What is the iRankMovies score for GoodFellas?

Name: GoodFellas
Director: Martin Scorsese
Genre: crime, drama
Released: 1990
Duration: 2 h 25 min
Rating: 8.7

GoodFellas has an iRankMovies score of 89.3/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

GoodFellas (1990)

Three decades of life in the mafia.

Release:1990

Runtime:2h 25m

Country:United States

Director:Martin Scorsese

Language:English

Genre

CrimeDrama

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Keywords

PrisonFloridaNew York CityBased On Novel Or BookGangsterMass MurderDrug Trafficking1970s

iRank89

GoodFellas rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8.7/10· 1.4M votes

Rotten Tomatoes93%

Metacritic92%

TMDb8.453/10· 14K votes

With 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8.7/10 on IMDb and 92/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About GoodFellas

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

Cast of GoodFellas

Robert De Niro
as James Conway
Ray Liotta
as Henry Hill
Joe Pesci
as Tommy DeVito
Lorraine Bracco
as Karen Hill
Paul Sorvino
as Paul Cicero
Frank Sivero
as Frankie Carbone
Tony Darrow
as Sonny Bunz
Mike Starr
as Frenchy
Frank Vincent
as Billy Batts
Chuck Low
as Morris Kessler
Frank DiLeo
as Tuddy Cicero
Henny Youngman
as Henny Youngman

GoodFellas facts

Budget: $25M
Box office: $47.1M

Our take on GoodFellas

Scorsese's 1990 masterpiece tracks Henry Hill's three decades in the mob — the seduction, the highs and the paranoid collapse — with restless camerawork, wall-to-wall narration and a needle-drop soundtrack that turned crime into rocketing kinetic energy. It's the genre's definitive rush-and-comedown. If its propulsive style and moral squalor gripped you, City of God shares its kinetic chronicle of crime, and the great gangster films trade in the same intoxication and dread.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Kinetic direction captures criminal lifestyle with style and visceral narrative momentum
•Ensemble cast inhabits underworld characters with authentic swagger and psychological depth
•Innovative editing and soundtrack choices create immersive period atmosphere throughout runtime

What the audience disliked

•Glorification of violence and criminality may feel irresponsible despite critical perspective
•Protagonist arc culminates in relatively conventional redemption softening film's edge