Robert De Niro’s 10 Best Performances: ‘Taxi Driver,’ ‘Raging Bull,’ and More

Robert De Niro’s 10 Best Performances: ‘Taxi Driver,’ ‘Raging Bull,’ and More

It can be difficult sometimes to fully appreciate the fact that we still have a legend like Robert De Niro still with us. Part of it is that De Niro has been a constant for decades now, almost as long as our Modern Hollywood has existed: breaking out as the chief collaborator and muse of Martin Scorsese in the early ’70s with performances in “Mean Streets” and “Taxi Driver,” the two-time Oscar winner personified the grit and edge of the New Holl…