Editing Martin Scorsese (section)

===Favorite films===
Scorsese listed ''[[Pickup on South Street]]'' as one of his favorite films.{{sfn|Wilson|2011|p=111}} ''[[The Band Wagon]]'' is his favorite musical.{{sfn|Wilson|2011|p=72}}

In 2012, Scorsese participated in the ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' film polls of that year. Held every ten years to select the greatest films of all time, contemporary directors were asked to select ten films of their choice. Scorsese, however, picked 12, which are listed below in alphabetical order:<ref name="BFI2012">{{cite web|title=Martin Scorsese's Picks for 2012 Sight and Sound Polls|url=http://bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/voter/1058|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223005206/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people//sightandsoundpoll2012/voter/1058|archive-date=February 23, 2016|access-date=August 22, 2012|website=Bfi.org.uk|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]}}</ref>

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* ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' (US/UK,1968)
* ''[[8½]]'' (Italy, 1963)
* ''[[Ashes and Diamonds (film)|Ashes and Diamonds]]'' (Poland, 1958)
* ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' (US, 1941)
* ''[[The Leopard (1963 film)|The Leopard]]'' (Italy, 1963)
* ''[[Paisan|Paisà]]'' (Italy, 1946)
* ''[[The Red Shoes (1948 film)|The Red Shoes]]'' (UK, 1948)
* ''[[The River (1951 film)|The River]]'' (US, 1951)
* ''[[Salvatore Giuliano (film)|Salvatore Giuliano]]'' (Italy, 1962)
* ''[[The Searchers]]'' (US, 1956)
* ''[[Ugetsu]]'' (Japan, 1953)
* ''[[Vertigo (film)|Vertigo]]'' (US, 1958)
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Ten years later, Scorsese participated again in the ''Sight & Sound'' polls, picking 15 films, the same 12 of the 2012 list, plus the following:<ref>{{cite web|title=Martin Scorsese and Bong Joon Ho's 2022 Lists of the Greatest Films of All-Time|date=December 2, 2022|url=https://thefilmstage.com/martin-scorsese-and-bong-joon-hos-2022-lists-of-the-greatest-films-of-all-time/|access-date=December 7, 2022|archive-date=December 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207201805/https://thefilmstage.com/martin-scorsese-and-bong-joon-hos-2022-lists-of-the-greatest-films-of-all-time/|url-status=live}}</ref>

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* ''[[Diary of a Country Priest]]'' (France, 1951)
* ''[[Ikiru]]'' (Japan, 1952)
* ''[[Ordet]]'' (Denmark, 1955)
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In 1999, after the death of [[Gene Siskel]], Scorsese joined [[Roger Ebert]] as the guest co-host for an episode of ''[[Siskel & Ebert]]'' where they each stated their 10 favorite films of the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rogerebert.com/roger-ebert/ebert-and-scorsese-best-films-of-the-1990s|title= Ebert & Scorsese: Best Films of the 1990s|website= Rogerebert.com|date= December 19, 2012|access-date= November 15, 2020|archive-date= August 28, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180828102353/https://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/ebert-and-scorsese-best-films-of-the-1990s|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://siskelebert.org/?p=7515|title= Ebert & Scorsese: Best Films of the 1990S|website= Siskel and Ebert Movie Reviews|access-date= November 15, 2020|archive-date= October 23, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201023230522/https://siskelebert.org/?p=7515|url-status= live}}</ref> Scorsese's list numerically is:

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#''[[The Horse Thief]]'' (China, 1986)
#''[[The Thin Red Line (1998 film)|The Thin Red Line]]'' (US, 1998)
#''[[A Borrowed Life]]'' (Taiwan, 1994)
#''[[Eyes Wide Shut]]'' (US/UK, 1999)
#''[[Bad Lieutenant]]'' (US, 1992)
#''[[Breaking the Waves]]'' (Denmark/UK, 1996)
#''[[Bottle Rocket]]'' (US, 1996)
#''[[Crash (1996 film)|Crash]]'' (Canada, 1996)
#''[[Fargo (1996 film)|Fargo]]'' (US, 1996)
#''[[Malcolm X (1992 film)|Malcolm X]]'' (US, 1992) and ''[[Heat (1995 film)|Heat]]'' (US, 1995) (tie)
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In 2012, Scorsese recommended 39 foreign films to [[Colin Levy]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bell|first=Crystal|date=March 27, 2012|title=Martin Scorsese Foreign Film List: Director Recommends 39 Films To Young Filmmaker Colin Levy|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/martin-scorsese-foreign-film-list-colin-levy_n_1382131|access-date=January 14, 2021|website=[[Huffington Post]]|archive-date=January 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115231856/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/martin-scorsese-foreign-film-list-colin-levy_n_1382131|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2019, Martin Scorsese contributed his list of favorite films to LaCinetek, a streaming platform that compiles film lists from filmmakers worldwide.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincentelli |first=Elisabeth |date=2020-07-29 |title=The World's Greatest Directors Have Their Own Streaming Lists |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/movies/la-cinetek-streaming.html |access-date=2024-06-03 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> As a tireless cinephile, Scorsese submitted two lists: one featuring 73 "founding" films and another "alternative list" with 106 films.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Martin Scorsese's list |url=https://www.lacinetek.com/fr-en/director-list/martin-scorsese-5 |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=LaCinetek}}</ref> He also included a letter to [[Cédric Klapisch]], one of LaCinetek's founders, explaining his selections and noting that many filmmakers and films he admires are not included in these lists.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Letter by Martin Scorsese to Cédric Klapisch and LaCinetek | url=https://www.ens.psl.eu/sites/default/files/etudes-cinematographiques-cnel2019.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303234733/http://www.ens.psl.eu/sites/default/files/etudes-cinematographiques-cnel2019.pdf | archive-date=2022-03-03}}</ref>