The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as Goodfellas. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
What ties these together is loyalty under pressure and belonging. The world both films live in revolves around class and money, corrupt institutions, and poverty. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, chaotic, relentless, and escalating.
What ties these together is guilt, paranoia, and figuring out who you are. Both circle the same ground: corrupt institutions and class and money. Same energy: dark comedy, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
