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today we’re counting down our picks for
the top ten mob movie characters for
this list we’re looking to our favorite
movies about organized crime and we’re
picking our favorite characters real or
fictional from those films however
characters like Reservoir Dogs mr.
blonde and mr. white or even pulp
fiction’s Jules Winnfield don’t count as
they’re not actually members of the mob
and you will know my name is the Lord
when I lay my vengeance upon thee
number 10 Frank Lucas American Gangster
well that’s why tonight
based on a real-life gangster Frank
Lucas went from limo driver to
second-in-command and finally to Big
Dawg of the Harlem New York drug trade
most important thing in business is
honesty integrity hard work family never
forgetting where we came from
more specifically he smuggled massive
amounts of potent heroin via American
warplanes returning from the Vietnam War
eliminating the middlemen and eventually
forming a monopoly on the trade if I get
out as you can imagine this caught the
eye of cops pretty fast but Lucas
managed to stay under their radar with
ordinary clothes and a generally
conservative style that is most of the
time got it for oh let’s go get do you
gonna do Frank huh let’s do you all
shoot me front everybody huh
number nine david noodles Aaronson once
upon a time in america this movie
chronicles the rise of organized crime
in America as well as the struggle to
survive a life of poverty all tied
together by one character you’ll put up
and you’ll shut up you hear nothing and
you see nothing just like you did for
Bugsy though he starts as a simple
street thug noodles grows up to be a
hotshot in the bootlegging world during
Prohibition unfortunately as we all know
that time came to an end so he and his
Jewish gangster pals had to find another
way to subsist but crime doesn’t pay at
least for most people and noodles learns
that the hard way carry that stink of
the streets with you the rest of your
life I like this thing of the streets it
makes me feel good I like the smell it
it opens up my lungs and it gives me a
lot of number eight Vincenzo kakari true
romance what we got here is a little
game of show-and-tell you don’t want to
show me nothing but you tell me
everything I know you know where they
are
so tell me before I do some damage you
won’t walk away from
he’s the Sicilian consigliere for a
Detroit area mobster sent to find the
whereabouts of one Clarence Worley and
his employer’s lost drugs with his slick
hair and even slicker duds he’s a guy
who’s used to getting what he wants and
if that takes intense psychological
torture so be it you see that I’m smart
doesn’t this slammed in the nose it’s
you all up get that pain shooting
through your brain your eyes fill up
with water I don’t any kind of fun but
what I have to offer you that’s as good
as it’s gonna get I don’t ever get that
good again fortunately for us
Clifford’s not playing along so we get
one intense verbal showdown you’re
Sicilian huh
listen here’s a fact I don’t know
whether you know or not
Sicilians respond by though he’s not
much more than a cameo this character is
unforgettable and his kiss of death is
the stuff of movie legend since 1984
number seven
Sam ace Rothstein Casino Casino the
cardinal rule is to keep them playing
and keep them coming back the longer
they play or they lose and then we get
it all loosely based on real-life
professional sports bettor Frank
Rosenthal ace Rothstein is a mob
associate who’s sent to Vegas to take
care of business at one of the mob-owned
casinos and take care of business he
does so you’re right yeah now you’re
gonna have to learn with the left hand
using his uncanny business sense I for
detail and his buddy Nicky Santoro to
help double the casinos profits ace
deals with the ups and downs of the biz
and his personal life as well as the
changing face of the Las Vegas scene but
also learns that life at the top comes
with complications but nobody outside
the factory knew was that that model car
was made with a metal plate under the
driver’s seat it’s the only thing that
saved my life
number six Frank Costello the departed
when I was your age they would say
become cops or criminals today what I’m
saying is this when you’re facing a
loaded gun what’s the difference
a mobster who paints a thin line between
cop and criminal Frank Costello is an
irish-american crook running his game on
the streets of South Boston raising
Colin Sullivan to become the perfect
mole
he sends his trainee to the
Massachusetts State Police
but Costello’s also got a deal with a
rat inside his own organization more
concerned with his own well-being than
that of his men
Costello can be brutally violent one day
and darkly whacky another is wrong with
you
see anything you like I almost shot you
and it’s that unpredictability that
makes him such a terrifying villain when
I tell you to dump a body in Amash you
dump them in the mosh not where some guy
from John Hancock goes every Thursday
they get a blowjob
don’t laugh this ain’t reality TV number
5 Tommy DeVito Goodfellas
he’s a nasty little gangster with a
teeny-weeny anger-management problem
still alive meaning he’ll fly up the
handle at the slightest provocation
you’re a funny guy based on a real life
associate of the Lucchese crime family
Tommy’s got a temper you don’t want to
