The Godfather (1972), The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984), Goodfellas (1990), Raging Bull (1980), A Bronx Tale (1993), Marty (1955), Italianamerican (1974), Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife (1987) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Italian-american movies.
Storyline: The Godfather "Don" Vito Corleone is the head of the Corleone mafia family in New York. He is at the event of his daughter's wedding. Michael, Vito's youngest son and a decorated WW II Marine is also present at the wedding. Michael seems to be uninterested in being a part of the family business. Vito is a powerful man, and is kind to all those who give him respect but is ruthless against those who do not. But when a powerful and treacherous rival wants to sell drugs and needs the Don's influence for the same, Vito refuses to do it. What follows is a clash between Vito's fading old values and the new ways which may cause Michael to do the thing he was most reluctant in doing and wage a mob war against all the other mafia families which could tear the Corleone family apart.
Plot Keywords: gangster, crime, drama, family, power, betrayal, violence ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Cousins Paulie (Eric Roberts) and Charlie (Mickey Rourke) plan to rob a merchant in the New York City neighborhood that's home to the restaurant where they work. When their scheme results in the death of a police officer and draws the ire of the Mafia-linked businessman who was ripped off, Charlie's girlfriend (Daryl Hannah) bolts, and mob henchmen exact a brutal price from Paulie. With the mob threatening to kill them, the thieves must think fast if they intend to survive.
Plot Keywords: crime, drama, gangster, new york, brotherhood, betrayal, street life ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Henry Hill might be a small time gangster, who may have taken part in a robbery with Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito, two other gangsters who might have set their sights a bit higher. His two partners could kill off everyone else involved in the robbery, and slowly start to think about climbing up through the hierarchy of the Mob. Henry, however, might be badly affected by his partners' success, but will he consider stooping low enough to bring about the downfall of Jimmy and Tommy?
Plot Keywords: gangster, crime, biography, true story, violence, drugs, betrayal ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he's a prizefighter. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he's a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. Though LaMotta wants his family's love, something always seems to come between them. Perhaps it's his violent bouts of paranoia and jealousy. This kind of rage helped make him a champ, but in real life, he winds up in the ring alone.
Plot Keywords: biography, sports, boxing, violence, rage, self-destruction, family ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The Bronx, New York, 1960. 9-year-old Calogero grows up admiring and fascinated by the local mob boss, Sonny. Calogero's father, Lorenzo, wants to have nothing to do with the mob and does his best to keep his son away from Sonny and mob business. However, it may prove a losing battle.
Plot Keywords: crime, drama, gangster, coming of age, race relations, father-son relationship, loyalty ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Stuck as the last of six children at home with an overbearing Italian mother, the only child still unmarried, 34 year old socially awkward Bronx butcher Marty faces middle age with no prospects of marriage, and he faces permanent bachelorhood. But when he is goaded by his mother into going to the Stardust Ballroom one Saturday night, Marty unexpectedly meets Clara, a lonely teacher. Suddenly, Marty's future seems bright.
Plot Keywords: romance, drama, new york, loneliness, marriage, social pressure, coming of age ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Martin Scorsese interviews his mother and father about their life in New York City and the family history back in Sicily. These are two people who have lived together for a long time and know each other very well. They have retained individual identities and differing opinions, yet have found a way to live with each other, and both are fascinating story-tellers.—alfiehitchie
Plot Keywords: documentary, family, oral history, culture, immigration, new york, interview ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Fashion designer Marian (Melissa Gilbert) meets the man of her dreams, dashing lawyer Edward Moran (Joe Penny). Their attraction is instant, but after the lovebirds get married, Marian makes a shocking discovery about her in-laws: They're in the Mafia, and that includes her dear husband, Edward. To Marian's horror, she soon finds herself entangled in their drug-running activities. And now that she's part of the crime family, there's no way out -- except in a casket.
Plot Keywords: mafia, crime, family, marriage, loyalty, betrayal, violence ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Angie Rossini is an innocent Italian Catholic Macy's salesgirl, who discovers she's pregnant from a fling with Rocky, a musician. Angie finds Rocky (who doesn't remember her at first) to tell him she's pregnant and needs a doctor for an abortion. He finds her a doctor and they work together to raise the money. Can these two strangers find love with one another before it's too late?—Kelly
Plot Keywords: romance, drama, romantic, marriage, new york, cultural clash, social pressure ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Frank Pesce is the luckiest man alive in spite of his bad luck. Based on a true story, a man growing up in a tough New York neighborhood has a gift for finding himself in the worst possible jams...and always getting out. He is the first New York Lottery winner.—Steve Richer <sricher@sympatico.ca>
Plot Keywords: crime, comedy, drama, based on true events, new york, family, gangsters ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The future is set for Tony and Michael - owning a neighbourhood bar and making deals in the mean streets of New York city's Little Italy. For Charlie, the future is less clearly defined. A small-time hood, he works for his uncle, making collections and reclaiming bad debts. He's probably too nice to succeed. In love with a woman his uncle disapproves of (because of her epilepsy) and a friend of her cousin, Johnny Boy, a near psychotic whose trouble-making threatens them all - he can't reconcile opposing values. A failed attempt to escape (to Brooklyn) moves them all a step closer to a bitter, almost preordained future.
Plot Keywords: crime, drama, gangster, new york, street life, violence, moral dilemma ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An unseen narrator looks back to 1956, on Staten Island, when Buddy, an Italian guy with big dreams, buys a house planning to live upstairs with his wife Estelle and run a bar downstairs. The first problem is Estelle's lack of confidence in Buddy. Then, Irish tenants upstairs refuse to move and won't pay rent; plus, the woman upstairs is about to have a baby. The next problem is the baby: once he's born, it's clear his father was Black. The Irish guy splits; Buddy evicts mother and child, then feels guilt and sets her up in a flat while she sorts out an adoption. Estelle's lack of faith, the Irish lass's spirit, Buddy's dream, racial prejudice, and the baby's fate play out.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: drama, comedy, romance, family, music, dream, marriage ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: No sooner does Italian-American widow Loretta accept a marriage proposal from her doltish boyfriend, Johnny, then she finds herself falling for his younger brother, Ronny. She tries to resist, but Ronny lost his hand in an accident he blames on his brother, and has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls deeper in love, she comes to learn that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance.
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, love, family, new york, engagement, complex relationships ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Unsettling drama about three generations of Italian-American women struggling to get by in post-World War II New York's Little Italy.—John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
Plot Keywords: family, religion, faith, new york, cultural conflict, mother-daughter relationship, tradition ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An aspiring Italian-American actor, Anthony (Vincent Pagano) is in for plenty of family drama when he brings his lovely African-American girlfriend, Alissa (Victoria Rowell), back home for his grandfather's funeral. Though race is an issue with some of Anthony's extended family members, there are many other odd topics that come to the fore, including his cousins' Mafia delusions. Luckily, Anthony's open-minded Aunt Lidia (Adrienne Barbeau) is on hand to help smooth things over.
Plot Keywords: thriller, crime, gangster, family, revenge, violence, murder ...
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