8 Heads in a Duffel Bag 1997  R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tom Schulman
Cast: Joe Pesci, Andy Comeau, Kristy Swanson, Todd Louiso, George Hamilton, Dyan Cannon, David Spade, Anthony Mangano, Joe Basile, Ernestine Mercer
Joe Pesci stars as mob hit man Tommy Spinelle who loses his duffel bag along with its contents (eight heads of slain gangsters) at an airport. The bag is mistakenly picked up by a young couple (Andy Comeau and Kristy Swanson) who are heading to Mexico for a relaxing vacation, which turns out to be anything but.
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Backtrack 1991  R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dennis Hopper
Cast: Jodie Foster, Dennis Hopper, Dean Stockwell, Vincent Price, John Turturro, Joe Pesci, Fred Ward, Julie Adams, Charlie Sheen, Sy Richardson
Dennis Hopper is an assassin hired to kill Jodie Foster–who witnessed a murder. However, he falls in love with her and they take off together.
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Betsy's Wedding 1990  R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Alda
Cast: Alan Alda, Madeline Kahn, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Joey Bishop, Anthony LaPaglia, Catherine O'Hara, Joe Pesci, Burt Young, Julie Bovasso
Eddie Hopper (Alan Alda) has problems with his contracting business and to add to his predicament, his daughter Betsy (Molly Ringwald) has just announced her engagement. One way out is to let the mob finance his failing housing development and to find "discounts" in wedding supplies. Of course, everything goes awry, but in the meantime it makes for a very funny story.
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 Casino 1995 R, 171 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Don Rickles, Alan King, Kevin Pollak, L.Q. Jones, Dick Smothers, Frank Vincent, Pasquale Cajano, Vinny Vella, Joseph Rigano, John Bloom, Melissa Prophet
Accomplished gambler Sam "Ace" Rothstein (Robert De Niro), who plays by the rules, enters the mob-controlled Las Vegas scene in the 1970s when he becomes an operator of the Tangiers Casino. His best friend, Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci), is a Mafia under-boss who robs locals and cheats his way to the top of the gambling world. Now, Las Vegas hustler Ginger McKenna (Sharon Stone) becomes part of their lives when Ace falls in love with her. This leads to the downfall of Ace, Ginger, and Nicky as they seek new heights in the world of drugs and violence. The message of this film is that greed, lust, and corruption lie just below the surface glitz that is Las Vegas.
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Easy Money 1983  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Signorelli
Cast: Rodney Dangerfield, Candice Azzara, Joe Pesci, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Val Avery, Tom Noonan, Jeffrey Jones, Tom Ewell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeff Altman
Rodney Dangerfield inherits a 10 million dollar department store, but can collect only if he stops gambling, drinking, smoking dope, and other nasty vices. A few funny situations ensue as Dangerfield tries desperately to fulfill the conditions of the will.
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Eureka 1984 R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Cast: Gene Hackman, Theresa Russell, Rutger Hauer, Jane Lapotaire, Ed Lauter, Mickey Rourke, Joe Pesci, Corin Redgrave, Helena Kallianiotes, Cavan Kendall, Joe Spinell, Frank Pesce, Emrys James
Living 15 years in the Klondike proved prosperous for gold miner Jack McCann (Gene Hackman), and he was able to buy his own Caribbean island. However, his reclusive life on the island spells trouble when his daughter Tracy (Theresa Russell) brings on major problems via the Miami underworld.
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 Gone Fishin' 1997  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Cain
Cast: Joe Pesci, Danny Glover, Rosanna Arquette, Lynn Whitfield, Willie Nelson, Nick Brimble, Carol Kane, Gary Grubbs, Edythe Davis, Jenna Bari
Joe Waters (Joe Pesci) and Gus Green (Danny Glover) win a fishing trip in the Everglades. While enjoying their prize, everything goes awry–including capture of a dangerous thief, a stolen car, and even a hurricane.
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 The Good Shepherd 2006  R, 160 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Robert De Niro
Cast: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro, Alec Baldwin, Tammy Blanchard, Billy Crudup, Keir Dullea, Michael Gambon, Martina Gedeck, William Hurt, Timothy Hutton, Mark Ivanir, Gabriel Macht, Lee Pace, Joe Pesci
This spy thriller cuts back and forth in time as it tells a fictionalized history of the C.I.A. through the experiences of newly recruited Yale senior Edward Wilson (Matt Damon) in 1939 who, over a period of years, rises to become an influential agent spying on the Germans during World War II and Soviet agents in the Cold War. But, with his professional success comes the sacrifice of his family who he neglects in the line of duty for the C.I.A.
