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20 Mafia Movies That Were Based on True Stories
When you think about mafia movies, it’s likely that the first to come to mind is Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 classic of classics, The Godfather, and the two ensuing films that make up one of the most famous and talked about trilogies of all time.
Mafia movies based on true stories
The first two films are based on Mario Puzo’s 1969 novel, and Puzo worked with Coppola on the third installment as well.
But there are a wealth of mafia films that took their storylines directly from the headlines, adding that extra edge of grit and realism to the stories.
Here are 20 mafia movies that only had to open a newspaper to find their source material.
20 Goodfellas (1990)
Once you get past The Godfather, another main contender for the most famous mafia movie ever made is Martin Scorsese’s 1990 film Goodfellas.
It was based on Nicholas Pileggi’s 1985, Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family, a biography of turncoat Henry Hill, a one-time gangster w