What was the greatest mob movie of all time?

1. The Godfather trilogy
2. Goodfellas
3. A Bronx Tale
4. Scarface (the 1932 original starring Paul Muni)
5. On the Waterfront (Marlon Brando)
6. The Roaring Twenties (James Cagney)
7. Little Caesar (Edward G. Robinson)
8. Angels with Dirty Faces (James Cagney, Pat O'Brien)
9. Casino
10. The Brotherhood (Kirk Douglas)
11. Mean Streets (Harvey Keitel, Robert DeNiro)
12. White Heat (James Cagney)
13. Valachi Papers
14. The St. Valentines Day Massacre (Jason Robards)
15. Honor Thy Father

If you have another choice you feel ranks alongside these classics, by all means please list it.

PS: I add a few suggested at the bottom I thought should rank as well.

Hands down not even close or up for debate GodFather

Miller's Crossing is an often overlooked gem.

Better than the GOD FATHER?

I have to check that one out.

Sorry for the misunderstanding. The Godfather is by far,the greatest Mob movie ever,hands down,no contest. The original post asked if we had another choice that ranked among the other movies listed.
Given some of the picks (Angels with Dirty Faces,Little Caesar,etc),I was just throwing in another title that I thought was on a par with the others.

I'll add:
"Al Capone," basically a B-movie but with an electrifying performance by Rod Steiger in the title role. He was hands-down the best of all the movie Capones and Capone-like characters.
"The Brotherhood," a much-underrated Mob movie with Kirk Douglas very good as an old-fashioned Sicilian-American Don struggling--fatally--with the modern Mob and his own wannabe younger brother
"Honor thy Father," a TV movie based on the Gay Talese book about Bill Bonanno and faher Joe, with four memorable performances by Joseph Bologna, Brenda Vaccaro, Raf Vallone and Richard Castellano. The script mercifully omits all the "man of honor" BS that Bill Bonanno loaded on Talese in the book.

Though it is not a Mob movie per se, "White Heat" is the greatest gangster movie ever made. James Cagney at his most forceful as Cody Jared, psychopatic killer and leader of a gang of payroll robbers.

Arguably, while it may not be "the greatest," I always have a soft spot for Scorsese's Mean Streets.

For me, it's sorta the Anti-Godfather. Keitel was the star, but DeNiro steals the film.

And the fight in the pool hall is a classic. ("What's a mook?")


Signor V.

Godfather II. But I wish the 1920s segments and the 1958-1960 segments were separate movies

Gotti 1996 Armand Assante

Bravo! Turnbull.....I forgot about all those classics when making this list. Rod Steiger played the part very well although as you say the movie Al Capone itself wasn't a great work. "The Brotherhood" with Kirk Douglas was a great movie. I saw it as a teenager when it was first released back in the 1960s (68' I think). Loved it.

Telese's "Honor Thy Father" was not great IMO but a major mob movie and worth watching nonetheless. And yes, "White Heat" w/Cagney was great. Where he screams out at the end, "Top of the world Ma, Top of the World" Lol (also the part where he puts the guy in the trunk and then plugs the trunk full of holes). Lol

Thank you for those. Good additions for sure!

BINGO!!! A great movie. Simply great! I remember my friends and I took the subway to 42nd Street in Manhattan to see it as soon as it came out. All the guys were saying how this was so realistic and a real depiction of our neighborhoods. (and it was). Very gritty and real. No fluff. No BS. No Hollywood schtick. Just the real deal. They even had a few neighborhood guys actually cast in the movie. When we watched it we were crying laughing because they had these average guys from Mulberry Street neighborhood in it. Lol. That was all Scorsese, because he actually came from Downtown New York.

I don't know how I forgot that one (I must be getting old) Lol. So a great addition! Bravo!

"Mean Streets" is a must see for everyone! It was made around 1972-73 if memory serves me.

