Favorite : MOB Related Movie

[mhussung]

What is your favorite MOB related film from the list? If your favorite isn't listed, please reply with the film name.

[Canada]

1. Goodfellas
2. Godfather Part II
3. Godfather
4. The Departed
5. Donnie Brasco


It's blashamy I know but I hated Scarface with a passion.

[kotton247]

Scarface you cockaroaches.

[supersix4]

1. Godfather 1
2. Godfather 2
3. Goodfellas
4.Casino
5. Departed/ Donnie Brasco


scarface in my opinion wasnt really about the "mob" but thats up there as well in top movies

[BR7]

1.Goodfellas
2.Godfather all 3
3.The Departed
4.Donnie Brasco
5.Angels with Dirty Faces
6.Scarface
7.Once Upon A Time In America
8.Casino
9.A Bronx tale
10.The Untouchables

[Irishwiseguy2006]

Godfather's
Once Upon a time in America
A Bronx Tale
Donnie Brosco
Scarface-Not really mob per say..but still great
The Untouchables
Goodfellas

[Kaixa]

Godfather for me. Especially love the ending.

[sj001]

Goodfellas
Departed
Godfather
Casino

[TheMightyCelestial]

5. Donnie Brasco - Al Pacino in the mob, but this time, on the opposite side of the hierarchy. A low-level aging hitman who can't get no respect. One of the few times Al gets to expand his acting muscles as opposed to just flexing 'em with a loud performance, which, though he's good at, has sorta become his standard.
For me, a great gangster movie isn't just about "wacking" people. It's when it shows the inner-most details of how the mob works. This one goes towards the very lowest part of the totem & shows us how the "cogs" grind thru a living in hopes of someday climbing that mafia ladder.

4. Bugsy - Bugsy is a film that doesn't even try to compete with other mob flicks. And therefore, it succeeds as a gangster movie that stands out on its own. It almost completely removes the realistic-type dialogue & the grittiness that is usually associated with this genre. I can almost sense the same sheen that the old black & white mafia films used to use to screen over the mobster characters & give em that "romanticized" look that they became famous for back then. For all their ruthlessness, the major players in this story come off as very likeable people. And you can't beat the acting by Warren Beatty, Annette Benning, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliot Gould & Joe Mantegna.

3. The Godfather ll - I shan't go into detail why I think this such a great movie cuz I'll just end up repeating what has been said about this movie a millions times already.
However, I will mention that just when I thought I spotted all the " orange = death/violent act" scenes in this trilogy, upon my most recent viewing of G-2, I spotted another one. Right before Massimo Fanucci, The Black Hand Don, get's "hit", he grabs an orange from one of the fruit stands as he is walking thru the parade.
When I think about how many times I've watched this series, I cannot believe that this shot had eluded me for all this time.
Trying to spot these kinds of foreshadowing is just but one tiny aspect why this series is considered such a classic in not just the genre of mobster films, but also, in all films in general.

2. Goodfellas - You just can't beat this gangster movie for charismatic energy. Scorcese pays close attention the minute details that the mafia engage in for the sake of maintaining the lifestyle that they have so become accustomed to. Also, the director shows how that type of self-contained lifestyle can only eventually crumble as the outside world continually changes & evolves.

1. The Godfather - Rather than repeating what has been said a hundred times already about this American film classic, I will make you an offer that you cannot refuse: A list within a list.
Top ten reasons to watch the Godfather;

10. The late great John Cazale.
9. Marlon Brando is back with a performance uniquely his own.
8. James Caan. IMO, his best performance ever & the best character in the movie.
7. All the "oranges=death/violent act" scenes.
6. Apollonia!!!
5. Vito Corleone's "...And that I do not forgive" speech during the meeting of the criminal masterminds.
4. Lines like "Sleeping with the fishes" or " Time to take out the mattresses", phrases that have since become part of popular culture.
3. Sonny's death scene.
2. The theme song.
1. Francis Ford Coppola's masterful use of foreshadowing.
Example:When Luca Brasi ( the guy who ends up sleeping with the fishes) goes to make a deal with the rival crime-family, he walks thru a glass door that leads to the bar where he will meet his end. As the door closes, the scene is shot looking at Luca from behind, setting up the shot to so that you will notice fish designs that have been engraved into the glass & give the impression that they are surrounding Luca's body.
Awesome.
Just awesome.

[MacDaddyOJack]

1. Departed
2. Donnie Brasco
3. The Godfather I

The rest of the Godfather flicks didn't do anything for me and I really just felt like Scarface was kinda lame.

[Lord-Oakbeard]

The best would be The Godfather but my favourite to watch is The Departed

[Winslow Leach]

The Godfather

[Cruel Angel]

Goodfellas

[Alan T]

Goodfellas

[originalHDphantom]

Donnie Brasco. Highly underrated.

[punxsu]

I voted for Godfather part 2. I miss Casino in the list, I think it shoud be at least in the top 5

[RFK]

The Godfather part II

[Trekkie313]

[Show spoiler]

[BerC]

The Godfather

[traths]

Goodfellas