Best mafia based movie?

[Bossanova]

<p>Forget God Father1 or 2 and Goodfellas.&nbsp; They are on a level of their own.&nbsp; I ask what is your favorite mob flick outside of them.</p><p>Im stuck between two myself, Donnie Brasco and Bronx Tale</p>

[cougarjake13]

made

[BoondockSaint]

State of Grace or Miller's Crossing.

[Don Stugots]

<p><span class="postbody">Donnie Brasco and Bronx Tale</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>i agree 1000%&nbsp;</p>

[Bossanova]

State of Grace is genious

[MadMatt]

<strong><em>A Bronx Tale</em></strong>, hands down.

[FezPaul]

<p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">Made it ma, top of the world!!</font></strong></p><p><img src="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blondell/JoanBlondell/publicenemy.gif" border="0" width="244" height="388" /></p>

[FUNKMAN]

<p>Johnny Dangerously</p><p><img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smile.gif" border="0" alt="Smile" title="Smile" width="20" height="20" /></p><p>or</p><p>Godfather II</p>

[hereintheUK]

<p>I always thought that for a TV movie. Gotti was superb.</p><p>Once Upon a Time In America is my favourite if that counts. Althought it's not the Italian Mafia it was still a mob movie. </p>

[Kevin]

Mafia........

[Hottub]

&quot;Some Like It Hot&quot;!

[Snacks]

<p>I have to admit Im really not into the Godfather movies. Just never found them that great. Maybe its b/c they jump around too much. </p><p>But to me Goodfellas and a Bronx tale are great.</p><p>My blue heaven was funny, not a classic but great comedy.</p><p>So was Johnny Dangerously</p>

[MadMatt]

<strong>hereintheUK</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I always thought that for a TV movie. Gotti was superb.</p><p>Once Upon a Time In America is my favourite if that counts. Althought it's not the Italian Mafia it was still a mob movie. </p><p>If you go outside of Italian Mafia, <strong>American Me</strong> is a good flick.&nbsp; However, that might be considered more of a prison movie than a mob/gang movie.&nbsp; Close call though...</p>

[furie]

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[Gvac]

I don't think too many movies of any genre will ever top &quot;Goodfellas&quot; in my book.

[Sheeplovr]

<p>Donnie Brasco is where its at</p><p>bronx tale is for girls&nbsp;</p>

[DJEvelEd]

<p>All of them. I never saw a mob movie I didn't like.</p><p>In case it's not mentioned though, Pulp Fiction had organized crime even though it's not your traditional Italian based mob movie.</p><p>I can't picture Brando with a big red ball in his mouth although when he talked&nbsp;it sounded like&nbsp;he had&nbsp;little balls in his mouth.</p>

[Snoogans]

goodfellas

[TheGameHHH]

i really dug donnie brasco, bronx tale and casino

[Recyclerz]

<p>Not traditional Mafia but this is great</p><p><img src="http://www.pumpkinsoft.de/covershots/2663.jpg" border="0" width="187" height="264" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Team_Ramrod]

I liked Mafia with our good friend Jay Mohr

[KennethC]

It gets absolutely no love on this board, but the best mob movie I've ever seen that didn't feature John Cazale is Mean Streets.

[Team_Ramrod]

<p>Oh, oh, oh.... I forgot Knockaround guys.</p><p>A little 'off mafia' mafia movie but the base was there.</p><p>I get goosebumbs when I see the scene of Vin Diesel standing up, taking off his jacket and fucking up the local tough guy in the saloon.</p>

[thepaulo]

the freshman and Prizzi's Honor are both very enjoyable&nbsp;... funnier than most mob movies....seen them both many times

[A.J.]

<strong>FezPaul</strong> wrote:<br /><p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">Made it ma, top of the world!!</font></strong></p><p><img src="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blondell/JoanBlondell/publicenemy.gif" border="0" width="244" height="388" /></p><p>Actually, that's from:</p><p><img src="http://www.filmsite.org/posters/whit5.jpg" border="0" width="259" height="398" /></p>

[Don Stugots]

Casino.&nbsp;

[yomudder21]

<font size="3">I would have to say the Goonies!</font>

[DJEvelEd]

<p>Now why would ya have to go and say a thing like that?!?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;Find Me Guilty&quot;</p><p>Vin with hair!</p>

[phixion]

<p>toss up between casino and donnie brasco. </p>

[Earlshog]

my blue heaven

[Tenbatsuzen]

<p>I liked Casino, but Depp was really, really good in Brasco.&nbsp; I think Sharon Stone brought down Casino a bit.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[mikeyboy]

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[BLZBUBBA]