A lot of "mob" movies aren't really mob movies at all, many just have a sort of mob theme or "feel" about them. A movie with just one or two mob guys or connected guys throughout the film doesn't qualify as a mob movie. But sure, I suppose they could be added to the genre.

I do rate the gravano film " witness to the mob".
Goodfellas is the best,though. It's more realistic of mob life than the godfathers. Shows how lowlife a lot of the mob really is. Whereas the godfathers makes it seem glamorous and noble, in parts.
Little Caesar is best of old ones.

The Day of the Owl

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Owl_(film)

To me Goodfellas is more low-level mob stuff, street-level rackets. I mean most people in the movie weren't in the Mafia, fringe associates. It didn't show the true business of Cosa Nostra, infiltrating different industries and taking over labor unions. The robbery, hijacking, and insurance fraud shit is associate stuff, soldier at best. I think it's a great movie if you want to see what mob life is at a street level.

Gotti - HBO Movie
Donnie Braco
2 that belong in the Top 10 at least of more modern mob genre movies

Godfather 1, number Godfather 2 is good, but not as great as the first. Many 1930's movies were great, like the ones with Bogart, Garfield, and Cagney. There is an old interview with Scorsese, where he states that Mean Streets, while it has a hint of mob elements to it, is actually a character study of different types of neighborhood people he grew up with.

The Drop is a great film with some mob aspects involved with it.

1.) Goodfellas
2.)Godfather
3.) Godfater II
4.) Casino
5.) Gotti (HBO 1996 version)
6.) Donnie Brasco
7.) Bronx Tale
8.) Mean Streets
9.) Pope of Greenwich Village
10.) The Irishman (aware its highly inaccurate, but if you can look past that i thought the story was good)

Not sure if you can count Raging Bull as its not necessarily a mob movie, but there's certainly a mob aspect. If that counts, I'd put that top 5.

Raging Bull was a top mob "related" movie also. Without a doubt!

Donnie Brasco is one of my favorites.

Most mob movies suck in my opinion, even the good ones hardly hit their mark, especially when compared to the books they're based on. Almost every time I watch one I feel like something's missing or it could've been better.

It was a boxing movie.

put family enforcer on the list

Hey bronx how are you doing

Forrest Whiticker made a strange movie called Ghost Dog, about a Black man he plays who hangs out in Philly, and gets involved with a Mafia member. Very wierd movie, but I liked it The Mafia men are portrayed a bit bizarrely. Henry Silva plays the mob boss.


The trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRMu7RytXyE

I need to add that Ghost Dog is not one of the best, not by far. It's just pretty good, and very different. It came to my attention when I was a passenger in a car, and the driver had talk radio host Michael Savage on. Savage was going on about how much he liked it, and saying it was so strange, weird, and bizarre, yet he could not stop watching it. I checked it out afterwards, and felt the same. One portrayal was what I think was an underbosss, who was a rap fan and was rapping in a mob club while siting at a table with his boss.

Death Collector aka Family Enforcer. From the 70s. It was Joe Pesce's first movie. Frank Vincent is in it, too!

I may be going off track here, but Carlitos way has always been a favourite.

It was a lot of things. A biography "first and foremost" about an Italian guy from the Bronx who became an iconic boxer. But it was also about the Italian culture, the Bronx, gritty street life, the Mafia, criminality, his violent relationship with his girl and wife, his alcohol abuse, his later life after the ring, his nightclub career as a club comedian, etc., etc....But never mind all that Jace. You just keep saying "it was a boxing movie," like the stubborn, ignorant, argumentative blockhead that you have been since you came to this forum. Lol. You can't help yourself because you just love to cause trouble.

PS: By the way we just released an interesting profile on top Baltimore mafia figure Thomas (Guinea Reds) Aversa. You'll enjoy it...(oh, I forgot. You can't read it).

I only said it was a boxing movie, I have no idea why that burns your butt so badly.

