like scar face , godfather , cape fear , [ mafia stuff ] i mean
2006-08-02 02:16:30 · 14 answers · asked by bruno 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Here's my top ten Mafia movies of all time (I'll leave out the Godfather trilogy and Scarface for this list)
1.Pulp Fiction (1994) by Quentin Tarantino
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110912/
Starring: John Travolta, Samuel L Jackson, Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman
Tagline: You won't know the facts until you've seen the fiction.
The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. Quentin Tarantino's ``Pulp Fiction,'' is a film both monumental and immediately accessible, a 2 1/2-hour picture whose energy never flags. It is an exhilaration from beginning to end. It's the movie equivalent of that rare sort of novel where you find yourself checking to see how many pages are left and hoping there are more, not fewer.
Reviews-
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1995/09/15/DD26653.DTL
http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2000/11/21/pulp_fiction_1994_review.shtml
2.Goodfellas (1990) by Martin Scorsese
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099685/
Starring: Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci
Tagline: "As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster." -- Henry Hill, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1955.
The lowly, blue-collar side of New York's Italian mafia is explored in this crime biopic of wiseguy Henry Hill (Ray Liotta). As he makes his way from strapping young petty criminal, to big-time thief, to middle-aged cocaine addict and dealer, the film explores in detail the rules and traditions of organized crime. Watching the rise and fall of Hill and his two counterparts, the slick jack-of-all-trades criminal Jimmy Conway (Robert de Niro) and the brutish, intimidating Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci, Best Supporting Actor), this true story realistically explores the core, blue-collar part of the mob. With his widely acclaimed direction and use of the superb soundtrack, Martin Scorsese takes viewers through a truly unique experience of epic crime drama. - Dustin B.
Reviews-
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19900902/REVIEWS/9020301/1023
3.Ghost Dog- The way of the Samurai (1999) by Jim Jarmusch
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165798/
Starring: Forest Whittaker, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman,
Tagline: Live by the code. Die by the code.
Forest Whitaker is Ghost Dog, a hitman trying to live by an ancient Japanese warrior code. Carrying out a hit for the mob, Ghost Dog spares a witness and finds himself in confrontation with his employers. This isn't the Mafia we've come to know through the movies. It's more like a club for ageing Italian-Americans who refuse to see that times have moved on. And they appear to be no match for Ghost Dog's high-tech tool kit and Zen stealth.
Reviews-
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/02/22/ghost_dog.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/01/29/ghost_dog_way_of_the_samurai_2000_review.shtml
4.Casino (1995) by Martin Scorsese
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112641/
Starring: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci
Tagline: No one stays at the top forever.
After redefining the gangster film with GoodFellas, director Martin Scorsese, writer Nicholas Pileggi and star Robert De Niro re-teamed for the luxurious crime epic Casino (1995). Together they set out to expose the machinations of the mob in Las Vegas during the 70s but the studios were wary of its three-hour running length. Of course the gamble paid off and the film met with critical and commercial success. The story about greed, deception, money, power, and murder that occurs between two mobster best friends and a trophy wife over a gambling empire.
Reviews-
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19951122/REVIEWS/511220301/1023
http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/07/05/casino_se_2005_dvd_review.shtml
5.Donnie Brasco (1997) By Mike Newell
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119008/maindetails
Starring: Al Pachino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen
Tagline: Donnie Brasco. Based On A True Story.
This true story follows FBI agent Joe Pistone as he infiltrates the mafia of New York. Befriending Lefty Ruggiero, Pistone (under the name Donnie Brasco) is able to embed himself in a mafia faction lead by Sonny Black. Ruggiero and Pistone become tight as the group goes about collecting money for 'the bosses'.
Reviews-
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1997/02/28/DD24919.DTL
http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/_/id/5947963/rid/5947964/
6.Reservoir Dogs (1992) by Quentin Tarantino
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105236/
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Tierney
Tagline: Five Total Strangers Team Up For The Perfect Crime. They Don't Know Each Other's Name. But They've Got Each Other's Number
The film essentially revolves around a robbery that has gone wrong. Abandoning the conventional format of natural chronological storytelling, Tarantino creates a tapestry of flashbacks that cleverly build to a conclusion. This allows separate scenes to be showcased as individual vignettes that the cast exploit to the full.
Reviews-
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/reservoirdogsrhinson_a0a7c1.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2000/11/21/reservoir_dogs_1992_review.shtml
7.The way of the Gun (2000) by Christopher McQuarrie
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0202677/
Starring: Benicio Del Torro, Ryan Phillippe, James Caan
Parker and Longbaugh are two modern day desperados who hatch a spontaneous plan to kidnap surrogate mother Robin when she is just weeks away from giving birth to the child of Hale Chiddick, a powerful money launderer. Complications occur in their rush for the border as Chiddick sends various people after them to get back the girl and the money.
Reviews-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2000/11/14/the_way_of_the_gun_review.shtml
http://popmatters.com/film/reviews/w/way-of-the-gun.shtml
8.The Untouchables (1987) by Brian De Palma
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094226/
Starring: Kevin Costner Sean Connery and Robert De Niro as Al Capone
Tagline: AL CAPONE. He ruled Chicago with absolute power. No one could touch him. No one could stop him. - Until Eliot Ness and a small force of men swore they'd bring him down.
