The read
A Balasaur Score of 82 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 86%, Metacritic 75/100. Scores higher than 95% of the 1,366 1980s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Ratings
IMDb8.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Metacritic75/100
6,222 audience votes
Key crew
- Sergio LeoneDirector
- Ennio MorriconeOriginal Music Composer
- Leonardo BenvenutiScreenplay
- Piero De BernardiScreenplay
- Enrico MedioliScreenplay
- Franco ArcalliScreenplay
- Franco FerriniScreenplay
- Sergio LeoneScreenplay
Cast
- Robert De NiroNoodles
- James WoodsMax
- Elizabeth McGovernDeborah
- Joe PesciFrankie
- Burt YoungJoe
- Tuesday WeldCarol
- Treat WilliamsJimmy O'Donnell
- Danny AielloPolice Chief Aiello
- Richard BrightChicken Joe
- James HaydenPatsy
- William ForsytheCockeye
- Darlanne FluegelEve
Stills
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Shares: Robert De Niro · Mob / Mafia · Mafia & Mob
Themes
new york cityregretlovesicknessrapelife and deathsexual abusestreet gangcorruptionbased on novel or bookprohibition eragangstersadistic
The Best Movies of 1984
Once Upon a Time in America is #9 of 60
