18 Shades of Dust 1999  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Danny Aiello III
Cast: Danny Aiello, William Forsythe, Aida Turturro, Polly Draper, Leonardo Cimino, Michael Margotta, Vincent Pastore, Frank Pellegrino, Larry Romano, Raymond Serra
An aging hit man, Vincent (Danny Aiello), is in trouble with the mob for (allegedly) ratting on the boss. So now, Tommy (William Forsythe), the hot-headed son of the boss, is after Vincent. But, Vincent was a hero of Tommy's as Tommy grew up. What's a person to do? Too long and philosophical. Directing debut of stuntman Danny Aiello III, Danny Aiello's son.
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All Over Me 1997  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alex Sichel
Cast: Alison Folland, Tara Subkoff, Cole Hauser, Wilson Cruz, Leisha Hailey, Pat Briggs, Ann Dowd, Gene Canfield, Shawn Hatosy, Vincent Pastore
Talented guitarist Claude (Alison Folland) and friend Ellen (Tara Subkoff) live in a dysfunctional, teenage world where they laugh and cry together but eventually grow apart.
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American Cousins 2003  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Don Coutts
Cast: Danny Nucci, Shirley Henderson, Vincent Pastore, Gerald Lepkowski, Dan Hedaya, Russell Hunter, Stevan Rimkus, Olegar Fedoro, Alan McQueen, George McNeilage, Rab Reilly, Jake Abraham, Eva Coutts
American mobsters Gino (Danny Nucci) and Settimo (Dan Hedaya) claim to be PR consultants when they seek refuge at their cousin Roberto's (Gerald Lepkowski) fish and chip shop in Glasgow. They are greeted warmly by all–including Roberto and waitress Alice (Shirley Henderson) who has been waiting in vain for Roberto to ask her out. All goes well until Gino and Settimo strong arm a bill collector. Now Roberto gets the idea that there is more to his American cousins than meets the eye, and problems lie ahead.
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Blue Moon 2000 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John A. Gallagher
Cast: Ben Gazzara, Rita Moreno, Alanna Ubach, Brian Vincent, Burt Young, Vincent Pastore, Heather Matarazzo, Victor Argo, David Thornton, Lillo Brancato
Because of confusion with their Catskill cabin rental, late one night a 60-ish couple–Frank (Ben Gazzara) and Maggie (Rita Moreno)–unexpectedly meet a much younger couple–Mac (Brian Vincent) and Peggy (Alanna Ubach) when they appear at the cabin expecting to spend the night. When the couples talk about their pasts, they find they are connected as secrets come to the fore.
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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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 The Cookout 2004 PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lance Rivera
Cast: Storm P, Ja Rule, Tim Meadows, Jenifer Lewis, Meagan Good, Queen Latifah, Jonathan Silverman, Farrah Fawcett, Frankie Faison, Vincent Pastore, Danny Glover, Kevin Phillips
After signing a multi-million dollar contract to play ball for the New Jersey Nets, Todd Anderson (Storm P) invites old friends and relatives to a barbeque at his newly bought mansion. But, his new neighbors do not get along with the old friends, and trouble prevails.
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 Deuces Wild 2002  R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Scott Kalvert
Cast: Stephen Dorff, Brad Renfro, Fairuza Balk, Norman Reedus, Frankie Muniz, Max Perlich, Drea de Matteo, Balthazar Getty, Nancy Cassaro, Vincent Pastore
After their brother's death from a drug overdose, Leon (Stephen Dorff) and Bobby (Brad Renfro) fight to keep drugs out of their Brooklyn neighborhood.
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Gotti 1996  R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Harmon
Cast: Armand Assante, William Forsythe, Richard C. Sarafian, Frank Vincent, Anthony Quinn, Dominic Chianese, Vincent Pastore, Scott Cohen, Raymond Serra, Marc Lawrence
Made for HBO, this is the biography on NYC's high-profile Mafia boss, John Gotti (Armand Assante). It follows his rise to the top in the crime world through his fall when captured and imprisoned.
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 The Hurricane 1999  R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Denzel Washington, Deborah Kara Unger, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Liev Schreiber, John Hannah, Dan Hedaya, Debbi Morgan, Clancy Brown, David Paymer, Rod Steiger, Harris Yulin, Badja Djola, Vincent Pastore, Al Waxman, David Lansbury
Denzel Washington excels in his portrayal of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter–a boxer sent to prison on trumped-up murder charges in 1966. Carter remained in prison until 1986 when the efforts of a Brooklyn-born teenager, Lesra Martin (Vicellous Reon Shannon), spurred another investigation leading to Carter's release. Washington received an Academy Award nomination.
