Godfathers and Goodfellas: The 18 Best American Mob Movies

Godfathers and Goodfellas: The 18 Best American Mob Movies

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2) Goodfellas – 1990

Gross: $46,836,394

If The Godfather is about the king, Goodfellas is about the soldiers. Taking a street-level view of the life of a mobster (and notably giving almost equal time to his wife), Goodfellas showed the grit under the grandeur of The Godfather and even 25 years later it is a breathtakingly exciting celebration of cinema.

Warner Bros.