This is one of the greatest movies of all time. It falls at #92 on the AFI list but in actuality it should be within the top 10. Prior to Goodfellas, a movie never displayed the gruesomeness and brutality associated with the real Mafia . Movies tried to tackle this subject, with un-realistic charcters and shooting sequences. Godfather is the most famous example of Mafia film, but the extent of the violence is a horse lying in a mans bed. Not to take anything away from The Godfather, but the Goodfellas is the first and best film to show us real eyewitness acounts of the inner city Mafia.
-Ashton