test and the guts of a man much bigger
than his small stature I’ll go home and
get your consign box yeah yeah come on
come on
big tough guy you know you love come on
if that mother yeah keep him here Tommy
come on with a somewhat unexpected and
undying love for his dear old mother
Tommy shows he also has a softer side
that is until someone makes the mistake
of laughing at him then forget about it
what do you mean funny funny how how am
i funny
not just you know how you tell a story
what no no I don’t know you said it how
do I know you said I’m funny how tough
am i funny what thug is so funny about
me tell me tell me what’s funny
number four Michael Corleone the
Godfather franchise take care I’m with
you Don Vito Corleone’s youngest son and
a recently returned World War two
veteran Michael wants nothing to do with
the ruthless business that comes with
being part of the Corleone family how
bad you think is gonna be pretty goddamn
bitch but as can only be expected in a
family so rooted in organized crime
Michael gets sucked in and becomes a
crime boss for the ages ensuring his
family safety and supremacy the only way
he knows how
and though he eventually tries to go
legit
Michael learns the hard way that once
you’re in you’re in for life number
three Henry Hill Good Fellas as far back
as I could remember I always wanted to
be a gangster after he grew up
worshiping the local mafia it was only a
matter of time before Henry Hill joined
the ranks himself hi mom what do you
think
my shoes don’t think right my god you
look like a gangster and despite his
part Irish background he’s brought into
the fold by mobster Jimmy the gent
Conway along his journey of violence and
money-making schemes
Henry learns some vital lessons that
lead to survival in the mob world you
want mother if you touch her again
you’re dead Oh however prison time
cocaine addiction and more prison time
take their toll and leave he’ll
desperate and dealing with the
consequences of his choices
an average nobody get to live the rest
of my life like a schnook number two
Tony Montana Scarface Tony Cuban
immigrant Tony Montana quickly takes his
place in the miami crime world at first
under cartel leader Frank Lopez and then
you were to find out your biggest
problem was not pretty in the stuff what
to do another catch but Tony smart
ambitious cocky as hell and won’t take
no for an answer so with money on his
mind and mountains of cocaine at his
disposal he rises to the top can’t you
stop talking about money it’s boring
Tony where’s the girl only boring what’s
boring you’re boring Oh money money
money money money money that’s all I
ever hear in this house Manny hook a
pelican fly come on Pelican he’s a
living embodiment of the American dream
or at least he seems to think so and a
vital part of society you need people
like me so you can point your configures
I say that’s the bad guy he also does
not know when to call it quits which is
both his best and his worst attribute
one second
okay Joanna flavor okay shout out to my
new friend before we unveil our top pick
here are a few honorable mentions
you heard of manifest destiny that’s
when you take what you can when you
can’t the grease is still get from the
Redskins and we took it from them and
I’m gonna take it all from you Jack and
not just because I can but because this
is my destiny
Los Angeles is my ingesting your
roofless little country and I’ll give
you those notes I like the grouses feed
him to the pigs out what does pay you to
look at that I’m a call a couple of hard
pipe hitting to go to work on the homes
here with a pair of pliers and a
blowtorch you hear me talking hillbilly
boy I do with you my damn sight i’ma get
medieval on your ass
number one Vito Corleone the Godfather
franchise and then by chance an honest
man like yourself should make enemies
that he would become my enemies and then
they will feel you another immigrant who
came to America to make his fortune and
who turned to crime to do it Vito
Corleone builds his to be New York’s
strongest and most influential Mafia
family I wish to congratulate you on
universe
so now you do very well and good lucky
it’s blessed is his urine was Duncan
Flint with mine Don Vito transformed
from a petty street thug into a powerful
mob boss by following a strict set of
guidelines which limit his group’s
activities to what he considers
victimless crimes
I want my liable people people that
aren’t gonna be carried away I mean
we’re not murdering spider what this
Undertaker’s
but most important of these rules is
family comes first you spent time with
your family
sure I do what miss amantha doesn’t
spend time with his family could never
be a real man ruthless when he needs to
be and merciful when he wants to be Vito
Corleone is quite simply cinemas most
compelling and memorable mob character I
want to make him an awfully kind of a
few
do you agree with our list which mob
movie character is your favorite for
more criminal top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com and now it’s all over
can’t refuse
let it rip welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top ten mob movie characters for
this list we’re looking to our favorite
movies about organized crime and we’re
picking our favorite characters real or
fictional from those films however
characters like Reservoir Dogs mr.
