Mean Streets

Bar fights, loan sharks and concealed weapons. These wise guys are definitely products of their environment. Watch trailers & learn more.

Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval, Amy Robinson. A small-time hood aspires to work his way up the ranks of a local mob.

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Celebrated as one of the most original American films of all time, Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets holds a firm place among the best crime films we ever had the pleasure of seeing. It’s not easy to pinpoint what exactly makes it so damn good—whether it’s the memorable Keitel-De Ni

Martin Scorsese’s 1973 film stunned audiences when it was released—and remains a classic gangster film today, more than 40 years later.

Mean Streets is a powerful tale of urban sin and guilt that marks Scorsese's arrival as an important cinematic voice and features electrifying ...

Martin Scorsese’s “Mean Streets” is not primarily about punk gangsters at all, but about living in a state of sin. For Catholics raised before Vatican II, it has a resonance that it may lack for other audiences. The film recalls days when there was a greater emphasis on sin--and rigid ground rules, inspiring dread of eternal suffering if a sinner died without absolution.The key words in the movie are the first ones, spoken over a black screen: “You don’t make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. All the rest is BS and you know it.” The voice belongs to Scorsese. We see Charlie (Harvey Keitel) starting up in bed, awakened by a dream, and peering at his face in a bedroom mirror. The voice was Scorsese’s, but it possibly represents words said to him by a priest.

Mean Streets movie reviews & Metacritic score: Charlie (Harvey Keitel) is working his way up the ranks of a local mob. Teresa (Amy Robinson) is the girlfrien...

Mean Streets is a 1973 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese and co-written by Scorsese and Mardik Martin. The film stars Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro. It was released by Warner Bros. on October 2, 1973. De Niro won the National Society of Film Critics award for Bes