GoodFellas (1990)
97%RT Audience Score: 97%
Awards & Nominations: Won 1 Oscar
44 wins & 38 nominations total
Hard-hitting and stylish, GoodFellas is a gangster classic — and arguably the high point of Martin Scorsese’s career.
GoodFellas is the ultimate gangster flick that’ll leave you feeling like a total badass. Martin Scorsese really outdid himself with this one, making it the pinnacle of his career. The movie is so stylish and hard-hitting, you’ll be on the edge of your seat the entire time. It’s like watching a masterclass in filmmaking, but with a whole lot of guns and wise guys. If you’re looking for a movie that’ll make you feel like a boss, GoodFellas is the one for you.
Production Company(ies)
Warner Bros.,
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
New Rochelle, New York, USA
MPAA / Certificate
R
Year of Release
1990
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby SR
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:2h 26m
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Language(s):English, Italian
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Sep 19, 1990 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 22, 1997
Genre(s)
Crime/Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Robert De Niro
Worldwide gross: $47,036,784
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $108,438,102
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 974
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 11,825,311
US/Canada gross: $46,909,721
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $108,145,172
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 697
US/Canada opening weekend: $6,368,901
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $14,682,797
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 801
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $25,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $57,634,734
Production budget ranking: 703
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $31,036,304
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $19,767,063
ROI to date (est.): 22%
ROI ranking: 1,283
Ray Liotta – Henry Hill
Joe Pesci – Tommy DeVito
Lorraine Bracco – Karen Hill
Paul Sorvino – Paul “Paulie” Cicero
Frank Sivero – Frankie Carbone
Director(s)
Martin Scorsese
Writer(s)
Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese
Producer(s)
Irwin Winkler
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 Oscar
44 wins & 38 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees, Oscar Winners
All Critics (104) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (100) | Rotten (4)
Complex, volatile, ironic and disquieting, Scorsese’s Goodfellas is a masterly achievement in intense observation.
September 19, 2019
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter
TOP CRITIC
Is it a great movie? I don’t think so. But it’s a triumphant piece of filmmaking-journalism presented with the brio of drama.
September 6, 2018
Pauline Kael
New Yorker
TOP CRITIC
Anti-romantic, it nevertheless sweeps us into the allure of mob glamour — then slams us with its cost of admission.
April 27, 2018
Jay Carr
Boston Globe
TOP CRITIC
Robert De Niro is reliably dynamic, and Joe Pesci’s portrait of a gangster with a sense of humour is hideously memorable, but there’s no doubt that GoodFellas fights a losing battle against numbness.
November 13, 2017
Adam Mars-Jones
Independent (UK)
TOP CRITIC
For its swaggering energy, the heart-in-your-throat pacing and for some of the most memorable, most imitated scenes in mafia movie history, this must rank as one of Scorsese’s finest films, if not the best.
January 22, 2017 | Rating: 5/5
Wendy Ide
Observer (UK)
TOP CRITIC
Goodfellas is a terrifying film because, like much of Scorsese’s best work, it is about the lives of avuncular psychopaths, and pretty-boy Liotta brilliantly encapsulates that fetid contradiction.
January 20, 2017 | Rating: 4/5
David Jenkins
Little White Lies
TOP CRITIC
Possibly Martin Scorsese’s best film. Led by the electric performances of Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta and Joe Pesci, this violent tale of crime, greed and loyalty hits you like a freight train. [Full review in Spanish]
May 18, 2022 | Rating: 5/5
Fico Cangiano
CineXpress Podcast
However you balance the faults and virtues of Goodfellas, one thing is undeniable: It is never boring — not for a single frame.
April 6, 2022
Quentin Crisp
Christopher Street
Goodfellas is such a quintessentially American story that its appeal will likely continue to bridge across ages and experiences.
April 14, 2021
Jim Rohner
Battleship Pretension
I was genuinely surprised by how much I like Goodfellas and the two and half hour runtime flew by.
March 24, 2021
Sarah Brinks
Battleship Pretension
It’s an epic, it’s powerful, it’s funny, it’s tough, it’s rough and by God is it cool.
February 16, 2021 | Rating: 5/5
Tony Black
Cultural Conversation
GoodFellas feels to me like the movie Scorsese was put here to make. And he made it accordingly.
September 18, 2020 | Rating: 5/5
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com…
Plot
Henry Hill might be a small time gangster, who may have taken part in a robbery with Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito, two other gangsters who might have set their sights a bit higher. His two partners could kill off everyone else involved in the robbery, and slowly start to think about climbing up through the hierarchy of the Mob. Henry, however, might be badly affected by his partners’ success, but will he consider stooping low enough to bring about the downfall of Jimmy and Tommy?
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Joe Pesci won an Oscar for his performance in GoodFellas.
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