GOODFELLAS

Goodfellas (1990)

Star Cast	-     Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Ray Liotta, Paul Sorvino, Lorraine Bracco, Frank Sivero, Mike Starr, Tony Darrow, Frank Vincent, Gina Mastrogiacomo
Director	-       Martin Scorsese
Producer	-       Irwin Winkler
Rating	-       U/A
Year of Release	-       1990
Category	-       Hollywood
Genre	-       Crime, Drama, Biography

Movie Gist     
Goodfellas is a biographical, crime movie. The film follows the rise & fall of Henry Hill & his friends as they work their way up into the mob hierarchy. Henry so loves being a gangster that he actually makes a statement - As far as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster...!!!     
Watch out your favorite stars go the bad way while being Goodfellas...!!!

THE FRENCH CONNECTION

The French Connection (1971)

Star Cast	-     Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Ray, Marcel Bozzuffi, Tony Lo Bianco, Bill Hickman, Eddie Egan,
Director	-       William Friedkin
Producer	-       Philip D'Antoni
Rating	-       U/A
Year of Release	-       1971
Category	-       Hollywood
Genre	-       Drama, Action, Crime Thriller

Movie Gist     
The French Connection is a fast-paced, innovative, action, crime-thriller. A pair of NYC police detectives from the Narcotics Bureau get on to the narcotics detail, trying to track the source of heroin smuggling from Europe into the U.S.            
Beware, all of you bad fellas...Popeye & Cloudy are here...!!!

TRAFFIC

Traffic (2000)

Star Cast	-     Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Jacob Vargas, Luis Guzman, Don Cheadle, Miguel Ferrer, Alec Roberts, Topher Grace, Albert Finney, Ericka Christensen, James Brolin, Clifton Collins Jr., Dennis Quaid, Amy Irwing, Jack Conley
Director	-       Steven Soderbergh
Producer	-       Edward Zwick, Laura Bickford, Marshall Herskovitz
Rating	-       U/A
Year of Release	-       2000
Category	-       Hollywood
Genre	-       Crime, Thriller, Drama

Movie Gist     
Traffic is a crime, drama movie that explores the illegal trading of drugs from varied perspectives - traffickers, enforcers, politicians & users. These varied plots are closely knitted in the film; though  a few characters do not even meet each other. It's a dirty war...!!!
A delicate issue of drug trafficking handled & showcased beautifully through the movie. 

SCARFACE

Scarface (1983)

Star Cast	-    Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Robert Loggia, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,  Miriam Colon, Harris Yulin
Director	-       Brian De Palma
Producer	-       Martin Bregman
Rating	-       U/A
Year of Release	-       1983
Category	-       Hollywood
Genre	-       Crime, Drama

Movie Gist     
Scarface is a crime drama movie following a Cuban immigrant, Tony Montana, who arrives in Miami, Florida in 1980 with nothing. He is so determined to make his name that he gradually takes over a drug cartel & becomes a powerful drug kingpin. Like any other mafia, Tony eventually succumbs to greed.

WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION

Witness for the Proscution (1957)

Star Cast	-     Tyrone Power, Charles Laughton, Marlene Dietrich, John Williams, Henry Daniell, Elsa Lanchester, Norma Varden
Director	-       Billy Wilder
Producer	-       Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Rating	-       U/A
Year of Release	-       1957
Category	-       Hollywood
Genre	-       Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Drama

Movie Gist     
Witness for the Prosecution is a mindblowing murder mystery keeping one on the edge through & through. The movie deals with the trial of a man who is accused of a murder. A veteran British barrister takes up the defense. The case goes through a lot of surprises popping up each day of the trial.

All you murder mystery fans out there, this movie is a must watch...!!!

PAYBACK

Payback (1999)

Star Cast	-     Mel Gibson, Maria Bello, Gregg Henry, Lucy Liu, Bill Duke, David Paymer, William Devane, John Glover, Jack Conley, Deborah Kara Unger, Kris Kristofferson, James Coburn
Director	-       Brian Helgeland
Producer	-       Bruce Davey
Rating	-       A
Year of Release	-       1999
Category	-       Hollywood
Genre	-       Crime, Action, Thriller, Drama

Movie Gist     
Payback is a action drama movie. The movie follows Porter (Mel Gibson). After a heist from the local Chinese triad, Porter gets shot by his wife & crime partner. The duo leave him to die. The world considers him dead. But destiny has it's own call. And lo, Porter is still alive. He recuperates & is seeking revenge.
Handsome as ever, Gibson looks dashing even with his growing age. And Oh My God, the smile to die for makes you drooooool...!!! It's a little difficult to find him smile in the movie. The instances are rare. So watch it carefully.

NERUDA

Neruda (2016)

Star Cast	-     Luis Gnecco, Alfredo Castro, Gael Garcia Bernal, Antonio Zegers, Mercedes Moran, Emilio Gutierrez Caba
Director	-       Pablo Larrain
Producer	-     Jeff Skoll, Peter Danner, Renan Artukmac, Ignacio Rey, Gaston Rothschild, Alex Zito
Rating	-       U/A
Year of Release	-       2016
Category	-       French, Spanish
Genre	-       Drama, Biography

Movie Gist     
Neruda is an unconventional biography of Pablo Neruda, a Chilean poet & a Noble Prize winner. He becomes fugitive in his own homeland. Neruda joins the Communist Party as serves as a Communist Senator in 1948. Later his party gets banned & he escapes.

DEATH ON THE NILE

Death on the Nile (1978)

Star Cast	-     Jane Berkin, Peter Ustinov, Bette Davis, Lois Chiles, Mia Farrow, Olivia Hussey, Jon Finch, George Kennedy, Simon Mackorcindale, Angela Lansbury, David Nevin, I. S. Johar, Jack Warden, Maggie Smith
Director	-       John Guillermin
Producer	-       John Brabourne, Richard B. Goodwin
Rating	-       U/A
Year of Release	-       1978
Category	-       Hollywood
Genre	-       Crime, Mystery, Drama

Movie Gist     
Death on the Nile is a murder mystery based on Agatha Christie's novel with the same name. The film follows a Belgian detective who is enjoying a luxurious cruise along the Nile. Suddenly it is found that a newly-wed heiress has been murdered on board. How will the detective solve this mystery & find the murderer before the journey ends?                                    
As the movie advances, the sequences of the movie will keep you on the edge. A beautiful murder mystery...!!

WAR DOGS

War Dogs (2016)

Star Cast	-     Miles Teller, Jonah Hill, Bradley Cooper, Ana de Armas
Director	-       Todd Phillips
Producer	-       Mark Gordon, Bradley Cooper, Todd Phillips
Rating	-       U/A
Year of Release	-       2016
Category	-       Hollywood
Genre	-       Crime, Comedy, War, Drama

Movie Gist     
War Dogs is a biographical war film. The movie follows two arms' dealers David Packouz & Efraim Diveroli, who win a U.S. military contract of $300 million to supply arms & ammunition to Afghan National Army. The duo get eventually caught for fraud.