The king of the gangster film genre, legendary director Martin Scorsese, also had his heroes. The genius mind behind classics like The Irishman, Goodfellas and Casino compiled his favourites into a list for the Daily Beast back in 2010.

In the article, he comments about the fifteen biggest cinematic inspirations that “had a profound effect” on him and the way he thought about crime and how to portray it on film: “They excited me, provoked me, and in one way or another, they had the ring…