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So many to choose from. There's also Casino. It wasn't necessarily a Mobster movie, but you really can't tell a Las Vegas story without the mob.
Scarface is another classic. You can't tell the story of Miami without cocaine. Makes me wonder why there hasn't been anymore Miami-based Mobster movies. Miami was pretty much built with drug money according to the documentary, 'Cocaine Cowboys'
And one good Pacino film deserves another. If not Scarface, the definitely Carlito's Way. And if that doesn't tickle your fancy, Donnie Brasco should. And if that doesn't get to you, Heat should. I mean, it obviously was the inspiration for that ballsy North Hollywood bank robbery, talk about life imitating art.
I just noticed that all of my favorite mobster movies starred either Al Pacino or Robert DeNiro....or sometimes both.
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Cameron originally envisioned the Terminator as a small, unremarkable man, giving it the ability to blend in more easily. As a result, his first choice for the part was Lance Henriksen. O. J. Simpson was on the shortlist but Cameron did not think that such a nice guy could be a ruthless killer.
-From the Collector's Edition DVD of The Terminator
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