Gangs Of New York
Well, Leonardo DiCaprio, you sure know how to pick ’em. Gangs of New York is based on the nonfiction book of the same name which describes life in the 19th century, especially the New York City gangs. Understandably, these gangs were the city’s major crime contributors, well before the Mafia came into the picture.
Gangs Of New York
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Goodfellas
Yup, the book Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family inspired the epic film, although the film is more fictitious. Henry Hill is a New York city mobster and it’s his friendship with the Lucchese crime family that the film focuses on. From 1955 to 1980, Hill worked for the Lucchese family, that is until he became an FBI informant. Moreover Hill’s testimony allowed the FBI to seize around 50 convictions.
Goodfellas