The Godfather 1&2
Goodfellas
The Valachi Papers {I don't care what anybody says, that was a good movie}

Killing them softly all the way. Fucking masterpiece. Proceed by Goodfellas, Godfarther 1 &2 and I'm with Dilorenzo. regarding the valachi papers, it's a great film.

This just aired on TCM a few days ago. Great film because of Steiger, but I had totally forgot that the female lead was played by the late Fay Spain - a very underrated actress whose last film role was as Hyman Roth's wife in GF2 (and you didn't even get to see any close-ups of her face).


Signor V.

Has anyone ever seen The Funeral with Christopher Walken and Chris Penn? Possibly the most disturbing and dark film I've ever seen.... I've only watched it once.... it had me like... What the Fuck was that?

It was good... i think...lol. Just really dark... lot of Marxist undertones from what I remember .....

Does Russian Mafia count? We own the Night with Joaquin Pheonix and Robert Duvall and Walhberg.... Great film...

Big Dick Dave, that one was awesome.

Okay got few gems that are must watch if you like mob movies….

WITNESS TO THE MOB is almost my all time favs . It’s The movie version to UNDERBOSS.

One deadly road. - this also was a favorite but haven’t seen it in over 15 years bc my car was on AVE D in LES smh. It’s basically the CASSO story.

Bonanno : a godfathers story
There’s two versions of this…
One is called the youngest godfather which is three hours and only part one to the full movie.

Does anyone know what ITALIAN mafia movies on AMAZON PRIME are worth watching?? I like zero zero zero And I saw season 1 n 2 og gommoroa. Gammora series wasn’t my favorite but it was ok

Yes--"Mafioso" (1964), directed by Alberto Lattuada, is a great movie about a Sicilian (Alberto Sordi) who left the island for Milan, where he married a blond Northern Italian woman, has two blond daughters, and has a managerial job at the Fiat plant. He returns to Sicily to introduce his wife and kids to his family and friends. It's a riotously funny comedy about the clash of mores and customs twixt mainlanders and Sicilians--until he's recruited by the local gabellotto to do a job in New York. Brilliant!

Yeah, this was a really weird movie but with a good cast. Interesting how Christopher Walken started his movie career as a wimpy tech nerd in "The Anderson Tapes" and evolved into so many tough guy roles.

here my list
1 the godfather part 1 ,,,hands down ur pants the best MOVIER ver made
.2.goodfellas
3. hbo gotti1996 less violence was and Assante made it great4
4 dacing with wolves naww just kiddin
4 the godfather par t2
5 the departed
6 casino
7 once uon a time in america
8 donnie brasco
9 the pope of greenwich village
10 scarface paul minni


sorry no irshman good movie but the departed is a better movies than that we all know

Lol, you might be right with this one!

It wasn't a mob movie, more a gambling movie but I just watched one of my all favorite movies and favorite actors...The Gambler with James Caan...That's a movie I can repeat from moemory but still watch it every time it comes on

I like Goodfellas and Casino, but I think I'd take away the narration.

THATS THAT MADE THE MVIES THE NARRATION

Damn dude, do you even grammar?

Lol, I need an interpreter to decipher thekidfromthesouth

lol

For laughs, 1963 - "Johnny Cool", with an all-star cast.Or the Roberto Benigni film. "Johnny Stecchino", 1991. Might be hard to find, but worth a look.

What I find most amusing about this one is that there is a "Director's Commentary."

WTF???

Wit Maverick. Obviously a name to conjure with...

Right up there with Coppola, Scorsese, etc., I guess.

Sopornos - 7?? How on earth did I manage to miss the first six???


Signor V.

screw you dawg i work and do this when i can,

What happened to the "lol" ?
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Take my advice and maybe start doing less of it. It ain't for you. (reading comprehension and writing ability I mean).

Lol....I noticed that as well...This kids shot, I gave him the booze excuse and he wouldn't take it !!

