The 15 Best Robert De Niro Movies and Where to Watch Them

Robert De Niro is one of the most acclaimed actors in Hollywood history. Throughout his nearly 60-year career, he’s earned himself nine Oscar nominations (winning twice) and 12 Golden Globe nominations, including receiving the prestigious Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2011. If you want to watch the best films of his career, check out our guide below to find out where you can stream them.

De Niro has been in a lot of movies. He’s starred in tons of mafia films, he’s been in numerous military movies, and he’s even been in a few hit comedies, like the #4 movie on the list, Meet the Parents. Released in 2000, the movie follows a man (Ben Stiller) who visits his girlfriend’s parents for the first time. The only problem is that her father (De Niro) is an overprotective, somewhat paranoid retired CIA agent who will do anything to sabotage his daughter’s relationship. De Niro was hilarious in the movie and stands out as the most memorable character in the film. The role even earned him a Golden Globe nomination.

And you can’t talk about De Niro’s acting career without mentioning his iconic Oscar-nominated performance in the #2 movie on our list, Taxi Driver. His line, “You talkin’ to me?” has become one of the most-quoted lines ever and remains a memorable moment in cinematic history – even more impressive is that De Niro improvised that entire scene.

The film centers around De Niro’s character, a taxi driver who becomes disgusted with the amount of crime and sleaze he sees in New York City. Before long, his anger becomes delusion and he descends into a state of madness where he’s ready to kill all the criminals around him, regardless of the consequences.

But the best De Niro film of all time, holding the #1 spot on our list, would be The Godfather Part II. Not only did it earn De Niro an Oscar, but the movie also won five other Oscars, including Best Picture. Often praised as better than the original, the sequel continued the story of the Corleone crime family and is split between two eras, the turn of the 20th century and the late 1950s. The movie was loaded with memorable scenes and was packed with an all-star cast including Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Robert Duvall, and James Caan.

But De Niro’s filmography is loaded with tons more hits – from him portraying a hilarious and charming cross-dressing sky pirate in Stardust to his latest Oscar-nominated role in Killers of the Flower Moon, which tells the true story of the infamous murders in Osage, Oklahoma by a greedy cattle rancher. Check out our guide below to find out Robert De Niro’s 15 best movies and where to stream them.