Lists
- ranked 5 in Roger Ebert's Best Films of 1995
- ranked 13 in Chicago Tribune 100 Best Films of the Century
- ranked 395 in Empire 500 Greatest Movies (2008)
- ranked 622 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (March 2006)
- ranked 667 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (December 2006)
- ranked 714 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (August 2005)
- one of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies Nominees
- one of Guardian 1,000 films to see before you die
Epic story of the highs and lows in the life of smooth, mob-affiliated casino manager Sam Rothstein (Robert De Niro) and his childhood friend, Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci), a gangster of the more traditionally violent stripe.
A spectacular 3-hour gangster epic and the first film that has made me really appreciate Martin Scorsese as a director.