<p>TRUE ROMANCE.&nbsp; </p><p>I won't say I think it's the best other than the big three though.&nbsp; A different angle...hilarious and violent.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>GODFATHER I&amp;II&nbsp;and GOODFELLAS&nbsp;are obviously the best.&nbsp; I'm tempted to&nbsp;throw in RESERVOIR DOGS&nbsp;but then I'd also have to throw in&nbsp;PULP FICTION.&nbsp;While there were no&nbsp;mob &quot;wars&quot; in these films the characters (Joe in&nbsp;RESERVOIR and M. Wallace in PULP FICTION) had organizations.&nbsp; I'll admit that saying these two Tarantino films are mafia movies would be stretching it.</p><p>TRUE ROMANCE puts the&nbsp;mob in a dark comedy.&nbsp; And if it hadn't been for O&amp;A talking about it one day I never would have rented it...based on the title.&nbsp; Totally surprised at how good it was.&nbsp; Great film.&nbsp; When your expectations are exceeded it's better than having them merely met.&nbsp; TRUE ROMANCE and RESERVOIR DOGS both greatly exceeded my expectations.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[mendyweiss]

Once upon&nbsp; a time in America- not a Mafia movie , but more about &quot;The Combination&quot; where jews and italians started working together

[A.J.]

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[Marc with a c]

<p><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:71m.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/93/71m.jpg" border="0" width="99" height="140" /></a></span></p><p><span>wanna buy some coooogies?</span></p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Marc with a c on 1-4-07 @ 9:56 AM</span>

[giannidesk]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>1. Tom Cruise was&nbsp;under consideration for the role of&nbsp;Joe Pistone/Donnie in Donnie Brasco. What a disaster that would have been.</p><p>2. Though I probably agree with the Sharon&nbsp;Stone comment, she did win an academy award for that role.&nbsp;</p><p>3. Best Mob Movie ever: GOODFELLAS. Everything else is a distant second...</p><strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I liked Casino, but Depp was really, really good in Brasco.&nbsp; I think Sharon Stone brought down Casino a bit.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Furtherman]

<strong>BoondockSaint</strong> wrote:<br />State of Grace or Miller's Crossing. <p>BoondockSaint with the only wise reply!&nbsp; Miller's Crossing is the all time great.</p><p><img src="http://cinepad.com/images/millers1.jpg" border="0" width="300" height="301" /></p>

[FUNKMAN]

<strong>Marc with a c</strong> wrote:<br /><p><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:71m.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/93/71m.jpg" border="0" width="99" height="140" /></a></span></p><p><span>wanna buy some coooogies?</span></p><span class="post_edited">&nbsp;</span> <p>or ice cream... funny scene!</p>

[Doctor Manhattan]

<strong>giannidesk</strong> wrote: <p>2. Though I probably agree with the Sharon&nbsp;Stone comment, she did win an academy award for that role.&nbsp; </p><p><font color="#000080"><font size="2"><font face="comic sans ms,sand">Actually, Susan&nbsp;Sarandon won for<em> Dead Man Walking</em> that year. Sharon Stone was nominated for <em>Casino</em></font></font></font></p>

[jetdog]

<strong>Furtherman</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>BoondockSaint</strong> wrote:<br />State of Grace or Miller's Crossing. <p>BoondockSaint with the only wise reply! Miller's Crossing is the all time great.</p><p>&nbsp;Best shooout scene ever:</p><p><img src="http://www.geocities.com/mikemckiernan/mctgun9.jpg" border="0" width="171" height="160" />&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>With Arsenio Hall's scene in</p><p><img src="http://www.impawards.com/1989/posters/harlem_nights.jpg" border="0" width="324" height="494" />&nbsp;</p><p>a close second.&nbsp;</p>

[lleeder]

Definately Donnie Brasco

[MattyBronx]

How 'bout The Untouchables?&nbsp; Score one for the good guys.

[torker]

<strong>A.J.</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>FezPaul</strong> wrote:<br /><p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">Made it ma, top of the world!!</font></strong></p><p><img src="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blondell/JoanBlondell/publicenemy.gif" border="0" width="244" height="388" /></p><p>Actually, that's from:</p><p><img src="http://www.filmsite.org/posters/whit5.jpg" border="0" width="259" height="398" /></p><p><img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y201/torker1313/ONEDDDD.jpg?t=1167957601" border="0" width="248" height="337" /></p>

[torker]

<p><font face="impact,chicago" size="3">Things Change</font>&nbsp; <img src="http://www.sundancechannel.com/uploads/films/medium/t/things_change.jpg" border="0" width="216" height="138" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/arique/pic/0004294b" border="0" width="200" height="200" />&nbsp;<font face="impact,chicago" size="3"> Oscar</font></p>

[weekapaugjz]

i know its new, but i thought the departed was amazing.&nbsp;