Film

GoodFellas 1990

Directed by Martin Scorsese

  • Drama, Crime
  • 145 min
  • R

Three decades of life in the mafia.

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.

DramaCrimeprisonfloridanew york citybased on novel or bookgangstermass murderdrug trafficking1970sirish-americangorebiographybased on true story

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