Incredible Crime Movies That Were Based On True Events

Goodfellas (1990)

Directed by Martin Scorsese, Goodfellas is an adaptation of the 1986 non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi who also helped Scorcese co-write the script from the film. Goodfellas is regarded as one of the best crime films of the genre because of the acting, storytelling, and it doesn’t hurt that Henry Hill was a real New York City mobster who the protagonist of the film is based on. Henry Hill was associated with the Lucchese crime family from 1955 to 1980 until he became an FBI informant, which led to the conviction of 50 individuals including the mob capo Paul Vario and James Burke.