The 35 Best Robert De Niro Movies You Must Watch

American networks contributed the most in terms of entertainment. Hence most people are inclined towards American movies whenever they want to have a gala time. One very great and enchanting actor, producer, and director of America, Robert De Niro, has done some remarkable and terrific work in the movies industry of America.

So, if you are bored of watching meaningless and repeated content and want to switch onto some worth watching, then Robert De Niro’s movies should be your first priority. Here providing you some of the best Robert de Niro movies for your continuous supply of entertainment.

1. Mean Streets

Director: Martin Scorsese.
Writers: Mardik Martin, Martin Scorsese.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval, Richard Romanus, Amy Robinson, Cesare Danova.
IMDb Rating: 7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 96%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video, Netflix.

Mean Streets follows the life of an Italian American guy, Charlie, who lives in New York. He cares a big deal for his friend, Johnny Boy.

Despite the fact that Johnny Boy is a self-destructive man, and he owes big financial capital to many loan lenders, Charlie remains a complete devotee towards making Johnny a better person. Additionally, Charlie is in love with Johnny’s sister, Teresa.

The film depicts how Johnny’s bad deeds and his bad attitude towards everyone he owes money to affect Charlie’s life, who is trying his best to control situations.

Later, Charlie decides to leave the city with Johnny and Teresa, but they couldn’t accomplish their plan because the loan sharks were trying to get Johnny, which led to a big accident when the three of them were heading out of the city. The story of Mean Streets has a mysterious end that will make you curious to watch this movie.

2. The Irishman

Director: Martin Scorsese.
Authors: Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, Steven Zaillian, Al Pacino, Charles Brandt, Harvey Keitel, Ray Romano, Steven Van Zandt, Sebastian Maniscalco, Robbie Robertson, Marin Ireland, Bo Dieti, Jim Norton, Garry Pastore, Jonathan Morris, Kate Arrington, Action Bronson, Matt Walton, David Aaron Baker, Frank L. Messina, Stephen Mailer, Joseph Oliveira, Larry Romano, Doris McCarthy, Claudette Lali.
Starring: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Ray Romano, Joe Pesci, Anna Paquin, Ray Romano, Harvey Keitel, Stephen Graham.
IMDb Rating: 7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 95%
Streaming Platform: Netflix.

The Irishman is a crime drama film that follows a truck driver named Frank Sheeran. Frank Sheeran also used to work for a gangster, Skinny Razor, who belongs to a family with a criminal background. Later, the story of The Irishman somehow gets caught in a stealing case, but a lawyer rescued him.

However, some big turns were arriving his way as sooner he gets involved with a big criminal, Russell Bufalino.

Then he started to work from place to place and became as good as a professional shooter. After many ups and downs and a series of betrayals, he decided to work as a hitman in World War ii. This film, The Irish man depicts how a truck driver became a criminal and in turn became a veteran in war. This movie depicts one of the best Robert De Niro s performances.

3. Once Upon a Time in America

Director: Sergio Leone.
Writers: Sergio Leone, Franco Ferrini, Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Ernesto Gastaldi, Enrico Medioli, Franco Arcalli.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Elizabeth McGovern, James Woods, Burt Young, Joe Pesci, Treat Williams, Tuesday Weld.
IMDb Rating: 8.4/ 10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 87%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video, Netflix.

Once Upon a Time in America crime drama movie that follows the story of a gang of 5 criminals, namely, Max, Noodles, Cockeye, and Dominic.

The main protagonist of the story is David “Noodles” Aaronson. All 5 of them used to work for a local criminal, Bugsy. Later, with the help of a reliable friend of them, Moe Gelly, a fat man, they decided to make a new gang which involves only those 5, free of any boss.

The turning of events causes Bugsy to kill Max. Noodles decide to take revenge and kill Bugsy, but Noodles get caught by police.

Sooner he was released from jail, but all these incidents in his life and his ruined love life with the girl he loved, cause him to walk on a self-destructive path. In Once Upon a Time in America film, De Niro plays David “Noodles” Aaronson.

