GoodFellas

GoodFellas (1990)

  • 97% of critics liked it
    (58 reviews)

  • 96% of users liked it
    (363,469 ratings)

Martin Scorsese explores the life of organized crime with his gritty, kinetic adaptation of Nicolas Pileggi's best-selling Wiseguy, the true-life account of mobster and FBI informant Henry Hill. Set to a true-to-period rock soundtrack, the story details the rise and fall of Hill, a half-Irish,… More

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R, 2 hr. 26 min.
Directed By
Martin Scorsese
Written By
Martin Scorsese, Nicholas Pileggi
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Sep 19, 1990 Wide
On DVD
Mar 26, 1997
Warner Bros.

Critic Reviews

  • Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

    In GoodFellas, director Martin Scorsese does something simple and audacious: He takes the guilt out of organized crime.

  • Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine

    You walk away, tantalized by a view into the darkest part of yourself, glad that that part is still behind bars.

  • Joseph McBride, Variety

    Colorful but dramatically unsatisfying.

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

    May well be the most accomplished thing Scorsese's ever done.

  • Glenn Abel, Hollywood Reporter

    Brutal, stylish, hypnotic and addictive, GoodFellas remains Scorsese's best film.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Albert K


    One of the best mobster/crime movies of all time. Joe Pesci is phenomenal. Robert De Niro is incredible as always. Everything is meticulously detailed. Incredible movie.

  • Carlos M


    The fascinating tale about the ascension and fall of an ambitious gangster, told in a brutal and realistic way by Martin Scorsese. An all-time classic, perfectly directed and edited, with many memorable moments and a remarkable performance by Joe Pesci, who steals the show.

  • Mike S


    Masterfully directed crime epic, by one of the world's most ingenious story-tellers, Martin Scorsese. Spanning across several decades, this stellarly crafted biopic invites us to an exclusive sphere of luxury and extreme violence, where everything can and does happen. For me,… More

  • Mark W


    For many, this is the best film ever made and it certainly ranks as one of director Martin Scorsese's finest moments. Personally, "Raging Bull" would be my favourite but there's no denying the abundant brilliance throughout this. Scorsese is on comfortable ground… More

  • Coxxie M


    This movie throws your BALLS TO THE WALL. then it makes you apologize to the wall, when it knows very well that you didnt throw yourself into the wall, and this pisses you off even more because you have popped-open, bleeding balls, and then it pisses on the wall and tells the wall it… More

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