Actor
Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro appears in 6 films on FilmAbouts, released between 1974 and 1995. Their work here circles isolation, obsession, family.
Recurring themes
Ideas they keep returning to
Filmography
On FilmAbouts
The Godfather Part II
1974 · Crime / Drama · Francis Ford Coppola
“Michael consolidates his empire while his father's rise is told in parallel — two stories about what it costs to protect a family.”
Taxi Driver
1976 · Drama / Crime · Martin Scorsese
“An insomniac veteran drives through New York's night until his loneliness becomes a mission.”
Raging Bull
1980 · Drama / Sport · Martin Scorsese
“Boxer Jake LaMotta wins in the ring and loses everything outside it.”
Brazil
1985 · Sci-Fi / Satire · Terry Gilliam
“A clerk in a bureaucratic dystopia chases a woman from his dreams.”
Goodfellas
1990 · Crime / Drama · Martin Scorsese
“Henry Hill always wanted to be a gangster — and the film lets us feel why, until it doesn't.”
Heat
1995 · Crime / Thriller · Michael Mann
“A master thief and an obsessive detective realise they are the same man.”