4. The King of Comedy

Director: Martin Scorsese
Writer: Paul D. Zimmerman.
Starring: Robert D. Niro, Sandra Bernhard, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott.
IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 89%
Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video.

The King of Comedy is a fascinating story that follows a true die heart fan of Jerry Langford, Rupert Pupkin. In the film, The King of Comedy, Jerry Langford is a successful comedian who is at the peak of this career, but Rupert Pupkin is still an emerging stand-up comedian who is trying to set up his career.

He asked Jerry for a spot for him in Jerry Langford’s show, which can be his big break. After many refusals he received from Jerry, his obsession leads him to kidnap Jerry and ask for a spot forcefully.

He took help from a girl named Rita, who is also obsessed with Jerry Langford. After kidnapping him, they both get their deeds done, and somehow, Jerry Langford managed to rescue himself.

Meanwhile, Rupert’s show was well received by the audience, and later, he handover himself to the police. The King of Comedy is regarded as one of the best Robert De Niro movies, and if you want to see some original content, then The King of Comedy is a must-watch for you.

5. Taxi Driver

Director: Martin Scorsese.
Writer: Paul Schrader.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Albert Brooks, Jodie Foster, Peter Boyle, Leonard Harris, Harvey Keitel, Cybill Shepherd.
IMDb Rating: 8.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 96%
Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video.

Taxi Driver is a crime mystery drama film with a hint of psychological thrill. Taxi Driver story follows a night shift taxi driver named Travis Bickle. Travis Bickle is facing a condition called chronic insomnia. He used to go to porn theaters frequently.

Travis finds himself attracted to a girl named Betsy. He asked her out for dates, but before starting something exciting and serious, he screwed the bond between him and Betsy.

Later, he finds himself unhappy with the prostitution he has watched in New York City. He decides to convince a child prostitute he usually came across with to leave this work and move back to her family.

With the turn of situations, he came across Palantine because of whom he thinks his relationship with Betsy was ruined, and he tries to kill Palatine. The movie depicts how he became a heroic figure in the end while he struggles for self-discovery.

6. GoodFellas

Director: Martin Scorsese.
Writers: Martin Scorsese, Nicholas Pileggi.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Paul Sorvino, Ray Liotta, Lorraine Bracco.
IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 96%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video, Google Play (paid).

The story of Good Fellas is based on a book by Nicholas Pileggi. The story follows the life of a criminal named Henry Hill and his associates.

He lived in New York City and used to work for a local criminal named Paulie. The movie depicts how choosing a criminal path in life leads to self-destruction and destroys all the bonds in his life, whether it is a professional cum friendship with Paulie and his associate Jimmy Conway, or with his wife, Karen Friedman, who marries him despite disapproval from her parents.

Despite being a married man, he gets involved with his mistress Janice without Karen’s permission, which ruins their married life. And later, his murder and drug dealing cases add the worst to the situation when he was sentenced to ten years imprisonment. Robert De Niro was cast as James Conway in this movie.

7. Raging Bull (1980)

Director: Martin Scorsese.
Writers: Paul Schrader, Mardik Martin.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty.
IMDb Rating: 8.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 93%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Hulu.

Raging Bull is a sports drama movie that follows an Italian American named Jake LaMotta. In this film, De Niro plays Jake LaMotta. The story of Raging Bull depicts Boxer Jake LaMotta, who is a champion and is a married man and is very close to his brother.

But sooner he finds himself attracted towards a girl named Vickie, and he starts to date her despite the fact that he is married.

Gradually with time, he faced many peaks and valleys in his professional life and later got married to Vickie, but due to his doubtful nature, he also used to doubt the loyalty of Vickie in their marriage.

With his rage and self-destructive nature, Jake La Motta ruined his professional and personal life, not even with his beloved brother, as he thinks that his brother might have a love affair with his wife. Raging Bull is one of the movies of Robert De Niro because of which he got nominated and won the Academy Award for best actor.

8. The Godfather Part II

Director: Francis Ford, Coppola.
Writers: Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo.
Starring: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Morgana King, Talia Shire, Mariana Hill, Lee Strasberg, John Cazale.
IMDb Rating: 9/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 98%
Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube (rent or buy), Google Play (Paid).

