The definitive gangster-epic; violent? Yes, but never mindless. The Jewish Mafia's coming of age on the Lower East Side in 1923, their rise to wealth during Prohibition, and their fall in 1933, provide the background to a story of friendship and betrayal, love and death. Leone's masterful cinematography evokes both the harshness of the vice-ridden decades before and after Prohibition, but also the philosophy behind it. Splendid performances by De Niro and Woods and a stupendous score by Ennio Mo find out more...

An excellent humourous tale of young Italian-Americans growing up in early sixties New York and caught between being Italian or American and fifties or sixties. The Wanderers battle it out with rival gangs including their arch enemies The Baldies. All set to an excellent soundtrack find out more...