Robert DeNiro Movies

Want to know the best Robert DeNiro movies?  How about the worst Robert DeNiro movies?  Curious about Robert DeNiro’s box office grosses or which Robert DeNiro movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Robert DeNiro movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Robert DeNiro (1943-) is a two time Oscar® winner. DeNiro first movie appearance was an uncredited role in 1965’s Three Rooms in Manhatten. After appearing in numerous low budget films, he started to get some notice with his roles in Mean Streets and Bang the Drum Slowly. This led to his star making role as Vito Corleone in 1974’s The Godfather Part II. DeNiro won his first Oscar® for playing the young Godfather. Since becoming a star he has appeared in numerous classic movies…..Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Deer Hunter, Once Upon A Time In America, Backdraft, Heat, Good Fellas, Cape Fear and The Untouchables..just to name a few.

Over the last 40 years, DeNiro has been one of the busiest actors working. On average he has two new movies every year since 1974. Now over 70, DeNiro has not slowed that pace down at all.

His IMDb page shows over 120 acting credits since 1965. This page will rank Robert DeNiro movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and bit parts were not included in the rankings.

Robert DeNiro in 1988's Midnight Run
Robert DeNiro in 1988’s Midnight Run

Robert DeNiro Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Robert DeNiro Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort Robert DeNiro movies by co-stars or directors of his movies
  • Sort Robert DeNiro movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Robert DeNiro movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Robert DeNiro movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Robert DeNiro movie received.
  • Sort Robert DeNiro movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
  • *** If worldwide gross is the same as domestic gross then worldwide gross was unavailable
Robert DeNiro in 2013's Grudge Match
Robert DeNiro in 2013’s Grudge Match

Possibly Interesting Facts About Robert DeNiro

1. Robert DeNiro has been nominated for 7 Oscars® for acting in his career. He won Best Supporting Actor for The Godfather Part II, he also won Best Actor for 1980’s Raging Bull. His other four nominations were for the movies Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter, Awakenings, Cape Fear and Silver Linings Playbook.

2. Robert DeNiro has been nominated for 8 Golden Globes® for acting in his career. His one win was for 1980’s Raging Bull. His other nominations were for the movies Taxi Driver, New York New York, The Deer Hunter, Midnight Run, Cape Fear, Analyze This, and Meet the Parents.

3. My favorite Robert DeNiro movie nobody else seems to like…..1993’s Mad Dog and Glory…. which co-stars Bill Murray.

4. Robert DeNiro has been married twice. He is currently married to Grace Hightower. They were married in 1997. DeNiro has four sons….Raphael, Julian, Aaron and Elliot…..and one daughter Drena.

5. DeNiro has directed two movies….1993’s A Bronx Tale and 2006’s The Good Shepherd. It was announced that DeNiro is going to make a sequel to The Good Shepherd sometime in the future.

6. DeNiro has appeared in 8 Martin Scorsese films to date. Their first movie together was 1973’s Mean Streets and their last movie together was 1995’s Casino. It appears Leonardo DiCaprio has taken over the DeNiro parts in Scorsese movies.

7. Roles that DeNiro turned down over the years….Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Depp version), The Departed, Dick Tracy, The Edge, King Kong, Man on Fire, and At Close Range.

8. DeNiro’s parents were divorced when he was three, he was raised by his mother in the Little Italy area of Manhattan. After briefly joining a gang….it was his role as the Cowardly Lion in a school play that got him off the streets and on to the stage for good.

9. DeNiro has been successfully battling prostate cancer since 2003.

10. Check out Robert DeNiro‘s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

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64 thoughts on “Robert DeNiro Movies”

  1. Heat is my favorite DeNiro Movie with a walk into a realistic portrayal of paranoia in Taxi.;)

    Rock On Cogerson!;

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  2. Heat, Midnight Run and Stanley and Iris are my favovite films along with so many of his other roles. Stanley and Iris was so good as so many people cannot read – I LOVE TO READ AND CANNOT IMAGINE NOT BEING ABLE TO READ. PLUS OF COURSE ONE NEEDS TO READ FOR EVERYTHING IN LIFE. THANKS FOR A GREAT MOVIE PAGE COGERSON.

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    1. Hey Bern1960 thanks for checking out my Robert DeNiro page….I also enjoyed Midnight Run and Stanley and Iris. I do believe Stanley and Iris is one of his favorite movies as well. Thanks for the compliment….it looks like the next hub will be Audrey Hepburn….which I think you will like.

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  3. RobWrite
    When I think of Robert Deniro, all I can say is…What happened to you?!

    When I was growing up in the 70s and 80s, no one was better than Deniro. He was the unrivaled king. Everyone acknowledged him as the best living actor. The films he made were incredible (the guy knew how to pick great projects) and he never gave a bad performance.

    If he had retired in 1999 after “Analyze This”, he quite possibly would have gone down in history as the actor with the most consistantly excellent career of anyone. His run from the early 70s through the late 90s was magnificent.

    Fast forward to today…What happened?! Who is this guy calling himself Robert Deniro? Who is his guy who either sleep-walks his way through terrible films or hams his way through terrible films? The only thing he seems to be able to do is a caricature of Robert Deniro?

    Dear God, what happened?

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    1. Hey Rob….I almost broke down his career by decade but I could not figure out a way to present the information in a format I was happy with….but looking at some of the movies…his current run of movies 2000 – 2011….closely mirror his movies from 1968-1974….in that they were not well received by critics or audiences and had terrible box office numbers.

      Which means his peak was 1974 to 2000…and looking at his Top 25 movies…20 of them came from that time period. Another stat is the fact that he has not had an Oscar(TM) nomination in 20 years.

      Maybe he has a few tricks left up his sleeve…and can end his career as one of the top actors. As always thanks for your comments.

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  4. Wow what a great list of great movies, seeing his top ten is an impressive list of movies. Thanks for putting all this information together.

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    1. Hey Shaun, I agree the man has had a great career….I would say he has 20 movies that many people consider great…thanks for the compliment and for stopping by

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  5. He has an intensity an seriousness that really translates well in the characters he has portrayed. Very informative hub earning you a vote up and an interesting

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    1. Thanks for stopping by Phil Plasma…..and thanks for the compliment. I agree he appears to be a very serious person…I just watched Limitless this morning…and his performance is one of the better parts of that movie.

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