Set in Chicago during Prohibition, "The Untouchables" revolves around Eliot Ness (Costner), a rookie G-man who assembles a rough-and-ready team of unbribable agents to smash Capone's empire. Under the instruction of veteran Irish cop Jimmy Malone (Connery), Ness is forced to become as ruthless as his quarry, resulting in a series of thrilling action set-pieces and some brilliant banter courtesy of screenwriter David Mamet.
De Palma directs with effortless panache, most memorably in a pistol-packing homage to the Odessa Steps sequence from "Battleship Potemkin" on the staircase of Chicago's Grand Station. He also gets a career-best performance from Connery and a larger-than-life one from De Niro, in his element as the arrogant mobster.
Reviews-
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/theuntouchablesrhinson_a0c952.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/06/04/the_untouchables_1987_review.shtml
9.Made (2001) by Jon Favreau
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0227005/
Starring: Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn
Tagline: Welcome to disorganized crime
Two aspiring boxers, lifelong friends, get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.
Reviews-
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20010720/REVIEWS/107200303/1023
http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Reviews/M/Made/2001/07/20/753560.html
10.Carlito’s Way (1993) By Brian De Palma
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106519/
Starring: Al Pachino, Sean Penn
A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of NYC. The underworld Pacino used to know is long gone. Now, Spanish Harlem is overrun by young punks. The former drug dealer decides to go for a legal dream this time: To reunite with his stripper girlfriend (Penelope Ann Miller), settle in the Bahamas and start a car rental agency.
Reviews-
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19931112/REVIEWS/311120302/1023
http://www.reel.com/movie.asp?MID=5055&buy=closed&PID=10111344&Tab=reviews&CID=18#tabs
http://film.guardian.co.uk/Film_Page/0,4061,635044,00.html
TV SERIES
The Sopranos -Created by David Chase
Starring: James Gandolfini
Tagline: If one family doesn't kill him.... the other one will
Meet Tony Soprano: your average, middle-aged businessman. Tony's got a dutiful wife. A not-so-dutiful son. A daughter named Meadow. An uncle who's losing his marbles. A hot-headed nephew. A not-too-secret mistress. And a shrink to tell all his secrets, except the one she already knows: Tony's a mob boss who's troubles are wrapped up in his two families. These days, it's getting tougher and tougher to make a killing in the killing business.
Official Site-
http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/
Reviews-
http://thedvdreport.blogspot.com/2006/02/sopranos-dvd.html
2006-08-02 06:26:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Here are some Organized Crime Flicks:
Carlito's Way, Donnie Brasco, Made (funny) Bronx Tale, Casino,
LA Confidential, Heat, Blow, Suicide Kings, The Funeral, King of NY, Goodfellas, Married to the Mob (funny), State of Grace, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Mean Streets, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Usual Suspects, Once Upon a Time in America, The Professional, The Krays, Analyze This (funny), A Better Tomorrow (Asian Film) Infernal Affairs (Asian Film)
2006-08-02 06:15:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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can u suggest me some good movies like scar face , godfather , cape fear , [ mafia stuff ] i mean?
like scar face , godfather , cape fear , [ mafia stuff ] i mean
2015-08-06 18:13:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Movies Like The Godfather
2016-11-01 11:27:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Goodfellas, A Bronx Tale, Carlito's Way. There's a bunch of others. What you can do is go to a search engine and type in mafia movies. It should come up with a bunch of them. Hope this helped.
2006-08-02 02:23:10 · answer #5 · answered by nikki101279 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My to-5 would be:
1)Goodfellas a movie which succeed in portraying a widee array of characters,
2)Prizzi's honour excellent because of Jack Nickolson,
3)Carlito's Way is also one of my fav because of Al Paccino and great ending
4)The heat with Michael Man one of the best directors in charge
5)Resrvoir dogs cool and ultra-violent...
2006-08-02 02:34:43 · answer #6 · answered by jumbopasatebos 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
is the best true life mob movie
2006-08-03 09:48:51 · answer #7 · answered by phillip 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mafia movies,eh?
I strongly suggest you go with Godfather I & II *pretend III doesn't exist* and Casino. Those are my absolutle favorites.
2006-08-02 02:21:09 · answer #8 · answered by starikotasukinomiko 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Knockaround Guys"
Wannabe sons of mobsters go to a remote town in the Midwest, and get themselves into more trouble than anyone could anticipate.
Vin Diesel, John Malkovich, Dennis Hopper, Barry Pepper
Its a good movie, enjoy
2006-08-02 02:23:17 · answer #9 · answered by slocklin0931 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Road to Perdition
St .Valentines Day Massacre
The Untouchables(original or remake)
2006-08-02 02:23:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I love MAFIA the movie it had Lloyd bridges in it he is awesome, I loved him in AIRPLANE "looks like I picked a bad time to quit sniffing glue"
2006-08-02 02:22:27 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