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 GoodFellas 1990  R, 146 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Sivero, Tony Darrow, Mike Starr, Frank Vincent, Debi Mazar, Chuck Low, Frank DiLeo, Gina Mastrogiacomo, Catherine Scorsese, Beau Starr
The New York Mafia, from the mid-1950s until 1980, is the subject of this film that captures the essence of loyalty among Family members. Based on Nicholas Pileggi's book, this is the story of Henry Hill's (Ray Liotta) long tenure as a member of the Mafia. Joe Pesci won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Five nominations were also received, including Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actress (Lorraine Bracco).
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 Home Alone 1990 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O'Hara, John Heard, Roberts Blossom, John Candy, Angela Goethals, Devin Ratray, Gerry Bamman, Hillary Wolf, Larry Hankin, Michael C. Maronna, Daiana Campeanu, Kristin Minter
In the excitement and confusion of preparing for a family Christmas vacation in Paris, young Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) is inadvertently left at home by himself. He becomes remarkably adept at providing his own entertainment and hunger needs as well as warding off two bungling burglars (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern).
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 1992 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Adventure
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O'Hara, John Heard, Devin Ratray, Tim Curry, Gerry Bamman, Brenda Fricker, Dana Ivey, Hillary Wolf, Maureen Elisabeth Shay, Michael C. Maronna, Terrie Snell, Jedidah Cohen
This sequel of "Home Alone" again features Macaulay Culkin as Kevin who does not do well in arriving at the right place on family vacations. This time, Kevin boards the wrong plane and arrives in New York City while the rest of his family flies to Florida for Christmas vacation. Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern are back in their roles as bungling burglars.
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I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can 1982 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Hofsiss
Cast: Jill Clayburgh, Nicol Williamson, Dianne Wiest, Joe Pesci, Geraldine Page, James Sutorius, Ellen Greene, Richard Masur, Dan Hedaya, John Lithgow
Based on Barbara Gordon's autobiography of her successful career as a TV journalist and her fight to overcome a Valium addiction, this film features Jill Clayburgh as Gordon.
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 JFK 1991 R, 189 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Kevin Costner, Sissy Spacek, Joe Pesci, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman, Jay O. Sanders, Michael Rooker, Laurie Metcalf, Kevin Bacon, Jack Lemmon, John Candy, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Walter Matthau, Sally Kirkland, Edward Asner
Oliver Stone received Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Director in presenting questions about the Warren Commission and its investigation of the murder of John F. Kennedy. The questions arise when New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner) has doubts about the FBI's official story concerning the murder and begins his own investigation. The movie achieved its aim of making citizens more politically aware. Two Academy Awards (Best Cinematography and Film Editing) and four other nominations were received.
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Jimmy Hollywood 1994 R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Joe Pesci, Christian Slater, Victoria Abril, Jason Beghe, Harrison Ford, Robert LaSardo, Barry Levinson, Earl Billings, Helen Brown, Lou Cutell
Want to become a Hollywood star? This story offers a new twist on the drugstore discoveries. Jimmy Alto (Joe Pesci) and his friend (Christian Slater) break into the business big time by capturing crooks and delivering their videotaped crimes to the police. Lots of laughs.
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 Lethal Weapon 2 1989  R, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Patsy Kensit, Joss Ackland, Derrick O'Connor, Mark Rolston, Darlene Love, Mary Ellen Trainor, Traci Wolfe, Steve Kahan, Jenette Goldstein, Dean Norris, Nestor Serrano, Grand L. Bush
This time around, our two cops Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh (Mel Gibson and Danny Glover) zero in on dishonest diplomats from South Africa. This sequel has the same high intensity action as the original and has added Joe Pesci as the character who is being "protected" by the two. Pesci is great as the fast-talking accountant who thinks he has a foolproof scheme of his own.
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 Lethal Weapon 3 1992 R, 111 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Steve Kahan, Darlene Love, Stuart Wilson, Mary Ellen Trainor, Traci Wolfe, Alan Scarfe, Damon Hines, Ebonie Smith, Gregory Millar, Nick Chinlund, Mark Pellegrino
Following the shooting by LA cop Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) of a friend's son in a gang war, Detective Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) joins the investigation. The Murtaugh/Riggs team is aided again by the fast-talking hustler, Leo Getz (Joe Pesci). Still lots of action and fun.
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 Lethal Weapon 4 1998 R, 123 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock, Jet Li, Steve Kahan, Darlene Love, Traci Wolfe, Richard Libertini, Kim Chan, Jack Kehler, Eddy Ko, Damon Hines, Ebonie Smith
The group is back for another go-around. Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh (Mel Gibson and Danny Glover) were joined by Leo (Joe Pesci) in the second film and by Lorna Cole (Rene Russo) in the third, and now Lee Butters (Chris Rock) joins them. He adds additional humor to the scenes. This time, Chinese gangsters deal in slave labor and counterfeiting, while our group is the target for The Triad. Action and explosions reach a new high, as the heroes banter their way through to another successful conclusion.
