Every Martin Scorsese Film Ranked Worst To Best

Silence is a gruelling experience. Just when you think things can't get anymore punishing, Scorsese finds a way to crush you even further.

Based on Shuksaku Endo's novel of the same name, the film follows two Jesuit priests (Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver) as they travel into 17th century Japan in search of their lost mentor (Liam Neeson).

In Japan, the priests face prosecution and even death as they come face to face with the country's strict anti-Christian policies, and try all they can to hold onto their faith and sanity.

Silence took twenty-five years for Scorsese to make, and watching it you can't help but agree it was time well spent. A deep and heavy tale of faith, devotion, prejudice and the human condition, the project offers very little in the way of enlightenment or hope, and forces you - believer or not - to question everything that happens on screen.

With a fine host of exemplary supporting stars, including a truly phenomenal Yosuke Kubozuka, and some of the most visually arresting shots of Scorsese's career, Silence is a masterpiece through and through.