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Monday, January 23, 2023

Empire Magazine: Top 100 Movies

Empire Magazine:

Top 100 Movies

Empire is a British film magazine which was started in July 1989. Over the years, they have produced multiple best-of all-time movie lists. Dave’s Movie Database has compiled and aggregated nine of those lists into a “definitive” top 100 movies according to Empire.

1. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
3. The Godfather (1972)
4. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
6. Goodfellas (1990)
7. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
8. Jaws (1975)
9. Aliens (1986)
10. The Godfather Part II (1974)

11. Apocalypse Now (1979)
12. Blade Runner (1982)
13. Casablanca (1942)
14. The Matrix (1999)
15. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
16. Alien (1979)
17. Schindler’s List (1993)
18. The Usual Suspects (1995)
19. Citizen Kane (1941)
20. Taxi Driver (1976)

21. Se7en (Seven) (1995)
22. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
23. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
24. Star Wars – Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
25. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
26. Rear Window (1954)
27. Fight Club (1999)
28. Back to the Future (1985)
29. Die Hard (1988)
30. The Big Lebowski (1998)

31. Heat (1995)
32. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
33. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
34. Gladiator (2000)
35. Vertigo (1958)
36. The Shining (1980)
37. L.A. Confidential (1997)
38. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
39. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
40. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

41. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
42. Psycho (1960)
43. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
44. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
45. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
46. Jurassic Park (1993)
47. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
48. Gone with the Wind (1939)
49. American Beauty (1999)
50. Raging Bull (1980)

51. Forrest Gump (1994)
52. Some Like It Hot (1959)
53. Titanic (1997)
54. Donnie Darko (2001)
55. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
56. Léon: The Professional (1994)
57. 12 Angry Men (1957)
58. Stand by Me (1986)
59. Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) (2001)
60. The Terminator (1984)

61. Fargo (1996)
62. Once Upon a Time in the West (C’era Una Volta il West) (1968)
63. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
64. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
65. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
66. Braveheart (1995)
67. Memento (2001)
68. Trainspotting (1996)
69. Toy Story (1995)
70. Ghostbusters (1984)

71. The Exorcist (1973)
72. Annie Hall (1977)
73. True Romance (1993)
74. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
75. Magnolia (1999)
76. The Third Man (1949)
77. Chinatown (1974)
78. Scarface (1983)
79. North by Northwest (1959)
80. Grease (1978)

81. Lost in Translation (2003)
82. Withnail and I (1987)
83. The Princess Bride (1987)
84. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
85. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
86. The Blues Brothers (1980)
87. The Great Escape (1963)
88. Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
89. Good Will Hunting (1997)
90. The Searchers (1956)

91. Platoon (1986)
92. The Graduate (1967)
93. The Wild Bunch (1969)
94. The Dark Knight (2008)
95. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
96. The Thing (1982)
97. There Will Be Blood (2007)
98. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
99. Rocky (1976)
100. The Lion King (1994)

Resources:

Dave’s Movie Database: Movie Lists
EmpireOnline.com: Empire magazine’s official website
Empire (1/23/2023). “The 100 Greatest Movies”
Empire (June 2017). “The 100 Greatest Movies”
Empire (July 2014). “The 301 Greatest Movies of All Time”
Empire (2008). “The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time”
Empire (2007). “100 Greatest Films”
Empire (2006). “201 Greatest Movies of All Time”
Empire (2003). “100 Greatest Movies of All Time”
Empire (2001). “50 Best Films”
Empire (1999). “100 Greatest Movies Ever!”
Wikipedia: (7/25/2019). “Empire (film magazine)”

Originally posted 7/25/2019; last updated 5/28/2023.

Saturday, December 31, 2022

USA Today: 100 Best Movies of All Time

USA Today:

100 Best Movies of All Time

This is an aggregate of 3 lists featured in the newspaper USA Today from 2017 to 2022. See the bottom of the page for details and links.

1. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. Psycho (1960)
4. The Dark Knight (2008)
5. Casablanca (1942)
6. Chinatown (1974)
7. Citizen Kane (1941)
8. North by Northwest (1959)
9. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
10. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

11. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
12. Pulp Fiction (1994)
13. Schindler’s List (1993)
14. 12 Angry Men (1957)
15. Goodfellas (1990)
16. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
17. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
18. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
19. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
20. City Lights (1931)

21. Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
22. Once Upon a Time in the West (C’era Una Volta il West) (1968)
23. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
24. Toy Story 3 (2010)
25. Modern Times (1936)
26. Rear Window (1954)
27. All About Eve (1950)
28. Apocalypse Now (1979)
29. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
30. Paths of Glory (1957)

31. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

32. The Great Dictator (1940)
33. Alien (1979)
34. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
35. The Godfather Part II (1974)
36. Aliens (1986)
37. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
38. Arrival (2016)
39. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
40. Independence Day (1996)

41. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
42. Galaxy Quest (1999)
43. Star Trek (2009)
44. The Martian (2015)
45. Moon (2009)
46. Blade Runner (1982)
47. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
48. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (aka “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”) (2001)
49. How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
50. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

51. The Matrix (1999)
52. The Never Ending Story (1984)
53. The Princess Bride (1987)
54. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
55. Back to the Future (1985)
56. Father of the Bride (1991)
57. Frozen (2013)
58. The Incredibles (2004)
59. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
60. Mary Poppins (1964)

61. Meet the Parents (2000)
62. The Sound of Music (1965)
63. Step Brothers (2008)
64. National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978)
65. The Blues Brothers (1980)
66. Booksmart (2019)
67. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
68. Ghostbusters (1984)
69. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
70. Groundhog Day (1993)

71. The Hangover (2009)
72. Inception (2010)
73. Old School (2003)
74. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
75. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
76. On the Waterfront (1954)
77. Young Frankenstein (1974)
78. Vertigo (1958)
79. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
80. Taxi Driver (1976)

81. The Exorcist (1973)
82. Double Indemnity (1944)
83. Get Out (2017)
84. Some Like It Hot (1959)
85. It (2017)
86. Whiplash (2014)
87. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
88. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
89. Se7en (1995)
90. Wall-E (2008)

91. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
92. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
93. The Shining (1980)
94. Raging Bull (1980)
95. The Witch (2015)
96. Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
97. Black Panther (2018)
98. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
99. Flash Gordon (1980)
100. The Goonies (1985)

Resources:

USA Today (2022). “Top 35 Movies of All Time”
USA Today (3/20/2020). “Need a coronavirus escape? Here are 100 movies to watch for every cinematic yearning”
USA Today (12/22/2017). “Let the Debate Begin: 50 Best Movies of All Time”

Originally posted 8/3/2019; last updated 5/26/2025.

Monday, June 10, 2019

Time Out: 100 Best Films

Time Out:

100 Best Films

Time Out is a London-based magazine which offers reviews of various forms of entertainment, including film. Over the years, they have published various all-time best lists of movies and a book of the 1000 top movies. This list is an aggregate of six of those lists (see resources at the bottom of the page). Astonishingly, only 10 titles appear on all six lists.

1. The Godfather (1972)
2. Citizen Kane (1941)
3. Taxi Driver (1976)
4. Chinatown (1974)
5. Apocalypse Now (1979)
6. Some Like It Hot (1959)
7. Raging Bull (1980)
8. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
9. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
10. Blade Runner (1982)

11. The General (1927)
12. Goodfellas (1990)
13. Pulp Fiction (1994)
14. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
15. The Red Shoes (1948)
16. A Matter of Life and Death (aka “Stairway to Heaven”) (1946)
17. Annie Hall (1977)
18. The Shining (1980)
19. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
20. Gone with the Wind (1939)

21. Casablanca (1942)
22. Mean Streets (1973)
23. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
24. The Third Man (1949)
25. The Piano (1993)
26. Persona (aka “Masks”) (1966)
27. Schindler’s List (1993)
28. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
29. Vertigo (1958)
30. North by Northwest (1959)

31. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
32. The Searchers (1956)
33. Jaws (1975)
34. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)
35. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
36. Once Upon a Time in the West (C’era Una Volta Il West) (1968)
37. Fargo (1996)
38. The Sweet Life (La Dolce Vita) (1960)
39. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
40. Double Indemnity (1944)

41. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925)
42. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
43. Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) (1959)
44. Notorious (1946)
45. The Deer Hunter (1978)
46. Brazil (1985)
47. The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeria) (1966)
48. Paris, Texas (1984)
49. Don’t Look Now (1973)
50. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

51. Withnail and I (1987)
52. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
53. Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso) (1988)
54. There Will Be Blood (2007)
55. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
56. All About Eve (1950)
57. The Apartment (1960)
58. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
59. The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (1957)
60. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

61. Boogie Nights (1997)
62. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
63. Kes (1969)
64. On the Waterfront (1954)
65. Breaking the Waves (1996)
66. La Haine (1995)
67. Rear Window (1954)
68. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
69. The Wild Bunch (1969)
70. L’Atalante (aka “Le Chaland Qui Passe”) (1934)

71. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
72. Touch of Evil (1958)
73. Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) (1937)
74. Psycho (1960)
75. Performance (1970)
76. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
77. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
78. American Beauty (1999)
79. His Girl Friday (1940)
80. Léon: The Professional (1994)