blonde and mr. white or even pulp
fiction’s Jules Winnfield don’t count as
they’re not actually members of the mob
and you will know my name is the Lord
when I lay my vengeance upon thee
number 10 Frank Lucas American Gangster
well that’s why tonight
based on a real-life gangster Frank
Lucas went from limo driver to
second-in-command and finally to Big
Dawg of the Harlem New York drug trade
most important thing in business is
honesty integrity hard work family never
forgetting where we came from
more specifically he smuggled massive
amounts of potent heroin via American
warplanes returning from the Vietnam War
eliminating the middlemen and eventually
forming a monopoly on the trade if I get
out as you can imagine this caught the
eye of cops pretty fast but Lucas
managed to stay under their radar with
ordinary clothes and a generally
conservative style that is most of the
time got it for oh let’s go get do you
gonna do Frank huh let’s do you all
shoot me front everybody huh
number nine david noodles Aaronson once
upon a time in america this movie
chronicles the rise of organized crime
in America as well as the struggle to
survive a life of poverty all tied
together by one character you’ll put up
and you’ll shut up you hear nothing and
you see nothing just like you did for
Bugsy though he starts as a simple
street thug noodles grows up to be a
hotshot in the bootlegging world during
Prohibition unfortunately as we all know
that time came to an end so he and his
Jewish gangster pals had to find another
way to subsist but crime doesn’t pay at
least for most people and noodles learns
that the hard way carry that stink of
the streets with you the rest of your
life I like this thing of the streets it
makes me feel good I like the smell it
it opens up my lungs and it gives me a
lot of number eight Vincenzo kakari true
romance what we got here is a little
game of show-and-tell you don’t want to
show me nothing but you tell me
everything I know you know where they
are
so tell me before I do some damage you
won’t walk away from
he’s the Sicilian consigliere for a
Detroit area mobster sent to find the
whereabouts of one Clarence Worley and
his employer’s lost drugs with his slick
hair and even slicker duds he’s a guy
who’s used to getting what he wants and
if that takes intense psychological
torture so be it you see that I’m smart
doesn’t this slammed in the nose it’s
you all up get that pain shooting
through your brain your eyes fill up
with water I don’t any kind of fun but
what I have to offer you that’s as good
as it’s gonna get I don’t ever get that
good again fortunately for us
Clifford’s not playing along so we get
one intense verbal showdown you’re
Sicilian huh
listen here’s a fact I don’t know
whether you know or not
Sicilians respond by though he’s not
much more than a cameo this character is
unforgettable and his kiss of death is
the stuff of movie legend since 1984
number seven
Sam ace Rothstein Casino Casino the
cardinal rule is to keep them playing
and keep them coming back the longer
they play or they lose and then we get
it all loosely based on real-life
professional sports bettor Frank
Rosenthal ace Rothstein is a mob
associate who’s sent to Vegas to take
care of business at one of the mob-owned
casinos and take care of business he
does so you’re right yeah now you’re
gonna have to learn with the left hand
using his uncanny business sense I for
detail and his buddy Nicky Santoro to
help double the casinos profits ace
deals with the ups and downs of the biz
and his personal life as well as the
changing face of the Las Vegas scene but
also learns that life at the top comes
with complications but nobody outside
the factory knew was that that model car
was made with a metal plate under the
driver’s seat it’s the only thing that
saved my life
number six Frank Costello the departed
when I was your age they would say
become cops or criminals today what I’m
saying is this when you’re facing a
loaded gun what’s the difference
a mobster who paints a thin line between
cop and criminal Frank Costello is an
irish-american crook running his game on
the streets of South Boston raising
Colin Sullivan to become the perfect
mole
he sends his trainee to the
Massachusetts State Police
but Costello’s also got a deal with a
rat inside his own organization more
concerned with his own well-being than
that of his men
Costello can be brutally violent one day
and darkly whacky another is wrong with
you
see anything you like I almost shot you
and it’s that unpredictability that
makes him such a terrifying villain when
I tell you to dump a body in Amash you
dump them in the mosh not where some guy
from John Hancock goes every Thursday
they get a blowjob
don’t laugh this ain’t reality TV number
5 Tommy DeVito Goodfellas
he’s a nasty little gangster with a
teeny-weeny anger-management problem
still alive meaning he’ll fly up the
handle at the slightest provocation
you’re a funny guy based on a real life
associate of the Lucchese crime family
Tommy’s got a temper you don’t want to
