29th Street 1991   R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: George Gallo
Cast: Danny Aiello, Anthony LaPaglia, Lainie Kazan, Frank Pesce, Robert Forster, Donna Magnani, Ron Karabatsos, Rick Aiello, Vic Manni, Paul Lazar
On Christmas Eve, the local priest marches Frank Pesce Jr. (Anthony LaPaglia) to police headquarters. Frank had been throwing snowballs to break church windows. While in custody, Frank relates the story of how his life has been cursed with good luck while his father (Danny Aiello) has endured nothing but bad fortune. Now, NY officials have just announced the first State Lottery winner. Frank's father bought many tickets, but Frank bought only one. You guessed it, Frank won the prize and is having trouble dealing with the repercussions.
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Brooklyn Lobster 2005  R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Kevin Jordan
Cast: Danny Aiello, Jane Curtin, Daniel Sauli, Marisa Ryan, Ian Kahn, Heather Burns, Sam Freed, Tom Mason, Barbara Garrick, Henry Yuk, John Rothman, Olivia Archer, Rick Aiello
Giorgio's Lobster Farm is in big trouble after Frank Giorgio's (Danny Aiello) bank goes under, and the threat of public auction appears to be the only solution. But despite personal crises, the family struggles to save the shop that represents their identity.
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A Brooklyn State of Mind 1997  R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Rainone
Cast: Vincent Spano, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Danny Aiello, Abe Vigoda, Rick Aiello, Tony Danza, Jennifer Esposito, Morgana King, Vincent Pastore, Nelson Vasquez, Janice Steinmetz, Frank Rainone
Al (Vincent Spano), a small-time thug on the streets of Brooklyn, works for the local crime boss, Danny (Danny Aiello), and is still haunted by his father's violent death when Al was a youth. Enter filmmaker Gabriella (Maria Grazia Cucinotta) who is shooting a documentary of life on the Brooklyn streets. She takes a room provided by Al's aunt, and Al falls for her. It soon becomes apparent that Gabriella is really trying to get the goods on Danny, and some of the evidence concerns Al's father.
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Do the Right Thing 1989  R, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Spike Lee
Cast: Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, John Turturro, John Savage, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn, Paul Benjamin, Frankie Faison, Rick Aiello, Joie Lee, Robin Harris, Miguel Sandoval
Italian-American Sal (Danny Aiello) owns a pizzeria in a Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, and his sons–angry bigoted Pino (John Turturro) and congenial Vito (Richard Edson)–work at the pizzeria. The only Black employee is Mookie (Spike Lee) who drives the delivery truck. One hot summer day, Buggin' Out (Giancarlo Esposito) arranges a boycott of Sal's pizzeria because of the lack of racial diversity. Tensions rise and erupt in violence. Spike Lee created critical attention with his much discussed finale.
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The Don's Analyst 1997  R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: National Lampoon's The Don's Analyst
Director: David Jablin
Cast: Robert Loggia, Kevin Pollak, Sherilyn Fenn, Joseph Bologna, Angie Dickinson, Rick Aiello, Robert Cicchini, Lucy Webb, Howard Jerome, David Calderisi
In this made-for-TV spoof, another in a series of second-rate National Lampoon comedies, Godfather Don Vito Leone (Robert Loggia) is having all sorts of problems at home and "work." He decides to undergo psychoanalysis–a wrong decision.
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Downtown 1989 R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Richard Benjamin
Cast: Anthony Edwards, Forest Whitaker, Penelope Ann Miller, Joe Pantoliano, David Clennon, Rick Aiello, Art Evans, Roger Aaron Brown, Ron Canada, Wanda De Jesus, Francis X. McCarthy, Kimberly Scott
After policeman Alex (Anthony Edwards) tickets a well-connected man in his up-scale suburb, he is reassigned to a dangerous, inner-city precinct. Disgruntled, Alex tries to adapt and is assigned to work with gruff Dennis (Forest Whitaker). As they get to know each other, they become involved in a major drug-ring case.
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Hollywood Confidential 1997 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Reynaldo Villalobos
Cast: Edward James Olmos, Rick Aiello, Anthony Yerkovich, Charlize Theron, Richard T. Jones, Brendan Kelly, Angela Alvarado, Christine Harnos, Billy Marti, Sarah Lassez
A team of private detectives specialize in keeping celeb scandals out of the public eye. Pretty bad stuff.
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Me and the Kid 1993 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dan Curtis
Cast: Danny Aiello, Alex Zuckerman, Joe Pantoliano, Cathy Moriarty, David Dukes, Anita Morris, Abe Vigoda, Rick Aiello, Desmond Wilson, Ben Stein, Robin Thomas, Todd Bryant
After failing a robbery attempt at 10-year-old Gary's (Alex Zuckerman) home, Harry (Danny Aiello) kidnaps the boy. Events surrounding Harry's plans to hold Gary for ransom change when he and Gary strike up a friendship; the two of them collect the ransom and go on to become partners in crime.
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One Eyed King 2002 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Moresco
Cast: Armand Assante, William Baldwin, Jim Breuer, Connie Britton, Chazz Palminteri, Jason Gedrick, Josh Hopkins, Dash Mihok, Leo Rossi, Bruno Kirby, Rick Aiello, Larry Day
Neighbors in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen suffer trials and tribulations in their harsh environment.
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| 1. 29th Street (1991)
2. Brooklyn Lobster (2005)
3. A Brooklyn State of Mind (1997)
4. Do the Right Thing (1989)
5. The Don's Analyst (1997)
aka: National Lampoon's The Don's Analyst
6. Downtown (1989)
7. Hollywood Confidential (1997)
8. Me and the Kid (1993)
9. One Eyed King (2002)
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