The Godfather Part II is a crime drama film with one of the best De Niro’s performances in it. This movie follows the life story of the Corleone crime family. The film shows the stories of two men, Michael Corleone and Vito Corleone.

Because of their criminal background, they had to face a lot of rivalries and a series of betrayals that caused many misfortunes in the professional and personal life of Michael Corleone.

On the other hand, Vito Corleone gets caught inside the chain of criminal life despite the fact that he doesn’t want to follow this business. To see what destiny has written in their lives, one must watch the movie as it is worth watching.

The Godfather Part is one of the movies of Robert De Niro because of which he got nominated and won the Academy Award for best actor. So, if you want to see some of the rare original De Niro performance, you can count on this movie.

9. Heat

Director: Michael Mann.
Writer: Michael Mann.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Tom Sizemore, Ashley Judd, Amy Brenneman, Dianne Venora, Wes Studi, Jon Voight, Ted Levine, Mykelti Williamson, Val Kilmer.
IMDb Rating: 8.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 87%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video.

Heat is a crime drama film that follows a man from Los Angeles named Neil McCauley, who runs a gang of robbers. They majorly rob big financial capital. Because McCauley is elderly, so he is soon going to retire. But he wanted to make prominently big robbery one more time. But his rival police officer, Vincent Hannah, attempted to stop him and his associates.

Both of them have an ignited spark of competition between each other, and both of them are struggling to maintain their personal lives in a better manner. The movie depicts how they both are similar to a person but are opposite to each other at a professional level. The story shows ups and downs in their lives caused by their professions.

10. The Deer Hunter

Director: Michael Cimino.
Writers: Deric Washburn, Quinn K. Redeker.
Starring: Robert De Niro, John Savage, John Cazale, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep.
IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 93%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video, Hulu.

The Deer Hunter is a movie that follows a group of three co-workers cum best friends from Pennsylvania. The three friends Nick Chevotarevich, Michael Vronsky, and Steven Pushkov, used to work together in a steel firm, and they loved hunting. With their sharp sights and sportsman spirit, all three of them get selected to fight a battle in Vietnam. They fight commendably in the battle.

Despite this, they get caught by Vietcong, where their friendship was challenged, and with the turning of events against them, they get separated. The Deer Hunter is an epic war drama film that shows true workmanship and devotion to work, which makes it worth watching.

11. Meet the Parents

Director: Jay Roach.
Writers: John Hamburg, Jim Herzfeld.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Blythe Danner, James Rebhorn, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Teri Polo, Jon Abrahams.
IMDb Rating: 7/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 84%
Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video.

Meet the Parents is a comedy-drama film. The movie follows the story of a guy named Greg Focker who attempted to visit his girlfriend’s parents. Greg Focker worked as a nurse and was intended to propose to his girlfriend for marriage.

Pam, his girlfriend, was staying at her parent’s house for a weekend when Greg decides to propose to her and meet her family as Pam’s father, Jack Byrnes, was strict and wanted to examine the guy before he decides on him as his son-in-law.

But with the series of hilarious events when he arrives at their house, unintentionally, he created a mess, and it turned out to be his nightmare. The film depicts how he managed to solve the mess he created in a hilarious way. Meet the Parents is regarded as one of the best comedy movies, and it can surely make you laugh into tears. Jack Byrnes was played by Robert De Niro in this movie.

12. Casino

Director: Martin Scorsese.
Writers: Martin Scorsese, Nicholas Pileggi.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Kevin Pollak, James Woods, Sharon Stone, Don Rickles.
IMDb Rating: 8.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 80%
Streaming Platform: YouTube (paid), Google Play (paid), Amazon Prime Video.

Casino is a crime drama film with Robert De Niro as the main protagonist. The story follows the city, which is famous for its glamour and casinos, Las Vegas, and a mobster, Sam Ace Rothstein, who just moved to the city in order to make a prominent move in the casino industries.