test and the guts of a man much bigger
than his small stature I’ll go home and
get your consign box yeah yeah come on
come on
big tough guy you know you love come on
if that mother yeah keep him here Tommy
come on with a somewhat unexpected and
undying love for his dear old mother
Tommy shows he also has a softer side
that is until someone makes the mistake
of laughing at him then forget about it
what do you mean funny funny how how am
i funny
not just you know how you tell a story
what no no I don’t know you said it how
do I know you said I’m funny how tough
am i funny what thug is so funny about
me tell me tell me what’s funny
number four Michael Corleone the
Godfather franchise take care I’m with
you Don Vito Corleone’s youngest son and
a recently returned World War two
veteran Michael wants nothing to do with
the ruthless business that comes with
being part of the Corleone family how
bad you think is gonna be pretty goddamn
bitch but as can only be expected in a
family so rooted in organized crime
Michael gets sucked in and becomes a
crime boss for the ages ensuring his
family safety and supremacy the only way
he knows how
and though he eventually tries to go
legit
Michael learns the hard way that once
you’re in you’re in for life number
three Henry Hill Good Fellas as far back
as I could remember I always wanted to
be a gangster after he grew up
worshiping the local mafia it was only a
matter of time before Henry Hill joined
the ranks himself hi mom what do you
think
my shoes don’t think right my god you
look like a gangster and despite his
part Irish background he’s brought into
the fold by mobster Jimmy the gent
Conway along his journey of violence and
money-making schemes
Henry learns some vital lessons that
lead to survival in the mob world you
want mother if you touch her again
you’re dead Oh however prison time
cocaine addiction and more prison time
take their toll and leave he’ll
desperate and dealing with the
consequences of his choices
an average nobody get to live the rest
of my life like a schnook number two
Tony Montana Scarface Tony Cuban
immigrant Tony Montana quickly takes his
place in the miami crime world at first
under cartel leader Frank Lopez and then
you were to find out your biggest
problem was not pretty in the stuff what
to do another catch but Tony smart
ambitious cocky as hell and won’t take
no for an answer so with money on his
mind and mountains of cocaine at his
disposal he rises to the top can’t you
stop talking about money it’s boring
Tony where’s the girl only boring what’s
boring you’re boring Oh money money
money money money money that’s all I
ever hear in this house Manny hook a
pelican fly come on Pelican he’s a
living embodiment of the American dream
or at least he seems to think so and a
vital part of society you need people
like me so you can point your configures
I say that’s the bad guy he also does
not know when to call it quits which is
both his best and his worst attribute
one second
okay Joanna flavor okay shout out to my
new friend before we unveil our top pick
here are a few honorable mentions
you heard of manifest destiny that’s
when you take what you can when you
can’t the grease is still get from the
Redskins and we took it from them and
I’m gonna take it all from you Jack and
not just because I can but because this
is my destiny
Los Angeles is my ingesting your
roofless little country and I’ll give
you those notes I like the grouses feed
him to the pigs out what does pay you to
look at that I’m a call a couple of hard
pipe hitting to go to work on the homes
here with a pair of pliers and a
blowtorch you hear me talking hillbilly
boy I do with you my damn sight i’ma get
medieval on your ass
number one Vito Corleone the Godfather
franchise and then by chance an honest
man like yourself should make enemies
that he would become my enemies and then
they will feel you another immigrant who
came to America to make his fortune and
who turned to crime to do it Vito
Corleone builds his to be New York’s
strongest and most influential Mafia
family I wish to congratulate you on
universe
so now you do very well and good lucky
it’s blessed is his urine was Duncan
Flint with mine Don Vito transformed
from a petty street thug into a powerful
mob boss by following a strict set of
guidelines which limit his group’s
activities to what he considers
victimless crimes
I want my liable people people that
aren’t gonna be carried away I mean
we’re not murdering spider what this
Undertaker’s
but most important of these rules is
family comes first you spent time with
your family
sure I do what miss amantha doesn’t
spend time with his family could never
be a real man ruthless when he needs to
be and merciful when he wants to be Vito
Corleone is quite simply cinemas most
compelling and memorable mob character I
want to make him an awfully kind of a
few
do you agree with our list which mob
movie character is your favorite for
more criminal top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
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