Best Gangster Movie Ever

Rating: 10/10 (26 July 2006)

I do believe the title says it all. This film mixes gritty reality with every guy's fantasy of wealth, women, and power. And just when it looks like life can't get any better for these rich powerful men, Scorsese reminds us that this is the real world and there's a price to be paid for excess and criminality.
I have watched this movie more than I have any other (I average about two viewings per month) and I will never grow tired of it.
And anyone who wants to argue that "The Godfather" is a better mob movie, let me point out to you that movie is about a family and the American Dream which uses mob life as a backdrop. The mob story is not the spine of the film. "Goodfellas" is a straight up mob movie.