Vietnam veteran who, suffering from insomnia, finds refuge as a taxi driver in a decadent New York. Unable to connect with people, he descends into alienation and disorder, fueled by his negative perceptions of society during his taxi rides around the city.
The cast also includes Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Leonard Harris and Albert Brooks.
Based on the novel “The Hoods” by Harry Grey, “Once Upon a Time in America” is a crime film directed by master Sergio Leone.
The film stars two great actors of American cinema: Robert De Niro and James Woods.
The plot follows the friendship of the characters played by the two, Noodles (De Niro) and Max (Woods), who grew up together in a New York ghetto and are leaders of a group of Jewish criminals who over the years become important gangsters.
Always present in the lists of the best films in the history of cinema, “The Sniper” is directed by Michael Cimino. Robert De Niro stars in the production alongside a strong cast: Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken, John Savage, John Cazale and George Dzundza.
The film received 9 Oscar nominations and won 5, including Best Film and Best Director for Cimino. De Niro received a nomination for best actor, but this time he did not win the statuette.
The plot focuses on three metalworker friends from an industrial town in Pennsylvania who decide to join the army to fight in the Vietnam War. The film follows the destruction of their lives due to the horrors of war.
Directed by the famous Michael Mann, the classic crime film “Fire Against Fire” stars two Hollywood legends: Robert De Niro, who plays a professional criminal, and Al Pacino, who plays a police detective.
The film revolves around the characters played by the stars, who, despite being on opposite sides of the law and fighting a magnetic and breathtaking duel, are more similar than anyone else.
Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd, Wes Studi, Jon Voight, Ted Levine, Dennis Haysbert and Danny Trejo round out the cast.
De Niro stars alongside Uma Thurman and Bill Murray in this little-known film that mixes comedy, crime and romance. The film is directed by John McNaughton.
In the film, De Niro plays a shy forensic photographer who ends up inadvertently saving the life of a mafia boss (Murray). In gratitude, the criminal offers a “gift” to a bartender (Thurman) as the police officer’s “special companion” for a week.
The boy accepts this absurd form of gratitude, but ends up falling in love with the girl and will face problems after the gift expires.
One of the most interesting and underrated films in Quentin Tarantino’s filmography, “Jackie Brown” is an adaptation of the novel “Rum Punch” by Elmore Leonard. The film references and pays homage to 1970s blaxploitation films.
The film stars Pam Grier, who plays the character that gives the film its name, a flight attendant who smuggles money at the behest of a drug dealer played by Samuel L. Jackson.
De Niro stands out by playing a somewhat clumsy criminal with few words. The cast also includes Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda and Michael Keaton.
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