He, along with his one and only best friend, Nicky Santoro. They figured out the involvement of mobbing industries in the casino. With their keen interest and sharp moves, they found huge success, but with money, and oblivious rivalry came in the form of a Mafia man, which gradually disturbs Ace’s professional and personal life.

13. Cape Fear (1991)

Director: Martin Scorsese.
Writers: James R. Webb.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange, Joe Don Baker, Nick Nolte, Juliette Lewis, Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck.
IMDb Rating: 7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 75%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video.

Cape Fear is a thriller movie with a hint of psychological drama. The movie follows the life events of a psychopathic criminal, Max Cady, who serves in prison for 14 years.

He behaved really nice in the jail and was very shy, but actually, he was planning to take revenge on his lawyer as he believes that it’s because of his lawyer that had been put behind bars.

But the actual reason was his bad deeds that he was a rapist and assaulted a teenage girl. After he was released, he starts to execute his plan for taking revenge on the lawyer. Cape Fear depicts his plotting and attempts to take revenge, which eventually causes him to walk on a self-destructive path.

14. A Bronx Tale

Director: Robert De Niro.
Writer: Chazz Palminteri.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Chazz Palminteri.
IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 97%
Streaming Platform: Sling TV, Amazon Prime Video.

A Bronx Tale is a crime drama film. The movie follows the life of a child named Calogero Anello, who lives in Bronx, New York, with his father, who is a mobster, Lorenzo. Aware of the fact that the mobster’s life is pretty precarious, Lorenzo tries his best to keep his son away from all this and wants to make him an honest man. But unaware of the fact that his son is fond of a local gangster whom he met on the street.

Lorenzo couldn’t manage to accomplish his goal as a father. The gangster Sonny loved Calogero and used to teach him about mobbing and stuff.

Somehow, because of being close with that gangster, he tends to get away from his family. The story depicts how one wrong decision changed Calogero’s life forever.

15. The Untouchables

Director: Brian De Palma.
Writers: David Mamet, Oscar Fraley, Brian De Palma
Starring: Robert De Niro, Kevin Coster, Charles Martin Smith, Sean Connery, Andy Garcia.
IMDb Rating: 7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 82%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video, Jio Cinema, Hulu.

The Untouchables is a crime drama film that follows the life of a mobster from Chicago named Al Capone. In this film, De Niro plays Al Capone. Being a sharp and skilled mobster, he always manages to rescue himself from the police’s hands.

Sooner, an honest officer decides to take him in his custody but fails badly with his every attempt. However, with his great determination, he makes a good team of the elite officer who is not as corrupt as the local police of that area. They decided to make strategies to catch him.

The story depicts how they attempted to catch Al Capone and tried to overcome the obstacles he caused in their way.

16. Silver Linings Playbook

Director: David O. Russell.
Writers: Matthew Quick.
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Jennifer Lawrence, Anupam Kher, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker.
IMDb Rating: 7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 92%
Streaming Platform: YouTube (paid), Google Play (paid), Amazon Prime Video.

Silver Linings Playbook is a story of a man named Pat sr or Pat Solantano. He thinks he is a failure in life as he lost his job as a teacher, and he is on bad terms with his family, including his wife.

The story of Silver Linings Playbook depicts how he tries to patch things up with his family and his wife after a long period of separation. But things are not always the way we expect.

Later, Pat sr encounters a strange girl, Tiffany, who is also struggling in his life, and she makes a deal with him that she will help him to patch things up with his wife only if he returns a big favor to her. Eventually, both of them realize an unexpected bond between them, which makes things more worst.

17. New York, New York

Director: Martin Scorsese.
Writers: Mardik Martin, Earl Mac
Starring: Robert De Niro, Liza Minnelli.
IMDb Rating: 6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 63%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video.

New York, New York is a love story film with a hint of musical drama that follows two musicians, Jimmy Doyle, a saxophone player, and Francine Evans, a lounge singer. Eventually, they encountered each other, and they both realize a strong both can form between them.

Since that time, their relationship starts to grow, and with time, they fall in love with each other. But both of them are career enthusiast and wanted to achieve the top. The movie depicts how both of them struggle in their professional lives, along with maintaining their love life.