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Jane Austen's Mafia! 1998 PG-13, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Mafia!
Director: Jim Abrahams
Cast: Jay Mohr, Lloyd Bridges, Billy Burke, Christina Applegate, Pamela Gidley, Olympia Dukakis, Jason Fuchs, Joe Viterelli, Tony Lo Bianco, Seth Adkins, Blake Hammond, Philip Suriano, Vincent Pastore, Gregory Sierra, Marisol Nichols
Vincenzo Cortino (Lloyd Bridges) rose from a poor Sicilian background to the top of the U.S. Mafia. After an attempt on his life, his son Anthony (Jay Mohr) heads for Las Vegas and runs a casino where things get complicated.
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Made 2001 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jon Favreau
Cast: Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Famke Janssen, Peter Falk, Faizon Love, David O'Hara, Vincent Pastore, Makenzie Vega, Jonathan Silverman
Bobby (Jon Favreau) and Ricky (Vince Vaughn) aspire to be professional boxers. Needing cash, they accept a money-laundering job from the local mob boss, Max (Peter Falk), who sends them to NYC where Ricky's antics threaten the operation.
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Mail Order Bride 2003 R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Capelli Jr., Jeffrey Wolf
Cast: Danny Aiello, Robert Capelli Jr., Ivana Milicevic, Artie Lange, Slava Schoot, Vincent Pastore, Raymond Serra, Frank Bongiorno, Jackie Martling, Kamal Ahmed, Steven Ogg
Both Mob Boss Tony (Danny Aiello) and Russian mobster Pavel (Steven Ogg) have had members of their "families" scammed by a Russian Mail Order Bride. So, they send Tony's stupid nephew (Robert Capelli Jr.) and Pavel's loco son (Slava Schoot) to Moscow to recover the money AND bring back the perpetrator. But is the dysfunctional duo up to the task?
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Men of Respect 1991 R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Reilly
Cast: John Turturro, Katherine Borowitz, Dennis Farina, Peter Boyle, Lilia Skala, Rod Steiger, Stanley Tucci, Julie Garfield, Steven Wright, Michael Badalucco, Carl Capotorto, Vincent Pastore
The story of "Macbeth" is updated to the Mafia era with Katherine Borowitz playing the overly ambitious wife and Rod Steiger the victim of her murder plot. What would Shakespeare have thought?
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 Mickey Blue Eyes 1999 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Kelly Makin
Cast: Hugh Grant, James Caan, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Burt Young, James Fox, Joe Viterelli, Gerry Becker, Maddie Corman, Tony Darrow, Paul Lazar, Vincent Pastore, Frank Pellegrino, Scott Thompson, John Ventimiglia, Margaret Devine
A very respectable Manhattan art auctioneer, Michael Felgate (Hugh Grant), proposes marriage to Gina (Jeanne Tripplehorn) and only later learns that she is a Mafia princess–the daughter of Mafia chief Frank Vitale (James Caan). Frank takes a liking to Michael, and Michael's life changes: his trucked-in deliveries start arriving on time, but he pays the price via favors expected by the mobsters.
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Revolver 2005 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jason Statham, Ray Liotta, Vincent Pastore, Andre Benjamin, Terence Maynard, Andrew Howard, Mark Strong, Francesca Annis, Anjela Lauren Smith, Elana Binysh, Faruk Pruti, Bill Moody, Stephen Walters, Vincent Riotta
Gambler Jake Green (Jason Statham) has been released from prison after serving seven years and sets out for revenge against mobster, casino owner Macha (Ray Liotta) who sent him up the river. While in prison, Jake mastered a formula for a con that will make Macha pay for what he has done. Jake turns up at the casino and confronts Macha, but everything goes wrong–including Jake learning from his doctor that he has only three days to live, and that serves to increase his thirst for revenge.
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 Riding in Cars with Boys 2001 PG-13, 131 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Penny Marshall
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Brittany Murphy, Adam Garcia, Lorraine Bracco, James Woods, Sara Gilbert, Desmond Harrington, David Moscow, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rosie Perez, Peter Facinelli, Mika Boorem, Vincent Pastore, Maryann Urbano
Beverly (Drew Barrymore), a promising high-school student in 1968, learned she was pregnant, quit school, and married the father (Steve Zahn). Now, 20 years later, after a failed marriage and major conflicts with her son, Jason (Adam Garcia), she is ready to publish her memoirs. Director Penny Marshall goes for the humor instead of the pathos in this story. It works.
