GoodFellas

About GoodFellas

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

GoodFellas is a 1990 crime film directed by Martin Scorsese. Released in September 1990, it runs 145 minutes.

The film is filed under organized crime, mafia, florida, and drug trafficking. The film began as a novel.

Robert De Niro stars as James Conway, Ray Liotta as Henry Hill, Joe Pesci as Tommy DeVito, and Lorraine Bracco as Karen Hill. The screenplay is by Martin Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi. It was produced by Warner Bros. Pictures and Winkler Films.

The Irishman, The Godfather Part II, and Donnie Brasco make useful companions to GoodFellas, all filed under 1970s, gangster, and irish-american. TMDB voters put it at 8.5 out of 10 across 14,965 votes and it carries a R rating.