18. Wag the Dog

Director: Barry Levinson.
Writers: Hilary Henkin, David Mamet.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Denis Leary, Andrea Martin, Anne Heche, Willie Nelson, Woody Harrelson, Willian H. Macy, Kristen Dunst.
IMDb Rating: 7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 85%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video.

Wag the Dog is a comedy-drama film that follows the story of the president of the United States. The movie depicts that the president screwed up his reputation as a politician because of his sex offense, which got viral shortly before the elections, 14 days to be precise. Upon the advice of his advisor, he created a false war that will take the heat from the president.

They planned the war with the help of a Hollywood producer so that the president will be showing as solving the war, which can enhance his chances to get re-elect. Wag the Dog is a very funny and fascinated movie that will make you laugh till your stomach aches. Robert De Niro s performance as Conrad Brean, who is the protagonist is commendable in this movie.

19. American Hustle

Director: David O. Russell.
Writers: Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Bradly Cooper, Michael Pena, Jack Huston, Jeremy Renner, Colleen Camp, Stephen Wu, Barry Primus, Armen Garo, Paul Herman, Thomas Matthews, Dicky Eklund, Paul Kaye, Ken Murray, Jack Jones, Rhet Kidd, Paul Bronk, J. T. Turner, Bo Cleary, Elizabeth Rohm, Dawn Olivieri, Anthony Zerbe, Steve Flynn, and many more.
IMDb Rating: 7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 92%
Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, Google Play.

American Hustle is a story of a married man, Irving Rosenfeld, who gets involved in an affair with a like-minded lady named Sydney Prosser despite the fact that his own wife is desperately in love with him.

However, he continues his affair with Sydney bur later; an FBI agent pushes both of them into mobbing and Mafia. The movie shows how these events change their lives and their attempts to deal with it without knowing the fact that Irving’s wife Rosalyn can make the situation more worst.

20. Limitless

Director: Neil Burger.
Writers: Alan Glynn, Leslie Dixon.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Andrew Howard, Anna Friel.
IMDb Rating: 7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 69%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video.

Limitless is a science fiction drama film that follows a motivational life story of a guy named Eddie Morra, who thinks of himself as a loser. Being an aspiring writer, not receiving well was causing him to lose his self-confidence.

After continuous rejections, he went back home, where his ex-brother-in-law gave him a drug to enhance his creativity. With the help of that drug, NZT, he sees himself as a master writer. Sooner, the drug that helped him in his tough times cause threats to his life. You will see Robert De Niro s performance as Carl Van Loon in this movie.

21. Joker (2019 film)

Director: Todd Phillips.
Writers: Todd Phillips, Scott Silver.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Joaquin Phoenix, Frances Conroy.
IMDb Rating: 8.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 68%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video, YouTube (paid), Google Play (paid).

Joker is a psychological drama that follows an aspiring comedian, Arthur Fleck, who has not received well from the audience but was an original comedian. In this film, De Niro plays Murray Franklin, and Arthur wanted Murray Franklin to introduced him in his show. He believes himself as a failure in both professional and personal life as he was suffering from many mental illnesses.

And because of his mental conditions, he did not receive any respect from society, which makes his mental state worse than ever.

In such pressure, he transformed himself into something that society always used to call him to mock him, a Joker, and then he let himself introduced to a world of crime where he no more feels like a failure. But bad decisions always end up on bad terms.

22. The Comeback Trail

Director: George Gallo.
Writers: Robert De Niro, Zach Braff, Morgan Freeman, George Gallo, Joshua Posner, Emile, Hirsch, Harry Hurwitz, Richard Salvatore, Frank Renzulli, Vincent Spano, Aighleann McKiernan.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Tommy Lee Jones, Zach Braff, Emile Hirsch, Kate Katzman, Blerim Destani, Eddie Griffin.
IMDb Rating:5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 44%
Streaming Platform: Not currently available to stream, rent, or buy.

The Comeback Trail is a crime drama film with a hint of comedy. The movie follows Max Barber, a producer who owes money to the mobs. The mob threats him with his life, so the only option left for him to make huge money was taking insurance.

