Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Paul Sorvino, and Joe Pesci in a promotional image for Goodfellas (1990)
It feels a little odd assessing the characters found throughout the filmography of Martin Scorsese, because they’re hard to compare to each other. Some are fictional characters, some are based on real people, and some are only loosely inspired by actual people. Many are flawed, a precious few are actually good people, and some are rather monstrous… but regardless, just about all are interesting for different reasons.
9 Max Cady 'Cape Fear' Robert De Niro has portrayed plenty of villains on screen, but none are quite as savage, consistently terrifying, and outright monstrous as Max Cady, the antagonist of Cape Fear. Cady’s a character who comes close to feeling cartoonishly evil; indeed, De Niro does chew scenery while portraying him, but was committed enough to the role that he’s still genuinely scary, and an unstoppable being filled entirely with hate.
7 Mollie Burkhart 'Killers of the Flower Moon' Martin Scorsese’s films aren’t devoid of interesting female characters, with Ellen Burstyn shining as the title character in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, and Margot Robbie establishing herself as a star thanks to her breakout performance in The Wolf of Wall Street.
5 Bill the Butcher 'Gangs of New York' Even though Gangs of New York is an ambitious and epic gangster movie with a ton to offer visually and narratively, it’s ultimately Daniel Day-Lewis who steals the show, here playing the deliciously evil and hammy Bill the Butcher. He’s the primary antagonist of Gangs of New York, responsible for causing the death of the father of Amsterdam Vallon , the film’s protagonist.
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