My three favorite in order

I love learning about mobster from the 1920’s and beyond. Something about mobsters intrigues me. I love old school mobster though. When men wore suites and hats, women wore dresses. I have watched plenty of mobster movies but I have three favorites that I probably have seen hundred times. In order they are:

Mobsters (1991)

The first time I saw this movie was in a history class in college. I was blown away how much I liked it. Starts out with the coolest mobsters in my own opinion, it’s about the four mobsters Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Busy Segal and Frank Costello. This movie is how they got their names like how Lucky became “lucky”. How these friends raised to became the baddest mobsters and starting Murder Inc.

Casino (1995)

I never saw this movie till I met Jeff. It’s one of his favorite movies and now it’s in my number two slot for the greatest mob movies. Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Sharon Stone do an amazing job! And there plenty of actors you recognize from other mob movies. It’s about a casino in Las Vegas back in the early 70’s before what Las Vegas is today but it’s so much more than that. It has everything I want in a mob movie.

The Godfather (1972)

This movie is a classic in my opinion. I have read the book and it’s just as good as the movie. Of course the book has more details in it. This is my favorite out of the trilogy. I can never get through the third movie but the first is amazing! There are so many lines that people still quote today from this movie. My favorite is: “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” This movie is worth the three hours to watch it.

 

The reasoning for the order is that the first two movies I can just watch. If I saw them on TV no matter where they are in the movie I could sit there and watch them. However with the Godfather I have to be in the mood to watch.