So, he planned to kill the main lead actor of his upcoming movie so that he can claim the insurance money and return it to the mob. But with a series of fail attempts to kill his actor, he tried something very dangerous, which puts him in such a situation that he has never encountered before.

23. Hands of Stone

Director: Jonathon Jakubowicz.
Writer: Jonathon Jakubowicz.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Usher, Ezgar Ramirez.
IMDb Rating: 6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 45%
Streaming Platform: YouTube (Paid), Google Play (Paid), Amazon Prime Video.

Hands of Stone is a biographical sports drama film. This movie depicts a boy with extraordinary talent and skills named Roberto Duran.

A skilled boxer since childhood, he flaunts his boxing skills when he gets coaching by a legendary but retired boxer, Ray Arcel. He gave Duran huge life lessons that make Duran the king of every boxing ring. The movie depicts how a good teacher can impact not just your professional but personal life too.

24. The Wizard of Lies

Director: Barry Levinson.
Writers: Sam Baum, Sam Levinson, John Burnham Schwartz.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Alessandro Nivola, Nathan Darrow, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hank Azaria, Kristen Connolly, Kathrine Narducci.
IMDb Rating: 6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 75%
Streaming Platform: Hulu, Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video.

The Wizard of Lies is a biopic film that follows a big scandal in Bernard Madoff’s life. He is a successful businessman with an enchanting reputation which he very popular and he makes a big amount of money every month.

But with money, that comes rivalries, and sooner he losses billions and billions of dollars, which shakes his life entirely. This scandal not just affects his professional but his personal life too. The film shows how he tries to follow up with the situation but ended up receiving imprisonment for a long period.

25. 15 Minutes

Director: John Herzfeld.
Writer: John Herzfeld.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Kelsey Grammer, Melina Kanakaredes, Edward Burns, Avery Brooks.
IMDb Rating: 6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 32%
Streaming Platform: DIRECTV, Amazon Prime Video.

15 Minutes is a crime drama film with lots of thrill and adventures. The movie follows two criminals named Oleg and Emil from New York City. Both of them have a unique style of making crimes and getting popular at the same time. They used to record all of their crimes on a camera and show it to the media.

This all makes them very popular and sometimes saved them from big scandals, but a detective vowed to take them down. The movie depicts how the detective makes strategies to catch them.

26. Cop Land (1997)

Written and directed by- James Mangold.
Starring- Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Peter Berg, Janeane Garofalo, Robert Patrick, Michael Rapaport, Annabella Sciorra.

James Mangold’s “Cop Land” is an epic, multi-layered crime drama that only gets better with time. It is mounted with the ambition of a great Dickens novel.

It features an all-star cast and centers on the half-deaf sheriff (Sylvester Stallone) of a New Jersey hamlet that is primarily populated by New York City police officers who use the community as a front for their connections to organized crime.

27. Brazil (1985)

Directed by Terry Gilliam.
Written by Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard and Charles McKeown.
Starring Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin, Ian Richardson, Peter Vaughan, Kim Griest.

Bureaucrat Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce), who uses his dreams as an escape from his depressing, heavily automated life, falls in love with a stunning terrorist (Kim Griest), making him an enemy of the state.

De Niro plays Harry Tuttle, an illegal repairman who turns Sam’s life upside down as a result of a typing error, in a small but memorable role. A film with stunning visuals made possible by its wonderfully imaginative sets.

28. Angel Heart (1987)

Written and directed by Alan Parker, based on the novel ‘Falling Angel’ by William Hjortsberg.
Starring Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling.

The 1955 period drama “Angel Heart” stars Mickey Rourke as Harry Angel, a private detective in New York who is hired by the enigmatic Louis Cyphre (De Niro) to find a missing singer.

His journeys take him to New Orleans, where he gets caught up in the voodoo and witchcraft practiced there and discovers the true nature of his mission. De Niro relishes playing the evil Cyphre, whose real identity gives the movie a stunning twist, with his long, black hair, sharp nails, and love of hard-boiled eggs.

