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The Godfatherblew into dramatic art 52 year ago this calendar week , and aside fromThe Godfather Part II , there ’s never been another crime epical that has been able-bodied to come close to living up to the legacy that this film will behind . The Godfatherwon the 1972 Oscar for Best Picture , and Marlon Brando was named Best Actor for his role as Don Vito Corleone , the head teacher of the Corleone criminal offense fellowship .
This film has become such a polish touchstone that other film and TV shows still refer back to it over four decades later . While most offence movies ca n’t match the power ofThe Godfather , there are a smattering of other films in the same genre that should appeal to anyone who enjoyed manager Francis Ford Coppola ’s adaptation of Mario Puzo ’s iconic novel . For our money , if you ever lovedThe Godfather , then these are the three neat crime movies that you should watch now .
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Goodfellas (1990)
Martin Scorsese‘sThe DepartedandCasinocould have also filled out this listing , and few would have complained . But rather than making this an all - Scorsese movie roundup , we ’re focusing on the director ’s corking crime epic : Goodfellas . It ’s based on the reliable report of Henry Hill ( Ray Liotta ) , a gangster whose life of crime began in the ’ 50s and lasted about three decennary .
Henry and his close friends , James “ Jimmy ” Conway ( Robert De Niro ) and Tommy DeVito ( Joe Pesci ) , quickly rise through the ranks of the mob and relish the benefit of that lifestyle even when Henry is sent to prison . But their good destiny also makes them arrogant and overconfident . Even Henry ’s luck ca n’t last forever . And when it comes to a life of crime , it ’s every man for himself .
WatchGoodfellasonHulu .
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
You may detect thatOnce Upon a Time in Americais Robert De Niro ’s second visual aspect on this lean , and he was also one of the stars ofThe Godfather Part II . That ’s in part because De Niro used to have near instincts about which celluloid he look in . This was also the last moving picture by Sergio Leone , the director of some of the greatest spaghetti westerns ever made .
Once Upon a fourth dimension in Americafollows David “ Noodles ” Aaronson ( De Niro ) and his Friend Maximilian “ Max ” Bercovicz ( James Woods ) , Patrick “ Patsy ” Goldberg ( James Hayden ) , and Philip “ Cockeye ” Stein ( William Forsythe ) , as they cover the felonious underworld through the forbiddance years and beyond . But it ’s a severe way to be , and sometimes even their Quaker ca n’t be trusted .
WatchOnce Upon a clip in AmericaonParamount+ .
American Gangster (2007)
The Sicilian Mafia has n’t tree the securities industry for law-breaking in New York , as demonstrated in Ridley Scott’sAmerican Gangster . This film is based on the life of Frank Lucas ( Denzel Washington ) , a military personnel who draw himself up through the underworld until he became the Godfather of Harlem . Lucas was so effective at drug smuggling that he even became more prominent than his mafia counterparts .
Allowing himself to become famous may have been Lucas ’ biggest error , because it urge on Detective Richie Roberts ( Russell Crowe ) to look more closely into his criminal social function . However , Roberts faces barricade at closely every bit of his probe , as well as a corrupt pig , Detective Trupo ( Dune : Part Two‘s Josh Brolin ) , who wo n’t get a fellow constabulary military officer get in the way of his illicit paydays .
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