Knock Out Top 3: Best Maffia Movies with Robert de Niro
There is a reason why Robert de Niro always gets type-cast to play in Maffia movies. He has a certain look ‘n feel to him that oozes mobster.
In this Wannahaves Top 3 Knock Out: Maffia Movies with Robert De Niro we’ll show you his best mob characters yet.



Number three Robert de Niro mob movie
At number three we have the movie ‘Goodfellas’ from 1990. Robert plays Jimmy Conway. The character was based directly on the real-life gangster Jimmy Burke. Being of Irish decent, Conway could never become a "made man" in the Mafia since he is not full-blooded Italian.

Number two Robert de Niro mob movie
Number two in our list is the character Robert de Niro plays in the movie Casino in 1995: Sam ‘Ace’ Rothstein. Casino is a 1995 crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Scorsese.
Robert De Niro stars as Sam "Ace" Rothstein, a top gambling handicapper who is called by the Mob to oversee the day-to-day operations at the fictional Tangiers casino in Las Vegas. The story is based on Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, who ran the Stardust, Fremont and the Hacienda casinos in Las Vegas for the Chicago Outfit from the 1970s until the early 1980s.

Number one Robert de Niro mob movie
And off course at number one is from the movie ‘The Untouchables’ the character of Al Capone. The Untouchables is an 1987 American crime-drama and follows Eliot Ness's autobiographical account of his efforts to bring Italian-American gangster Al Capone to justice during the Prohibition era. Robert de Niro makes for a perfect Al Capone. Just have a look at the gruesome scene we’ve selected for you.

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