When someone continues to repeat something like I work, it starts making you look more like you don't...And we're not teenagers here, stop with the dawg

how about go fuck ur self ,,, im gonna endit like that. im not like percent guys whor are fakes im not and
internet thug

"WOW" is about all I can say after that incoherent indecipherable gibberish.

I composed my thoughts and wrote much more legibly than that when I was still only in Elementary School, in First Grade no less. (and I'm not kidding you either).

You're not ?? You're the only one cursing everybody out and proudly proclaiming that you're an ex con

I agree with most of what people have contributed. I’d offer up King of New York with Chris Walken as very watchable as well.

Did no one list The Untouchables, wtf? What about The Seven Ups, French Connection or anything with Tony LoBianco. Carlito's Way and Sleepers.

My favorite will always be The Goodfellas but the best is GF 1 and 2 i see them as one movie so i can't seperate the two. I also have a soft spot for Bronx Tale.

Road to Perdition was good.

All the ones you mentioned were great, but I agree, "A Bronx Tale" was excellent also. Very realistic.

I think De Niro's first and only film he directed.

Very good..thank you very much......

Just finished mafia inc.
Loosely based on events in MTL across the years.
Definitely not the "greatest" but as far as new mafia flicks in past couple decades very well done.
Judging by ending there should be a sequel.
And compared to tv show bad blood mafia inc is Shakespeare.
Bad blood was a tragedy on all fronts...I hope they don't plan a 3rd season.

Godfather part 2 and Goodfellas.

Poor Bobby went from the best actor to an ass kissing activist

You're not ?? You're the only one cursing everybody out and proudly proclaiming that you're an ex con

Hey listen i was with the feds 10 yeatrs i witness so raw shit,,,,, i meet some mobsters.... what the fuck fuck have you done rob a candy store ,, whod dou know??? Mr. dilorenzo??

Once upon a time in america all start cast long movie,, it lkinda drags a bit long in the middle the best performance by Deniro i my opinon i use to put numer one all the time acting wise , but hes gettin a too political in the past decade,,, and pacino is one dude u never hear from anything from him he dopes saty on under the microscope he NEVER A talks politics nor religion for all i know he pro turmp,,or pro biden tha makes him better than deniro,,,,,

You again ?? I thought you were done with this thread ?? Bringing up stuff from weeks ago ?? What a child !!

Unlike you, I don't go on the internet and brag about doing 10 years in prison...Most people are ashamed of that...Unlike you I'm retired with a pension, I don't need to rob candy stores like you...

I also don't go on the internet to brag about how many mob guys I know, but I'd bet the house on it, its more then you know...

You come off as a fraud and the biggest wannabe !!

hey fuck you Di lorenzo if that ur real fucking name,,, ashamhed of what shit bag i walk the streets of miami with my head up high always dont forget that scum bum!

Did you time with the cocaine cowboys too ??

Your heads up alright, its up your ass !!

Kid and DiL: : Cut the flaming right now!

Are you serious ??

This kid cursed at me in every post and I didn't curse back at him once until the last post when I said his head is up his ass....

This board is basically on life support...Over moderating won't help !!

Naw naw fuck head i dint do time with those characeter,,,, nice try try shit bag i just came to give my 2 cents about the best mob movie ver ,,, and there you insultin me AGAIN,,,,let me ask you gain DilorenzA HAVE YOU EVER meet any wise guys i mett bruno indelicato among other ,, who have u meet on a any JOINT,,,,why would i be ashame of me doing ten years ,,, most lilely u work a nine to five job,,,, which is good ,,,but i i really dont give a fuck what u profession is so back off asshole,, fucking low life,... keep talking old man ill give my coordinates so you and i can " talk" about this

Godfather One, I was not so big on Godfather 2. It even had less violence cursing and threats than this thread.

its dilorenza fault im just giving my 2 cents about the best movie ever

Kid, the Mods are treating you to a two-week vacation from these boards. Go flame somewhere else.

