As far back as I can remember, I always loved "Goodfellas".

Rating: 9/10 (16 August 1999)

Tough and uncompromising with its rather hilarious moments, "Goodfellas" is one of the best Mafia movies ever. It's the story of Henry Hill, from the day he decided he wanted to be a gangster until the day he joined the Witness Protection Program.
All along the movie, he sticks with crazy Tommy De Vito (Pesci) and living-mob-legend, Jimmy Conway (De Niro) as they work for Paulie (Paul Sorvino). All goes well for Henry until he starts cheating on his wife and then gets sent to jail. The scenes in the jail where you see where wiseguys live apart from the rest of the prisoners are excellent (especially when Henry describes diner in jail).
As good as Liotta, Bracco , De Niro, and Sorvino are though, it's Joe Pesci who rules this movie. His incarnation of the crazy, cowboy-like, short-tempered Tommy De Vito, he is excellent and it's understandable that he won the Oscar for best supporting-actor (he also supplies a lot of the laughs). Don't miss this one. It's definitely one of Scorsese's best.