29. Analyze This (1999)

Directed by Harold Ramis.
Screenplay by Kenneth Lonergan, Peter Tolan and Harold Ramis,
Story by Lonergan and Tolan.
Starring Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Joe Viterelli, Chazz Palminteri.

As career criminal and mob boss Paul Vitti, who suffers from panic attacks, De Niro is flawless. He consults a mild-mannered psychiatrist (Billy Crystal), emphasizing that their care must be kept confidential. Let’s just say that’s easier said than done, and laughter results.

A financial success, the movie earned De Niro a nomination for Best Comedy/Musical Actor at the Golden Globes. The less said about “Analyze That,” the subpar follow-up, the better.

30. Midnight Run (1988)

Directed by Martin Brest.
Written by George Gallo.
Starring Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano.

Martin Brest’s “Midnight Run” succeeds by taking a diametrically opposed pair of characters and forcing them to coexist together, much like the numerous “Odd Couple” iterations before it.

The main character of the film is a tough-as-nails bounty hunter (De Niro) hired to find an accountant (Charles Grodin) who skipped bail after embezzling money from the mob.

31. Bang The Drum Slowly (1973)

Directed by John D. Hancock.
Written by Mark Harris.
Starring Robert De Niro, Michael Moriarty, Vincent Gardenia.

“Bang the Drum Slowly” follows in the great tradition of movies like “The Pride of the Yankees” and “Brian’s Song,” which deal with athletes who are destined to pass away in their prime. This time, De Niro plays Bruce Pearson, a decent but kind catcher for the made-up New York Mammoths, who learns he has Hodgkin’s disease.

32. Awakenings (1990)

Directed by Penny Marshall.
Screenplay by Steven Zaillian, based on the book by Oliver Sacks.
Starring Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, John Heard, Julie Kavner, Penelope Ann Miller, Max von Sydow.

As Dr. Malcolm Sayer, played by Robin Williams, a neurologist learns in 1969 that patients who were catatonic as a result of the 1920s “sleeping epidemic” can be cured with the medication L-Dopa. Leonard Lowe, played by De Niro, is a man who has been trapped in his body since childhood but who, thanks to Dr. Sayer’s treatments, is unexpectedly reawakened—but only for a little while. De Niro received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for the part.

33. Marvin’s Room

Writer: Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Director: Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton
IMDb: 6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 61%
Streaming Platform: N/A

The story of a lady and her wayward son returning to the chaotic home they fled is depicted in the movie, which was adapted from the Scott McPherson play of the same name. In this cast of A-list actors, Meryl Streep portrays the mother, Di Caprio the son, and De Niro the doctor of the mother’s first husband. Although it is not a “perfect” film, this drama was expertly put together.

34. The Mission

Writer: Robert Bolt
Director: Roland Joffé
Starring: Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally
IMDb: 7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 85%
Streaming Platform: N/A

It’s always enlightening when De Niro places the renowned actor in a time before his birth because we’re so used to watching him portray individuals either in the current age or, at best, at the height of the Italian American crime syndicates.

The movie, starring De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, and Liam Neeson, recounts the adventures of a Jesuit missionary in South America during the 18th century. One of De Niro’s most nuanced performances is unquestionably his portrayal of Captain Rodrigo Mendoza, a South American native who kidnaps people and sells them to farms.

35. Ronin

Writer: J.D. Zeik, David Mamet
Director: John Frankenheimer
Starring: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone
IMDb: 7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 68%
Streaming Platform: N/A

Is this Robert De Niro’s first attempt at a samurai movie? Unfortunately not, but that doesn’t change the fact that the actor gave one of his best performances in John Frankenheimer’s action thriller from 1998. It has a fantastic ensemble cast and was written by John David Zeik and David Mamet (writing as Richard Weisz).

De Niro collaborated on a fascinating story with actors Stellan Skarsgard, Sean Bean, and Jonathan Pryce about a group of former special operators who undertake a heist operation to steal a mysterious, well-protected bag as their loyalty is tested. The vehicle chases are especially stunning, and De Niro is unquestionably in top form.