Killing flowers, killing moons

Martin Scorsese is 80 years old. One of the most revered directors alive, his new film, Killers Of The Flower Moon-starring both his acting tres. The film is a masterpiece, although saying that doesn't narrow it down. Masterpiece, in fact, seems about par for the man who made Raging Bull, Taxi Driver and my personal favourite, Goodfellas.

- Raja Sen

Despite Scorsese's pedestal as one of the pre-eminent American masters, several of his films haven't got the adulation they deserve. Here, then, is my list of relatively underrated Scorsese films to watch, and watch again. It's an electrifyingly odd mix-featuring cocaine-fuelled stockbrokers as well as young boys discovering the birth of cinema-but Scorsese has always taken on films of every shape. Give this man a genre, he will kill it.

6. THE COLOR OF MONEY (1986; AVAILABLE FOR RENT ON GOOGLE/ YOUTUBE)

Leave it to Scorsese to make a 1986 sequel to a 1961 film. Robert Rossen's bleak black and white classic, The Hustler, featured Paul Newman as a hotheaded pool talent learning the importance of when to win and when to peak. In Scorsese's sequel-for which Newman won an Oscar-he's the old hand, imparting wisdom to a cocky Tom Cruise, who, even on the pool table, did his own stunts. It's a rousing, wonderfully shot film, and a truly loving homage.

5. MEAN STREETS (1972; AVAILABLE FOR RENT ON AMAZON PRIME)