81. Rashômon (1950)
82. The Conformist (Il Conformista) (1971)
83. City Lights (1931)
84. An American in Paris (1951)
85. Blue Velvet (1986)
86. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)
87. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
88. Harold and Maude (1971)
89. Sansho the Bailiff (Sansho Dayu) (1954)
90. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

91. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
92. Monster (2003)
93. Andrei Rublev (1996)
94. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
95. M – Eine Stadt Sucht Einen Mörder (1931)
96. Naked (1993)
97. Se7en (Seven) (1995)
98. Black Narcissus (1947)
99. Hidden (Caché) (2004)
100. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

Resources:

Dave’s Movie Database: Movie Lists
Time Out (6/10/2019). “The 100 Best Movies of All Time”
Time Out (4/26/2018). “The 100 Best Movies of All Time as Chosen by Actors”
Time Out (2016). “The 100 Best Movies of All Time”
Time Out (May 2006). 1000 Films to Change Your Life
Time Out (1998). “Top 100 Films”: readers’ picks
Time Out (5/17/1995). “Top 100 Films (Centenary)”

Originally posted 7/25/2019; last updated 5/29/2023.

Thursday, July 19, 2018

MSN Entertainment “100 Best Movies of All Time”

MSN Entertainment:

100 Best Movies of All Time

This list was originally published in 2018. The now-dead link included blurbs about the movies by Shahnaz Mahmud. Because I can no longer find the link online, I don’t know how it was created.

1. The Godfather (1972)
2. The Godfather Part II (1974)
3. Sherlock Jr. (1924)
4. 12 Angry Men (1957)
5. Schindler’s List (1993)
6. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
7. City Lights (1931)
8. Pulp Fiction (1994)
9. Citizen Kane (1941)
10. Goodfellas (1990)

11. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
12. All About Eve (1950)
13. Casablanca (1942)
14. Modern Times (1936)
15. The Dark Knight (2008)
16. Chinatown (1974)
17. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
18. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
19. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
20. On the Waterfront (1954)

21. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
22. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
23. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
24. Psycho (1960)
25. Rear Window (1954)
26. Paths of Glory (1957)
27. Double Indemnity (1944)
28. North by Northwest (1959)
29. The Great Dictator (1940)
30. Toy Story 3 (2010)

31. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
32. The General (1927)
33. Apocalypse Now (1979)
34. Whiplash (2014)
35. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
36. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
37. Some Like It Hot (1959)
38. Taxi Driver (1976)
39. Inside Out (2015)
40. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

41. The Last Picture Show (1971)
42. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
43. It Happened One Night (1934)
44. The Gold Rush (1925)
45. Raging Bull (1980)
46. Vertigo (1958)
47. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
48. Alien (1979)
49. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
50. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)

51. Duck Soup (1933)
52. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
53. Touch of Evil (1958)
54. Out of the Past (1947)
55. Stagecoach (1939)
56. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
57. Boyhood (2014)
58. To Be Or Not to Be (1942)
59. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
60. Reservoir Dogs (1992)

61. Spotlight (2015)
62. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
63. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
64. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
65. Wall-E (2008)
66. Coco (2017)
67. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
68. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
69. Holiday (1938)
70. Laura (1944)

71. Notorious (1946)
72. His Girl Friday (1940)
73. The Kid (1921)
74. Aliens (1986)
75. All the President’s Men (1976)
76. Rebecca (1940)
77. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
78. L.A. Confidential (1997)
79. Inception (2010)
80. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

81. The Apartment (1960)
82. La La Land (2016)
83. Badlands (1973)
84. In a Lonely Place (1950)
85. Strangers on a Train (1951)
86. The Big Sleep (1946)
87. Unforgiven (1992)
88. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
89. The Searchers (1956)
90. Call Me by Your Name (2017)

91. Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
92. The Artist (2011)
93. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
94. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
95. Annie Hall (1977)
96. The Thin Man (1934)
97. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
98. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
99. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
100. The Social Network (2010)

Resources:

Dave’s Movie Database: Movie Lists
Original link (now dead) at MSN Entertainment (7/19/2018). “100 Best Movies” by Shahnaz Mahmud

Originally posted 6/7/2023.

Monday, September 30, 2013

Total Film: 100 Greatest Movies of All Time

Total Film:

100 Greatest Movies of All Time

This is an aggregate of eight lists put together by Total Film magazine from 2005 through 2013. See the bottom of the page for specific details on each list and links.

1. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
2. Goodfellas (1990)
3. The Lord of the Rings:

4. Citizen Kane (1941)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
6. Jaws (1975)
7. The Matrix (1999)
8. Blade Runner (1982)
9. Die Hard (1988)
10. Fight Club (1999)

11. The Godfather (1972)
12. Toy Story (1995)
13. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
14. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
15. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
16. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
17. Back to the Future (1985)
18. Casablanca (1942)
19. Metropolis (1927)
20. Halloween (1978)

21. Psycho (1960)
22. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
23. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
24. The Shining (1980)
25. The Third Man (1949)
26. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
27. The Big Lebowski (1998)
28. Some Like It Hot (1959)
29. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
30. Night of the Living Dead (1968)

31. North by Northwest (1959)
32. Goldfinger (1964)
33. Donnie Darko (2001)
34. Aliens (1986)
35. Mean Streets (1973)
36. Vertigo (1958)
37. The Jazz Singer (1927)
38. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
39. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925)
40. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

41. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
42. Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) (1959)
43. Jurassic Park (1993)
44. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
45. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
46. His Girl Friday (1940)
47. The Usual Suspects (1995)
48. Chinatown (1974)
49. Alien (1979)
50. King Kong (1933)

51. It Happened One Night (1934)
52. All About Eve (1950)
53. Stand by Me (1986)
54. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
55. Annie Hall (1977)
56. Miller’s Crossing (1990)
57. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
58. Nashville (1975)
59. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr Caligari) (1920)
60. Inception (2010)

61. The Godfather Part II (1974)
62. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
63. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
64. Taxi Driver (1976)
65. Victim (1961)
66. Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
67. Flashdance (1983)
68. Memento (2001)
69. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
70. Ghostbusters (1984)

71. Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945)
72. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
73. The Searchers (1956)
74. The Great Escape (1963)
75. A Matter of Life and Death (aka “Stairway to Heaven”) (1946)
76. Dirty Dancing (1987)
77. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
78. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
79. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
80. Room at the Top (1958)

81. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
82. Deep Throat (1972)
83. Enter the Dragon (1973)
84. Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
85. Blazing Saddles (1974)
86. Carrie (1976)
87. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
88. Batman (1989)
89. The Abyss (1989)
90. Persona (aka “Masks”) (1966)

91. Manhattan (1979)
92. The Apartment (1960)
93. Workers Exiting the Factory (La Sortie de l’Usine) (1895)
94. An Andalusian Dog (Un Chien Andalou) (1928)
95. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
96. Easy Rider (1969)
97. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
98. Apocalypse Now (1979)
99. Rear Window (1954)
100. Raging Bull (1980)

Resources:

Dave’s Movie Database: Movie Lists
Total Film (9/30/2013). “50 Best Movie Screenplays”
Total Film (8/19/2013). “50 Most Influential Films”
Total Film (7/10/2012). “50 Most Rewatchable Movies”
Total Film (3/26/2012). “50 Most Loved Movies”
Total Film (1/25/2010). “100 Greatest Movies of All Time”
Total Film (5/7/2009). “50 Movies That Shook the World”
Total Film (3/20/2009). “The 67 Most Influential Films Ever Made”
Total Film (10/24/2005). “Who Is the Greatest?” (top 100 film list)

Originally posted 8/11/2019; last updated 5/26/2025.

Wednesday, September 19, 1990

Goodfellas released

Goodfellas

Released: September 19, 1990

Studio: Warner Bros.

Genre: gangster/crime drama

Box Office (numbers in millions):

Domestic: 46.84 Worldwide: ?

Adjusted for Inflation:

Domestic: 99.0 Worldwide: ?

Directing: Martin Scorsese

Screenwriting: Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese

Starring: Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino

Review:

“Another Mob picture: De Niro and Scorsese again, both in top form.” ^T98 “Based on Nicholas Pileggi’s non-fiction book Wiseguys,” ^FS this is a “fascinating look at the allure – and the reality – of day-to-day life in a Mafia family.” ^LM This is a “definitive and stylish, violent gangster film” ^FS “Screen murder has rarely been committed with such cocky assurance.” ^T98 “The violence is (necessarily) harsh and off-putting, like the film itself at times, but it’s brilliantly realized by Scorsese and cinematographer Michael Ballhaus.” ^LM

The story “chronicles the passage of time through three decades of crime (the 50s to the 70s) in the life of a mid-level, aspiring mobster Henry Hill (Liotta).” ^FS He “dreamed as a kid of becoming a member of the glamorous mob who ran his New York City neighborhood.” ^A07 As an adult, “he marries Karen (Bracco) and slowly advances up and climbs the Mafioso ladder.” ^FS “In the end as his life unravels, after dealing narcotics and becoming hooked, Hill protects himself and his wife by testifying and becoming part of the federal witness protection program – and being left in anonymous, suburbanized exile.” ^FS

With superb performances by Joe Pesci as meanly psychotic wiseguy Tommy DeVito, and Robert DeNiro as paranoid James Conway.” ^FS “Producer Nicholas Pileggi has gone on record to say real mobsters were enlisted as extras. Mystery surrounds how these men were paid, since they were unable to give Warner Bros. their Social Security card numbers.” ^MSN