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 Man on Fire 1987  R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Elie Chouraqui
Cast: Scott Glenn, Jade Malle, Brooke Adams, Danny Aiello, Joe Pesci, Jonathan Pryce, Paul Shenar, Lorenzo Piani, Inigo Lezzi
In this comedy/action film, an ex-CIA agent (Scott Glenn) works as a bodyguard for the daughter (Jade Malle) of a wealthy family. When she is kidnapped, he goes after the terrorists who hold her captive.
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 My Cousin Vinny 1992 R, 119 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Cast: Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio, Marisa Tomei, Mitchell Whitfield, Fred Gwynne, Lane Smith, Austin Pendleton, Bruce McGill, Maury Chaykin, James Rebhorn, Paulene Myers, Raynor Scheine, Lou Walker, Chris Ellis, Michael(2) Simpson
After many failed attempts, Vinny Gambino (Joe Pesci) had just passed the bar exam when he gets a call from his cousin Bill (Ralph Macchio) who, with his friend Stan (Mitchell Whitfield), has been mistakenly accused of murder. Vinny heads south to Alabama with his sexy girlfriend Mona Lisa (Marisa Tomei) to plead their case. Totally unprepared to try his first criminal case, with Mona Lisa's support, Vinny regains Bill's consent to represent him and finally learns to apply himself. He even manages to gain respect from all concerned–even the judge (Fred Gwynne). Tomei won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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 Once Upon a Time in America 1984  R, 226 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Sergio Leone
Cast: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Burt Young, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams, Tuesday Weld, Danny Aiello, William Forsythe, Richard Bright
Mid-1900s' Jewish gangsters in New York City is the theme of this movie, which, after a confusing beginning, becomes an effective vehicle for Robert De Niro. The plot finally takes off when a briefcase filled with money is found, and the real story begins. This is the "full" version, which is significantly better than the one originally released which had been chopped to a point that it often didn't make sense. 1 User Review
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The Public Eye 1992 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Franklin
Cast: Joe Pesci, Barbara Hershey, Jared Harris, Stanley Tucci, Richard Riehle, Richard Schiff, Del Close, Bob Gunton, Richard Foronjy
This film is set in the 1940s and stars Joe Pesci as Leon Bernstein, a tabloid photographer with an inside track that allows him to be among the first at crime scenes. He is hired by a widow (Barbara Hershey) whose nightclub is in jeopardy. In the process of the investigation, he uncovers corruption that reaches from gangs to government.
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 Raging Bull 1980 R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto, Martin Scorsese, Geraldine Smith, Theresa Saldana, Frank Adonis, Mario Gallo, Michael Badalucco, John Turturro, Joseph Bono, Frank Topham, Lori Anne Flax
Robert De Niro won the Academy Award for his performance as Jake La Motta, boxing's middleweight champion. Jake's brother Joey (Joe Pesci) has helped him gain the right to fight for the title against Sugar Ray Robinson. Then, jealousy raises its ugly head over Jake's wife Vickie (Cathy Moriarty), and the self-destructive Jake takes out his rage in the ring. A downward spiral is inevitable, and Jake not only loses his title but also destroys his marriage to Vickie and his relationship with Joey as well. The boxing scenes are works of art in this well-presented film. Other Oscar nominations included Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Joe Pesci), Supporting Actress (Cathy Moriarty), and Director (Martin Scorsese).
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The Super 1991 R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rod Daniel
Cast: Joe Pesci, Vincent Gardenia, Madolyn Smith-Osborne, Ruben Blades, Stacey Travis, Carole Shelley, Kenny Blank, Paul Benjamin, Beatrice Winde, Carol Jean Lewis, Anthony Heald, Jack Hallett
Wealthy slumlord Louie Kritski (Joe Pesci) owns a rundown tenement building to which the court orders him to make needed repairs. But when he is also ordered to take up residence in the building for 120 days, Louie gets a firsthand look at life on the other side of the tracks.
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1. 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997)
2. Backtrack (1991)
3. Betsy's Wedding (1990)
4. A Bronx Tale (1993)
5. Casino (1995)
6. The Death Collector (1975)
aka: Family Enforcer
7. Easy Money (1983)
8. Eureka (1984)
9. Gone Fishin' (1997)
10. The Good Shepherd (2006)
11. GoodFellas (1990)
12. Home Alone (1990)
13. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
14. I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)
15. JFK (1991)
16. Jimmy Hollywood (1994)
17. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
18. Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
19. Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
20. Man on Fire (1987)
21. My Cousin Vinny (1992)
22. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
23. The Public Eye (1992)
24. Raging Bull (1980)
25. The Super (1991)
26. With Honors (1994)
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