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 Serving Sara 2002 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Reginald Hudlin
Cast: Matthew Perry, Elizabeth Hurley, Bruce Campbell, Amy Adams, Vincent Pastore, Cedric the Entertainer, Jerry Stiller, Marshall Bell, Derek Southers, Alan Ackles
New York process server Joe Tyler (Matthew Perry) tries to present Sara (Elizabeth Hurley) with divorce papers and, before long, finds himself teamed up with Sara on a trip to Texas. Mission: serve her about-to-be ex-husband with his divorce papers first.
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 Shark Tale 2004 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
Director: Bibo Bergeron, Vicky Jenson, Rob Letterman
Cast: Will Smith, Robert De Niro, Renee Zellweger, Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Martin Scorsese, Ziggy Marley, Doug E. Doug, Michael Imperioli, Vincent Pastore, Peter Falk, Katie Couric
In this animated, underwater story, Oscar (Will Smith) is a small fish that takes credit for the killing when a shark is found dead. But it turns out that the shark was the son of a shark mob boss (Robert De Niro), and there are consequences to pay. Parents beware. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature.
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Six Ways to Sunday 1998 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Adam Bernstein
Cast: Norman Reedus, Deborah Harry, Elina Lowensohn, Adrien Brody, Jerry Adler, Peter Appel, Paul Lazar, Holter Graham, Anna Levine, Isaac Hayes, Vincent Pastore, Clark Gregg, Paul D'Amato
Eighteen-year-old Harold (Norman Reedus) lives with his overprotective mother, Kate (Deborah Harry), but grows up fast when he hooks up with a local gangster, Arnie (Adrien Brody).
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This Thing of Ours 2003 N/R, 133 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Danny Provenzano
Cast: Frank Vincent, James Caan, Vincent Pastore, Danny Provenzano, Edward Lynch, Louis Vanaria, Christian Maelen, Michael DelGaizo, Pat Cooper, Paul Vario
Three mobsters–Austin (Louis Vanaria), Nick (Danny Provenzano), and Robert (Christian Maelen)–plot to use the Internet as their vehicle for robbing billions from the nation's banks.
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West New York 1996 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Paperblood
Director: Phil Gallo
Cast: Frank Vincent, Gian DiDonna, Gloria Darpino, Brian McCormack, Victor Colicchio, Vincent Pastore, Brian Burke, Dan Grimaldi, Benny Nieves, Henry LeBlanc, Trade Martin, Michael Squicciarini, John Henry Cox
A New Jersey bank hires ex-cop Tom Colletti (Frank Vincent) to oversee shredding of corporate bonds, but Colletti has plans to make some extra money by fencing a few of the bonds. As expected, his plans go awry.
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Who Do I Gotta Kill? 1992  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Me and the Mob
Director: Frank Rainone
Cast: James Lorinz, Tony Darrow, John Costelloe, Vincent Pastore, Frank Gio, Richard Bright, Sandra Bullock, Stephen Lee, Anthony Michael Hall, Steve Buscemi
Things just aren't going right for Jimmy (James Lorinz). His latest novel isn't selling, his girlfriend left him (right in the middle of sex), he's kicked out of his favorite bar, and he can't seem to come up with a storyline for his next book. He even fails in suicide attempts. So when it is suggested that he write a real-life account of the underworld, he joins the mob. It just keeps on going downhill from there in this low budget effort. It was even renamed as "Me and the Mob" for video release to capitalize on the popular "Married to the Mob."
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| 1. 18 Shades of Dust (1999)
2. All Over Me (1997)
3. American Cousins (2003)
4. Blue Moon (2000)
5. A Brooklyn State of Mind (1997)
6. The Cookout (2004)
7. Deuces Wild (2002)
8. Gotti (1996)
9. The Hurricane (1999)
10. Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)
aka: Mafia!
11. Made (2001)
12. Mail Order Bride (2003)
13. Men of Respect (1991)
14. Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
15. Revolver (2005)
16. Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
17. Serving Sara (2002)
18. Shark Tale (2004)
19. Six Ways to Sunday (1998)
20. This Thing of Ours (2003)
21. West New York (1996)
aka: Paperblood
22. Who Do I Gotta Kill? (1992)
aka: Me and the Mob
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