I'm not offended by him guys....You can reinstate him, I just wont post with him anymore...Problem solved

Sorry, its unlike me to get in these spats....Let him back in

Not your call--my call.

yes, most realilistic is "mean streets" great piece of work,

I can't explain why I didn't post this when this thread started, but...

"Key Largo" (1948). Johnny Rocco (Edward G. Robinson) and his mob are holed up in a Florida Keys hotel, holding hostage the owner (Lionel Barrymore), his daughter (Lauren Bacall) and a visitor (Humphrey Bogart) during a hurricane. Claire Trevor, as Rocco's moll, won Best Supporting Actress Oscar, but Robinson, as usual, supplies the juice. Robinson in "Little Caesar" was a choir boy compared with his Johnny Rocco in "Key Largo," possibly the nastiest gangster ever. Robinson, IMO, the most underrated great actor in Hollywood history.

Gotta agree with you there. I loved Edward G. Robinson growing up. He was one of my all-time favorites.

Mean Streets isn't a mob movie, just has a few mobsters in it sprinkled here and there if I'm not mistaken.

To me Donnie Brasco is top-of-the-line, I think it was darker and nastier than Goodfellas and Casino because of the lack of narration and classic music, which seemed to lighten up those other movies and make them almost comical.

You're not mistaken, yet it is always referred to as one. At the time it came out no one saw it as a mob movie, but as a character study. The people in it were nuts, and Keitel's character did run numbers, but there was almost no mob references, aside from the uncle.

Godfather 1 and 2 for me. Although as I got older i enjoyed the old gangster films from Cagney and Robinson

I like the Cagney ones but Bogart did a few good ones too. There was one with Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster as bootlegger that was also pretty good. I think he Cagney ones were tops.

The Godfather is not only the greatest mob movie of all time, it's the greatest movie of all time.

Second greatest movie of all time is Part 2. Nothing beats the story, the detail, the pacing, the casting and the acting in both films.

I agree, on both fronts.

For all you trivia buffs:

First time that an original motion picture and it's sequel both won Best Picture Oscars - Godfather 1 & 2.

First time that 2 different actors won an Oscar fer portraying the same character - Godfather 1 - Brando (Best Actor) and Godfather 2 - DeNiro (Best supporting Actor) for Vito Corleone.

First time that an actor won an Oscar for speaking primarily in a foreign language (Sicilian dialect) Godfather 2 - DeNiro.for Vito Corleone

What about Last Man Standing, not a true story but still good. Also Road to Perdition.

100% - The Godfather movies were epic

Not sure it was brought up, but what is everyone's thoughts on Once Upon A Time in America? I am NOT nominating it for best Mob movie by any means, I agree with the top choices, but I always found it entertaining.
Directed by Sergio Leone, his last movie, and starring De Niro and James Woods with Joe Pesci also.
And I know its not the "Italian Mafia"
It always made me think of Luciano, Lanskey, etc, young friends who grow up to be crime bosses.
Curious what everyone else thinks about that movie.

Yes, it was definitely loosely based on Luciano and his Jewish gangster pals, I don't care what anyone says.

Once Upon A Time in America is an excellent film.

I will split a semantic hair and say that while it may not be a "Mafia" movie, it certainly is an epic "Mob" movie.

Whoever found the kid that portrays James Woods as a teen was a casting genius.

Maybe it's my juvenile mindset,but one of my favorite scenes is where Burt Young is relating the story of his "special" insurance policy.

Underrated classic.

Lepke with Tony Curtis (1975)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TSXJOT9v8M

Sergio Leone was devastated when the Americans released the first version in theaters what were they thinking??
The director's cut is a masterpiece. It received a raucous, record-breaking ovation of nearly 20 minutes at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival (reportedly heard by diners at restaurants across the street from the Palais)

You gotta laugh. Especially with all the ' bickering ' it caused.

**@Liggio, just kidding

Not many saying Witness to the mob. Its not the best mob movie but for a made for TV film, its great. Then again the book it's based on is the best mob book ever. We all agree !!