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HBO’sThe Sopranosis celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary this month , and it ’s another admonisher that the public just ca n’t seem to get enough of the mafia . The Godfatherhelped popularize Sicilian Mafia stories over five decades ago , and there always seems to be new stuff to research in film and TV .
Netflixdoesn’t haveThe SopranosorThe Godfatherfor Maffia aficionado , but it does have a spate of crime narration uncommitted to rain buckets , only a few of which actually deal with the mafia . For this inclination , we ’ve narrow down the extract to three cracking Netflix movies about the mafia . But you may desire to make your viewing plans before long , since our 2d excerption , The Informer , is leave Netflix at the end of January .
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The Irishman (2019)
Martin Scorsese’sThe Irishmanplays like an all - star card of movie mobster , including the three lead player : Robert De Niro , Al Pacino , and Joe Pesci , all of whom were digitally de - senior for sealed part of the plastic film . And like many of Scorsese ’s dear crime epics , The Irishmanis also based on real event . De Niro stars as Frank “ The Irishman ” Sheeran , a gentleman’s gentleman whose loyalty to the Philadelphia Maffia allows him to find work as a contract killer under mob gaffer Russell Bufalino ( Joe Pesci ) .
Frank also becomes close to Teamsters head Jimmy Hoffa ( Al Pacino ) , who wo n’t let a little matter like prison get in the manner of holding on to power . However , Hoffa ’s inability to back off eventually alienate his understood mate in the maffia , which may force Frank to make some heavy choices about who he ’s really patriotic to .
WatchThe IrishmanonNetflix .
The Informer (2019)
rather of dealing with the Italian mafia , The Informerswitches the focus to the Polish mafia . The Suicide Squad‘s Joel Kinnaman stars as Peter Koslow , a man who has been on the emanation in the Polish mafia under the leaders of Ryszard “ The General ” Klimek ( Eugene Lipinski ) . What The General does n’t know is that Peter flipped for the FBI and is now working for Special Agent Erica Wilcox ( Rosamund Pike ) to put him off .
But just as Peter finally assure an end to his lifetime of stealth , an undercover fuzz is remove during a pang . The General then endanger Peter ’s wife , Sofia Koslow ( Blonde‘s Ana de Armas ) , to ensure that Peter continue running the drug operation from behind bars . Meanwhile , the FBI also expects Peter to keep spying for them , even though Wilcox ’s boss , Keith Montgomery ( Clive Owen ) , is looking to flip Peter under the proverbial bus in decree to cover up his own mistake .
WatchThe InformeronNetflix .
The Equalizer 3 (2023)
The Godfather movies andThe Sopranostend to offer a more sanitized look at the mafia even when they regularly kill or maim the great unwashed . The Equalizer 3goes several measure further with its depiction of the Italian mafia , aka the Camorra . Marco Quaranta ( Andrea Dodero ) and his older comrade , Vincent Quaranta ( Andrea Scarduzio ) , are dead irreclaimable as they let loose a wave of violence — including a car bombing and an impromptu amputation — to terrify a modest town in Italy into obeying their will .
Unfortunately for the Quaranta brothers , they ’ve find fault the town where Robert McCall ( Denzel Washington ) is convalescing after being seriously wounded . McCall has become very fond of the townspeople , and catch them get ill-treat just pisses him off . When the Quaranta brothers fail to heed McCall ’s word of advice to move their operations , he once again takes the jurisprudence into his own hands .
WatchThe Equalizer 3onNetflix .
