Robert De Niro
Director, Actor
Films to Rent
- Greetings (1968)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Robert De Niro, Gerrit Graham, Allen Garfield
- Anarchic early De Palma is an episodic look at three friends caught up in the heady times of 60's America. Features an early comedic turn from De…
- Wedding Party, The (1969)
- Dir. Cynthia Monroe, Brian De Palma, Wilford Leach
Feat. Jill Clayburgh, Robert De Niro
- Brian De Palma collaborated with others to make this while still at college in 1963. Improvised film details the sparring between a couple before…
- Bloody Mama (1970)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Shelley Winters, Robert De Niro
- 'The family that stays together slays together!'. Shelley Winters is Ma Barker, the mad matriarch who led her brood's violent reign in the '30s.…
- Hi Mom! (1970)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Robert De Niro, Charles Durning, Allen Garfield…
- One of dir. De Palma's underrated early satires is loosely a sequel to 'Greetings', with Robert De Niro returning from the Vietnam War to try and…
- Born To Win (Addict) (1971)
- Dir. Ivan Passer
Feat. George Segal, Paula Prentiss, Karen Black…
- Obscure, but charmingly unique drama–comedy about a former NYC hairdresser (Segal), who has turned street hustler to finance his destructive…
- Godfather, The (1972)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro…
- Adaptation of Mario Puzo's novel is a vivid and immaculately staged chronicle of a Sicilian family's ascension to NY gangland dominance. Seamlessly…
- Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
- Dir. John Hancock
Feat. Robert De Niro, Michael Moriarty, Vincent Gardenia
- Robert De Niro plays a persecuted, simple–minded baseball player who contracts a terminal illness. The effect that it has on his fellow…
- Mean Streets (1973)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro, David Proval…
- Martin Scorsese made his name with this pungent rendition of NY Italian–Americana set among the teeming lowlife of his old neighbourhood. The…
- Godfather Part 2, The (1974)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton…
- The Corleone saga continues with the same passion and exacting standards, it both broadens the scope and bolsters the stature of the original. Hailed…
- Taxi Driver (1976)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Albert Brooks…
- Robert De Niro stalks the decaying streets of the Big Apple to Bernard Herrmann's haunting score before flipping his lid and enacting brutal revenge…
- 1900 (Novecento) (1976)
- Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Robert De Niro
- Spectacular saga spans the first half of 20th Century Italy, and follows two men, one a peasant (Gerard Depardieu), the other a nobleman (Robert de…
- Last Tycoon, The (1976)
- Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, Tony Curtis…
- Star–studded attempt to adapt F. Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished last novel, itself based on the life of early Hollywood mogul Irving Thalberg.…
- New York, New York (1977)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Robert De Niro, Liza Minnelli
- This imaginative yet famously abrasive tribute to the Hollywood musicals of the 1940s focuses on the tumultuous relationship between a saxophonist…
- Deer Hunter, The (1978)
- Dir. Michael Cimino
Feat. Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep
- A grimly realistic portrait of how the atrocities of the Vietnam war have an effect on a group of friends. Robert De Niro heads a virtuoso cast in…
- Raging Bull (1980)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Robert De Niro
- Robert De Niro gives new meaning to 'method acting' in his portrayal of hot–blooded boxer, Jake La Motta. The film chronicles his violent world…
- True Confessions (1981)
- Dir. Ulu Grosbard
Feat. Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall
- Roberts' De Niro and Duvall act their socks off as cop and priest who happen to be brothers. Conflicting loyalties come to a head through a…
- King of Comedy, The (1982)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Robert De Niro
- Deliciously creepy story of a loser/nerd, who acts out his life ambition; to appear on a TV comedy show with Jerry Lewis. Lewis plays it straight,…
- Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
- Dir. Sergio Leone
Feat. Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern…
- An all–star cast feature in Sergio Leone's violent but sobering gangland saga, following the rise and fall of four Jewish childhood pals…
- Falling in Love (1984)
- Dir. Ulu Grosbard
Feat. Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep
- Star–combination of Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep, as train–commuters having an affair which puts a wee glow back into their fairly…
- Brazil (1985)
- Dir. Terry Gilliam
Feat. Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Ian Holm…
- Daydreaming bureaucrat Jonathan Pryce becomes unwittingly involved with an underground superhero and a mystery woman before falling victim to his own…
- Mission, The (1986)
- Dir. Roland Joffe
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Robert De Niro, Liam Neeson
- Jeremy Irons plays a Jesuit missionary in the jungles of 18th Century Brazil. Robert De Niro is his agressive adversary who gradually comes to seek…
- Untouchables, The (1987)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro
- Well–cast and generally classy update of the adventures of Elliot Ness, the earnest law enforcer who took on Al Capone during the prohibition…
- Angel Heart (1987)
- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Charlotte Rampling
- Things get increasingly bizarre for Mickey Rourke as a sleazy P.I. on the trail of a mysterious jazz singer. Genuinely creepy American gothic carries…
- Midnight Run (1988)
- Dir. Martin Brest
Feat. Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin
- A cleverly plotted non–stop action jaunt across the States with a bounty hunter hired to bring a crooked accountant back to L.A. before the…
- We're No Angels (1989)
- Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Demi Moore…
- Robert De Niro and Sean Penn team up as a couple of escaped convicts who cross the border in clergical attire.
- Backdraft (1990)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Kurt Russell, Robert De Niro, William Baldwin…
- Kurt Russell, Robert De Niro and others are no match for the sizzling special effects that predominate this tale of fire–fighting brothers who…
- Goodfellas (1990)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro…
- The double–edged allure of life in the Mafia is richly detailed in Martin Scorsese's riveting saga that follows a young mobster through three…
- Awakenings (1990)
- Dir. Penny Marshall
Feat. Robert De Niro
- A maverick doctor experiments with a new drug on a group of catatonic patients, with mixed results. De Niro steals the show with a performance of…
- Stanley and Iris (1990)
- Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro, Swoosie Kurtz…
- Adapted from the novel 'Union Street' by Pat Barker, and transposed to the USA, this concerns a grieving widow (Fonda) who teaches a…
- Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
- Dir. Irwin Winkler
Feat. Robert De Niro
- Robert De Niro portrays a film–maker victimised by the communist witch–hunts of the '50s. A powerful examination of the dilemma faced by…