Best De Niro Film

[True_Blue]

Poll question: Best De Niro Film

[mac56]

1. I went with "Raging Bull" -

but probably would have voted for "The King Of Comedy" too.

[leftofthedial]

2. Ooops!

I meant the Deer Hunter.

[GOPisEvil]

3. Ack...

I think his best acting job was "Raging Bull". But, I think the best movie on that list (in total) is Godfather II.

[VermontDem2004]

4. I enjoyed Men of Honor

but I especially liked Casino

[VermontDem2004]

10. I am the only one here who picked casino

:evilfrown:

[FlashHarry]

5. He's TERRIBLE in 'Men of Honor.'

Bob is a great actor, but he does a lousy southern accent. See 'Cape Fear' for reference.

[VermontDem2004]

7. I thought He did good in the movie

It's on of my favorite movies of all time, but I guess I am definately in the minority here.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

6. I chose Goodfellas but

I only because I like that movie better than Taxi Driver or Raging Bull. I think his performances in the latter may have been better because he had more screen time vs. in Goodfellas he was part of an ensemble cast.

On edit, The Godfather II was amazing-he learned Italian for the role.

[Cocoa]

8. Heat

flame away, but I loved that movie, and I don't like mafia movies.

He was great in Wag the Dog too. :-)

[VermontDem2004]

9. I liked that movie too

I liked probaly about 7 other De Niro movies. But I didn't think Heat was one of the best movies he was in, he did excellent in the film though acting wise.

[mpsteve]

20. Val Kilmer with the pony tail, 3 piece suit and shades firing that AK-47

He looked freakin' cool as hell!!!

[helleborient]

11. Ok, I admit it's sacrilege...

And I voted for "Taxi Driver"...but I've quite enjoyed the comic turns in "Meet the Parents" and "Analyze This"

It's exceedingly difficult to do comedy with an otherwise phenomenal serious actor, but when De Niro or Jack Nicholson do comedy well - I thoroughly enjoy it.

[VermontDem2004]

12. Anaylyze this 1 and 2

were one of the funniest films I ever seen. Meet the Parents was good too. I also liked Midnight Run, I noticed it was one of the choices but disappeared.

[MiltonLeBerle]

13. Godfather II

It may not have been his best film- but it was the best film he was in.

[mpsteve]

14. You forgot, "Mean Streets."

[el_gato]

15. Mean Streets

doh! mpsteve beat me to it.

[VermontDem2004]

16. THere is the "Other" option

[el_gato]

17. Other?

I didn't see that one.
What year was it made?

[VermontDem2004]

19. Oh I don't know

:shrug:

[mpsteve]

25. It was on HBO (I think) last night!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

27. Harvey Keitel was great in Mean Streets too

that is one of my all time favorite movies. Scorcese really captures a bygone era and neighborhood.

[Kat45]

28. Yes, that's one of my all-time favorites as well.

It WAS my all-time favorite until "Goodfellas" came along.

[dwckabal]

18. I voted for The Deer Hunter

but I like Ronin the best of all his films (that and Taxi Driver)

[CMT]

21. King of Comedy is a masterpiece

not much seen when released but now considered a cult classic. DeNiro and Jerry Lewis and Sandra Bernhard are superb.

[Cooley Hurd]

26. Rupert Pupkin - the silly version of Travis Bickle

King of Comedy was a superb movie!

[a_random_joel]

22. Umm

Cape Fear?!

Not my favorite, but...

[beanball]

23. DeNiro "Godfather 2"

has there ever been a film with three great actors such as DeNire,pacino,andBrando?

[sujan]

24. definately Goodfellas

[Kat45]

29. That's a really tough question to answer.

He's had so many great performances AND he's been in so many great films, particularly the Scorsece films. "Goodfellas" is my favorite movie, but he was so good in "Taxi Driver" and "Raging Bull" and...can I vote for all of them? :-)

[mark0rama]

30. Yeah, the Scorsese-De Niro dynamic is incredible

Taxi Driver is disturbing as hell, but I couldn't stop myself from voting for it.

[catpower2000]

31. Raging Bull, and I bet money most of you who voted for Goodfellas...

did so because you've never seen Raging Bull.

Cat

[mitchum]

32. I think you're right

[Kat45]

33. Not me. I've seen every Scorcese movie;

He was great in Raging Bull, as he was in all the rest of them, but Goodfellas is my all-time favorite movie. But you might be right: a lot of the younger folks here may not have seen it.

[Arbustosux]

34. The Mission

One of my all time favorites

[44wax]

35. Meanstreets

His portrayal of the character reminded me of just most of these Goodfella types really are in life. Fucking hapless, tragic dorks.