
GoodFellas(1990)
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.


“Crime, passion and lust for power.”
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

Robert De Niro
David 'Noodles' Aaronson

James Woods
Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz

Elizabeth McGovern
Deborah Gelly

Treat Williams
James Conway O'Donnell

Tuesday Weld
Carol

Joe Pesci
Frankie Monaldi

Burt Young
Joe

James Hayden
Patrick 'Patsy' Goldberg

William Forsythe
Philip 'Cockeye' Stein
Larry Rapp
'Fat' Moe Gelly
Once Upon a Time in America is a drama, crime film released in 1984 exploring themes of new york city, regret, lovesickness, rape, life and death, sexual abuse. Directed by Sergio Leone, it stars Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern. A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
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