Directed by: Martin
Scorsese
Starring: Robert
De Niro, Ray Liotta, and Joe Pesci
Over the last several decades, Martin Scorsese has given us
many classic films such as Taxi Driver,
Raging Bull, and The Departed. Goodfellas is his greatest cinematic
work to date and is one of the best films ever made. Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) is a small time
gangster who hits the big time with his associates Jimmy Conway (Robert De
Niro) and Tommy De Vito (Joe Pesci) when they rob a cargo terminal at JFK
airport. Based on actual events, Goodfellas is a gritty story full of
murder and drugs that shows just how far some people are willing to go to maintain
the glorified gangster lifestyle. In the
eyes of many moviegoers, there is no greater crime film with the exception of The Godfather. This is a slightly shorter mob flick than
some of the others crime films mentioned up to this point. Goodfellas
clocks in at about two and half hours, but the time will fly by you when you actually
watch it.
