The Wolf of Wall Street 2013
Sean and Amanda's unanimous Scorsese pick, and the one they keep saying is too low at No. 11. Written by Terence Winter from Jordan Belfort's memoir, shot by Rodrigo Prieto, with Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey, Kyle Chandler, Rob Reiner, Jon Bernthal, and Jon Favreau. DiCaprio raised about $100 million to make it independently, since no studio would greenlight the opening, and it became Scorsese's biggest hit at roughly $400 million worldwide. They read the 180-minute bacchanal as the point rather than an endorsement, and flag the 30-plus needle drops and the slowed-down blues that scores Belfort's descent. They also tie the film to Trump-era New York excess and argue this is DiCaprio's best performance of the century.