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.